How much do you spend on racket every year?

[Simas]

I am curious how much do you spend on your racket every year?

-This should include everything about racket: blades, rubbers, glues, boosters, cleaners, also pre -assembled rackets...

-This should not include clothing, shoes, tables...
-This should not include one off expanses (for example if you buy new blade every 5 years, please don't include it, if you buy a new blade approximately every year or every year and a half, please include)


I'm putting it in USD as forum members are all over the world..

 

[SFF_lib]

Used to EJ a lot. In the past year I only bought a H3N BS and a H3P.

Anyone with a authentic H3 would last for a long time so expenses on racket would be quite low

Passionate about TT

 

[Simas]

Used to EJ a lot. In the past year I only bought a H3N BS and a H3P.

Anyone with a authentic H3 would last for a long time so expenses on racket would be quite low

Passionate about TT

so it's around 100 for you
For me it seems that I'm slowly converting into EJ right now ..

 

[langel]

I change rubbers on 2 - 4 months, 3 months average, and it makes some 280-300 $.
For blades - about 300 $ for the last 4 years.
Have in mind that here the prices of the brand I use are much lower than in the rest of Europe.
If I would go with Butterfly I should spend double of that, but just prefer to add some honey to my butter.

p.s. - what is EJ

 

[Simas]

I change rubbers on 2 - 4 months, 3 months average, and it makes some 280-300 $.
For blades - about 300 $ for the last 4 years.
Have in mind that here the prices of the brand I use are much lower than in the rest of Europe.
If I would go with Butterfly I should spend double of that, but just prefer to add some honey to my butter.

p.s. - what is EJ

Yeah, Butterfly is expensive.
EJ -equipment junkie

 

[langel]

Well, if passionate about TT, then no EJ.

Here we use to say "Pleasure doesn't care the price"

edit: sorry, I thought "junkie" is just "junk", didn't catch the "addiction" meaning.

 

[yoass]

Ooh, must be near $200; about four rubbers, a bit of glue and edge tape each year. If I'd ever change blade, that would add another $100 I suppose; but that expense should be stretched over multiple years. Not replacing it unless I somehow lose or break it, which doesn't happen. Knock on wood.

 

[Jaffar Lone]

hmm this year i did quite a bit of Ejing.. overall i guess i probably spent about 700 USD...

 

[SFF_lib]

Well, if passionate about TT, then no EJ.

Here we use to say "Pleasure doesn't care the price"

edit: sorry, I thought "junkie" is just "junk", didn't catch the "addiction" meaning.

Passionate about TT, and its equipment haha

Passionate about TT

 

[sanavasaraja]

Reason I love the H3N - keeps the costs low. Can easily wreck people with it for half a year at like 18€ a sheet considering discounts. I got several FX-S for about 30€ also which I boost (lightly of course) after a couple of months to squeeze the last drop of value out of it. Then with glue, booster, protection sheet and the occasional new wood, I'm sitting between 100-200€ a year without discounts (which I always capitalize on). Very reasonable imo. The biggest amount of money goes into paying to enter the actual training hall which is owned by the city lol greedy sons of a gun

 

[Xylit]

4x Tenergy (56€) = 224€.
Still a cheap hobby I think.

 

[langel]

OMG, if count TT club taxes, I should add some 300 $ per year.

 

[Simas]

hmm this year i did quite a bit of Ejing.. overall i guess i probably spent about 700 USD...

That's a lot. Hod did you manage that? Did you change your setup 3 times?

 

[danisius]

Last year i returned to sport after 3 years pause, after several session decided to play with Short Pips on BH. A journey to find blade and pips combination started:

Pips: DHS Sharpning x5 ,DHS Dragonow, Tsp Spectol Blue x2 , TSP Spectol, Xiom Vega SPO, Yinhe Uranus Poly, Nittaku Express, DHS 802-40,DHS 802 , Rainstorm, Mizuno Booster EV x2 , Mizuno Booster HP, Victas 101 ,Victas 102, Armstrong Attack 8 L 53 sponge, Der MaterialSpecialist Hellcat , waiting for Tibhar Speedy soft XD;some of them were second hand
Inverted :Xiom Omega 4 Pro x 2, Xiom Omega 5 Asia x 2, second hand to test Tibhar MX-S , Tenergy 05, Tenergy 64
Blades: Stiga Tube Off x2 , Avalox P700 x2 , Xiom Omega Pro, Xiom Stradivarious, Stiga Clipper CR

So probably ~1000 $

 

[Jaffar Lone]

Well, i changed my setup like 5 times.. initially i was using nittaku's ma long 5 with Tenergies on both sides.. then i switched back to hurricane WL.. then i switched to Yinhe T-11+, then back to WL (the nittaku WL not the DHS WL).. then i switched to Timo Boll ALC, i also tried the butterfly korbel and now i have bough the butterfly viscaria.
In all i have used T05 (twice), T80, T64 (currently using also), T64-fx, yinhe moon speed, Yinhe venus-2, Yinhe Sun, Nittaku fastarc p1, Yasaka Rakza 7, Nittaku fastarc S1.
I usually try a new setup for at least 1 month.. then i either change it altogether or keep the rubbers and change the wood.

 

[krro]

18-20 rubbers (mostly tenergy) a year and maybe 1-2 blades.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

i change rubbers 3 times / year (renewing the same set ) but I've been keeping the same blade for so many years.

 

[Garrison]

I change rubbers about every 3-5 months, blade only if its badly damaged or I feel that it is necessary (which is about every 3 years till now).

 

[tropical]

I change Rakza 7 soft rubber every 3 months. This year I change my racket twice so total cost is around $200 so far. My club fee is $300. Next year the club fee is $600!

 

[Baal]

It has been argued that at any given time, the ideal number of blades to own (Y) is given by:

Y = n + 1

where n is the number of blades that you own now.