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Raising hand. 😉 Again. It is about what we enjoy in the sport. Most of the time I'd rather lose a close fun game than win a boring one. All this "all you have to do is practice against LP"-talk.... That is exactly what we NOT want to do. Because it is not as fun game to play. And also - a...

A Harimoto won't change anything for you. The difference is way too small. The handles are very different though. (I could not get on with the (FL) DHS-handle at all.) An OALC might be another story.

It's got nothing, or at least very little, to do with winning or losing. Playing against long pips is just not a joyful sport. Maybe LP shouldn't be banned totally but it would be nice with competitions with a "non-LP"-event/class.

It's just not fun. Playing LP is not the reason you go to training sessions and games.

That would be the obvious "upgrade". Or perhaps Tenergy 19? Regarding the lifespan of ESN-rubbers - my experience is that the Fast Arc G1 is the odd one out and that, for some reason, the sponge don't die as fast and brutal as other ESN-rubbers with similar hardness. Maybe not as boosted from...

But with Mark V it wouldn't be head heavy! :)

Head heavy is better for pretty much all forehand attacking shots. Handle heavy better for short game and backhand.

I've had several H8-80, never any oxidation problems. But that is also, i guess, a thing with poor QC....

Might be worth the extra cost if the QC is better. 8-80 is great but the differences in weight between different rubbers is just to much.

Agree. I believe that the top sheet of the G1 is thicker and/or firmer.

All ESN- and most Chinese alternatives will be significantly heavier. Low weight is a selling point for Butterfly rubbers.

I recommend table tennis! ;)

Well... somewhere inbetween SK7 and Harimoto anyway. It's not a wide room even if it looks like that on the graph.

Aren't the Boll ALC and the Viscaria the same except for the handles?

It is an old trick to fasten a coin or something similar at the end of the handle to shift the balance a bit.

Out of topic but... how is the Inner 75 compared to the Viscaria?

Guess every piece of wood is a bit different than another. Trees are obviously different! :) But I've also noticed slight differences in blade sizes and handle thicknesses.

The handle pieces are much smaller than the rest of the blade though. If you spread the extra weight from a lighter to a heavier blade evenly so to speak - most of it will end up in the head. My experience is that the heavier the blade, the head heavier it feels.

Wouldn't the heavier one be more head heavy in most cases? 10 g extra in the handle seems unlikely.

I guess that is the shitty quality control talking. I've used four or five (tried on different blade shapes and in 37 and 38) and the difference in weight is huge. All topsheets have been fine though and I'd say that they are at least as durable as the RZs in that way. The one I'm using now has...