New Bat suggestion - offers greater spin and is excellent for smashing/ shots

[mandy]

I'm currently using a Butterfly Winning Loop table tennis bat and consider myself slightly above a basic level player. I'm interested in achieving more spin. Is this bat suitable for that purpose, or should I consider switching to a bat that offers more spin and heavier shots/ good for smashing/ attacking? I would appreciate any advice on the best way to proceed.

 

[Gozo Aruna]

If you are going to be serious in this game, that is, play for long term, then it would not be wrong to go with:

1. Butterfly Falcima with both side Rozena rubber, or

2. Butterfly Petr Korbel with both side Rozena rubbers.

 

[Topspinslinger]

Rozena or Glayzer are good options

 

[mandy]

thanks @Topspinslinger @Gozo Aruna for your swift reply. Apologies if this question seems naive, but I'm curious about whether it's necessary to purchase blades and rubbers separately. Over the last couple of years, I've bought two bats from Amazon, one Butterfly and another Joola. However, from reading comments by various members on this forum, it appears that many suggest buying the blade and rubber separately is the right approach. Could you offer some advice on this? I'm particularly interested in finding a combination that works best for spin and heavier shots/ good for smashing/ attacking. Any guidance would be appreciated along with price and site to buy, please.

 

[ttarc]

Most shops offer an assembly service e.g. https://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng/racket-assembly-voc-free or https://www.teessport.com/dynamic_bundles/confirm/build-a-bat
Just select the blade and rubbers and they will assemble it for you.
Assembling a racket is not that hard but can be a bit or quite frustrating depending on glue and conditions (humidity, temperature etc.) or if one makes a mistake and needs to peel off the glue from a rubber.
But get some glue from the store to practice assembling with one of your premade blades. Sooner or later many players start experimenting

Butterfly Korbel or Falcima are good blades that can be played up to very high levels but I would get a Butterfly Primorac first (if you want to stick with Butterfly). Similar to Korbel but slower, more controlled.
And, if the shop offers that, ask for a blade with around 85g. These blades can weigh anything from 80g (light and slow(er)) to 100g (fast and heavy).
Rozena is not a bad rubber either but I would choose the normal Glayzer. Werner Schlager explained that quite well in

 

[Gozo Aruna]

thanks @Topspinslinger @Gozo Aruna for your swift reply. Apologies if this question seems naive, but I'm curious about whether it's necessary to purchase blades and rubbers separately. Over the last couple of years, I've bought two bats from Amazon, one Butterfly and another Joola. However, from reading comments by various members on this forum, it appears that many suggest buying the blade and rubber separately is the right approach. Could you offer some advice on this? I'm particularly interested in finding a combination that works best for spin and heavier shots/ good for smashing/ attacking. Any guidance would be appreciated along with price and site to buy, please.

Preassembled bats are hobby bat. Read: They suxs!!!

If you are getting into the game proper, get a proper set-up and proper set-up comes with "some assembly required" as the only option.

 

[Trident]

I usually get my stuff from AliExpress. Buy some TT rubber glue n practice on ur premade bat. Or buy some cheap blade n rubber to practice. I practice it on Boer Engineer Timber blade which cost ard SGD 8.00. And 2 Mercury 2 rubber which cost ard SGD 6.00 ea. Glue cost ard SGD 4.00. Turn out to be a decent bat.

 

[kindof99]

Get a Viscaria/Boll alc. Or better, a super Viscaria if money is not an issue. And no need to worry for another blade for ten years.