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  1. SANWEI NOVA Carbon is coming!

    Here my quick review. It almost like a inner carbon blade due to how thick the outer Hinoki ply is. It is pretty stiff but not that fast. It feels a bit like a stiff wood blade and does not have the top end speed I need for my game. Spin is decent and counters can be deadly but it requires the...
  2. Sealing and gluing problems, please help

    I believe the Rev3 sealer and Rev3 glue that is weird. I've never heard of glue curling up rubbers unless it had something else in it besides the regular latex, water and ammonia. If you use the right type of sealer and glue there should not be any problems like your experience with Free Chack...
  3. Glumped glue on rubber

    What do you mean by glumped? Is this during gluing? Do you know the standard way of gluing table tennis rubbers to the blade? There is not enough information to go on.
  4. How do pros clean their rubbers?

    That's during a match. I'm pretty sure they clean the rubber with cleaner/water and sponge off court.
  5. Broken WCQ blade

    So we have video of the reporter being sneaky, deliberately stepping on the racket to break it and officially it is called an accident. Sound like a face saving, sweep it under the carpet cover up.
  6. Is YSE + Rakza 7 too fast for beginner?

    Mark V is a bad idea. It is too soft and lacks the spin required for the proper stroke and confidence in harder hitting. It will give her bad habits. It would be fine to get her modern beginner rubbers that are at least medium hard and decently spinny even if they are a bit slower. Teach her to...
  7. What are your favourite hybrid rubbers?

    Is Loki Arthur China considered a hybrid?
  8. How often do you have to replace your cutting knife?

    Just get an Olfa 18mm snap off blade cutter and the pack of ultra sharp NT Cutter black blades. They last at least 6 rackets or more each blade as you snap the tip off when they get dull.
  9. Stiga Mantra H/Pro H

    Stiga Mantra Pro H - made in Japan by the same company that makes the Nittaku Hammond Z2, and is even better than it IMO and is available from aliexpress for $35 shipped. Pretty hard to find a better deal. It is my backhand rubber of choice. It feels transparent, i.e it does what I tell it to, I...
  10. PSA: Stiga Inspira Hybrid Carbon and Andro Syntheliac VCO OFF seem like close siblings but are not

    The same pair I have been using it with since the beginning, Loki Arthur China for FH and Stiga Mantra Pro H for BH. No reason to change as the setup is supporting my game improvement with great satisfaction and without any distraction and I'm getting what I think are pro style shots with it.
  11. PSA: Stiga Inspira Hybrid Carbon and Andro Syntheliac VCO OFF seem like close siblings but are not

    I just replaced the original rubbers I had on the Hybrid Carbon. It has been my main blade all this time and probably the longest of any of the 40+ blades I have had. I would say I quite like it. :>
  12. Help me choose a blade+rubber set

    If you want power and spin, that usually means a carbon blade and 60 bucks is going to be a little tight. The closest you can get is the Yinhe Pro 01 combo with Yinhe Jupiter 3 Asia FH and Moon backhand for $72. That setup will be pretty killer. Personally, I would probably be very happy with...
  13. Hina Hayata H2 comparisons

    It's not as hard as it might be expected due to the larger sized head and the hybrid material probably. It really is unlike regular ALC blades in a good way IMO.
  14. Hina Hayata H2 comparisons

    Another option for you to look at is the Stiga Inspira Hybrid Carbon. I own various versions of HL5 and the Stuor clone and have tried the Harimoto ALC and for me the Stiga Inspira is the best as it combines the best features of the HL5 and and outer ALC blade. It feels stable, controllable...
  15. Amazing match to watch

    Is this the tournament where China sent their third stringers so the Russian athletes would someone to compete against because Russians were shunned in international competition?
  16. Back of the Head throb after training

    Do you hydrate yourself properly with electrolytes during training like how the pros do it during matches.
  17. SANWEI NOVA Carbon is coming!

    Who is Abdulgafar Qafar (Am I spelling it right?)? It's thinner than a Primorac Carbon though so hopefully it will be more flexible. I'm looking for a fast Hinoki outer carbon blade, something like my Garadia ZLC but with more flex/less thickness, so this is quite interesting to me. It seems...
  18. Why do Zhang Jikes Movements Look so clean?

    The original video is the right camera angle to see how the pros amazing technique works.
  19. Better blade

    I mostly agree with the previous post I liked that at at that level of blades there is no "best", it's what suits the OP style the best. I own different versions of Long 5 and have tried the Viscaria SALC and they are both good in their own ways but the one that I'm playing right now, the Stiga...
  20. Dignics 09c is amazing

    My experience with H3 37 tells me almost anything is going to be better. Maybe I got a dud, I don't know but it was very slow and strange feeling and regular hardness H3 was much much better.
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