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Maybe I'm not a beginner but more of a lower level intermediate player but when I started out with TT again as an adult I rapidly moved from Mark V (too bouncy) to Bluefire M2 (wore down too fast). I then went to the main TT shop in my area (TTex) and basically told them that "I'm an adult, I can afford it - which Tenergy shall I use?" fulfilling my old dream of playing with the best stuff there is. I realized that "best" is a relative term but I still wanted to try.
I was surprised when the TTex guys (reluctantly, but still) adviced me to go for T64 or maybe T64fx. Being marketed as the fastest Tenergy that suggestion surprised me. But my finding is that "fast" is very much based on the fact that it has a lower trajectory than the other Tenergy's. It is far more forgiving and holds the ball longer than e.g. the T80 which I have been using now for six months on my forehand. Being in the wrong position (and at my level that is more common than being in the correct position) I still land more balls on the table with the T64 than with T80. It grabs the ball so that I can stand in an outrageouos position but still, with just a wrist movement, land the ball just over the net with huge amount of spin.
So if you want to try out Tenergy I would say there is a surprisingly large difference between, in my case, the T64 and the T80 and the T64 is what I would suggest to begin with. But I guess it all comes down to playing style and level of play, of course.
That said, I will always be curious of what would happen if I went for something completely different. As I said, I've tried the Mark V, which didn't suit me at all, and Bluefire M2. Maybe something really controllable. Or something just different? Or... Or... I'm fighting that EJ guy sitting on my left shoulder.
Hey there! Thanks for the reply! I also live in sweden and got my rubber at TTex!