Post your latest EJ purchase

[dave_dd]

DHS Long 5 (commercial version)
BFY Glayzer 09c 2.1 black
BFY Rozena 1.9 red

kinda hard to get used to this setup coming from my all wood blade, is the handle on w968 provincial significantly thicker? Should I go for that blade or just go back to my viscaria whose handle feels the best? idk, I Just dont really like the thin handle on the HL5
Also kinda disappointed with the quality of my long 5 from prott, it certainly didn't have the premium finish of my OSP virtuoso or any Butterfly blade

And also DHS H3 neo 2.1 black 39° + DHS No. 15 + Haifu Sea Moon booster (I never wanted to boost, but here we go)

 

[Infernal]

Not really EJ since I have been using mostly the same rubbers for 10y+ (Vega Japan/Pro FH, Vega Europe BH on OSP Virtuoso):

Just bought Fastarc G1 1.8mm (FH) and Tenergy 19 1.9mm (BH). Slapped them on an old Ma Lin Carbon.
The idea is that G1 should be similar to Vega Pro, but less bouncy in the short game.
Wanted to try a Tenergy, and 19 is supposedly the easiest one to control.

Just glued it, the racket is definitely heavier than my previous setup. Will try it today.

I am thinking about getting a Virtuoso+ or a Virtuoso AC. €219.00 though

Played for 2 hours. 30 min practice and 1.5h of games.

Tenergy 19 is a straight up upgrade over Vega Europe (except it feels like Tenergy 1.9mm is heavier than Vega Europe Max). Somehow even in the short game it is better than Europe. Banana is good, looping/blocking, everything is great right off the bat.

On the FH G1 was a mixed bag. Everything felt great, except looping:
the short game was amazing (I won so many points just pushing short),
blocking/smashing was great too, way easier than with Vega Pro.
serves are way tighter, it is much harder to serve short with Vega Pro; except a lot of the balls I tried to serve short did not even reach the net. I need to get used to the non-catapult-y sponge.

Loops will require some adjustment, I guess. When I was not expecting a FH ball sometimes the ball dropped into the net, sometimes overshot the table by a lot. It is unforgiving like that, and while looping G1 feels completely different from any other rubber I tried.

 

[Grumms]

I ordered a Loki w81 Inner ALC and a Rxton 9 to pair with. I'm pretty sure it's useless, since I feel perfect with my Yinhe 05 and my trustworthy Arthur China.

I also bought a Gewo Superselect 45° at Montpellier WTT. And it feels like the and of the EJ period for me. I bought and tested only very good rubbers for my BH, maybe all the BH oriented rubbers we can find on AliExpress (except Sanwei HyperGear, even it was tempting to buy it). My favorites are :
- Superselect 45°. I played my team competition today and won all games, easily. I'll stick with this rubber for now on
- Rxton VII. I thought it would be the rubber of my season, but it lacks a little bit of bounciness
- Telson 100 : incredible for looping at mid range, but same than R7, too low arc for my BH punches
- Gewo Codexx 52 : pretty similar to Telson 100

 

[kevin.c]

Medium soft.

How do you find the throw of the national black medium soft. I just glued it on and it feels rather super low without much arc on a fast blade, xiom cho dae song tmx pro.

 

[Grumms]

How do you find the throw of the national black medium soft. I just glued it on and it feels rather super low without much arc on a fast blade, xiom cho dae song tmx pro.

Hard to say. I barely played with it. It seem similar to Arthur China or Battle 3. I'm not very sensitive to the arc on the BH, contrary to my BH. I'm sorry I can't help more.

 

[TensorBackhand]

I ordered a Loki w81 Inner ALC and a Rxton 9 to pair with. I'm pretty sure it's useless, since I feel perfect with my Yinhe 05 and my trustworthy Arthur China.

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I also bought a Gewo Superselect 45° at Montpellier WTT. And it feels like the and of the EJ period for me. I bought and tested only very good rubbers for my BH, maybe all the BH oriented rubbers we can find on AliExpress (except Sanwei HyperGear). My favorites are :
- Superselect 45°. I played my team competition today and won all games, easily. I'll stick with this rubber for now on
- Rxton VII. I thought it would be the rubber of my season, but it lacks a little bit of bounciness
- Telson 100 : incredible for looping at mid range, but same than R7, too low arc for my BH punches
- Gewo Codexx 52 : pretty similar to Telson 100

Why didn't you like HyperGear?

I want to hear how you find the difference between W81 inner and Pro 05. Both blades look extremely similar.

Also want to hear how you find Rxton 9 vs Arthur China.

 

[Grumms]

Why didn't you like HyperGear?

I want to hear how you find the difference between W81 inner and Pro 05. Both blades look extremely similar.

Also want to hear how you find Rxton 9 vs Arthur China.

I meant that I did not buy and try it at all. I'm sure it's a good rubber.

 

[Lazer]

https://www.tabletennis11.com/other_eng/xiom-vega-europe-hybrid

Wonder if these (Europe hybrid) are the same as Donic Bluegrip S2. Similar hardness anyway, ordered two of them.

Haven’t found my ultimate BH rubber yet…

Cheers
L-zr

 

[rbtitco]

DHS Long 5 (commercial version)
BFY Glayzer 09c 2.1 black
BFY Rozena 1.9 red

kinda hard to get used to this setup coming from my all wood blade, is the handle on w968 provincial significantly thicker? Should I go for that blade or just go back to my viscaria whose handle feels the best? idk, I Just dont really like the thin handle on the HL5
Also kinda disappointed with the quality of my long 5 from prott, it certainly didn't have the premium finish of my OSP virtuoso or any Butterfly blade

And also DHS H3 neo 2.1 black 39° + DHS No. 15 + Haifu Sea Moon booster (I never wanted to boost, but here we go)

I would not say it's significantly thicker.

 

[Grumms]

I think Loki Rxton Blades have a Viscaria like handle. So maybe test the Rxton 3 Pro blade :

The closest to Long V is the w81 Inner, but I'm not sure about the handle.

 

[Topspinslinger]

Dignics 09c 2.1 black
Dignics 64 2.1 red
DNA pro H 2.1 black
DNA pro H 2.1 Red

 

[SlowPower]

Battle III 39° black
D09c 1,9 black
C1 super thick red
10x Kiri 3mm planks (core Material)
I have a bandsaw to make my own, but the kiri I have is relatively heavy so I ordered some and hoping for lower weights...

 

[TheProfessor]

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A lot of backhand tests. Rxton VII on the Yinhe 05, Hurricane 9 on Stuor Long V, Codexx on Fang Bo B2. Goldarc 8 50º I don't know yet.

how's the Yinhe Pro 05? I'm wanting to try the Pro05x national player edition. and the Fang Bo with the blue handle. I already tried the one with the purple handle and that was great actually

 

[Grumms]

how's the Yinhe Pro 05? I'm wanting to try the Pro05x national player edition. and the Fang Bo with the blue handle. I already tried the one with the purple handle and that was great actually

Pro 05 is great. It's my definitive choice as a blade for this year. I love its control compared to the Pro 01. Fang Bo B2 is almost identical, but the handle is too thin for me.

 

[latej]

Xuperman Powerplay-X H40 (prott) for me and Loki Rxton 9 H39 (AliExpress) for my friend... @Zwill is to blame, not me, I'm innocent.

 

[TensorBackhand]

Pro 05 is great. It's my definitive choice as a blade for this year. I love its control compared to the Pro 01. Fang Bo B2 is almost identical, but the handle is too thin for me.

oh nice. So Pro 05 and B2 have similar feeling? But is the 05 head smaller than B2?

 

[schrodingerskoalabear]

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A lot of backhand tests. Rxton VII on the Yinhe 05, Hurricane 9 on Stuor Long V, Codexx on Fang Bo B2. Goldarc 8 50º I don't know yet.

How did the Hurricane 9 feel for you?

 

[Kovacs75]

Viscaria FL 90gr

 

[Grumms]

How did the Hurricane 9 feel for you?

Pretty nice. But my tests revealed that I'm better with tensor on the backhand. So no Chinese rubber for me on the BH.

 

[Topspinslinger]

First Session with my new Dignics 09c and 64, wow what a beast. 64 feels slightly soft even but shot quality went to the roof.

Coach said 05 on backhand would be even better but I don't want to sell my other kidney just yet 😂😂

09C fh is great aswel, not quite boosted Hurricane 3 neo prov OS performance but I am not that level (yet💪👊)