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TTHopeful, it really is bad form to take someone's thread from another forum and use it here verbatim.

Right now pros and cons depend on which ones you buy.

I'm looking forward to getting my XSF balls to try. (I had tried an earlier non-approved version and thought it was bad), but you are not the only one who has reported liking this approved version. Your comment reinforces my suspicion that the most annoying thing about Chinese seamed balls is...

I am old enough to have spanned both ball size changes (indeed I played more of my life with 38 mm than anything else). For some reason I don't understand I never really minded the switch to 40 mm, I adapted to it very quickly and never really looked back. In fact in a lot ways it helped me...

Yes I agree with all of this. The effects on timing are subtle but can really mess you up when you don't know exactly where the ball is going. I weighed some Joola 40+ with a very accurate laboratory analytical balance (accurate +/- 2 milligrams), and to my surprise they were not heavier than...

Three words to describe this ball: slow, low, straight. I really don't have much fun playing with them.

This is why any attempt to use rules changes to change Chinese dominance only increases their dominance. If this was part of the inner reason for changing the rule, it was doomed to fail. Also, I agree no way 70% less spin. Probably meant 70% of the spin.

I noticed that the first time (tiredness), but not since then. The main thing I notice after many hours with these balls is the low and sometimes erratic bounce, that bothers me the most. The speed and spin I can deal with pretty quickly. But the low bounce has a weird effect on many ball...

Pretty much the top players are saying the same thing that people on the forums are saying.

How are your DF balls doing? Breaking like the others?

Yes, this is exactly correct. I bought some Butterfly fakes there several years ago and they shop is reliable. I didn't realize they were fakes when I made the purchase, but it was clear when they arrived, and I have since learned they are not secretive about this. The quality was very high...

Interesting question. I currently own five Viscarias purchased over the last couple of years. The oldest of these is far better than the others, which are quite similar to each other, but again, not identical. QC seems fine, although I have to say that they have gotten lighter and faster than...

I have played with both blades a lot, own multiple copies of each. ZJK-ALC is a little stiffer. To me they feel about same hardness but both are relatively soft. The two ZJK-ALC I have are just a bit faster than most of my Viscarias. The handle of ZJK is larger, some people will like it...

It has been several years, but at one point I bought some shirts from them and was quite happy with the quality of what I eventually received (delivery was slow). Price was very very low at that time.

Tony, for some reason, some products that are just ordinary things here (or even sold in discount stores), are considered luxury items in China and are marketed and priced accordingly. I am always puzzled when I see that things like Tommy Hilfiger clothes and Buick Automobiles are marketed as...

Exactly the same for me. Actually, with the Nittaku Japan 40+ ball I got to use for awhile, I was having a lot of fun.

The best thing about TT forums is that now when I travel I can always find someone and someplace to play.

Shirts are expensive in Japan also. And if you are XL in US, then you have to buy 4XL in Asia (or possibly 3XL, depending on whether you like them a bit tighter). Trust me on this. A guy from our club brought back a bunch of really inexpensive TT shirts from Indonesia. I have never been...

I have noticed it too (in China anyway). Unfortunately if you are tall or large, you can't find your size in Asian vendors. The mark-up in US on TT clothing is obscene and you are only paying for the logo (but people are willing to do it anyway). Go to any sporting goods store in the US and...