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Will be a bit long, but I haven't written anything on the forum for ages 
To be honest, I was the first Zyre hater when it first came out. I wasn't interested to it after few 1st tests, just observing reviews online and on forums. I hit a few times someone else blade, but I was already prejudiced against it. Recently, I wanted to try something new. For a while now, as I've mentioned in threads, I've been "set" on Koto top ply and Viscaria-type blades. Basically, everything I've tried with a similar design has been more or less a good fit for me, such as the TB ZLF (Viscaria structure but without the carbon), Xiom HAL (as above), Stiga Inspira Plus (WMY), FZD ALC, etc. In any case, Limba and inner structures weren't my cup of tea. DHS W/Q968 and Andro Syntheliac VCI were a disaster. Of course, after many experiences with rubbers and tests, I always came back to Butterfly rubbers, due to the quality and weight. I'd settled on a D05 (boostered) on FH and tossed around D80/D64 on BH, but ultimately, due to my decent BH, the D64 was definitely better. For a while now, this has been my setup, and I knew what to expect. I also knew, because of my BH, that anything beyond 150x157 is out of the question. And inners are usually large pans designed for FH loops and head heave. I recently asked our forum friend ( @Catenaccio - thanks mate! ) "Hey, can you get me an Innerforce ALC?" It's an inner but with standard dimensions, and at around 89 grams, I prefer heavier to lighter to avoid that empty, hollow, boxy bounce. It might be worth trying Zyre, which performs better with slower blades (as was mentioned here in this thread). So I bought an 89-gram Innerforce ALC, a 2.5mm Zyre-03 to try on the BH, and my standard rubber, the D05, on the FH.
Of course, once everything arrived, I ran a booster on both the Z03 and D05, and glued everything together with the InnerForce ALC. Trying so many setups, after a while, you know after a few bounces whether it's the one or not. It's just a matter of adjusting and getting used to it. And the result exceeded my expectations.
I've been playing with this setup for over three weeks, and what I can immediately feel is that this one doesn't have that boxy, hollow sound. The balance is centered neither in the head nor too much in the handle. The D05 on the InnerForce, there's absolutely no difference compared to the Golden Viscaria. I don't feel like I've slowed down, and the hits are consistent and on the table. Control is also excellent. However, the biggest shock comes from the BH. Zyre, oh, Zyre, suits my style of play so well that every time I hit with it, a smile comes to my face. You can play a flick from practically any serve. The BH loops are powerful, very spinny, and they go to the end of the table, making them very difficult to return/blobk. Usually, they're always 9/10 finishing shots, but the best part is the active block and the sight of your opponent pivoting on the BH side, hitting the FH topspin, and the very fast ball returns to his FH side down the line. His face tells everything just watching the ball go, and then he look at you, and his eyes could kill you
All in all, I don't know if it's the quality of that blade, if this Z03 suits me, or a combination of both, but I've been truly delighted from the first moment I started playing with this, having some really "big toys" in my stash.
This is my 2 cents with regards to Z03.
To be honest, I was the first Zyre hater when it first came out. I wasn't interested to it after few 1st tests, just observing reviews online and on forums. I hit a few times someone else blade, but I was already prejudiced against it. Recently, I wanted to try something new. For a while now, as I've mentioned in threads, I've been "set" on Koto top ply and Viscaria-type blades. Basically, everything I've tried with a similar design has been more or less a good fit for me, such as the TB ZLF (Viscaria structure but without the carbon), Xiom HAL (as above), Stiga Inspira Plus (WMY), FZD ALC, etc. In any case, Limba and inner structures weren't my cup of tea. DHS W/Q968 and Andro Syntheliac VCI were a disaster. Of course, after many experiences with rubbers and tests, I always came back to Butterfly rubbers, due to the quality and weight. I'd settled on a D05 (boostered) on FH and tossed around D80/D64 on BH, but ultimately, due to my decent BH, the D64 was definitely better. For a while now, this has been my setup, and I knew what to expect. I also knew, because of my BH, that anything beyond 150x157 is out of the question. And inners are usually large pans designed for FH loops and head heave. I recently asked our forum friend ( @Catenaccio - thanks mate!
) "Hey, can you get me an Innerforce ALC?" It's an inner but with standard dimensions, and at around 89 grams, I prefer heavier to lighter to avoid that empty, hollow, boxy bounce. It might be worth trying Zyre, which performs better with slower blades (as was mentioned here in this thread). So I bought an 89-gram Innerforce ALC, a 2.5mm Zyre-03 to try on the BH, and my standard rubber, the D05, on the FH.Of course, once everything arrived, I ran a booster on both the Z03 and D05, and glued everything together with the InnerForce ALC. Trying so many setups, after a while, you know after a few bounces whether it's the one or not. It's just a matter of adjusting and getting used to it. And the result exceeded my expectations.
I've been playing with this setup for over three weeks, and what I can immediately feel is that this one doesn't have that boxy, hollow sound. The balance is centered neither in the head nor too much in the handle. The D05 on the InnerForce, there's absolutely no difference compared to the Golden Viscaria. I don't feel like I've slowed down, and the hits are consistent and on the table. Control is also excellent. However, the biggest shock comes from the BH. Zyre, oh, Zyre, suits my style of play so well that every time I hit with it, a smile comes to my face. You can play a flick from practically any serve. The BH loops are powerful, very spinny, and they go to the end of the table, making them very difficult to return/blobk. Usually, they're always 9/10 finishing shots, but the best part is the active block and the sight of your opponent pivoting on the BH side, hitting the FH topspin, and the very fast ball returns to his FH side down the line. His face tells everything just watching the ball go, and then he look at you, and his eyes could kill you
All in all, I don't know if it's the quality of that blade, if this Z03 suits me, or a combination of both, but I've been truly delighted from the first moment I started playing with this, having some really "big toys" in my stash.
This is my 2 cents with regards to Z03.
