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New Xiom Blades Series: Hugo Calderano and Lee Seungsoo (TMX / ALX)
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Yes, a while ago. At this point , CDS TMX, AJH TMXi, Icecream blades, 36.5 alx(i) series and hugo HAL / SAL are all discontinued.
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Ahh I see. I feel like CDS got better results with Xiom than with his DHS setup. Hopefully he recovers quick from whatever injury he has currently
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Did he actually ever use the CDS blade? Cuz as far as I remember he is playing with w968 now , just like An Jaehyun. And W968 is really different to CDS TMX
Maybe he had a W968 with CDS handle before but who knows
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He played with his blade for a year starting in 2023 after that Bangkok win. But it could very well just have been a W968 with its handle.
He currently uses W968 yes.
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Hugo still using HAL at WTT Incheon.
Going to Korea in a month and will probably pick up all the new blades. Trying to find a place that sells TMount KTS blades too.
Going to Korea in a month and will probably pick up all the new blades. Trying to find a place that sells TMount KTS blades too.
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Both Hugo blades and the LSS blade will be available in several table tennis shops in germany starting from next week
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I'm keen to find out if the new calderano TMXi pro is indeed just a smaller sized AJH TMXi pro. One thing that looks to have been improved is the weight. Definitely in the right direction with heavier hybrid rubbers.
Did you find an 88gm TMXi pro with same frequency?
Did you find an 88gm TMXi pro with same frequency?
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Can you name the shops? I'm super keen to see these on sale in Europe and to find somewhere that will ship to UK.
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I dont think Hugo TMXi will be like AJH TMXi Pro. AJH TMXi Pro was created to replicate w968, with a thinner core and thicker middle ply. It is also supposed to be heavy (around 90g)
Regular AJH TMXi is lighter (around 88g) and has a thicker core, and it is stiffer than pro version. You can also find light models of regular TMXi, like 83 or 84g. Regular TMXi also has the same headsize as Hugo TMXi. It is very unlikely that Hugo TMXi with light weight (avg. 84g) and smaller headsize can give the same feeling as AJH TMXi Pro in my opinion.
And , I dont think reduction of weight will be helpful on Hugo TMXi. From my experience, lighter blades with heavy rubbers make the setups feel even more headheavy.
@kevin.c Yes, I have two 88g AJH TMXi Pro now, both 1240-1250 hz. I am therefore more interested in the Hugo ALX blade, only for EJ reasons though. Have been playing with my current setup for 6 months now and I am still very happy with it.
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In a previous message, you had stated that regular AJH TMXi feels like Harimoto ALC, while AJH TMXi Pro feel like W968 and that in general have a totally different feeling.
I see that you've playing with the Pro version. Have you actually tried the regular AJH TMXi with the same rubbers as in the Pro?
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I played 3 different ajh pro and one w968. I never tried regular tmxi. but I tried several harimoto alc
Gan made a review of tmxi pro and compared it directly with his impressions of the regular tmxi. I quoted his impressions as he is one of the most trusted reviewers and a formal provincial players.
his impressions align with other reviewers who tried both versions. I am not tempted to buy the regular tmxi version. It probably plays fine though, no doubt about that
and as I told you before @Arkady , tmxi and tmxi pro do not have the same core and middle ply thickness (but same thickness overall). and, they probably dont have a „totally different feeling“. they are objectively speaking similar. but there will be differences.
what I can tell you for sure is that ajh pro and w968 were very similar to me. I dont know if hugo tmxi with 84g avg. weight and smaller headsize will be too
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I ordered the Hugo ALX now. I asked them for 88g, they told me they can send me a 87g piece.
Will have it by the end of the week probably. The price was good, 133€ for the blade. I think this is very fair considering the price of high-end composite blades nowadays.
Will glue H3N BS on FH and O7P / O8P on BH.
Could do a review at some point and directly compare it with AJH TMXi Pro and FZD ALC, if anyone is interested
Will have it by the end of the week probably. The price was good, 133€ for the blade. I think this is very fair considering the price of high-end composite blades nowadays.
Will glue H3N BS on FH and O7P / O8P on BH.
Could do a review at some point and directly compare it with AJH TMXi Pro and FZD ALC, if anyone is interested
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Yes please! Especially for it being the same size as TMXi Pro, do confirm if it's head heavy as well.
Would be also interested to see how this compares to TMX Pro where it's of the same size and outer carbon.
Would be also interested to see how this compares to TMX Pro where it's of the same size and outer carbon.
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I never tried TMX Pro, therefore cant compare with that one.
But I have a Hugo HAL and I used to have the 36.5 ALX. I expect the LSS ALX to play similarly to the 36.5 ALX, basically a slightly slower and softer variant of Viscaria without the metallic vibrations.
And, I am really curious to see how a viscaria structure with bigger headsize (Hugo ALX) will feel and play. I believe the Hugo ALX will also have the larger handle, similar to AJH TMXi Pro handle that I find very comfortable.
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I do have a TMX pro Cho Dae Song blade where it pretty fast and stiff blade. The headsize is similiar to TMXi Pro. It feels more like a Viscaria Super ALC rather than a Viscaria. There is no vibrations at all which is very much similiar to an outer carbon blade.
The handle is very much different than TMXi Pro where it's a bit squarish.
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