Xiom HAL vs Andro Treiber FI OFF vs Darker Liberta Solid Pro

[Table10Ice]

For now my go-to blades are Nittaku Acoustic G-revision and Xiom HAL. On the Acoustic I had Andro Nuzn 48 on fh, Joola Tronix ACC on bh. HAL had J&H X47.5 on fh, Xiom Vega Korea on bh. Thinking of the following pairings: Andro C48/R45 on the Darker, Victas V 20 Extra/R45 on Treiber. Also changing rubbers on the HAL to J&H C52.5/Omega 8 Euro. I'm a two-winged looper, offensive playstyle with a TTR about 1500. Any thoughts?

 

[Federal_Agent]

For now my go-to blades are Nittaku Acoustic G-revision and Xiom HAL. On the Acoustic I had Andro Nuzn 48 on fh, Joola Tronix ACC on bh. HAL had J&H X47.5 on fh, Xiom Vega Korea on bh. Thinking of the following pairings: Andro C48/R45 on the Darker, Victas V 20 Extra/R45 on Treiber. Also changing rubbers on the HAL to J&H C52.5/Omega 8 Euro. I'm a two-winged looper, offensive playstyle with a TTR about 1500. Any thoughts?

If I could offer one piece of advice based on what works for me, I’d say you should settle on your rubbers and choose a setup that suits your current technical level and stage of development. Constantly switching equipment or using very different setups can make it harder to build consistency and keep progressing!

 

[Table10Ice]

If I could offer one piece of advice based on what works for me, I’d say you should settle on your rubbers and choose a setup that suits your current technical level and stage of development. Constantly switching equipment or using very different setups can make it harder to build consistency and keep progressing!

Very well aware of that. But it's simply so addictive to try new combinations of rubbers and blades! I also do tennis and badminton, and although there's a wide selection of rackets and strings in both those sports, it's nowhere near the almost endless variants we have in table tennis.

And I don't do "mindless" equipment junkying, never have. I've come to realise that carbon simply will destroy my natural technical progression, so no carbon at all for years to come. That leaves all-wood and synthetic materials not carbon, for example the blades I mentioned. I also like softer blades with vibrations, yet somewhat solid feel (Acoustic) and relatively flexible. I dislike hollow feeling blades, like Butterfly Korbel. Don't like thick, stiff 7-ply blades like Stiga Clipper.

For rubbers, I prefer medium hard to hard hybrid tensors on my fh, like Nuzn 48 or Victas v 20 Extra. On bh I dislike low throw and need some catapult, sponge hardness 45-47.5.

So yeah, still EJing, but within a quite narrowed down field. Like Goldilocks, I want my porridge not too hot, not too cold, but just perfect.