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  1. Best orange balls

    Just the walls? ;) I would also like to see more orange balls like in the 38 mm era but there are only a couple on the official list https://equipment.ittf.com/#/equipment/balls - Nittaku NSD40+ - Nittaku Nexcel 40+ - Tibhar 40+ Syntt NG - Double Fish V40+ - DHS D40+ I would get DHS D40+ or...
  2. Can take of my unboosted rubber, apply booster and reglue it?

    I usually try new rubbers unboosted for a while, take them off, boost them and try them a bit longer (until I usually go back to H3 ;) scnr)
  3. What brand of TT balls do you prefer?

    Just take a fresh D(J)40+ or zeroT and NP ball and do a spin bounce test especially in humid conditions (for me this works if I'm sweating enough and humidity is otherwise below 60% rH). The NP ball will slip and rebound less with visibly less spin. Might not work with all rubbers.
  4. What brand of TT balls do you prefer?

    I think I've posted this somewhere before: The Difference of the Stroke Effect between Two Types of New Material Seamed Plastic Table Tennis Ball: A Case Study of Nittaku and DHS, Jiajie Tian et al., 2023 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4312651 So for me DHS balls like D40+...
  5. Looking for a Budget-Friendly Replacement for Yinhe V-14

    If an outer carbon blade like the V14 worked well for your playing style than I would stay with outer carbon. Either Pro01 or 75 Outer but also the V14Pro should work. 729 Blue Arylate could be an option. It's a bit slower than V14Pro and a bit spinnier, handle is longer and thinner compared to...
  6. Hybrid recommendations

    There's a thread in a German forum about durability where a couple of people shared how many hours (systematic) training and match play they get out of e.g. K3: range is about 20 hours to 50 hours... When I used to play with ESN rubbers (mainly on backhand) I got around 40 to 60 hours. Today I...
  7. Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

    Speed Control Spin Sponge Hardness Arthur China 11 12 12 Kunlun II 40 RXTON 7 11.5 12 12 Kunlun III 37, 39, 40 RXTON 9 12 12 12 LOXA III 39, 40.5 Telson 100 13 13 12 Kunlun II 37/47.5 ESN, feels more like 38 Some speculation: R7's sponge might be similar and hopefully at least as good...
  8. Tony's Table Tennis Agency - Pro League, Pro Training, Pro everything.

    I only get an error when trying to view the TTR history of Salifou Abdel Kader. Li Hsin-Yang https://www.mytischtennis.de/community/events?personId=1466171 Btw: I don't see the most recent matches or the daily TTRs because I don't have a premium mytischtennis account. TTRs of young players...
  9. Tony's Table Tennis Agency - Pro League, Pro Training, Pro everything.

    There are some well know players like Chtchetinine (TTR : 2331), Wang Xi (TTR: 2496), Alexander Karakasevic (TTR: 2317) or Panagiotis Gionis (TTR: 2529) playing or at least listed in the 3. Bundesliga or Regionalliga (4. division) ;)
  10. Tony's Table Tennis Agency - Pro League, Pro Training, Pro everything.

    Very good estimate. That's on the level of Erik Bottroff and others
  11. Fancy blades are just not worth it

    Two seasons = two years? Pros change every 3 to 4 months 1) or so because the blades become softer/lose performance. I'm not a pro but usually change once or twice a year because of this (+ some EJing ;)). Otherwise I agree mostly. There are a lot of cheap(er) blades with more than decent...
  12. New Equipment 2024

    Victas still has the VJ Sticky aka VJC > 07 Sticky Extra
  13. Tony's Table Tennis Agency - Pro League, Pro Training, Pro everything.

    Usually yes, but the Wettkampfordnung 1) allows registering new/unregistered players at any time. Google translation: 1) https://www.tischtennis.de/fileadmin/documents/Satzungen_Ordnungen/BT_2019/Umlaufbeschluss_BT_Juni_2020/neu/03_WO_.pdf
  14. Aligning Hurricane 3 after re-boosting

    Usually I do it like it's show in this video Takes a bit practice and can be a bit of a hassle but the results are most of the time OK.
  15. Li ning shoes

    Really good grip on wooden floors and other bad floors did have my lightweight Andro Shuffle Step 2 (Cross Step 2 have the same sole) but they decomposed quite fast (parts of the sole came off) and are not really stable or fast. So I'm back with Lining. Old Cloud Walker and new HawkEye 2.0
  16. Is there a standard head size?

    I don't think that there is a Chinese head size. Loki Speed and CNF are spot on 157 mm x 150 mm, same as my 729 Blue Arylates, 729 Z-1, 729 F-1 or Sanwei Fextra One. DHS blades usually a bit longer, some Butterfly blades like Korbel or Ovtcharov Innerforce ALC are both longer and wider (158 mm x...
  17. Beast in ASC Grünwettersbach

    He played 4th league/regional league (Regionalliga) but is not listed for the current season. Which 6th division? National leagues are 1., 2. and 3. (north and south) Bundesliga, Regionalliga (north, west, southwest and south), 5th division/Oberliga (there are eight Oberligas). Below the...
  18. Beast in ASC Grünwettersbach

    I think he is referring to Seth Pech. Last TTR 2078 and an USATT rating of 2521
  19. H3 Commercial or Provincial?

    No, I can't confirm this but I boost both directly (without a glue layer/remove glue layer from H3N) and use very thin booster layers until they dome enough. It might be the case though that some of the chemicals that DHS uses simply evaporate because the regular H3s are not vacuum-packed...
  20. Can I still re-use this blade?

    I wanted to try some DHS blades (inner and outer carbon) this summer but had not enough time. What I tested were some Loki blades (Telson CNF and Speed) which came factory sealed. They have the Telson Power with a similar construction as the H301 which might be factory sealed too (handle is...
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