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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U20 |
| Experience | 4〜5 years |
User review
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2016/05/16
My first impression when I touched it was that it's hard. Both the sheet and the sponge feel on the harder side, and my first thought was that if a beginner were to use it, forehand would be the only option. However, even hitting topspin drives on the forehand, both the spin and speed were too mediocre — for how hard the rubber is, I never got a genuinely good ball out of it. The other Fly Att rubbers don't grip especially well for spin either, but they're at least easy to handle, so I honestly couldn't see the appeal of this one. Personally, flat power hits on the backhand felt just right, but that was about it.
I think it's usable for beginners, but a cheaper high-tension rubber would be better, and for intermediate players, I felt like everything about it fell short.
By the way, I had Ventus Spin on the other side. That one isn't especially high-performance either, but it was clearly better in terms of spin, speed, and control. That's probably to be expected since it's a tension rubber, but the price is about the same, so I don't see any reason not to go with that one instead, given they're both rubbers with 'Spin' in the name.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket KORBEL
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2016/02/02
I usually use wood blades, but special-material blades really do have a noticeably different sound and feel. This one isn't an inner type, so it feels especially hard. But maybe because it's designed thin, I didn't feel like spin was hard to generate on topspin drives. That said, the trajectory of the drive felt clearly more straight-line compared to something like the Korbel, so I don't think it's very suited to beginners or players who want stability on their drives. On the flip side, I felt flat hits, including blocks, could be used as a real finishing shot. Also, mine is ST, but this angular grip feels like something between a normal ST and FL, and I really like that it doesn't wobble despite being ST.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch
Recommend rubber(Front) Ventus Spin
Recommend rubber(Back) Rakza 7 Soft
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2016/01/31
I mainly used this on my forehand. I was previously using Ventus Spin, so I'll compare it to that.
First, the Stiff version is quite a bit harder. As for drives, compared to Ventus Spin, the ball flies noticeably higher. That feeling of the rubber grabbing the ball hard and releasing it with a slight delay is common with spin-oriented tension rubbers, and it's close to Tenergy 05. However, since it flies in more of an arc, it often landed closer to me rather than deep on the table.When I hit a drive I feel tremendous grip on the ball, but with a light touch I don't think the grip on the ball is all that great. Serves and pushes felt pretty ordinary — not particularly easy or hard. This was actually one of the good points of Ventus Spin, so I felt a bit unsatisfied here in comparison. I think this is a good rubber for someone who mainly wants to consistently land spin-heavy drives. I think even beginners who are good at driving could use it. Anyone who's used Tenergy 05 should be able to use it without feeling out of place.
One more thing — what surprised me most about this rubber was the sound it makes on contact. The first time I hit a drive with it, I honestly thought the ball had cracked. Drives seem to make more sound than smashes. I'd like people who care about the sound of their shots to try it.
Overall Speed Spin Control
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2016/03/18
I saw in Table Tennis Kingdom magazine that Kasumi Ishikawa apparently uses this blade. She's done well with it at the World Championships too, and since I'm a fan of hers I decided to buy it. I had the image that Butterfly blades were expensive, but being able to get this for just over ¥10,000 felt like a pretty good purchase to me.
As I expected before buying it, it feels like a totally quirk-free, all-around blade. My own blade weighed 88 grams for a total racket weight of 182 grams, but maybe because the blade isn't that wide, it felt much easier to swing through than other blades of the same weight.
Basically, unless you're chasing extreme speed, I don't think you'll have any complaints with this blade. Paired with a low-bounce rubber it should work fine even for beginners, and since it can keep up as you improve, I think it's a blade I can recommend to just about anyone.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) Ventus Spin
Recommend rubber(Back) V>01 Stiff
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2016/03/18
Of course the sponge hardness is different so it's naturally a different rubber, but I didn't expect it to be this different. Ventus Spin was one of the easiest rubbers I've used for putting on spin, and you could really feel that on drives and serves. I also liked that it let the ball sink in easily, so I felt like I was really in control myself, but Ventus Speed is much harder to get the ball to sink into. The ball leaves the sheet fast, and even on drives I felt like I wasn't putting much spin on with my own effort. But oddly enough it's not like the speed is over the top either, so the ball would just settle onto the table on its own. I've used Tenergy a few times too, and this was harder to control than any of those, and with the weight coming in at 50 grams after cutting, it might just be individual variation, but I found it pretty difficult to handle overall.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
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