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Planned obsolescence? MXP or Rasanter dying after 4 weeks sure helps Tibhar's, Andro's (and ESN's bottom lines) I don't see an issue using G-1 or V15 Extra for even a year, I have 2 year old black sheet that is not much worse than a new red one to be honest. Also it's interesting that the...

I guess the problem is if you get a punch oriented rubber you will lose some of the spiny open ups. It's always balance between the two. If you like German made rubbers the ones that are oriented for fast hits are Rasanter V series, so V47, Xiom Vega Asia (T64-ish), Gewo Nexxus 48 XT (XT is for...

Incoming, probably arriving in 2 weeks. Big fan of the Yasaka Dragon series.

I have a hunch it's pretty much the same as Hammond Z2 or Mantra Pro.

In the female final, final set Sun Yingsha also claimed an edge ball and while it was impossible to tell if it was an edge or not at least she had the brain to force to look at the replay. She was pretty persistent about it and I think she let it go in the end when she saw it's not visible on...

It would be fairly straightforward for a manufacturer to create a "robot arm" and just hit the ball with it with determined forces/angles and with a camera measure the ball's rotation and speed. Maybe I give too much credit to them but I assume this is how they come up with their speed and spin...

Some H9, I think the green and maybe violet?

I guess I will get a lot of shit or love for my post. Just to get it out of the way, that was an edge ball without a question and I bet Simon feels horrible after the fact for contesting it because he looks like a fraud and he is on camera. I am sure he is not a fraud, he is one of the last of...

Almost completely open racket angle and maybe around 15 degree upward motion only, the rest is forward. The topsheet is very strong so it will use the incoming spin very well to make enough arc. It won't be a high arc but I find it very safe and it lands near the white line and it's fast too...

What I do is let the opponents spin grap into the topsheet and the rubber will create an arc from it and I just hit more forward. It's like I try not to grip the ball just let the top sheet stretch as little as possible. But it's also possible to do the classical upwards countering when you try...

If one puts a plastic film over a tacky Chinese rubber they are not so slow on a bounce test. The GA9 should be plenty fast.

One thing I just got reminded of is that the first time I glue B3 it just doesn't stick to the glue. A stronger wind can blow the rubber off the blade. My glues don't stick to the sponge. After adding a thin layer of booster the sponge becomes kind of tacky tho.

That's very smart.

I just glued my new 40deg sheet on today to the Cybershape and on my backhand I'm back to V>15 extra which is pretty fast. I dare say around T64ish speed. Anyway the B3 without a doubt is slower but not by much. Maybe 25% slower on a simple bounce test and it does this without any catapult...

Yeah, I hit pretty hard, one of the reason is to break in the rubber faster. But I hit hard in general too. I've seen Chinese players just hitting the ball in the net really hard from close. I would consider this as off the table play too, but one could just hit it in the sky and wait for it to...

It's very interesting that I like the very same stuff that people recommend and give good feedback on and on the other hand I recommend other stuff and the very same people like it too. It seems like an endless accoustic feedback that is amplified to oblivion but it's just people liking the same...

Battle 3... I got my sheet in 2023 June?? I glued it on the W968 FH side and 3 things come to my mind: Slow, didn't like, glue didn't attach to the sponge. For me slow and didn't like is kinda the same thing, I hate slow rubbers, but in hindsight that I could remove it form my blade like I...

Both Rising and Shining 2. But some folks already testing the Rising 2:

Yes, Mantra Pro M is really in the range of 47-48 deg ESN (I think it's a bit softer than Moon M+) but the sponge is more "airy" and less rubbery. I think on an inner alc blade it's going to be good since it bounces so well. I played with H3N 37 national and it was a pretty pleasant journey...

Disturbingly empty topic. Let me slightly fix that! Carbonado 45 Golden Cybershape, seems like it's made for a Japanese shop. DHS Gold Arc 9, seems like the DHS 80 sponge with a Chinese grippy topsheet. Can't say I'm not interested. Yasaka Rising and Shining Dragon 2: