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Hi Brookerbig, thanks for the message - in all honesty...
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Hi Brookerbig, thanks for the message - in all honesty...
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Hi Paul, great review you did on the MX-P rubber from Tibhar. I am glad that you like the rubbers so much and the properties of the rubbers can contribute in your game play.
I have some questions about both the rubber and blade. Maybe the blade is a bit off topic, but here goes anyway.
Regarding the MX-P how would you rate or compare the throw angle of the rubber?
Do you play with a specific hardness of the rubber and do you know what it is?
Do you get like a PRO version of the rubber which is cut from the core of a production sheet or is it the same as the commercial ones we buy?
Now to the blade Do you have any preference to the head size of the blade? I heard that the rubbers where a bit to the heavy side which means most people would choose a small head size blade to pair with the rubbers. You look pretty fit so you must have a pair of big guns
What weight of the blade do you prefer? As I understand a lot of Pro's choose to have a blade on the +90g side.
Hi Giangt thanks for the questions!
1) When people talk about 'throw angle', it's really hard to rate and you should be aware of anybody that does a review and gives a definite rating for this. The reason is that it depends on your stroke, how you contact the ball, your timing point etc - these are individual things and the bat is in YOUR hand! All I can say is that I always tell people to test the rubbers themselves for this reason following on from any reccomendation. That way you can see how you like the rebound of the rubber and how it suits your style of play.
2) The rubbers I have been given by TIBHAR so far have all been fine for me and I have not asked for any specific hardness of the sponge. I think it is possible that some people can read to much into how hard or soft a sponge might be by a very small amount. I do not check the weight of my rubbers, I play with them and that way I know straight away if the particular sheet is good for me - so far I have used about 15 sets of rubber and I have not noticed the differences in the sponge or felt the need to change yet, and I don't expect to! The sheets are very consistent.
3) I am unsure as all of my rubber sheets are sent by TIBHAR. I tried several types of the Evolution range at the facility near Saarbrucken in Germany with the TIBHAR experts and they made some notes on which sheets I preferred. I would have absolutely no problem at all in picking up a sheet of Evolution MX-P from any supplier if I was ever to run short or anything or forget to pack some spare sets of rubber in my bag for a competition. I am comfortable with in using them from any source.
Blade - It's just the normal size Samsonov stratus carbon, it's a regular sized blade head. I've never used a compact size blade head and I have no problem with the weight of my bat so that's ok for me! I'm more concerned with how the blade feels and how it combines with my rubber sheets. As for my fitness... thank you, I do try
I have not weighed my blade but I know that some pro's do like to be aware of the weights, but this is more around different batches to determine they can get a blade that is very close to the existing one when making a change.
Hope this answers your questions!