VEGA LPO [Discontinued]

Everyone's rating [Hardness] Pretty soft
[Performance] Speed and Spin to have excellent
VEGA LPO

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Averages reviews points

  • Rating: 8.86 / 10
  • 7 reviews
    • Speed:8.14
    • Spin:7.57
    • Control:7.43

    Reviews of VEGA LPO. Players who use Rubber evaluate various points such as hardness of the sponge, speed, control, spin, and feel at impact thoroughly.

    • Long pimples

    Specifications

    Price
    4,800 Yen(Include tax 5,280 Yen)
    Producer
    XIOM
    Product code
    10631
    Speed
    5.2
    Spin
    6.5
    Control
    6
    Hardness
    47.5 ± 3
    Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary
    Vega LPO is highly praised for its excellent spin variation and speed as a premium pimple rubber, but most reviews agree it requires experience due to the difficulty of handling its soft pimples and tension sponge.
    ■ Frequently Mentioned Points
    • Soft pimples with rich spin variations that induce opponent errors
    • Tension sponge provides unexpected bounce and speed for a pimple rubber
    • Difficult to handle, not recommended for beginners or pimple inexperienced users
    • Blocking and cutting are relatively stable, but handling strong spin is challenging
    • High attack capability once mastered despite steep learning curve
    ■ Representative Voices
    ▲ PositiveThanks to the tension sponge, it bounces well despite being a pimple rubber with excellent spin performance. It produces significant variation and speed, making it easy to induce mistakes from opponents.
    ▽ CriticalThe sponge is thin and hard while the pimples are exceptionally soft, making it very difficult for beginners to handle. The soft pimples can cause balls to drop on mishits, requiring careful attention during blocking techniques.

    Reviews by user

    • visitor

      Front-end haste (Experience: 4〜5 years) One of a kind

      Reviews by user

      Recently I've been trying to differentiate my backhand from my forehand Hurricane by putting long pips on the backhand. Thanks to a 47.5° tension sponge, this rubber bounces quite a lot despite being long pips. The spin performance is more than adequate too — high enough that some players can even smash or drive with it. The overall weight isn't too heavy, so even if the forehand side is a bit heavy, you can still swing all the way through. Also, the ball changes quite a bit in combination with its remarkable speed, which draws mistakes out of opponents. Definitely give it a try.

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      2022/11/14
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      5
      Control
      10
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use OVTCHAROV Innerforce ALC

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    • visitor

      Fastark X-1 (Experience: 4〜5 years) Man, this is tough~

      Reviews by user

      It has quite a lot of variation, and if you flick/snap it, you get very fast knuckle balls. I've been using it since the rubber first came out and have gotten pretty used to it, but I can't recommend it as a first long pips rubber. The sponge is very thin and hard, while the pips are about as soft as you'll find among long pips rubbers, so it's incredibly hard to handle. (Though some of that is probably down to my own skill.)

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      2022/10/03
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      10
      Spin
      10
      Control
      10
      Hardness Soft

      Racket recommended use Latika Carbon

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    • visitor

      Mark Bui (Experience: 4〜5 years) Has variation, has speed

      Reviews by user

      The pips tip over easily, so the spin variation is relatively large.
      On top of getting decent speed, the ball flies in a straight line, so I think it's pretty troublesome for opponents.
      However, the pips being too soft backfires in some situations — when you're doing a simple contact shot like a block, a mishit can cause the ball to just drop, so watch out for that. I can't recommend it for beginners or people who've never used long pips before.
      But if you master it, I think it's incredibly strong.

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      2022/06/19
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      10
      Spin
      8
      Control
      7
      Hardness Soft

      Racket recommended use Latika Carbon

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    • visitor

      All rounder (Experience: 2〜3 years) Depends on how you use it

      Reviews by user

      I used this on the backhand side of a shakehand blade.
      Blocking is fairly stable. However, because it's a tension rubber, the ball tends to go long, leading to situations where you get hit with repeated attacks. It's stable, but I found sharp, stabbing pushes and dead-stop blocks a bit difficult.
      Chopping is stable, but the ball flies, so you get overshooting misses and need to hold it down. It's a bit tricky to handle, so I'd recommend it for players who want to produce tricky balls, or for choppers and blockers looking for more backhand attacking power.

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      2019/10/27
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      7
      Control
      8
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use LATIKA

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    • visitor

      Umiya (Experience: 4〜5 years) Soft, easy-to-use pips

      Reviews by user

      Here's my impression after using this as a chopper for a few months.
      The pips on this rubber are soft, and it was easy to put cut on the ball.
      Personally it felt more natural to me than the Feint series (I prefer softer pips).
      I got the impression it bounces a bit more than expected, but I got used to it within a few days, so it wasn't a big deal.
      Also, for pips rubber(?), it makes a surprisingly loud sound when you hit it.
      It was a satisfying rubber to play with.

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      2018/12/23
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      8
      Control
      6
      Hardness Soft
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    • visitor

      YYYYYYYYY (Experience: 2〜3 years) Soft‼️

      Reviews by user

      Since it's soft, you can return a weakly spun drive just by touching it.
      But it's hard to return heavy spin.
      When you attack with it, the ball flies off in all sorts of directions.

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      2018/06/23
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      5
      Spin
      7
      Control
      8
      Hardness Soft

      Racket recommended use Butterfly Hadraw VR

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    • Butterfly Inoue

      Butterfly Inoue (Experience: 2〜3 years) The variation is amazing...

      Reviews by user

      The variation is amazing.
      But it's hard to drive with.
      It's a soft long-pips rubber.

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      2018/03/21
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      10
      Spin
      8
      Control
      3
      Hardness Soft

      Racket recommended use Brockman Ⅱ

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