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I am surprised that Ma Long switched equipment that much. I am only aware of the time when he was using H3 on both sides of the blade. I am not aware he was using Nittaku and Tenergy at some point in the past. Those play very differently on the backhand side compared to H3. I am impressed that...

I have a Tibhar Samsonov Premium Contact. I like that blade. Not the best looking handle but it feels very comfortable.

lol! that is like watching paint dry......

Got it. I remember when a guy visited our club in LA once and he is from Louisiana. He was trying to hit a different club every day. He was around 1500-1600 and he was very excited!!!

good to know. How about Loki 5? top sheet tacky tacky?

I am losing track of these Euro's v.s. USD thing. can't things just be simple?

That long pip rubber looks interesting. The analogy to badminton is interesting. I agree that in badminton you have to be 100% fit or else you are a chopped liver. I play against a hard bat guy at the club. He poses a lot of problems to many players in the club. You always have to lunge...

Nothing wrong with that. My old H3 looks so beat up I might get mistaken for a homeless person :) :)

Because there are a lot of addicts on the forum and every chance we get, we try to infect more people with the EJ virus.... :)

You ready for Revolution or Rasanter series of rubber? I think Fastarc and Rakza series will be not be tensor-enough for you. But Revolution and Rasanter seem to have good bounce compared to Tenergy.

Barracuda Big slam is a very soft tensor with high arc. OP also does not like H3 or G-1. I really think G-1 would be a good fit. My recommendation would be C-1 or Neottec Katana. C-1 is slower than G-1. Good rubber. One of the more popular rubbers on TT11. Neottec Katana is a good, Japanese...

Yes TG3 Skyline Neo. I order a couple sheets of those before, along with regular H3. I really do not feel there is a lot of difference between TG3 Skyline neo and H3 neo. Both just would not die in terms of tackiness/stickiness. I played with Sanwai Target National again yesterday. Yeah, it is...

Lol, that's funny. I had a girlfriend once who was jealous about the ping pong club. But the people going to ping pong club tend to be on the nerdy side too!

By the way is Loki Arthur China more like a hybrid? The top sheet is tacky but not sticky sticky?

H3 neo comes with a sealed package (like sealed sealed) so it is pre-boosted at the factory. However, I always boost it still. I don't know how it plays without boosting right off the package. By the way, the stinky smell goes away pretty quickly. It is not really a problem.

The booster does not smell. Hurricane smells right out of the box though. You should at least try it once. Just apply booster 2-3 times (24 hours in between). You will feel that it is slow in the beginning but you may grow to like it more and more over time. It gives you so much feel on your...

Good. I might need to stock up on Skyline then! Black and red. I will see how this batch from Playa Table Tennis goes before I stock up.

I just ordered two sheets of black H3 Skyline neo from Playa Table Tennis on Aliexpress. Let us see if they are sticky or not when they arrive!!!

thank you for reviewing the omega series. I just started experimenting with Xiom Vega Europe (BH of a Nittaku Acoustic carbon blade) and Xiom Vega X (BH of a Gambler carbon blade). So far so good. Definitely Europe might be even a bit softer than Rakza 7 soft. Xiom Vega X is definitely bouncier...

Precisely. Look like you want to do a traditional penhold block. 1. Agree. You should be able to perform the stroke with thumb tangling. In fact with the index finger pressing on the paddle, you can technically turn the racket angle parallel to the table (so you can block heavy heavey top spin...