Looking for my first table tennis bat, which would you recommend?

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I don t know much but it is a premade bat for around 70 euros. You can get coustom made bat which is way better for a little bigger price. If you are just starting to play table tennis I would recommend cheaper premade bat, but if you are playing for some time now I would recommend some allround blade (donic apellgren allplay, stiga allround classic,...) with some begginer rubbers (vega intro, mark V,...) it would cost a bit more but it would be way better. Sorry for bad grammar.

Edit: I just noticed you sad its your first bat in the title. I would not pay that much money for a first bat. A 30-40 euro bat would be allright for starters.
 
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If you buy less expensive Chinese products you can get something much better for much less:

Yinhe Galaxy 896 blade
Dawei 2008XP rubbers

Should cost under $35.00 (USD) for a pretty decent custom built racket rather than a prebuilt.

If you are in USA this website should allow you to find good, inexpensive equipment:

http://www.colestt.com

If you are not in USA, then this website might work better for you although they carry different products:

https://www.zeropong.com

But there are other places to get inexpensive equipment that is good.
 
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If you are not in USA, then this website might work better for you although they carry different products:

https://www.zeropong.com

But there are other places to get inexpensive equipment that is good.

International shipping for zeropong is very expensive (~24$) it makes sens mostly within USA. I've had even issues with paying with my revolut credit card because it was not USA based even though shipping was USA based. I would suggest sticking with zeropong/gambler mostly if you are based in US.

If it truly is a premade bat for 70€ you will get better performence for cheaper going custom route.


This might prove helpful:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/tabletennis/wiki/beginnerposts
- https://www.reddit.com/r/tabletennis/comments/5fd0ov/buying_guide_beginner/

You can also lookup setup from colestt site and buy it on alliexpress. If you buy everything (blade + 2x rubebrs) assembly should be free. Although if you are from states buying from coles might be good idea since we should support nice and helpful businesses. Coles always kindly replied to me, you can reach to him for sure.
 
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International shipping for zeropong is very expensive (~24$) it makes sens mostly within USA. I've had even issues with paying with my revolut credit card because it was not USA based even though shipping was USA based. I would suggest sticking with zeropong/gambler mostly if you are based in US.

If it truly is a premade bat for 70€ you will get better performence for cheaper going custom route.


This might prove helpful:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/tabletennis/wiki/beginnerposts
- https://www.reddit.com/r/tabletennis/comments/5fd0ov/buying_guide_beginner/

You can also lookup setup from colestt site and buy it on alliexpress. If you buy everything (blade + 2x rubebrs) assembly should be free.

Agree. Finding what you want and using Ali is a good idea.
 

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Instead of 70eur Butterfly premade bat, go to Dandoy Sports, choose two Stiga Airoc Astro S or M in 1.9 and a 5-ply blade like Tibhar Samsonov Premium Contact and you can get your blade assembled.
 
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