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This is a proper EJ buy - it does not have to be a pricey buy, it is enough if it is worthy ;) I got a few of them from AliExpress, and I have fallen in love with them. Exceptionally valuable offensive all-wood blade. The harder, crisper contact of the outer walnut plies can be definitely felt -...

I asked this: Rubbers manufactured by ESN (so called "tensor rubbers") tend to lose weight over several weeks of storage, when they are already glued to a table tennis blade. What chemical substance evaporates from them? The answer was: The specific chemical substance that evaporates from...

11-8 Dima but "premade" is not so specific :confused: so anything can happen

The chestnut outer plies do not seem to be too thick - based on a well regarded datasource, Horse Chestnut is only marginally heavier than American Chestnut (500 kg/m3 vs 480 kg/m3), so I guess, that the difference in weight would be within 2g even with this enlarged surface. Back in a while I...

So good to look at this blade, I love the way the sideways cut Koto layer looks (also I have a blade with White Oak, which has a somewhat similar texture to American Chestnut, but it is much harder). I think that every 5 or 7 ply blade is special, which has harder 2nd or 3rd plies. It would be...

Did you try other blades than #24 for cutting rubber? I use #11 scalpel blades (also around $15 per a set of 100, 1-3 assembled rackets per blade) and I think, it lets me cut precisely enough (I use a cheap bamboo cutting board and 1-2 sheets of A4 office paper if the rubber doesn't have...

Based on your mention of preferring spin vs. speed, I suggest you try 729/Friendship Battle Max Pro. It really needs physical investment (and footwork/vertical body position awareness) in each shot to be played with quality, but it has a tremendous amount of mechanical deformability, which can...

Hmm, I have a blade, which is fairly similar to this except one spectacular difference. Plies 2&4 are Koto instead of Ayous (but approx. the same thickness) - this results in a bounce freq. of ~1300Hz instead.

Normally I would not follow back this soon, but just after 1.5 net hours of training, the sponge became much faster, and now I can believe, that TP3 is faster than Target 90. This got me completely by surprise - many Chinese rubbers can take even 5-10+ hours before the sponge breaks in.

I will definitely assemble another racket - I guess, in my case, probably three factor worked in synergy to have less bounce: 1. the sheets were heavier, than my Target 90 sheets (~54.5g cut vs 51.5g cut), 2. the ball bounce frequency of the blade used with TP3 was ~1178 Hz, while I had another...

I haven't tried them yet, but I have Target 90. Target 90 is noticeably more beginner friendly, but feels a bit limited in generating spin (but still very good in its price segment) - TP3 with its sponge and the Nano Penetration topsheet (62-021), has clearly superior spin generating ability...

I think, the topsheet is more elastic, than the one of Battle 2 - and Battle 2 feels more direct ( = low throw) than TP3. with B2, I need to topspin more upwards, but with TP3, I can do topspin more forward, if the swing is strong enough. I haven't boosted any rubber yet, probably I also won't...

Initial observations: The topsheet is very tacky (did not test with ball lifting, but it adheres strongly to the protective foils), the density feels rather high, but the rubber itself has great elasticity, which also helps a bit with the energy transfer, but combined with the tackiness, the...

I assembled a racket today - I will start experimenting from tomorrow on. My blade choice was unusual (Friendship Starshine Tylosis "Off+"): a 7-ply all-wood blade with White oak outer ply | Ayous | Ayous | ayous core structure - weighed 97.7g (!) before gluing - the white oak is a rather hard...

Actually, I do not run a shop (I am an employee in a different area), but I am trying to review different kinds of rubbers, and this one got my attention, so I placed some extra trust in this 'Nano penetration' topsheet - I will see whether it did worth it. (sorry for offing again, but I also...

I bought a few sheets on AliExpress, but I was hesitant to mount them on a blade (but it will soon happen from now on), because I had a great variety of sheet weights. In the first batch I ordered, I got sheets weighing around 68 g, but I was picky because I had different sponge thicknesses...

I am very familiar with the DHS Power G9 blade - I mostly use them with the same DHS rubber on both sides: - 2× Hurricane 3 Neo (39°, 2.2mm) - 1× Hurricane 3 Neo Provincial (39°, 2.2mm, orange sponge on both sides) - 1× GoldArc 5 (47.5°eu, max) - 1× Skyline TG 2 Neo (39°, 2.2mm) The one with...

I have that rubber on my try list, just didn't purchase it yet. Something also odd to use (and demanding on faster blades): Victas VS>402 Double Extra - an inverted rubber on 50° euro sponge, but contrary to many other rubber topsheets, it has its underlying pips arranged horizontally, which...

What about normal H2? 😁 (And of course, with at least 40 deg hardness)

By unforgiving, what do you mean? Do you want less grip? Do you want extra-low throw angle? Do you want extra high power input requirement? Do you want something super-sensitive to the hit angles?