The fact is that there are two types of people: those who buy a nice blade and and use it for a good while and are contend with it, and those who are always curious what else is out there. For the first group, the bat is a means to play the game; either to improve (thus looking for the bat that is right for them), or to enjoy (thus looking for the bat that they enjoy the most). The second group looks at the bat as a goal by itself: a source of joy and satisfaction. For them, exploring and understanding different blades and rubbers is not an endeavor to achieve a certain goal, but a goal in and of itself. The latter group is often called equipment junkies. [...] Choose wisely.
Well, once I get a setup, I will stick to it. And its probably gonna be some sort of Primoarc, so don't worry
@ belugma, Stiga handles are awesome. If you don’t care that the blade is very easy to damage and break, then you should think about this:
The Primorac helps you get A LOT more dwell time. Which will help you improve your technique a lot faster.
The Infinity is delicate and easy to break. And the things Stiga has done to make the surface harder cause it to feel crisp. But hollow. And cause the ball to rebound off it much faster than I think you would want.
The blades are about the same speed. Infinity a little faster. But the Infinity allows you way less dwell time. So, requires higher level technique to already be in place. And does not enhance your learning curve anywhere near as much and would cause you to get considerably less spin.
Does it really break that easily? I always thought Stiga would be high quality.. Well, with less dwell time its out anyways.
So if you got something other than a Primorac, choose the Korbel. [emoji2]
About that, I will definetly test the Primoarc and if I can get my hands on a Korbel, I do that aswell. But what about the Yasaka Sweden Extra. I came across that blade yesterday (also some posts by you) and apparently it is like a Primoarc. If that is really the case, I would try to get my hands on one aswell to see if the handle would fit me better.
For rubbers I would advice Vega Europe DF over Intro. For me it has a more linear change of speed and has a more spin. I feel the Intro uncomfortably slow at close distance and the lack of spin would stumble development - so I would advise it to a very beginner only, not to a developing player.
Thats how I feel about the Intro aswell, mostly because it is even advertised as a beginner rubber.
Yesterday there weren't many people there, but I could try a BTY Schlager Carbon (I know, way to fast, etc.) with some hard bluestorm rubber on the fh and an acuda on the bh. Suprisingly (?) topspins were really easy because it felt like the ball would stay forever on the bat compared to my Kinetic All+. Also the ball wouldn't hit through the rubber towards the blade, probably because of the max thickness on the fh. I tried 2-3 short pushes and as expected, I couldn't get it on the table
I don't know how I can assign that in choosing a blade, but I really liked that dwell time! I honestly thought it would be less than mine, but apparently not.
