Which poly ball should you choose?

[Tinykin]

Derek Underwood? Like me, you must be over 60.

 

[ttmonster]

Even though half the age , coming up , have heard stories where he troubled even Gavaskar in the 70's with his cutters ...

Derek Underwood? Like me, you must be over 60.

 

[Tinykin]

The thing I found weird was that he was described as a spinner. But when I saw him play, he was basically a medium pacer in my eyes.

 

[JHB]

Derek Underwood? Like me, you must be over 60.

Good guess, 65 and counting. Mind you uncovered wickets probably gave it away a bit too ! Nowadays I have the leisure to watch as much cricket as I like, but most of the Championship is played in the worst of the weather. Thankfully Northants usually only need two day's play to lose !

 

[Baal]

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[AndySmith]

Ball update, 30th June.

Cornilleau - P-Ball ABS Evolution - White - Seamed - Made in China
Kinson - K40+ - White - Seamed - Made in China

Worth noting that several old approvals for balls expired in the 30th June. Mostly celluloid (Gewo have let a plastic one lapse though), and several orange balls have gone now. Orange options are becoming more limited (if you want to stay 100% ITTF legal).

 

[yoass]

I bought a few large bags of Kinson balls for training. The old stock isn't depleted yet, I'll be able to share my impressions shortly.

 

[AndySmith]

Ball update, 12th September.

Butterfly - A40+ - White - Seamed - Made in China

Probably a switch of their very early seamed ball (pre-G40+) to one of the more recent ABS versions.

 

[vik]

Did anybody try DHS 40+ from this seller?Very cheap
I bought it there ,balls are round and plastic but size is 40mm exact,others are 40,2mm and Bounce is lower than others.Is it fake or original?Is it possible to find out?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Bon..._pvid=9693a214-a7d2-437b-b8c5-cee130af0e623.2.

 

[suds79]

Did anybody try DHS 40+ from this seller?Very cheap
I bought it there ,balls are round and plastic but size is 40mm exact,others are 40,2mm and Bounce is lower than others.Is it fake or original?Is it possible to find out?

Those DHS 40+ seamed plastic balls are the ones our club uses. Yes they are affordable which I won't complain about.

They're great. Everybody at our club likes them. I've seen videos of the Japanese national team practicing with them.

It's the best ball with performance, price & everything considered. Now just enjoy.

 

[chuckjordan2]

Yes, I have bought D40+ balls from this seller. Good quality balls.

 

[yogi_bear]

so far it would be nexy, sanwei abs and stiga perform polyballs for me.

 

[AndySmith]

Ball update, 29th September.


Joola - Prime 40+ - White - Seamed - Made in China
Red+Black - 40+ - White - Seamed - Made in China
Xiom - Bravo 40+ - White - Seamed - Made in China

 

[AndySmith]

Ball update - 2nd March

The notable thing in this update is the imminent removal (30th June 2018) of some older 40+ balls. I still see some of these being used locally at the moment so perhaps worth bearing in mind:

iPong Sphere 40+ (seamless)
Joola Super-P 40+ (seamed)
Kingnik 40+ (seamless)
Kinson 40+ (seamed)
Komann 40+ (seamed)
Peace 40+ (seamed)
Sunflex 40+ (seamed)
Tmount Prime 40+ (seamed)
Xiom Pro Select 40+ (seamed)

 

[AndySmith]

Also! I hope you're all ready to give your balls a good scrub:

 

[JHB]

Ball update - 2nd March

The notable thing in this update is the imminent removal (30th June 2018) of some older 40+ balls. I still see some of these being used locally at the moment so perhaps worth bearing in mind:

iPong Sphere 40+ (seamless)
Joola Super-P 40+ (seamed)
Kingnik 40+ (seamless)
Kinson 40+ (seamed)
Komann 40+ (seamed)
Peace 40+ (seamed)
Sunflex 40+ (seamed)
Tmount Prime 40+ (seamed)
Xiom Pro Select 40+ (seamed)

A shame about the Kingnik 40+ - a very nice ball and very cheap.

 

[mart1nandersson]

A slightly out of topic question: When will the remaining celluloid balls get dropped by the ITTF? For example Stiga Optimum is approved until June but balls like the white Nittaku *** hasn't got an expiry date defined.

 

[Baal]

I don't know for certain, but I think it will be hard to know until after June. Then you will see if the Stiga balls are still on the list. Probably the fact that there is an expiry means that Stiga has opted to not renew after June, which is the period for which they are "payed up". The fact that Nittaku has no expiry date indicated suggests that they have informed ITTF that they plan to submit the ball for renewal of the approval.

Guessing on my part, not solid knowledge.

 

[Suga D]

Also! I hope you're all ready to give your balls a good scrub:

Hahaha.

This is funny. I just posted this on a different thread without having seen this. Nice.

 

[mart1nandersson]

I stumbled upon 1* orange poly balls at a local sports shop today. Donic made in China. I would rate them slightly better compared to the Butterfly 1* 40+ we use at the club where I normally play. Maybe old news but these are the first orange ones I've seen in the flesh. Really hoping to get a hold of 3* orange poly balls.