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Yep, that's what I mean. By changing out the wood, you will more effectively influence the final stiffness because you're changing the softest part. If I had to guess the reason everyone isn't using super thin compositions is because other things also change, maybe very nonlinearly, such as the...

I don't know about blade making, but there's one thing to keep in mind: For the most part, the blade is a spring in series, so its effective K is determined more by the softest part. Even if you make the carbon 10 times stiffer, it might only result in a relatively small stiffness increase for...

Tried the Battle 2. It is very similar to H3. Extremely hard feel on the first few strokes but it softened quickly. I think it is slightly faster, and it is a bit spinnier than my sheet of H3, but that is a years old sheet, so that is to be expected. Overall I can consider them rough...

So what you're saying is that amateurs can't develop good swing mechanics for some reason, and that amateurs who play a limited amount of hours a week should focus on footwork even if it means their swing has low quality and doesn't connect reliably? If I read that right, I can't agree. Maybe...

I wouldn't really recommend the Stratus Power Wood; build quality and materials seem bottom tier and it's a bit pricey. Feedback is also strange, maybe the vibration amplitudes of the handle vs the head aren't balanced. I will be changing from it later. I can't imagine that the cheap Chinese...

At the risk of encouraging rubber manufacturers to raise prices and for EJs to engage in futile capitalism: tabletennis at an amateur level is one of the cheapest things you can possibly do. All of my other hobbies cost one or two magnitudes more. Point being that you can spend 10 times more...

Frequent, as in frequency in this thread specifically. Your first reply to NetProphet included some too. It will certainly not calm people down. :)

To play devil's advocate, Larry, your frequent advertising interjections and extremely defensive nature can be seen as obnoxious. It's probably why NetProphet poked fun at you, and he even told you why he doesn't respect it. I wouldn't take it terribly personally and I don't think there's a...

I'd keep the blade, it's fine. No reason to change for the first couple years IMO. You will find later what you feel is lacking about it. You said the MX-P goes out right now and you're holding back, so it may be wise to stay with what you have and "downgrade" the rubber, especially if you feel...

What kind of things do you ask them and how honestly do you think they answer? Will they talk about tactics willingly? Will they talk about their experience playing against specific players? Also, not really related and I'm not trying to put heat on your or discredit you or anything, but what...

My situation is a little special so I can be honest about it and mention that I am doing some things, but there's a relationship of trust and some sensitive data involved, so I can only provide very unconvincing sounding "proof". I'm always happy to have my brain prodded if someone wants to talk...

I'd +1 the idea to go to easier rubbers in the same line, but since he said he likes the Chinese style, I think it'd be fine to try a more forgiving version of a tacky Chinese forehand rubber too. It would save a bit of money too most of the time. Europe and Europe DF are generally cheaper than...

Stick with 5 ply allwood, it won't really matter which one, just get something you can afford and that you think you will like the handle shape of. I started with Stiga Allround Evolution and I enjoyed it, but you can probably get something similar for less. If you're going to use slow...

What if you like it and it's more durable than the cheaper blade? I hardly believe even half of table tennis players purely buy equipment for the sake of performance and nothing else.

Netprophet, while I understand your point, where else would you go to digitally sell a table tennis book made for table tennis enthusiasts than a forum full of table tennis enthusiasts? I feel like the online target audience is probably in there.

Maybe that's the secret? Make a fast allwood blade and paint it like carbon.

Not table tennis by any means, and not quite a sport in the sense you'd think of it. The validation is comparing performance in motorsport simulation laptimes against young pros who are keen in the sim (Important as many older drivers just can't get along with it), and also comparing sim...

I heard if you can find an honest politician, they'll know where to get one of these mythical carbon blades that feels like wood.

Listening to people correctly is a skill. It's easy to scoff at statements which aren't true in a technical sense and just ignore them as nonsense, although I find that people who do that are lacking theoretical understanding and just don't understand what is actually being communicated. I...

How do you make that decision?