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I forgot your other questions. They different in weight more than +/- 2 gram. I weighed them. And I weighed 10 of them. As for how they play (like stiffness and frequency), I have no machine to test that. But with forehand being all hurricane and backhand has soft, bouncy ESN rubbers, I am...

Yes I have 8 Gambler Blackout carbons. I used to have 10 until I sold 2 to my friends at the club. One played with Viscaria with Dignics on both side. I got him broken into H3 neo on the forehand side and Rakza 7 soft (my favorite set up) on the backhand side. He likes it very much! Does he go...

I don't know Paddle Palace can survive. But if they sell a lot of Butterfly products then they have a chance. No one in North America discounts Butterfly products including my club coach. And TT11 and Dandoy do not sell Butterfly products to Norther America. But it is not just Butterfly...

I agree with Tony. Your method is fine. When I initially boost, I put 3-4 layers. I wait 24 hours in between because, well, I am busy working during the day and do other stuff with my life. So I boost late at night and once a day, late at night, works well. Then when I reboost, the rubber...

I watch the whole match. There were so many service return errors in the first game as both side were trying to feel each other out. But at least get the ball on the table! It is not thta hard. I think both side were trying to hard to try to flip or do something aggressive on the serve return...

I find TG2 to be a bit slow. But I have some old sheets from a couple years ago. They are not that slow. It just might need a couple arounds of boosting to speed up a bit?

I almost always glue the sheet a bit above the handle. The main reason is that I like to EJ and I like to transfer rubbers to anothre blade. And as I transfer it to another blade and the sponge shrinks, well, the rubber is being glued further and further up above the handle. I also happen to...

I really really do not like beginners using carbon blades and Tenergy rubber. I really really think it is coach's profit over the beginner's progress. At some point, some stuff are just...well...unethical. I don't care which way you slice it. There is no getting out of that argument. On a side...

Victas Ventus Regular α, sold by TT11. I have a sheet in blue and another sheet in pink. I knew it would be non-tensor. A bit slow. But I like the colors and the price is $26.66 = $18.66 after bulk discount. I like the colors. I opened the blue sheet and I have not used the pink sheet yet. Good...

It all depends on your style. I have used C-1, Rakza 7 soft, Xiom Vegas Asia, FX-D and BlueFire M2. Those are soft and feel about the same on the BH side of my carbon blade. For G-1 and MX-S, they are too hard for me. I use them on my all wood blade. Any rubber is playable on the backhand. I...

Agree. Either you can read the contact or you cannot. If not, look for the trajectory. When I look at the trajectory, I focus on whether the ball has top spin or not. When the ball "kicks," that is very distinct. As for varying your blocking, I agree with that. Sometimes it is easier to say...

Great answer. Just to add a couple minor points. Sometimes when I have trouble reading the serve, I try to see if the ball "kicks" or not, and bet on whether it has top spin or no top spin on the ball. Some players are really good at faking their motions and it is really hard to see the contact...

If your coach recommends it, go with regular Glayzer. I don't understand the Butterfly sheet. Tenergy 05 fx and Tenergy 64 fx are both so much faster than Rozena. I am confused.

There are two ways to experiment: one the cheap route. two the expensive route. However, if you go the expensive route and you like it, and you are willing to stick with it, it is cheaper in the long run. If you have tried your friend's D05 and you are convinced that it will work for you...

When I EJ, I either keep the blades the same while I change the rubber; or I keep the rubber the same while changing the blades. I think both blades and rubber are important. People often change both when they EJ and they come to very strange conclusions as a result. I watched the whole...

Tibhar Stratus Power Wood is a good choice! I have like 7 of them. It looks like you want something grippy on the forehand and your backhand you like medium hard ESN rubbers. I played with my friend inner carbon Violin the other day. I think Violin vibrates a bit. Tibhar Stratus Power Wood...

This topic is controversial. If you follow the progression of most Chinese players, growing up with cheap Chinese rubbers, and PingSunday EmRatThich (who is controversial on this forum because we don't know if that person exists), then yes might as well use Chinese rubbers that are harder in...

I cannot tell. I thought that Fastarc G-1 top sheet is thick so the sponge could only be a max of 2.0mm sponge so as not to break the total thickness rule by ITTF. Then eventually Nattaku came out with "max" sponge so I was really confused about that. My guess is that it might be 2.1mm? So...

I have gone back and forth between regular Haifu Seamoon and Falco tempo long. Honestly, rubbers treated with either of those two curl up just the same way. Either one, after I boost with 3-4 layers, I put it on the racket, I still need about two weeks of practicing to break the rubber in...

A couple side comments: 1) I have always boosted my hurricane. I think it should be boosted. 2) I have always orange sponge commercial. One day when I stop EJ'ing, I want to get blue sponge, one sheet to just try it out. TT11 did a Youtube vidoe and half of the testers liked blue sponge better...