help me please?

[EAYM89]

Greetings, everyone. I'm an intermediate player who recently returned to table tennis after a 20-year hiatus. I'm now taking it seriously as a hobby, but I’m struggling to find the perfect setup.
In the past, I was familiar with shakehand, Japanese penhold, and traditional Chinese one-sided penhold styles. Currently, I’m focusing on developing a reverse penhold backhand (RPB) setup.
I’ve already committed by purchasing a Nova S Pro robot, a table, and a test bat: Nittaku Ludeack with DHS Hurricane 8-80 on both the forehand and backhand. I’ve also tried the Mizutani ZLC (FL handle) and found the speed comfortable, but the close-to-the-table game felt limited. While the Ludeack offers decent speed, the vibration is excessive for my liking.
Can anyone recommend a premium Chinese penhold blade that can support me throughout my journey to becoming a strong player again—with both forehand and backhand rubbers? I don’t mind the price, as long as it’s worth the investment.
For reference, I’m 36 years old, 189 cm tall, and weigh 100 kg. I play an all-around style, with a focus on third-ball attacks and mid-distance looping. My short game is currently my weakest area.

 

[SFF_lib]

I have played RPB for a few years. H8-80 has poor QC, cut weight can range between 48-55g. If you want to lose your wrist, go for it.

Ludeack is in fact an excellent penhold blade - great feedback and control with sufficient speed. I recommend you continue using it to get your technique up to speed before switching.

If you are into tacky rubbers:
FH - Neo H3 provincial orange sponge 40 degree or TG3 provincial blue sponge 40 degree
BH - V15 sticky or V15 sticky soft or D09C (if not too expensive for you)

If you are into speedy less tacky rubbers:
FH - K3 Pro, Xiom C55
BH - too many choices - D64, D80, T80, Nittaku S1, K3 etc

 

[EAYM89]

I have played RPB for a few years. H8-80 has poor QC, cut weight can range between 48-55g. If you want to lose your wrist, go for it.

Ludeack is in fact an excellent penhold blade - great feedback and control with sufficient speed. I recommend you continue using it to get your technique up to speed before switching.

If you are into tacky rubbers:
FH - Neo H3 provincial orange sponge 40 degree or TG3 provincial blue sponge 40 degree
BH - V15 sticky or V15 sticky soft or D09C (if not too expensive for you)

If you are into speedy less tacky rubbers:
FH - K3 Pro, Xiom C55
BH - too many choices - D64, D80, T80, Nittaku S1, K3 etc

Thanks again for your suggestions and valuable input on blade selection. I forgot to mention that my old blade, the Ludeack, is in FL (flared) handle form—and ever since I was a kid, I’ve always felt awkward playing against shakehand styles. That said, I’ve already purchased the YEO7P with Rakza 7 on the forehand and Rozena on the backhand.

 

[BlotOnPaper]

Can anyone recommend a premium Chinese penhold blade that can support me throughout my journey to becoming a strong player again—with both forehand and backhand rubbers? I don’t mind the price, as long as it’s worth the investment.
For reference, I’m 36 years old, 189 cm tall, and weigh 100 kg. I play an all-around style, with a focus on third-ball attacks and mid-distance looping. My short game is currently my weakest area.

I think your best bet would be N301. In my opinion the best blade for Cpen mid distance looping. You can find my review on TTD. 8-80 plays extremely well on backhand with this blade, as you are already familiar with this rubber i would probably not change it. For forehand you can try a lot of different things, my recomendation would be Xuperman Powerplay-X if you don't want to boost, but if you want you can try TG3 or Hurricane 3 with blue sponge, maybe you will like them more

I have played RPB for a few years. H8-80 has poor QC, cut weight can range between 48-55g. If you want to lose your wrist, go for it.

If you are worried about the weight just go for nat versions, they have better QC and weight range is much smaller. But my setup is overall on the heavier side(currently 194 gr) and some people find it too much, i would advice to train your wrists as an injury prevention. Also you will have much more power on your RPB after training wrists, so there are no downsides at all.

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Being serious and hobby in one sentence creates an oxymoron.

 

[BlotOnPaper]

Being serious and hobby in one sentence creates an oxymoron.

Why you think you can't be serious about your hobby? You are not a professional, so you do this activity for fun, so this by defenition is a hobby. But you can take it pretty seriously. For example train regularly, do physical conditioning, going on a diet for better performance, etc.

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

not sure seriously hobby player is how or who...