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If you are paying, I would avoid Duolingo like the pest. It's horrendous. What I would add to those above, it's to get some "ao vivo" experience for the first courses, so you get a hang on the pronunciation. There are a lot of ways to practice those "online", but some phonems are particularly...

There are better options. I would personally recomend "Hello Chinese". Altough it's paid when you finished the first course, it's actually good and not just random words.

You can see this year's Yinhe catalogue here: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/E2VyTXuOkUprf_fGyctqTg

You can check beforehand. The Yinhe rubbers that come with glue preapplied are the ones that come with an "extra film" on the sponge side. I usually glue a lot of rubbers and those are my favourites exactly for that reason. I don't have to wait for the glue to dry on the rubber XD

Those 2 rubbers you mentioned already come with glue from the fabric. That's why they don't "eat up" a lot of glue. Have you tried only aplying glue to the blade?

I use 39 degrees. Can't think of a reason to go with the harder ones.

Yeap, that one. Haven't tried the national versions. This one seems good enough.

I've been using the Big Dipper Pro Blue Sponge without booster for around a year (I've changed it once) and I would say it's the best rubber I've used. I get a lot of consistency and more than enough speed. And I'm using it on a 7-ply all wood blade, so it's not the blade that's giving me the speed.

I found Moon Speed 53 harder in general, but faster. It's a little more difficult to engage and have slow loops, so I like it more for the forehand. But it's pretty nice there.

Hey!. I heard the same thing from the fabric as Mocker. BD is been discontinued and BDV is the actual new version (II, III and IV weren't actual succesors, more like different products aimed to different regions). And as he said, it seems to be similar but a bit more tacky.

Japan must certainly be a special market. Their suppliers even have others brand make custom products for them. Yinhe has special products only available for Japanese distributors like the Sun Pro and Jupiter with 0.7mm sponges. They seem to be a fun thing based on the video reviews. But I...

This thread was like someone going to a Cannabis convention to say he thinks beer is better.

This is a fun topic. I want in, so here's my two cents. What I think is that this sport has a peculiarity over many others. You can start playing (and it happens often) when you are "old". And with age, comes adult money. So my guess is that the forums (which is not exactly where the younger...

Mars III is faster. Altough, I'm with Tyce. If you are comfortable with what you have, you should probably keep the same.

Not really familiar with Palio to give any advice. Not sure on your level, but as an RPB player I can say that I used Mars for a while and it's preaty easy to use. Not the fastest, though.

Ohhh. In that case, they are completely different rubbers. Jupiter 3 is a DHS Hurricane 3 style rubber. Pretty hard rubber but spinny and rewarding when engaged correctly. Mars 3 is a pseudo euro rubber. It behaves very closely to a slow ESN rubber. Super controlable. Mercury 3 is kind of...

I understand you are asking in comparison to the "II" version. They are basically different rubbers. The main change is the sponge. It's most notable in the Mars and Mercury, not that much in the Jupiter. Jupiter II was discontinued, though. So the "III Euro/Asia" would be a (faster)...

My vote is for the Mercury 2. Pretty sure you can buy in bulk to get an even better price. And it's far better than any pre-made.

Naa, they are just different. MS53 is definitely harder and it shows when you hit. I like it better for forehand. M12 is softer and allows for easier engagement of the topsheet. But it's not worlds apart, they are on the "same scale", I would say.

My understanding is that there's no difference, it's just a "We sell the Asia in China and Europe in the rest of the world" thing. I might be wrong, though. Regarding the OP question, I think MS53 is pretty much its own thing in the Yinhe catalogue. They still haven't used that sponge on...