VERTICAL 55
| Everyone's rating |
[Hardness] Little hard [Performance] Spin and Control to have excellent |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed:7.55
- Spin:8.45
- Control:8.45
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STIGA Vertical are our latest long pimple rubbers, developed in close collaboration with former Japanese National Team player Masato Shino. The pimple structure for Vertical 20 and Vertical 55 is placed in a vertical angle providing extra control and stability in your defensive strokes. These rubbers are made in Japan and developed specially for the ABS-ball to increase the spin of the modern defensive game.
- Long pimples
- Vertical-grain design reduces rotation influence and enables stable cutting
- Controlled bounce prevents overshots even with powerful swings
- Cut sharpness varies greatly depending on swing technique
- Demonstrates high offensive capability in pushing and nudging
- Low ball trajectory forces opponents into net errors
Reviews by user
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LAIZ (Experience: ４〜５ years) Easy to use and powerful rubber
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2018/09/11
I used Glass Ditex, Curl P1, Bedmen Reloaded, and Curl P4.
While using Vertical 55, the best thing about it is that it lands on the table reliably. It basically stays low and comes in with real pressure, and when chopping, the feel is very good and the spin control is good.
It can be effective even for beginners, but I think in the hands of an advanced player it becomes an even scarier weapon.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use KOJI MATSUSHITA SPECIAL
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seaweed (Experience: １１〜２０ years) Finally able to cut with long pips
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2025/03/07
I've long been a fan of Spectrol, Spin Pips, and Best Anti, and occasionally tried long pips (P4, P1V, Feint Long), but I gave up because I couldn't control my chops.
I mainly play by just meeting the ball with the racket face and swinging hard from above, so I think the reason is that I can't do the kind of swing where you graze the bottom of the ball every time, which long-pips chopping requires.
However, with this rubber, I can chop steadily without making much adjustment to my usual swing.
Compared to the long pips mentioned above, the sharpness and variation are nothing special, but this is the first time I've been able to use long pips with this little discomfort.
I think it's probably because the vertical grain is less affected by incoming spin, and the sponge is hard, so it feels like you're just meeting the ball flat, almost like hitting with a wooden board.
Also, because the bounce is suppressed, even if you swing fairly hard, the ball doesn't go over the table.Since even I, who can't use regular long pips, can use this one, personally I think this is a rubber better suited not so much for long-pips users, but for short-pips users who want to boost the stability of their defense.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Racket recommended use KOJI MATSUSHITA OFFENSIVE
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Shom Shokichi Best spin-cutting pips I've tried
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2025/01/27
I tried this at thin thickness on my Diode Pro. If you're someone who has the feel for laying the pips down, using this rubber gives you seriously nasty chop spin.
People say things like how easy it is to control cutting or not cutting, how the stability is this or that, how straight the chop trajectory is, but personally, I just found that these pips grip and pull the ball so much that it's easy to cut and control, and chopping became so much fun!!!
I don't know where I heard it, but I used to believe that horizontal-grain pips are more about variation and vertical-grain pips are more stable, but honestly I don't really feel that.
If anything, the vertical grain cuts more, and the horizontal grain draws a softer arc which should make the chop slower... or so I thought, haha
Honestly, I now think there isn't that much of a difference. A while back I thought Vertical 20 was kind of iffy and that vertical grain just didn't suit me, but at the very least, just by changing my technique, the ball changed a lot, and my friends, juniors, and seniors started telling me "that's totally different!" so I'm having a blast playing table tennis right now.
Rather than from the start, I'd highly recommend this to someone who has already learned to lay the pips down and use that pulling force to generate spin - both chops and pushes become incredible with it.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use DIODE PRO
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Morumofu (Experience: ４〜５ years) Is this for chopping?
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2022/10/08
I thought this would be perfect for chopping, so I put it on the backhand of my shakehand blade, and it really was. I think it would also suit a penhold player using an unorthodox rubber close to the table.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
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R301 carbine (Experience: ２〜３ years) GOD rubber
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2022/09/17
It's amazing for pushes, amazing for knuckle balls, and just godlike for control. The pushes are fast too, and even bazooka-style quick serves work great if you have the technique. On receive, you can basically just put the rubber in front of the ball and it comes back on its own. If your opponent can't read spin and can't return your serves, or you want to confuse someone with knuckle balls, this is perfect!
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Racket recommended use Yoshida Kaii CS
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Prefecture ranker (Experience: ６〜１０ years) The strongest weapon for modern table tennis choppers
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2022/03/26
I test-hit this alongside Horizontal 55 and Curl P1V, both with the same 55-degree sponge hardness.
My first impression was how low the chops stayed, and how easy it was to handle power loops and smashes.
Compared to horizontal-grain long pips, the variation is a little less, but if you really get solid contact on a fast loop, the variation becomes irregular. Combined with the low trajectory, it's easy to get your opponent to net the ball.
For pushes, if you pull the ball in and graze it thinly from the handle end, it bites more than horizontal-grain pips.
But if your swing isn't fast enough, it won't reach and you'll net it. It's stable, and since the pips are irregularly shaped, pushes shake the ball around a lot.
For backhand, if you pivot at the elbow and brush upward, you can use it like inverted rubber or short pips.
As the level around you rises and you reach the top tier even in tournaments, stable rallies matter more than sharp bite or variation. I'd recommend this to anyone who wants an equal balance of stable placement, variation, and control,
and especially to choppers who often attack with their backhand.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Hard
Racket recommended use DEFENSIVE PRO
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tempura (Experience: ４〜５ years) Easy to use even for non-choppers!
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2022/02/19
Unlike other long pips, these have a vertical grain, so it's easier to attack even with long pips.
If I flip to the inverted side to return an opponent's serve toward my forehand and can't flip back in time, I can still return it with a loop even off the long-pips side!
The variation is a bit less than horizontal-grain pips, but once you get used to it, you can still send the ball back knuckle-style.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Racket recommended use DEFENSIVE PRO
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