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Congratulations! What's your address - I'll send you my wallet and pin number in the post.

The Powercell rubbers are made in Japan and have more in common with Stiga Airoc, Nittaku Flyatt Spin, Joola Samba 19/27 and TSP Regalis than any ESN rubber. I guess that ITC have decided to go in a different direction than Adidas for rubber production. The blades are probably made in china...

This feels like it could be a great thread. One to keep an eye on for sure. A lot of this has to come from the player themselves. Some players just can't sink the time into redeveloping their games - life gets in the way for all sorts of reasons. And some simply don't want to - they're happy...

IMO (and this won't be shared by everyone), TZU was a real innovation at the time. It was the first ESN tensor to have a suppressed bounce and was amazingly easy to use while retaining huge power. Evolution on the other hand was a variation on the Bluefire M and Rasant series (or they're all...

I also think that P7 and TZU were excellent, I really liked P5 as well. TZU was well ahead of its time in particular. I never got to try E-Razor. There are probably loads of reasons why the enterprise failed. I always got a confused response from other players when I talked about Adidas TT...

I'm confused by your post in this pretty dormant thread. A 3rd party company purchased a (expensive!) licence to market TT stuff using the adidas brand. The rubbers were ESN and very well received. They had a good outreach program to get test materials into the hands of forum members. They...

Boll on fire.

And many thanks for this. I'm really trying to avoid these super-soft topsheet ESN variants at the moment (Rasant Beat, Acuda Blue P3, Vega Europe DF etc). I was hoping for a remixed M3, with it's mega-high throw. So you've saved me some cash!

Not long until "replicated celluloid feel".

Another new ball appeared on the list today: Yasaka - SLB40+ - Seamless - Made in China - White Looks like Yasaka have boarded the seamless train. Choo choo.

They both have a similar, 50 degree sponge, and their topsheets are super-grippy and have zero slip with plastic balls. The main difference is the topsheet softness, with OVA's topsheet being a lot softer. MX-S has a medium-low throw, and requires you to be in a good position to produce a...

Airoc's topsheet is totally different and is much grippier. It's still a bit less grippy than most modern ESN rubbers, but it's pretty good. Calibra Tour was one of the worst rubbers I've ever tried for my needs because the topsheet is so unusual. It isn't like anti as such, but wow - it's...

New ball on the list today: Kokutaku - Seamless - Made in China - White Nothing special, move along.

A friend of mine is doing almost the same thing as you at the moment - looking for a RPB rubber (although he's JPEN), and has previously used Aurus Sound. So pretty close! And he is also bothered by the weight. Right now he's deciding between Acuda Blue P2 and Victas VS>402 Limber. Both...

I thought he had been using Tenergy for a loooong time, prior to the introduction of plastic. It's very possible that he's using a butterfly blade with donic handles, but there isn't conclusive evidence IMO.

I've got the older one, the 3000. The wheels are adjustable, and with the 40+ balls being slightly bigger I had to increase the gap between them ever so slightly. Took a bit of trial and error. Looking at the manual to yours...

Which Amicus do you have? The new one, or the older Amicus 3000?

At least they point you towards BundleBox, which is a service I hadn't heard of before. Slightly better than just telling you to p*ss off. :D

Well, what happened in your case? Because if I go to MegaSpin and try to buy an ITC blade, I get the following: I suppose you could call that helpful in a way...

Ball update. Two new balls have appeared on the list: Andro 3S - Seamed - Made in China - White Yinhe S40+ - Seamless - Made in China - White Quite what the difference is to their older plastic balls is a mystery to me. Also, the T3 document has been updated. The temporary allowances for...