Do you noticed that if the problems you guys saw with Stiga blades, happened with whatever model, or mostly with some specific models?
I saw at least 5 Infinities that delaminated. But I have seen problems from Stiga with every model. I know someone who had delimitation of plies from a Rosewood. I have a friend who had an Ebenholz VII where the handle fell off on one side.
If you search "delamination Stiga Blades" on line you will find a thread made by PingPongHolic on MyTT where he shows photos of a Stiga Emerald where the top ply shreds and delaminates. I did not post the photos because the photo quality was really bad.
But, here, this is what did it for me:
I figured would put some photos of the Stiga Shoes:
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It is true that I used these shoes for about 6 months after they started ripping. But, the rips happened within 2 months of me starting to use them. And I have never had any kind of shoe rip like that. You can see that it is the material that they made the shoes with that is weak and tore. The Material could not withstand the lateral movement.
For some reason the photos are not showing here, but if you click on those links listed as attachments, you can see photos of the shoes.
That is from this thread:
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/showthread.php?6620-Table-Tennis-Shoes
I do not care if Stiga fixed things and made better shoes. Those shoes were their top of the line. They were a birthday present to me. Within two months they were falling apart. I have never seen shoes that were so expensive that were so cheap.
I was able to put my whole hand into one of those holes in the side of the right shoe. There is no excuse for this junk begin put out as a top of the line shoe for over $100.00.
Regardless of whether Stiga fixed the problem in the end, that these went on the market at the price there went for and were not tested for this before STIGA PUT THEIR NAME ON THE PRODUCT, I WILL BLAME STIGA. I have never seen that happen to any other shoe, not like that. I even had a cheap pair of TT shoes from China that were no name shoes that were significantly better than those Stiga shoes.
That those went out on the market with Stiga's name on it is entirely on STIGA.