Best possible setup for the least amount of money

[Zwill]

As the title says come up with the best possible setup for the least amount of money. I think it could be useful for beginners who wanna start playing and wonder what to get first or could help people who so far have se pre-made racket and want something better on the cheap.

The idea came from since I had to come up with a racket for a girl for max 200RMB, about 30USD I guess. 2 rubbers and a blade. It was important that the racket is not too heavy and easy to use.

I came up with the following:
FH rubber - Loki Rxton 7 39deg - about 60RMB
BH rubber - Yinhe Moon 12 Blue medium soft - about 55RMB
Blade - Loki Rxton K7 - about 88RMB

I'm quite pleased with this, since I played with both rubbers and I think they are great. The blade I don't know but I assume it's some Kevlar - carbon blade on the cheap so should be fine.

I wonder what setup others can come up with, probably many will configure some better ones.

 

[Haito]

I would just sub the Moon for the soft rxton 37. The 7 is quite good.
You would need to add some seamoon into the pricing though.

 

[al_111]

729 blue ALC (preferably 85-86g) + 2x Mercury 2 = $22-23 altogether if ordered from Ali🤘😁
It is a relatively slower outer ALC, moderately flexy and with a nice feeling in this weight, pairs nicely with M2 on both FH and BH (may also choose soft or medium sponge), and the handle is on the slim side which should also be a plus.

 

[Tyce]

Fextra, mercury 2.

 

[Tyce]

Though honestly, the biggest budget cut is to get a second hand blade. If you count $10 for the mercuries, that leaves $20 for which you could probably get a used blade that was double the price new.

 

[Reaper]

if they want something exotic under USD10 each component, i could recommed Tuttle's Positive Energy, colorful and euro feeling.
Also the Boli cybershape, it's too light i could only recommend to kids/girls

 

[Ultravisitor]

Sanwei CC is quite a good inner carbon blade for around 10$

 

[Syyynd]

Sanwei t5000, mercury 2 medium both sides. 16-17 usd total.
Price/performance ratio nothing I've seen/tried beats it.

 

[Amaken23]

if you want to be absolutely on the cheap from Ali
Loki Kirin K2 blade. All-wood 5-ply (28 PLN so.... 6.5 EUR)
2 x Yinhe Mercury 2 Mid-Hard (24 PLN so.... 5.5 EUR x 2 = 11 EUR)
17.5 EUR or 134 RMB in total

 

[Archosaurus]

Sanwei t5000, mercury 2 medium both sides. 16-17 usd total.
Price/performance ratio nothing I've seen/tried beats it.

That's my pick too if you're really on a budget. You can probably get it for less if you buy them all on Aliexpress bundle deals or coins. The T5000 isn't really a carbon blade, the "carbon" layer looks like carbonized wood, and it plays more like a medium 5ply.

 

[Zwill]

Well the blade was for a Chinese girl so 2nd hand blade is out of the question. If any of you how clean freaks are some Chinese girls you would know they don't wanna touch anyone else's sweaty handle hhhhh, unless they like them.

Seems like Mercury 2 is a popular budget rubber. I actually am not sure of its performance since I don't remember playing with it much. But I did play quite a bit with Rxton 7 40 degree and with Yinhe Moon 12 blue M- and I would not call them professional rubbers but I wouldn't have much trouble using them around German 2000TTR or 2200 in USA fully unboosted etc etc.

The blade I didn't give too much thought to be honest, I wanted something Cheap and having carbon and fast. I think Rxton 7 and Moon 12 are quite fast to begin with but I still wanted a solid foundation. The 729 blue ALC, Sanwei CC slipped my mind, I was focusing too much on Loki since they offer lot of artificial fiber blades for not much money.

I really wonder how the setup will be, I suspect it will be OK even for me, sure hope the girl likes it too 😏

 

[Haito]

Well the blade was for a Chinese girl so 2nd hand blade is out of the question. If any of you how clean freaks are some Chinese girls you would know they don't wanna touch anyone else's sweaty handle hhhhh, unless they like them.

Sand the sweat off with sandpaper. I do it every 3-4 months. Sweat does not penetrate too deep. Does not take much to remove all signs of use.

 

[Amaken23]

Well the blade was for a Chinese girl so 2nd hand blade is out of the question. If any of you how clean freaks are some Chinese girls you would know they don't wanna touch anyone else's sweaty handle hhhhh, unless they like them.

Seems like Mercury 2 is a popular budget rubber. I actually am not sure of its performance since I don't remember playing with it much. But I did play quite a bit with Rxton 7 40 degree and with Yinhe Moon 12 blue M- and I would not call them professional rubbers but I wouldn't have much trouble using them around German 2000TTR or 2200 in USA fully unboosted etc etc.

The blade I didn't give too much thought to be honest, I wanted something Cheap and having carbon and fast. I think Rxton 7 and Moon 12 are quite fast to begin with but I still wanted a solid foundation. The 729 blue ALC, Sanwei CC slipped my mind, I was focusing too much on Loki since they offer lot of artificial fiber blades for not much money.

I really wonder how the setup will be, I suspect it will be OK even for me, sure hope the girl likes it too 😏

If the racket is intended for a beginner, then I would not get a carbon blade. That is why I did not recommend Kirin K1 blade which HAS carbon in it but K2 all-wood instead.