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Blowing up the argument to an “all” vs. “nothing” is probably not too helpful. Fwiw, as a general rule completeness of information is a fata morgana. We usually are not lacking in information — quite the contrary, there’s usually too much of it of unknown/unreliable veracity, marked...

This D09C rather sounds like the successor to SpinArt to me.

Hat off to Uda. Even so, this is just a snapshot in time, and important decisions require more caution, should not be taken whimsically in the spur of the moment.

Having played with all… switching between T05 and Rozena is easy, while T80 takes quite a bit of adjustment in the short game, and when opening up heavy backspin mainly.

I'm not consciously focusing on impact zone, but I do notice a distinctive coin-sized wear pattern on both BH and FH, pretty much exactly midcenter of the blade. I do get different spin levels, but to my impression on both wings. Up to a certain extent, this is by choice (varying whip and...

Perseverance always pays. Your AZXi is relatively hard and fast, and 1.8 is less of a dampener than 2.0, and VP is harder than VE DF. That doesn’t make it a bad setup, as you note it’s rewarding already in certain game aspects. You’ll need to readjust to get stroke, timing, angle of impact in...

Must’ve been quite the competition, in which the Nexxuses, Omega VII series, and Dignics 80 got eclipsed by these five.

Sounds lovely!

That's more commonly known as Rising Dragon, right? A lot softer than SpinArt, but also moderately fast, very spinny and somewhat tacky.

The Xiom Offensive S seems like the obvious step up to me.

I'm dabbling with R53 (at 2.0mm) at the moment. It's ok, to me, but no glorious revelation; in fact, I'm not convinced on my success rate in picking it in a blindfold test (as it were) against my previous FH rubber, Gold Arc 8 at 50º. For me, though, R53 is controllable and feels dependable...

Well, valid observations there. Yet, to me R53 (which I like, so far) does feel very different from R47 (that I didn't like all that much). As to the strength in actual play, time will tell. I trained against a strong opponent, playing also a few matches. Pressure and shot quality were about...

I glued on a sheet of R53 (2.0) to replace my worn out Gold Arc 8/50° (2.1). Playing with it for a few hours, I found (to my surprise) that they feel and play nearly indistinguishable to me.

Yes, true and more accurate. I’d still call that netpost, but yours is better, Carl.

Ball clips left netpost, bounces up, comes down upon right netpost and ricochets onto the other table half. It’s unusual but not unseen, and as has been pointed out no skill was involved. Many of the others do show exempliary skill and creativity.

One layer on the blade and one on the sponge works well for me, and I’ve glued many. I find the thinner layer creates the strongest bond. Scissors work well. Cutting also. Some rubbers are easy to cut, but some sponges can crumble. Your cutting blade will go duller while cutting. That said...

I wish my BH would suck that bad. :-)

Thanks for sharing the video. It shows a lot. You can change equipment, but what I think you need is a bit of focus on your basic technique. You're mostly using your arm only to power that FH topspin. Consistency (and power) are hard that way. If you can get it more fluid, powering the...

But he’s a rebel! I expect him to play the OTC with a Viscaria handle and custom Bluefires now, whilst and at the same time singing the praise of Butterfly. And from now on he’ll be known as the Great Dimza.

Ever more deeply smitten with my custom blade. FA-G1 did click for me on the BH to the extent that I’m entirely uncurious and have a stack of spares at hand. FH-wise I’ve been positively impressed with Gold Arc 8 at 50°; yet I’m still looking over the fence there.