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Of course it is possible to chop far away from the table with a fast carbon blade. Is it optimal; no! Especially not for the OP, who has not chopped before and wants to try it out. My guess is that OP will not have much fun and then give up on the experiment quickly. Chop-blocking with LP or...

I have tried it. It looks great and has really good build quality. It was more stiff than I expected but not as stiff and fast as Cybershape carbon or Viscaria type of blade. But still notably more stiff than a Clipper.

I can very much recommend Stiga Helix Platinum for FH. I have switched from D09c to Helix recently and it works better for me. Looping close and further away from the table is where the rubber really shines. Grip is much better on Helix Platinum than DNA Platinum.

Stiga flared are quite narrow. Too narrow for my taste. I would recommend either getting the flared version and put some grip tape on or buy the straight handle and get used to it. Don't bother with trying to sand it into a custom flared.

I have tried the Helix M. I think it feels quite different to DNA Platinum M. Actually felt quite comparable to Tenergy 19.

Carbonado 90 is not that slow. TTgearlabs rating puts it in the same range as Butterfly Harimoto ALC or the newer Innerforce ALC. So my guess is the Destiny would score the same.

More like a Carbonado 90 with dyed top ply

I agree is is a bit too pricey. Entry level carbon blades from Butterfly has similar pricing. Strangely enough though, the Destiny blade is priced lower than the Carbonado 45 right now, at least in the Swedish shop.

And now it is released ... Stiga Destiny Carbon released

Stiga has a new campaign started in social media hinting at the release of a new blade. I found this incomplete page on their website. Seems more like a rebranding of the Carbonado 90 to me, but calling it "Destiny" instead. Hopefully they have been more creative though, by introducing something...

I have played with Spectol S1, Spectol S3 and Stiga Symmetry on Harimoto ALC and Viscaria. Works well for me and I do not think there is a huge difference between the blades. Both are stable. One thing that is a weakness of SP is when you get a bit of a distance to the table. When this happens...

ttgearlab.com score them quite similarly. You can check TTgearlab - 7 ply wood. The Victas samples seem to have been a bit heavier than the Stiga samples, so the SWAT scores a bit higher on speed, but with similar weight, my guess is that they will score pretty much the same.

To be fair, as you can see in my original post, Stiga started announcing the release of something new, to be released in the end of august, already at the start of Yokohama. This marketing was launched at least to my knowledge in all major social media flows. It was not something they ad-hoc, in...

The biggest change came in 2000 with the larger ball. Game slowed down and less spin. The matches might look slower, but pre 2000 the players had super fast speed glued bats and a much faster and spinier ball. Very different game. This is why we see so many more unforced errors in the...

I agree with previous posts focusing on serve and receive. You are very predictable because your instinct is to push return every serve you receive. Even the ones that are fast with zero spin or slight side/top spin. It actually looks a bit like somebody with long pimples on backhand would play...

Yeah, the new rubbers do not produce as high quality chop blocks as regular Platinum ;)

I do not agree with some of the comments here that WCQ was playing at low capacity. Harimoto vs WCQ game was maybe the best match I have seen. For sure one of the fastest games of table tennis ever.

Appearantly Truls is using something new from Stiga in Yokohama. #stigatabletennis is posting on instagram: "Something’s changing. Truls Möregårdh has already unleashed his new weapon in Yokohama — powering his way to the semi-finals. Soon, it’s your turn. The next evolution in speed, spin, and...

Anton's blade has been looking like that for a long time. Butterfly are usually clear about when some of their sponsored players are using a custom blade(I.e. Dang Qiu). However, with Anton they have stated he is using the Dima blade, also for a long time. I'm not sure why.

Plenty of threads already on this topic. I.e. look below in "similar threads" section.