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Well I tried my W968 National last night and I immediately fell in love with it, which is a relief considering the price. It appears as if my search for the holy grail is over, though I will still test blades here and there for fun, I don't anticipate changing anytime soon or ever. I will also...

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Arylate is the same as Aramid so to speak, they are the A in ALC, the C is carbon of course. So the EX-C Paramid blade is an ALC inner as SANWEI said.

That's great, thank you Andrea!

PS: I don't know who translated Tibhar's description into French but they made several mistakes.

Thanks for the review! Where did you buy them from?

Ah ok thanks, I thought this was a new thread, so I was wondering what NCTTA player now could possibly be ITTF ranked...

Nice! Who's the player ranked ITTF ~50?

I second what OldUser and Tony are recommending.

My W968 National just arrived today. I'm going to glue Z2 and T05 FX on it to start, and will try regular Rakza Z or a boosted Chinese rubber on it on the FH depending on how Z2 feels. I'll also see if I want something harder on the BH like G-1 but I think 05 FX should be just fine.

Welp, tracking says my W968 finally arrived in LA and is going through customs! I'll hopefully get to try it in a couple of days.

I would start with Neo Provincial Orange 39 boosted with 3 layers of Haifu. Blue is harder to use.

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Don't get me wrong, I totally agree with you and the 2 posts below yours, most if not all manufacturers do not share much of the info they could about equipment (comp, thickness, throw, feel, even the speed class now for blades / undisclosed hardness, feel, who are the rubbers best suited...

Predictable yes, but if you start with a fast, stiff and bouncy blade, changes are you will have an extremely hard time developing a good touch and feel which are not only necessary for the short game and serve returns but for everything else.

I completely agree. I would also never recommend either of them to a beginner, they're both fast OFF blades, even if not the fastest blades ever. In France, people would call them a "fusée" meaning a rocket because of their speed. Kids and adult beginners in France (and I want to say in...

Neither for beginners, need to stick to a solid 5-ply all-wood ALL+ or OFF- blade. They're both for established intermediate players minimum and high level players.

It's a great blade! Any rubbers should work well on it depending on your level and preferences.

Z2 is incredible, but I've yet to test other great rubbers from them, hopefully these Mantra Pros deliver!