Should I buy specific equipment or experiment?

[tabaradumitru]

Hi!
I'm planning to either buy a Butterfly Viscaria(or Butterfly Fan Zhendong ALC) and a few Rubbers like DHS H3N BS + DHS H3N OS or should I buy multiple cheaper blades and rubbers and experiment to find my favorite equipment and playing style?
By cheaper equipment I mean:
Blades:
* Yinhe V14 PRO or
* Yinhe PRO-01 ALC or
* Donic Anders Lind Hexa Carbon|

Rubbers:
* Sanwei Target 3 National or
* DHS H3 Commercial or
* DHS H3 Provincial BS (But I don't know which deg to choose).

I played with the following equipments and this is what I learned:
Blades:
* Nittaku Violin - too slow for me.
* Butterfly Petr Korbel Japan - slow as well.
* Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon - pretty decent, but I felt like it wasn't consistent.
Rubbers:
* Tibhar Hybrid K3 - pretty decent
* Butterfly Dignics 05 and 09C - are good but expensive.
I would like a better racket for short play but also be good when playing far from the table.
What would you suggest? What would you do?

 

[NetProphet]

Hi!
I'm planning to either buy a Butterfly Viscaria(or Butterfly Fan Zhendong ALC) and a few Rubbers like DHS H3N BS + DHS H3N OS or should I buy multiple cheaper blades and rubbers and experiment to find my favorite equipment and playing style?
By cheaper equipment I mean:
Blades:
* Yinhe V14 PRO or
* Yinhe PRO-01 ALC or
* Donic Anders Lind Hexa Carbon|

Rubbers:
* Sanwei Target 3 National or
* DHS H3 Commercial or
* DHS H3 Provincial BS (But I don't know which deg to choose).

I played with the following equipments and this is what I learned:
Blades:
* Nittaku Violin - too slow for me.
* Butterfly Petr Korbel Japan - slow as well.
* Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon - pretty decent, but I felt like it wasn't consistent.
Rubbers:
* Tibhar Hybrid K3 - pretty decent
* Butterfly Dignics 05 and 09C - are good but expensive.
I would like a better racket for short play but also be good when playing far from the table.
What would you suggest? What would you do?

Not much you can find beyond 09c for short play and far from the table.
DHS H3 is an obvious choice but do you want to enter the world of boosters?
If you're thinking of THE FZD ALC I would say just get it and try it or you'll always be forever comparing blades to that unicorn on the horizon.
Everyones different of course but from what you've written I reckon FZD ALC, Dignics 09c and maybe D80 on BH?

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Hi!
I'm planning to either buy a Butterfly Viscaria(or Butterfly Fan Zhendong ALC) and a few Rubbers like DHS H3N BS + DHS H3N OS or should I buy multiple cheaper blades and rubbers and experiment to find my favorite equipment and playing style?
By cheaper equipment I mean:
Blades:
* Yinhe V14 PRO or
* Yinhe PRO-01 ALC or
* Donic Anders Lind Hexa Carbon|

Rubbers:
* Sanwei Target 3 National or
* DHS H3 Commercial or
* DHS H3 Provincial BS (But I don't know which deg to choose).

I played with the following equipments and this is what I learned:
Blades:
* Nittaku Violin - too slow for me.
* Butterfly Petr Korbel Japan - slow as well.
* Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon - pretty decent, but I felt like it wasn't consistent.
Rubbers:
* Tibhar Hybrid K3 - pretty decent
* Butterfly Dignics 05 and 09C - are good but expensive.
I would like a better racket for short play but also be good when playing far from the table.
What would you suggest? What would you do?

Not sure bout’ you but for me, once I go B, I won’t go back. From the moment I held Primorac ( my first B experience ), I ain’t never touchy no other than B(s).

 

[tabaradumitru]

Other opinions guys? Would you experiment with cheap rubbers and blades or invest in expensive equipment directly?

 

[Doralikesmath]

You could make friend with an EJ in your club and ask to try their stuff. Either you will save a lot of money and time, or become another EJ depends on your luck and/or mental strength, haha.

On a more serious note, H3 on both sides is not for everyone, especially on the BH side and if you don't boost. If you love the D09C on your BH, then the Loki Arthur China (either normal or pro version) is gonna be a good cheap alternative. Viscaria/FZD ALC are good blades and even if you don't like them, you can easily recover some of the money by selling them. It's much harder to sell used Yinhe and Andro blades in general.

 

[Larshos]

Considering the price of a FZD ALC, I would make sure to actually test one before buying. It might feel like a divine revelation to you, but it might also feel like it's just another good blade.
The Pro-01 is very good IMO.

 

[latej]

What would you suggest? What would you do?

I'd test more until I feel that I don't need to ask TTD ;-) By that time you should at least now what weight would you request for the blade and setup, and whether you want inner or outer at the moment, and whether you want H3-like dense sponge, or a bit more euro bubbly, etc... It's good to be convinced that you want what you want you see ;-) What @Doralikesmath suggested is good, imo.

 

[passifid]

if you can reliably loop backspin pushes forehand and backhand then just get a viscaria/fzdalc with d05 both sides and let rip if you want to gt better.

If you just wanna play around with equipment then do that too

whatever you prefer is best.