Stiga Allround Classic

[BlackCat510]

I have a spare stiga all round classic penhold blade (with unboosted Hurricane 3 neo and tsp ventus spin on it). The unboosted Hurricane requires too much effort to play well and the soft tsp rubber doesn’t gel well with the soft, flexible all round classic blade.

Someone has suggested I try using hard rubbers, but I don’t want to change my regular setup and don’t really want the hassle and expense of boosting.

Are there any durable hard rubbers (maybe hybrids like Yasaka Rakza Z Extra hard) that are fast enough to make it a viable as a back up blade?

I don’t want to buy Butterfly.

Or is it fundamentally too slow for everything?

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

Fastarc G1, Ventus Extra

 

[GregorTT425]

The most classic allwood blade. It's not that slow, but not that quick. Basically, you are not going to have "out of this world" speed, but rather good control. These flexible blades are more suited to rather hard rubbers (like Rakza Z you mentioned).
I suggest you go for a Yasaka Rakza Z or a Rasanter C48. Both great hybrid rubbers.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

The most classic allwood blade. It's not that slow, but not that quick. Basically, you are not going to have "out of this world" speed, but rather good control. These flexible blades are more suited to rather hard rubbers (like Rakza Z you mentioned).
I suggest you go for a Yasaka Rakza Z or a Rasanter C48. Both great hybrid rubbers.

I am just making sure you know this thread was posted about 4 months ago and has not had a reply since the day it was initiated. So, hopefully BlackCat has found answers for himself about a backup setup and/or about rubbers for this blade.

To me, the idea of a backup setup would be that it should be the same as what you have or it is not really a back up, but rather an alternative. And if you want an alternative that you might switch to in a match for some reason like, you tore the rubber on your main racket, then I would say, if it is not the same setup, it should be close enough that you can change to it without need of more than a few hits to adjust.

So, if anyone had wanted to help the OP back in October 2022, then, it would help to ask what his main blade and setup was. If the blade is vastly different in speed to the Allround Classic, then that would not be a good candidate for a backup or an alternative racket.