what rubbers are you using on fextra 7
i dont use Fextra anymore. i had 2 Fextra tho. i was using Friendship Focus 3 Snipe at some point on backhand. i wouldnt say its ''super awesome'' but it was alright and... it was also lightweight and saving like 5grams on a heavy setup goes a long way.
however i had my own issues with that kind of setup and i also got tired of this ''ali express gamble'' is how i would call it. Noone here plays with chinese rubbers, so everything you buy online is kind of a blind-gamble. you have no clue what you even get with high waiting times.
in the end i wasted quite a lot of money on a lot of different blindtest rubbers that i wasnt 100% happy with, wich ended up costing more total than just going with ESN rubbers. It felt like i was becoming an EJ without wanting to become one, but i had to because i was unhappy with the eqipment.
i then played with a few ESN setups from friends and all of them felt great right from the start so i bought some Nittaku Fastarc instead and sticked to it. could not be happier tbh.
I am not a Pro player, so i probably get away with changing my rubbers once a year or max. twice a year. yes, using aliexpress rubbers would prob save me like 100$ a year or so but tbh...
i dont think 100$ a year for a hobby is THAT expensive to begin with. and i rather pay a little bit more but have something i am actually happy with and once i found something i am happy with...just stick with it. You being happy and comfortable with your setup is just to important. being an equipment blindtester and feeling unsatisfied isnt worth the struggle for me just to save like 100$ or something a year.