New Equipment (Rubbers & Blades) 2020

[yogi_bear]

Maybe just new design and higher price

I watched an interview from the Ping Pong Girl with Hugo and he said he was trying his new blade at home during the quarantine.

What is the instagram of that?

 

[Caxoera]

What is the instagram of that?

https://instagram.com/pingponggirl?igshid=nwdw025u27gp

 

[Kuba Hajto]

https://instagram.com/pingponggirl?igshid=nwdw025u27gp

Can someone point directly to the interview itself? I can't find it :|

 

[yogi_bear]

Me too

 

[Kuba Hajto]

Sanwei Carbon expert series, including Sanwei Hynover and Paramid (it might have been mentioned)

It's Hinoki, Birch, Kevlar Carbon, Core material, kevlar carbon, birch, hinoki (https://www.sanweisport.com/english/?prod=hynover).
Also it's interesting that they now use "stats styling" similar (if not identical) to xiom rubbers. Very similar arrow and block design.

 

[yogi_bear]

Hynover is 95 grams!!! Wow that is heavy.

 

[yogi_bear]

Stiga Legacy carbon blade is 209.90 euros!!

 

[Kuba Hajto]

Stiga Legacy carbon blade is 209.90 euros!!

Well 12k carbon is 3 times as expensive as 3k carbon (at least at my supplier), so using more expensive fiber will drive the price (r&d and such). Fancy blades with fancy-sounding materials like super 12k carbon with super Stiga core material will have super fancy price tag :|

 

[yogi_bear]

I wonder why they did not use textreme.

 

[Kuba Hajto]

I wonder why they did not use textreme.

The textreme keyword wore off, people maybe stopped finding it magical.

 

[yogi_bear]

Or it would end up like a carbonado blade if they use textreme.

 

[zeio]

12k Energy Carbon is essentially rebranded TeXtreme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckso_7x3Mgs

The high-end 12k Energy Carbon used in the blade is based on the renowned Spread Tow Carbon fibre technology with 88 g of carbon fibre per m2.

 

[Kuba Hajto]

12k Energy Carbon is essentially rebranded TeXtreme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckso_7x3Mgs

It very might well be but this video does not show enough evidence. When I had Textreme in my hands only physical properties I could see was the fact that it was much flatter as if it was somehow ironed or something (I did not end up buying that sheet though).

 

[zeio]

The patent for Spread Tow fabric is owned by Oxeon, which owns the TeXtreme trademark.

 

[Kuba Hajto]

The patent for Spread Tow fabric is owned by Oxeon, which owns the TeXtreme trademark.

So you think they made their own non trademarked version of TeXtreme carbon? I've saw that labeled as DYF carbon. DYF is not as marketing friendly though.

 

[zeio]

Think of Formula Donic, essentially Tensor without the trademark.

The DYF carbon(Dynanotex) is actually a knockoff produced by G. Angeloni and Oxeon sued them.

 

[Ray]

XIOM Hugo HAL 5w+2 Hyper Axylium

 

[yogi_bear]

XIOM Hugo HAL 5w+2 Hyper Axylium

This is the orange composite super ALC, improved version.

 

[Half_Ch1n9_Ch0n9]

This is the orange composite super ALC, improved version.

Are you sure it’s alc? I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that it’s just Al (without the carbon)

 

[Kuba Hajto]

Are you sure it’s alc? I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that it’s just Al (without the carbon)

That's what I thought too.