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Lol, I can tell you about Gambler brand. Their composite carbon blades are really good. However get flared handle. Do not get the straight handle. Their straight handle is really really short. Do not touch Gambler's rubbers. I mean for the price, it is good. But it is not Japanese rubber good...

I am back to using H3 neo. Yes I agree. After trying K1 and K2, the tackiness is just not the same as Hurricane. I am also so far going back to H3 neo from Big Dipper and Sanwei Target National as well. Hurricane is just the most tacky of them all. And that matters in serves

Agree with the recommendation: ASICS Men's Gel-Rocket 10 Volleyball Shoes. Asics makes table tennis shoes for Butterfly so you get Butterfly shoes for less than half of the price.

All very good suggestions. I have been peeling rubbers off my 5-ply and 7-ply wood and apparently for each model, the rubbers peel off differently and the residual amount of glue left behind the blade also varies! I am kind of surprised because I never sealed my blade. For the blade, I agree...

I don't have a Tibhar MK but I have a Tibhar K1 European edition. And I have played with Rakza 7 (right now I have regular verson on one blade ane soft version on another blade). Rakza 7 regular and Rakza 7 soft have decent amount of catapult. It is not Tenergy-level catapult but you can...

Agree. Also we all play a bit differently. I am now testing Big Dipper and Sanwei Target National (and finally transferred both to carbon blades now so I can test it out more later this week). I do like both rubbers. They are just not as tacky as H3 neo. People rave about them being good hybrid...

I don't live in a humid area anymore. That sounds insane! 7-day old rubber shrinking!

I just noticed this. They played with Friendship 729 super fx? That is not hard at all. I have a couple sheets lying around. Friendship 729 super fx is quite soft. It is a very good beginner's rubber. I once boosted a sheet by mistake and it became way too soft to be played so I had to rip it...

I think Rakza 7 soft is not a bad choice for the beginners. If someone just asks me randomly about the best rubber to start and stay as an intermediate player, I would say Rakza 7 or Rakza 7 soft or C-1. You cannot go wrong with any of them. I like Mark V too but the price is pretty stiff...

Ok I checked out the website. The Butterfly prices are definitely say 15% cheaper than everywhere else. Non-butterfly products like G-1, Rakza 7, etc. are about tabletennis11 with their 30% bulk discount. What stood out for me is Stiga Mendo and Stiga Mendo Energy for $600 Taiwanese dollars...

Out of the list, I would say C-1 (not G-1). C-1 is fast enough but not too fast. G-1 is a bit fast and a bit harder than your friends woud like. Second one, Rakza 7 soft. Third one Rakza X soft. Also I am not sure if the pricing is correct. Usually Rozena is $40 a sheet. Then G-1, C-1, Razka...

Agree on two aspects: 1) I almost always wait until I need a big order before I get it from TT11. So the ESN's are down to about $30-$35 a sheet. Like I said, I refuse to upgrade to the new ESN's that cost $55-$65 a sheet. At least not yet. I don't see a point. 2) I agree that overall the...

Lol, I did not know. I thought only people who played with Bryce speed glued. I did not know that hard sponge like Friendship 729 would do well with speed glue. I never got into the speed glue craze. But that is also back then I was young and I did not really know how to peel the rubber off and...

I am not sure if either is inner carbon but the blades are fast but NOT that fast: Gambler Blackout v.s. Fire Dragon Hinoki. I am still trying to figure which of the carbon blades from Gambler I like. I am still in the middle of testing but those two blades I like the most so far. For $40 a...

I agree. I like the loop then push. then loop then push strategy. Rinse and repeat. I don't like to continuously loop. Yes they can use your topspin against you as you loop more and more. But it is also that looping continuously is difficult because the ball keeps on getting shorter and shorter...

It would be nice to a simple booster for legs, hips, ankles, elbows and all those joints! I did not speed glue in the speed glue days because I was using friendship 729 so speed gluing was not that helpful. Those speed glue days were insane. I think on tournament days, people were literally...

I try to serve long with no spin. Then the ball should come back with little spin and I would try to spin with heavy top spin and try to finish the point fast. The longer the point goes the more difficult for you (because you are not used to the timing of the ball as it drops or floats coming...

Boosting is not compared to the speed gluing days. I am just boosting now to get more juice out of the old ESN rubbers and hope that the rubbers fit onto the new blade better.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Stratus Power Wood is not that heavy. The blade is the same weight as most 5-ply. HOWEVER, the face of the blade is slightly bigger than standard so the overall racket (blade plus rubber two sides) will be heavier than most. When I was using it, I did not feel that it was extra heavy or not...