Rubber advice for Stiga All-Round Classic Blade

[anchorschmidt]

Greetings,


You're correct, of course, Carl - I was getting punchy reading all the reviews.


Reading the various reviews, it's difficult to say whether it's medium or medium-soft - certainly FX-P is the softest

I wouldn't mind MX-S as I play close to the table anyway - I don't back-off. The spin looks good - as good as, if not better than, MX-P, according to the various websites I've visited.

However, I'll probably stick with the Donic pairing, as I'm familiar with their rubbers.

So, thank you all for your input.

Kindest regards,

James

Cool, give us an update when you try them out

 

[Dragan Glas]

Greetings,

Agreed, anchorschmidt, I can always try the Tibhar rubbers when I replace the ones on my other two bats.

Kindest regards,

James

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Greetings,

Agreed, anchorschmidt, I can always try the Tibhar rubbers when I replace the ones on my other two bats.

Kindest regards,

James

That is true. When you upgrade on your other bats, if you like Donic rubbers, the Bluefire rubbers are all pretty decent as well.

The MX-P is pretty hard. It is definitely harder than Tenergy 05, 80 or 64. What got me to try MX-P was this. I was using Victas V>01 Stiff and thought it was pretty darn good and especially good for the Poly ball. And a friend had a friend visit from Taiwan and he had MX-P. When I tried it I was pretty impressed with how well it grabbed the ball. When my friend tried it, I had never felt his loops have anywhere near as much spin. And I play with this guy all the time. It actually was hard to track the ball at first because his loop had so much more arc and there was more arc after the bounce as well. That made me want to try it. But it took me a few hours to get used to it when I first put the rubber on.

The MX-S may get more spin than the MX-P but their hardness is pretty similar. EL-P should be midway between MX-P and FX-P in terms of hardness.

But the Donic rubbers are a good choice especially if you are already familiar with Donic rubbers.

 

[NextLevel]

Greetings,

Thank you all for your feedback so far.

So, having read various sites with their "blurb" and alleged reviews, my options are Acuda P2 on FH with Barracuda on BH or EL-P and FX-P or MX-S and EL-P.

The two Donic rubbers have medium sponge, where Barracuda - on the BH - having marginally less speed/greater control; MX-S is the only medium one of the Butterfly rubbers - EL-P and FX-P are soft and softest, respectively. So, really it comes down to the Donic pairing or the MX-S/EL-P one - with, maybe, the EL-P/FX-P as a poor third option.

Hmmm... decisions, decisions...

Suggestions - bearing in mind the listed priorities I posted in the opening post?

Kindest regards,

James

If you have a real forehand, you are going to reverse those rubbers at some point. Baracuda is grippy enough for any ball, plastic, cell or even foot, basket, base and golf.

 

[Dragan Glas]

Greetings,

Agreed, Carl.

I got the impression from Drinkhall's, and others', reviews that the MX-S imparts spin with more of a wrist-action than a full arm stroke: perhaps I'm reading more into them than is there. As I use my wrist for spin serves and to add extra spin to loops, etc, this particularly appealed to me, rather than the MX-P.

The Bluefire rubbers are also good, based on the reviews.

The Barracuda seems to be more popular than Acuda - perhaps due to price. It will be interesting to compare them when I twirl mid-rally or even for spin serves.

Kindest regards,

James

 

[Dragan Glas]

Greetings,

If you have a real forehand, you are going to reverse those rubbers at some point. Baracuda is grippy enough for any ball, plastic, cell or even foot, basket, base and golf.

Quite possibly - it's difficult to decide on which side to use them - however, twirling will solve that problem.

Kindest regards,

James

 

[NextLevel]

Greetings,

Agreed, Carl.

I got the impression from Drinkwell's, and others', reviews that the MX-S imparts spin with more of a wrist-action than a full arm stroke: perhaps I'm reading more into them than is there. As I use my wrist for spin serves and to add extra spin to loops, etc, this particularly appealed to me, rather than the MX-P.

The Bluefire rubbers are also good, based on the reviews.

The Barracuda seems to be more popular than Acuda - perhaps due to price. It will be interesting to compare them when I twirl mid-rally or even for spin serves.

Kindest regards,

James

The reviews of MX-S on that are a little deceptive. What they mean is that MX-S rewards prolonged contact and acceleration. It's actually a pretty demanding rubber to use and requires/rewards larger strokes which can be done with wrist action. Just using the wrist largely in isolation on loops is more difficult with this rubber than say T05 or MX-P. The point on serves and pushes is true but that is because those are by definition smaller strokes.