says
MIA
says
MIA
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I think we're talking about two very different kinds of players (and environment): 1) office, basement, backyard, campground and bar players, and 2) club and serious players (even in their garage). For the first group, you're right, the difference is not important, most of them are going to play however they want to play, and feel is often not even a thought or consideration. For the second group however, feel and touch play a huge part, and you become increasingly aware of it along the years, so better to start and stick with something that will allow that feel to grow.I totally disagree, the difference is minute and doesn’t make any difference at that level. Stigas higher end premades are definitely not crap. And I have experimented on this subject and it doesn’t make any difference if you have a couple of years experience.
At my office we got a table a couple of years and a half ago, and lots of people had just that kind of experience and racket. Now the office is empty but before the pandemy I felt sorry for them and arranged a couple of Stiga all round with DNA future. The difference they noted didn’t make any difference whatsoever. So I don’t believe in that myth anymore.
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L-zr
I can't speak for your co-workers, but you seem to belong to the second group, and from your previous posts and blade choices, you definitely like the feeling of a stiff thick blade with soft dynamic rubbers. I encourage you to try thin composite non-carbon blades like ZLF, AL and Kevlar with FX-S or even hard rubbers, and see how you like that very mute feel on a flexy blade...