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Ok thanks for the review. I will skip Power Bloom to try. I have tried Big Dipper and AK-47, and I don't like them. I have a Battle II blue sponge that I am going to try later this week. But that's it.

Yeah I feel that they change it like once every 3 months or something like that. They finally took Rakza 7 soft and now they have Razka X and Rakza X soft on special. FX-P also looks interesting. Anyway, I am just monitoring it.

Reverse penhold backhand so the players usually turn the paddle around and loop the ball, like a shakehand player would.

I agree. This is not a new idea. When I was in college, playing TT, there was a player from Seattle, back in 1998, who used inverted on forehand and long-pips on the back of a c-pen paddle. He obviousy immitated another player in his local area before coming to our college on the east coast to...

I used ox-long pips on the back of J-pen when I was younger. There is nothing wrong with that style. I do, agree, however a j-pen blade is too fast. I think your friend should switch to a 5-ply OFF- chinese penhold blade. One-ply 9mm or 10mm hinoki jpen blade, even with ox-long pips on the...

I have used T05fx. The short game is not very good. It is easy to push the ball out of bound. Too catapulty. I have soft rubber too. I have two blades, one with Rakza 7 soft on the back and another one with C-1 on the back. I like them off. Soft but with support. Rakza 7 soft is slightly...

I had a Viscaria and I did not like it. Maybe just a bad batch.

That piece of info is also available on Yasaka's website which confirms your opinion https://www.yasaka.se/mattias-falck/ Pro's change their equipment quite a bit (Yes Timo Boll, I am talking you and your blade). Adrianna Diaz has also changed her blade quite a bit recently. I like to go to...

Got it. Thank you for your feedback. I am still waiting to see if Xiom Vega Korea will go on sales at TT11 or Dandoy. North American retailers' pricing on ESN rubbers is not competitive at all. Not when TT11 or Dandoy apply that 30% bulk discount. I have tried X and Europe. I need to digest the...

It is direct. Not as much catapult as other ESN rubbers. The sponge is also harder. That is why its arc is on the low side.

Thanks to everyone's inpute. Very invaluable. I have X and Europe. I am waiting for Pro, Japan and Asia to arrive. Of note, I have Rakza 7 soft and Vega Europe. I do feel that Vega Europe is softer than Rakza 7 soft. It could be due to two issues. Maybe Europe has softer top sheet. Or the...

G1 is fine. It's arc is low. I don't know why one the reviewer said it has medium-high arc. It is very direct. Where you want the ball to go, G-1 will get you there. It's top sheet is gripier than other ESN rubber. And its durability is legendary. There is some catapult effect. Yes less...

Great! Awesome. I did not know such website existed. To summarize the website below: Degree of sponge hardness: 54°: Vega CHINA 47,5°: Vega X, ASIA, PRO, INTRO, LPO 45°: Vega TOUR, JAPAN 42,5°: Vega EUROPE, ASIA DF, SPO 40°: Vega ELITE 37,5°: Vega EUROPE DF My little note: I thought...

Great! Thank you for your feedback. I have not considered Vega China because I like hurricane on my forehand. I am not aware of Vega Tour so thank you for letting me know about that. I am aware of Vega Elite to be even softer than Vega Europe. I like Vega Europe but that is probably the lowest...

Ok I just youtubed Damien Provost on Youtube. He keeps his elbow close to his body but don't many European players such as Timo Boll also do that? I was trained by a Chinese coach growing up. For about the first two years of me learning the sport, he told me to keep elbow close to my body...

So TT11 must be loving me. I have noticed that TT11 has put various Vega series rubber on 30% sale each week. I wonder what will be on sales tomorrow Sunday.... I have digressed. How would you rank the Vega series rubber? Xiom Vega Korea is not on sales in most parts of the world so I have not...

I have used free chack II. I bought a 50ml bottle and then another 500ml to refill that 50ml bottle. It is fine. I think it does its job. Is it the best invention on earth? No. I can always find something I don't like about certain glue. I have noted that 1) free chack II dries really quickly...

Agree. But with them down 0-3, it is tough to overcome that deficit. I also noticed that the beast is not playing. I think the beast is at least their second best player after the Frog. In the video, the pre-game meeting seemed to be taped on a separate day from the actual match. Beast is not...

I played with Chinese rubbers growing up, Friendship 729 and Friendship tackspeed 2000 or something like that? At the time, I had Butterfly J-pen blade. Chinese rubbers and J-pen blade work well together. Serve and short games are very very good. If you want to hit harder or loop harder, then...

A couple thoughts from me. I actually think c-pen with RPB is very hard. When I switched to c-pen with RPB, I played ok. But since I grew up playing traditional J-pen, c-pen with RPB was only used sparingly. I imagine that someone grew up playing with c-pen with RPB and ONLY use RPB on the...