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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U30 |
| Experience | More than ２０ years |
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- A model with ZL-Carbon; powerful attack as well as the soft feeling are major features, high reac...
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- RAKZA X table tennis rubber from Yasaka is the latest addition to the popular and highly successf...
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2020/07/26
2.1mm at 46.5g.
- Perfect for the backhand! With a grip feel similar to Tenergy 05, ease of flat hitting, ease of generating speed, ease of putting on spin, and good overall balance, the more you hit with it, the more it felt suited to the backhand!
- Compared to the 50°, it's lighter and you notice less of the quick ball-release you get from a harder sponge, so it leaned backhand. On the forehand it's easy to hit flat when you sink the ball in, but if you catch it too thin it tends to mishit off the edge — so again, more of a backhand rubber. For ease of use, I think the 47.5° MX-P on the backhand is the best choice.
- Push and stop are plenty enough to control the ball! When cutting it, it had a bit of bounce due to sinking in slightly.
- Plenty of hardness, grip, and ball-holding for hitting backhand drives — really easy to use!
There's a lot to like, but since it's easy to hit flat, I felt the amount of spin dropped a bit when using it on the backhand.
On the forehand, though, I felt I could still get plenty of spin.
That said, I'd say Dignics 05 generates more spin by comparison.
For durability and a hitting feel close to Tenergy 05, I'd recommend this over G-1 or Rozena.
Hope this helps!Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket Zhang Jike ZLC
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2020/06/04
Uncut, 52g
1. Spin level is quite high. Easier to spin than Tenergy 05 and gets close to Dignics 05, I think. It feels like the spin just naturally kicks in!
2. Whereas Dignics and Tenergy give you clean spin, this one tends to pick up gyro spin more easily, so the ball comes out rougher and a bit unpredictable!
3. The topsheet is hard, so it's actually easier to stop than I expected over the table.
Things that bothered me:
- It carries further than expected once it clears the net, so it's easy to overshoot the distance and over-miss. Even over the table, if you try to add spin it sinks into the sponge and you tend to over-miss.
- It has some dwell time, but hitting with the sheet alone gives short dwell, making shallow loop drives hard to pull off.
- Because the sheet is thin and soft, you're more affected by your opponent's drive. Countering isn't impossible, but Dignics or V>15 Extra are easier to use for that.
- On the backhand it feels a bit heavy and too hard.
That's about it.
If I were a student, I'd have switched to it immediately for the top-tier spin performance relative to the price.
For me it's too hard on the backhand, and a bit soft on the forehand.
I'm fully satisfied with the performance for the price.
Hope this helps!Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket Zhang Jike ZLC
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2019/02/11
I got this through Table Tennis King magazine's trial campaign and gave it a try.
It's an unfair comparison, but next to Tenergy 05 I felt the grip was lower.
Even with less grip, I felt the arc still came up nicely, so the ball didn't just drop short.
I think that's probably the part people mean when they call it easy to handle.
The thing that bothered me, though, was how soft the rubber is.
For normal practice, blocking, and lifting the ball, I felt it worked fine without any issues.
But since I use a bouncy special outer-layer blade, I felt my receives kept floating up.
The amount of spin dropped too.
This rubber convinced me that soft rubbers just aren't for me.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Soft
Recomend racket Mizutani Jun ZLC
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2020/07/24
47g for the uncut sheet. Heavier than I expected.
- I felt like it could work on the forehand too! On the backhand, though, it flew a bit too far and the stability dropped a little.
- What impressed me the most was the push and stop - the ball stayed surprisingly low for its hardness. I think push and stop shots clearly stay lower than with the V47.
- Blocking is also really easy!
- If you really let the ball sink into the sponge, you can get a decent amount of spin on your backhand topspin drive too!
If you're not confident in your impact, I think the R42 is easier to use and better than the R48.
That said, if you're looking for sharper, more specialized performance or use a lot of counter-drives, I did feel a bit of a lack of power and some difficulty with counter-drives.
It's more of a rubber for players who favor rallying.
Also, since it's a soft rubber, I felt the serves floated up a bit more easily.
I haven't gotten a really close look at the pimple shape on the topsheet, but it seemed similar to the R48 or R53.
It does have that "80-degree"-ish feel to the shot, though.
Since the Rasanter series seems to be aimed at top-level players, I felt it delivered a decent level of performance even at a softer sponge hardness.
Hope this is helpful as a reference.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket Zhang Jike ZLC
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2020/04/05
Max thickness, 50g, and I used it on both forehand and backhand against Dignics 05.
Good points compared to my usual Dignics 05:
1. Even when the contact point drops below the table, the arc unique to tacky rubbers lets you still bring it into a speed drive
2. Easier to sink the ball into and easier to handle than Dignics 05, Tenergy 05 Hard, or Spinart
3. The short game really stays put on the table
4. Backhand volleys get automatic spin, making active blocking easy
5. Forehand flicks over the table get arc and spin on their own, so they're consistent
Points I felt needed adjusting compared to Dignics 05:
- The ball sinks in too much, so serves float and lose their sharpness
- Because it sinks in so much, pushes and chiquitas where you try to add spin over the table tend to fly off and overshoot
- Hitting from an awkward position makes it easy to keep the ball on the table, but it easily turns into a flat, spinless ball
Maximum spin:
- About the same as Dignics 05 when you catch the ball with just the sheet
- More spin and more "waviness" than Dignics 05 when you sink it all the way into the sponge
That's how it went.
The pimple shape sinks in more easily than the 05 series, and I found the softness a bit hard to deal with personally.
Personally I prefer something harder.
I think this is a rubber that makes it easy to transition from spin-oriented tension rubbers to tacky rubbers.
Hope this helps as reference.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket Zhang Jike ZLC
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