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Everything Carl just wrote is exactly correct All this is correct. And yet to me at least, T80 feels slower than T05 and I was expecting it to be a bit faster since T64 is quite a bit faster, and also for all the reasons Carl just listed. In other words, my expectation was exactly like Olio...

I'm not convinced it's that simple, although parts of what Carl writes are similar to what I felt with these. I think T05 is actually spinnier than T64 and slower just a bit (although harder). I found T80 and T25 to be slower than T05 on many shots. T25 and T05 seem about equally spinny to...

T80 is softer than T05 and a little slower and lower throw actually (which surpises me), but feels completely different from T05FX.

I agree With pretty much everything you said about this rubber. Also, I wish I could blast my backhand down the line with the same power you do. I've seen you do that several times in your reviews.

I played with Mazunov blades in the 90s with speed glue and Bryce. Mazunovs can be quite heavy (!!). They have a very nice comfortable handle (almost as large as Stiga legend). Their playing properties are quite variable, but they are often as fast as TBS (or the Viscaria, which I use)...

The new ones may be different but the original ZJK blade has strange weight balance and feel and was quite disappointing. You are much better off with a Viscaria (if you can find one) or a TB-ALC. It is no surprise to me that ZJK himself does not use it and I will be pretty shocked if he...

Here is one suggestion for improvement made with the best of intentions. Perhaps Dan should mention one or two things that he DOESN'T like about each rubber. It's a review. By definition reviewers write their opinions. Opinions are not the Word of God, but they are useful. We can weigh...

The truth is, we don't yet know We don't know how the new balls will behave with existing robots. So far, only a small sample of prototype balls made by DHS have been made available to a few players. Those balls are seamless, unlike current celluloid balls. All reports are that they play...

It's a good list, but KLH deserves to be somewhere in there (Olympic, WTTC and WorldCup) -- certainly greater than Ma Lin! Also there is no reason at all to include Ma Lin and exclude Wang Hao except perhaps for longevity. I would include Wang Hao because of his perfection of the RPB and...

Amazing how many people "hate" players they've never met, and also that this is one of the longest threads on the forum! One thing for sure, if everyone was the same, sports would be boring. I personally don't care what sounds people make, or if people get a bit pissed off when they play...

IMHO the answer is Wang Liqin. He was ranked #1 in the world for 49 out of 50 straight months in his prime and won the most difficult tournament of all (WTTC) three times. Ma Long is a physical beast with a propensity to lose important matches. He still has a lot to prove (and in time maybe...

I like Butterfly ALC blades, especially the Viscaria, which retains some flexibility. It is fast enough without being ridiculous and it retains some feeling. I have been using this blade for many years now (about seven years I think). Maybe that is the key -- to use something long enough...

As best as I can tell from those pictures the ball certainly traveled 15 cm and is legal. This is especially true if the picture to the right shows the ball at something less than its maximum height. It is sufficiently close that the umpire is out of her mind for calling it in an Olympic...

some comments on Viscaria and its many cousins I've used Viscaria for many years and agree with most of the comments. It is a great blade, fast, huge sweet spot, soft feel, great for spinning. I would personally prefer a slightly larger handle, but most people will like this blade. Some...

I completely agree with this (and with the fact that WLQ could play really long for another country). You don't win three world championships by being robotic!

I don't normally contribute to these kinds of threads since they are a bit disrespectful, but you may owe it to yourself to check these links. http://www.wallcoo.net/Celebrity/Yotsumoto_Naomi/html/wallpaper29.html http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2008/08/naomi-yotsumoto.html...

Huge doesn't begin to describe how different it is.

The gut with the coolest name won.

This is all very true. In addition, you have not told us what your level is or how long you have been playing. If you have learned so far on any non-Chinese rubbers, and have played for a long time, you should know that playing with a Hurricane rubber will require fairly substantial...

I don't actually have numbers on that, but Waldner was not always dominant in ordinary ITTF events. WLQ was. That's were my statistic on consecutive months ranked #1 comes in. WLQ had two stretches of more than two years each in which he was ranked #1 in the world continuously. They were...