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i tried my best to capture the difference with my phone, because the black sponge makes it quite hard, bit the difference is there and it is more noticeable if you have both rubbers in hand. and yes, the old ones sponge feels kind of silky to the touch and the newer version just like any other...

the sponge changed too in this process and together with the new topsheet it does feel, look and play different then the old version: more hybrid and less h3

yes really sad, i really fell in love with the older version - no more boosting, but are back to chinese rubbers now i read about the tau rubber and really excited to hear more reviews, if it is like the old vega china i would definitely try it out!

i would say the difference isn’t super huge, but the topsheet is less sticky and the sponge is more porous wich makes it easier to activate but less stiff and less powerful. there was that addictive clicking feel like a boosted rubber that the old gen had on harder shots wich is now lost in the...

codexx 52 & 54 is old gen so hard topsheet and closer to chinese, bluegrip j1,2,3 is newer gen with soft topsheet same es codexx 53 & 55

i would say the newer version is easier to activate since the sponge is a bit more porous and gives more easy speed. you could also try gewo codexx 52. it is the only rubber i know of besides vega china that has the durability of old gen and not this high trajectory like most newer hybrids...

you can get tibhar k2 on aliexpress

the first generation ESN hybrids where pretty close like vega china, joola golden tango, gewo codexx 54 i heard that tibhar k2 is pretty good too.

@Matt Hetherington if joola produces the blades for hugo at the same factory (korea) as the blades from his former sponsor xiom, why is that the blade from joola cost so much more? 189 for xiom HAL vs 229 for the joola AryX. where does the big 40€ price difference comes from?

got the info directly from xiom europe, they said the factory changed the production process and therefore the sponge and topsheet changed too

xiom changed the formula of the vega china and it is now less tacky with a more porous sponge that makes it less chinese and more like a standard esn hybrid. that means easier activation, easier first speed, less spin and less power. that is the reason i changed back to rxton 9 since the cover...

it just doesn't work that way. training is totally different then competition and you can't really judge someone just by looking at some training vids. a lot of players loose rating points because of nerves, discomfort, unknown or orthodox playstyles, material players like short/medium/long...

limba and ayous are visually nearly indistinguishable from each other and basically all of the butterfly blades with ALC use ayous as second layer, same as the ones i wrote before

you searched for the outer, but i wrote donic whiper inner

donic whipper inner is kiri core and yellow alc harimoto super alc is kiri core and same as harimoto super zlc

then i don’t get where the loss of confidence comes from. but i know players that are really good like around 1900 TTR (2200 ustt) but don’t feel any difference when playing different equipment. if you are one of those lucky ones then just choose the cheapest equipment you can get away with...

as @Matteones already said: you really overcomplicate equipment. you will not play better because of equipment, but because of dedicated training and experience. if you switch all the time you just get confused and loose touch and confidence as clearly shown in your extended post

for me the throw of HAL is high too, but i came from Viscaria. if you come from 5ply Allwood, then maybe the throw feels low. i think the review is pretty accurate and in line with my feelings about the blade. but they are feeling based, so...

he doesn’t. he actually plays with this blade, as you can see in pictures from ‚mytischtennis‘ it is basically like the old hugo SAL blade by xiom but with limpa top ply instead of koto. but i don’t think the rubbers will be the same as in the store, 52,5 sounds a bit soft for a player like...

maybe the term mid range is to vague to agree on it in the first place. but from what i heard by the players mentioned, you need a bit more force to get the carbon activated, so the power starts later compared to outercarbon blades