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Xiom Hugo SAL and 36.5 Deep Impact ALX
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Not to worry. ALX is an equally good blade.
Personally I can see more ppl would prefer to ALX than HAL/SAL.
HAL/SAL is closer to an all wood feeling blade while ALX is much closer in terms of play to all time favorite ALC blades but with more control.
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I'm waiting for it to arrive, going to be interesting to compare it to my Xiom Solo which is a 7 ply all wood lol
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finally got the ALX with the Vega Japan, haven't tried it on a table tennis table yet but just playing around with it....
uh this thing is like a catapault with a crispy? feel, the rubber is so spinny when hit right
just bouncing the ball on the blade , it bounces up so fast
uh this thing is like a catapault with a crispy? feel, the rubber is so spinny when hit right
just bouncing the ball on the blade , it bounces up so fast
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Carbon based blades has a higher stiffness vs all wood blades, also the carbon layer provides a larger sweet spot.
Have fun with you new blade. You are using a bouncier rubber and a harder blade thus definitely will feel the bounce is much more vs your previous setup.
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I guess that is the best way to describe it, I can feel the ball more than my Solo ,excited to try it on a proper table tomorrow
I can certainly feel the speed but yes, it is not much than the Solo while just bouncing around with a ball but perhaps it feels that way from the stiffer feel
but I'm certainly liking the carbon feel , I hope I can tame the speed [emoji120]
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I guess that is the best way to describe it, I can feel the ball more than my Solo ,excited to try it on a proper table tomorrowI can certainly feel the speed but yes, it is not much than the Solo while just bouncing around with a ball but perhaps it feels that way from the stiffer feel
but I'm certainly liking the carbon feel , I hope I can tame the speed [emoji120]
Well it is alc instead of a pure carbon so control is good. Also, the ALX 36.5 feel a bit softer than Viscaria so you will like the feel.
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2 hours isn't enough to get used to a new blade right? I'm liking the crispy feel of the ALX to the Solo, it isn't too fast also, I'm getting good strokes while in practice rally but in actual match I seem to revert it to my Solo handling habits and getting worse results argh!
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Give it at least 2 weeks but i can guarantee you it is a very good blade.
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yes, I like the feel of the ball hitting the blade, I guess 2 weeks would be enough to get accustomed to the new feel, I'm more excited to play nowadays, my subconscious is still expecting the Solo feel in matches lol
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Assuming if both sides are Vega Japan, the blade should be less than 90g.
This setup is quite standard weight.
Newer rubbers now weight around 54g each or even higher, after cut.
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yup both sides are Max Vega Japan, what is the thickness of Max btw? 2.2mm? couldn't find a 2.0 here
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Vega Japan comes in 1.8, 2.0 or MX. I am assuming Max would likely be 2.2mm.
New rubbers that has been advertised with thinner topsheet may have 2.3mm as Max.
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Speed and Control.
Thicker sponge has a higher speed rating and control increase with thinner sponges.
Simple comparison, if using Max sponges cause shots to overshoot the table, using a version with thinner version helps keeps it within the table.
Assuming you are using the same strength and strokes.
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so that is why some of my balls are going long lol but like yogi said I need a few weeks to get accustomed to it
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