Which poly ball should you choose?

[AndySmith]

That sounds great. Really looking forward.
Any news when it will be available?

Nothing yet. I'll post as soon as I see anything real in the wild!

 

[perham]

Nittaku, Joola and Xoashufa are good. The rest, well, I just can say we broke something like 5 Stiga balls in one night. They are of absolute horrendous quality.


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[suds79]

BIG BALL UPDATE NEWS. Hold on to your delicate bits...on the approval list...

Nittaku - Nexcell 40+ - Plastic with seam - ORANGE 3*

Oh snap. Now that's some interesting news.

Now if I, or our club rather, can just get over that it'll probably be $4.50 per ball being Nittaku.

 

[laistrogian]

Oh snap. Now that's some interesting news.

Now if I, or our club rather, can just get over that it'll probably be $4.50 per ball being Nittaku.

IMO, nittaku balls arent worth it anymore considering the DHS D40+ being a really consistent and durable ball for a fraction of the cost of nittaku ball

 

[AndySmith]

I'm not sure what the Nexcell is yet - hopefully it will be cheaper than the Premium. They might have a period of having a monopoly on orange balls though...

 

[suds79]

IMO, nittaku balls arent worth it anymore considering the DHS D40+ being a really consistent and durable ball for a fraction of the cost of nittaku ball

+1 Yep.

Every time this thread keeps getting bumped and I read "Which poly ball should you choose?" My reflex thought is always the same. The DHS D40+ ball. Hands down the champ. Price & performance.

My post was more just to poke fun at how ridiculous Nittaku is with the price of their balls.

But I do like that the orange is coming back.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

I will wait and see. An Orange ball on paper is great. But it is not in my hand. I would like orange poly balls that actually play well in my hand rather than on paper.

But on paper is better than not at all. Because it means that some day they may be more than a thought.

However, it seems mystifying that, after about 4 years of the 40+ Poly ball as the official ball, there are no Orange balls that I have seen.

 

[AndySmith]

I will wait and see. An Orange ball on paper is great. But it is not in my hand. I would like orange poly balls that actually play well in my hand rather than on paper.

But on paper is better than not at all. Because it means that some day they may be more than a thought.

They're on the approval list so they exist and have passed the ITTF's, er, rigorous testing process. A commercial release can't be far behind.

How well they play is another matter of course.

 

[icontek]

Hm, must be just me then, having been burned by an incredibly bad batch ("XHAG") of them. I introduced the DHS D40+ with great enthusiasm after trying out a few boxes ("XCAG") first, then confidently bought a few dozen more. We're using the XuShaoFa seamless threestar, which plays fine and is well liked, but it's a bit too brittle and a bit too costly even without the high churn rate to my liking, so based upon my initial positive experiences I felt confident a change to the DHS D40+ would work out well.

Were these purchased from TTNPP, by any chance? I've gotten the absolute worst balls from them anytime i order more than 6 or 10.

 

[yoass]

Were these purchased from TTNPP, by any chance? I've gotten the absolute worst balls from them anytime i order more than 6 or 10.

No. Off the top of my head I don’t recall where, but it wasn’t ttnpp.

I’ve contacted the seller back then who would take things to DHS distribution up the chain, but haven’t heard back.

I’ll be giving the Stiga Perform 40+ *** ABS ball a go in a few weeks. Fingers Xed.

 

[chintanmashroo]

I will always go with Butterfly G40+ and then Sanwei ABS


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[anjoooo]

I really liked the Kingnik seamless. High bounce and very durable. Unfortunately I can't find it on tabletennis11 anymore

 

[anjoooo]

Is there a difference between the DHS D40+ and the DHS 40+?

 

[Shifu]

Yes a big difference. At all cost avoid the 40+, it's made of the old CA material and breaks easily and does not bounce well.

Regarding D40+... I got very good balls by TTNPP (ordered 10 a year ago) and then I ordered a lot more from TTNPP and they are sh*t, they sound different and play different, I don't know what happened. I might try them again from another source soon...

 

[JST]

Were these purchased from TTNPP, by any chance? I've gotten the absolute worst balls from them anytime i order more than 6 or 10.

Btw. I've just received 2nd 72-box of D40+ from TTnPP. Four-letter batch number is barely readable this time but both boxes tested and doing well. No single cracked ball after 8+ training session in small club (2 tables, 2-3 hours per training, we use ~20 balls in the session). Not saying problem cannot happen but there seems to be people satisfied with D40+ and TTnPP in general

 

[AndySmith]

I really liked the Kingnik seamless. High bounce and very durable. Unfortunately I can't find it on tabletennis11 anymore

The original Kingnik seamless is being removed from the approval list on 30th June, so it's very likely that they're out of production now.

 

[AndySmith]

Small ball update, although one which will case some minor forum annoyance when referring to balls in shorthand:

Xushaofa G40+ - Plastic - Seamless - White

So we now have two totally different G40+ balls. Great work guys.

 

[mart1nandersson]

So we now have two totally different G40+ balls. Great work guys.

I guess that this won't be an issue for long as the Butterfly A40+ seem to be replacing the G40+ if I have understood things correctly.

 

[AndySmith]

I guess that this won't be an issue for long as the Butterfly A40+ seem to be replacing the G40+ if I have understood things correctly.

I really hope that this this true. Time will tell.

 

[killiegradge]

What about a Dunlop Barna?