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How so?

With great lightness comes less power. It is known.

I honestly think that (a) this is level dependent (Timo obviously gets spin on the ball) and (b) while true(-ish) for lesser mortals, you shouldn't (just) attribute that to koto outers; the second ALC ply makes a world of difference here.

On a related note, a team mate has been using the Arctic Wood for a while now. Ir’s suited him very well and I think it’s an outstanding allwood too. Stiga’s had a good stretch lately, so it seems. Celero’s good, Azalea excellent, and Genesis, Mantra and DNA Pro rubbers are also very well liked.

I’ve never seen Kiri used in outer layers, but it’s often used as the core. Light, but torsionally quite stiff. Not hard. Ayous is used in the core too, but also as an intermediate and, more rarely, outer ply. A rather lively wood, on the soft side, and quite light. Limba is oftenly used as...

Price = what a seller can maximally get away with. That equation has contextual parameters.

The shop-ping.be peoplez are active and responsive in regional TT boards, with no complaints like the OP's. It's a bad story, certainly.

That 101 being selling price is not a derivative of production cost.

No reason. So where’s this €25 GA8 on sale?

Tell us more! Would this device also be helpful in determining when a rubber replacement is called for?

Anegre is the YSE's outer. I like that blade a lot, but then again, Limba lovers should probably go elsewhere. Not sure how or why this "small handle size" thing is gearing up, with OP mentioning the Viscaria's handle as a snug one. That's not a thin handle, folks.

Yogi, sometimes your contributions surprise me, with OP's remarks that triggered them in mind. In this case considering "not looking for a small one", "very comfortable with my Viscaria" against "has a blade designed for a kid's hand" is the stunner.

I stumbled upon http://www.jayandwanda.com/tt/speed.html (again) and I think it gives a convincing analysis and ballpark figures. Using a velocity meter, my peak was 82km/h (averaged over 300cm; exit velocity about 100km/h); apparently Korbel managed slightly more with an average of 89km/h over...

Depends somewhat on the way it’s measured. The ball loses velocity fast. Exit velocity might be very high; average velocity over (say) a full table length is much lower. And with the distances over which Mizu and XX play faux tennis, again much lower.

Timo Boll ALC. Tomokazu Harimoto.

Every additional blade will just fuel the EJ fire more. So many other sides, each one greener than where you’re at. Love the one you’re with. Seriously. ps; rules shmules.

That's off by a factor of 100, but I guess I noted that already.

That can't be right, an entire sheet of Vega Pro is ~71gr. I think these numbers are off by two orders of magnitude. 0.25g/cm2 would be about right for Vega Pro (max). Anyway, I agree that Vega X should not be expected to be any lighter than Vega Pro, but let's by all means find out...

If you don’t like the AN Primorac but do like the blade’s basic feel, get it with the handle you prefer. Or the Korbel, slightly thicker, stiffer, faster. Or the Offensive S, pretty much like the Korbel, more affordable and (to me) with a more comfortable handle and balance. The rubber I’d...

Do you have footage of you playing? It might help. That blade’s just fine, with ample room to grow. To today’s judgement Mark V is considered a controlled allround rubber. Nothing wrong with that, and real power comes with technique rather than equipment. You might still like a tensor-type...