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Chinese rubbers are usually bad unless you explicitly want them and explicitly willing to learn to use them. I got the vibes that OP just wants to have a setup that is easily adopted and works well in many situations. Chinese rubbers need sacrifices in form of learning to use them and as far as...

There is no single silver bullet gear that will be best for everyone. If you want the safest most versatile setup for that money you can also get a clipper. Everyone needs at least one Clipper in their life. Thin Clipper is veeeeeeeeeeeeery versatile. TSP Swat is also a nice option. A bit more...

OSP Virtuoso + 2* whatever modern rubbers you can get in good price (think Xiom Vega, Yasaka Rakza etc.)

Gambler products are super dope. Great quality blades, and very good rubbers. The only con is that rubbers are very short-lived.

It is 729 degrees though not shore O (as one of the users of this forum told me). Blue should be about 42-43 ESN scale, yellow 45 ESN, Red 47-48 ESN. So Rakza 7 soft should be as hard as blue, 7 as hard as red. Although rubber feels very similar overall (I've played with 3-4 rackets with Blue...

What have you asked and no one replied?

You forgot Gewo El Pro, in my country they are about 25-30€ Evolution series is about 35-40€ (my club has a discount, coach is/used to be Tibhar player) OVIIPro 35€, Euro 40€, Tour 50€, Asia 35€

In Poland it is 57.87€ in official distribution, and 45€ when bought from players (new, square, sealed, often with proof of original sale).

I worded it a bit incorrectly. I had damaged muscles and tendons (sry I am bad at physiology and anatomy, in Polish it is "ścięgno zginacz nadgarstka") that are attached to the wrist and it hurt when I moved the wrist. I am just very slowly easing back, not using muscles to move the wrist. I...

Cool, I also stay away from Butterfly. But seeing almost no new Chinese rubber reaching the market, and if they do they cost 40$, I think there is a reason for this. Regarding whether it is complicated, it is. A marketing video does not show everything...

The cost probably is dictated by: Money employees make Very costly equipment. I can only imagine how much these scientists make, and from what I know custom-made scientific-grade equipment price is sky-high. As far as I know some of the forum members are scientists, dunno if they are in...

My experience is quite different than that. I am recovering from a wrist injury and I try to limit its usage for now. It is quite difficult to explain. For me the biggest difference is on focusing what I am trying achieve. I focus on brushing the ball and not hitting the ball.

It is 6000$, and it is not fee payed for testing the rubber. It is the price ONLY for keeping the rubber on the LARC if this thread is to be trusted (https://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=35167). I can imagine that initial fee would be close to 25-50k $. I have no proof for that though. It...

Last Fastarc user I talked with measured durability in years, not months. Haven't yet used it myself for extended periods of time though. Can't personally confirm those claims. Regarding R&D costs. As far as my knowledge goes (which is somehow limited), R&D relies mostly on trial and error when...

I know that. I should maybe have to accented that more clearly. I ended chinese rubbers thread and started new thought thread about using a rubber that lasts a very very very long time as an alternative solution to expensive rubber problem.

Not all Chinese rubbers are sticky. Palio AK47 feels close to Donic Bluefire for me. Similar top sheet texture and same sponge hardness range, the sponge itself is a bit different, but for most of my friends it is good enough when they don't want to spend big money. If you don't want to buy...

Get Jupiter 2 38 deg, it should be somewhere between 47.5 and 50 degrees. It's like 10$. Big Dipper is also like 14$. If you won't like them (Big Dipper is easier to use) you won't like any of the expensive shiny guns. Unless you play with a certain type of gear for an extended period of time...

What great blade you can get for 25€? You have 2 options. Buy Chinese or wait for deals. (maybe just Polish prices are lower, otherwise buy from Poland lolz).

Yup. Why anyone would want a soft tacky rubber 😉 Soft sponges are usually quite springy which is usually the opposite of what you want with tacky rubber. I often do use mostly top sheet when brushing, so a soft sponge does ruin the feel (Golden Tango PS).

I love Xiom Vega Japan on BH, it has just right sponge hardness. I don't like MX-P on FH but plenty of players in my club is very successful with it. I would pick MX-S for FX, but that is just my personal taste. I really liked Omega V Tour on FH and Omega V Asia too.