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I've used Glayzer on a 5-ply (limba-spruce-ayous), an inner KLC with limba surface, and an inner PLC with spruce surface. Surprisingly it felt the deadest on the inner KLC + limba blade. It played decently well on the 5-ply but needed full commitment on each stroke to get the ball over the net...

A couple of rubbers I've had in my "might as well try" list for a little while. I liked the original Big Dipper but I've been wary of BDV because I've heard it's not as spinny as the original, and I loved the spin quality on the OG. But it was on sale and going on a backup blade anyway, so why...

I think the idea of a "forgiving" rubber is all relative anyway. Compared to T05 or Dignics? Yeah, Rozena is more forgiving. And yet I overshot the table/blocked long more with Rozena than any other BH rubber I've used not named Tenergy or D05. It was fairly safe as a FH rubber, but on BH the...

I didn't know about this one. I played with their Hinoki ZL Carbon for a little bit but it felt very fast and hard to control, and didn't loop well. An inner ALC with hinoki outers interests me greatly.

Yinhe Pro 05 is ~$50, but it's also still pretty fast. It does have more feeling than outer blades, though.

You're not alone. It's fun to play but for some reason I can't get into watching it. But I also feel that way about baseball as a whole lol.

In the interest of "easy wins", this is targeted more narrowly at a couple of specific incidents that seem to have incited the moderator actions rather than a debate on the (de)merits of those actions: For the sake of transparency, how about a new forum rule that restricts political...

I'm reminded of another proverb...

I can—at least anecdotally—back up what @Sherpa says. I started having patellar ligament pain after every training session, to the point where I'd come home and have difficulty climbing the stairs in my house. I always thought I had strong legs, so I chalked it up to just getting older. Patellar...

My reading is the same as yours, but I think it's a semantic debate at least partially tied to English being used as a common second language. It's certainly not worth any amount of heated argument over, but it helps to have a common understanding of certain words that are repeatedly used in the...

I have a BDV 39° on the way so maybe I can add a little insight there soon. Going from BDV 39° to Moon 12 Blue M- is a huge drop in hardness, it probably felt like mashed potatoes! M- is very controlled and decently spinny but not particularly fast. A very all-round rubber. 8-80 feels similar...

Likely a Whoop or Visible fitness tracker. Whoop is marketed toward athletes so that would be my guess.

Getting an early start on training for the TTD tournament next month, eh? 😄

By my measurements, the handle on the HAL is 26.2mm at its narrowest (horizontally), and about 22.5mm back-to-front thickness. I've found I prefer closer to 27mm at the narrow point, and 22.5-23mm thick. From JOOLA I've only ever played with the Rossi Emotion, which I needed to add a grip to...

Ohh, that's tempting. My biggest (only, really) complaint about the HAL was the handle... I do worry about the head-heaviness, though, as I also tend to play close to the table.

They would schedule this for the one weekend I'm out of town... 😭 Granted, I'll be in Düsseldorf instead, but I was really looking forward to watching Aruna in person.

I just glue sheet rock to my paddle. I think it's a little softer. 🙃

This. Regardless of the level of impact on how the blade plays, I would be contacting Stiga for a replacement. That level of (poor) QC in a premium blade is unacceptable.

I think it needs to be the right shade of green, and the rubber color does make a difference. I'd agree that red and green clash, although even the new Joola HC Ary-X is subtle enough that a red rubber isn't obnoxious. What gets me is that so many blades from different manufacturers share the...

That first navy + gold combination is really nice. From what I understand it's harder to impart certain colors on the fineline, but it's fun to imagine. It seems like dark blues are fairly common but black is not as much; black and green or black and gold (not yellow) would be my go-to...