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Ouch! Just when I thought I couldn't like her even more.

Man, the balls sure are flying. :eek: Thanks for the review, it'd be nice to see match play as well to see how you managed in tight situations. It feels to me like you'd have to go all out on pretty much every shot??

Good point, I haven't tried those though, so can't compare directly. I'll post here again if I can get that info from someone else.

I tried the three-star Cornilleau ABS Evolution over a couple of sessions, repeatedly switching back and forth with DHS D40+. I had expected them to just be a rebranded DHS and behave in exactly the same way, but not quite. Both are obviously made from the same material and leave a significant...

Not doing great in France, in the sense that number of players is declining and the overall age of players getting higher. Objectively the situation is still good on the whole, with very good and affordable infrastructure, a strong and healthy national league, and a relatively steady stream of...

They're not kidding when it comes to marketing claims... Must be genuine. :-P

It's nice to see Joola coming up with new stuff, but out of four blades, three are off+ and one is "off to off+"?

The cue is in the name!

Thanks, I had seen these around but wasn't sure what the difference was.

Fastarc S-1 is very good, and extremely easy to play. How good is he (assuming this is for someone else?), and does he need a hard sponge? If the aim is consistency and fast balls even on moderate shots, I think it is excellent and still allows for about anything else. Grip could be a little...

Here you can share your grandma's, spiritual father's, cereal box, scientific, pop or any other general bits of wisdom which you have found to be useful when applied to table tennis. Tongue in cheek is all good, if you find something to it. For example: People say that practicing Zen is...

Well, he did say he was open to inner carbon options. I always mention the TPE Perform when these threads come about, to me the hinoki being thin, heat-treated and backed-up with koto mitigates the issue NextLevel mentions, at least when I tried one (stock Rhyzm iirc). Pretty low throw...

Just one thing: Rakza 7 takes time to break in, probably about ten hours before it becomes a little softer and with a much better feeling overall. Perhaps give it another week before making a decision.

It is all well and good speaking in general terms but you also said you tend to favour push rallies quite a bit, so maybe you were onto something with the Victas, and don't need anything crazier than Rhyzm-P? Another way to look at it is, do you generally prefer to take the initiative at the...

In that sense what an advertisement Ito is giving for pips, she does things with them most people wouldn't dream of doing with inverted (funny that we still call them inverted, by the way). Also your last statement is very true, but also comes from the behaviour you mentioned (I won't bother...

Hey I like your setup!! In more subjective terms I want to say the Offensive S has that sort of absolute "do it all" quality to it, excellent finish and a great mix of dwell yet feeling very steady and consistent. Hard to do a better overall package in terms of compromises, if you factor in the...

I just want to say I really like the 1* orange Cornillleau balls I talked about now, at least once the dusty surface has gone (which has been the case for the whole box after a couple of training sessions, including multi-ball). Again I feel they might be marginally softer than D40+ but the...

It's almost as if the main purpose of this is to get us all talking about Butterfly products.

Yes, this reminds me about that discussion (I think it emerged from a Larry Hodges post?) about the Chinese national team training routines some time ago. One of the points was, how do you find a stronger training partner than you, when you already are the best in the world, and that was...

Sorry I can't compare them in terms of behaviour, but this is quite remarkable and bears mentioning: in Western Europe at least, T05 is 59.90€ while Omega VII Tour has hit the market at a tidy 69.90€. I sure hope you find what you are looking for in that rubber, and some more.