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Gender Male
Age U20
Experience １１〜２０ years

  • Use racket, rubber

    1. CARBONADO 290
      Racket

      CARBONADO 290

      The new Carbonado 245 and Carbonado 290 blades are constructed with thicker TeXtreme® 200 gram pe...
    2. OMEGA V ASIA
      Rubber (Front)

      OMEGA V ASIA

      DYNAMIC FRICTION against slipperiness Unprecedented control and extreme angle shots
    3. V>11 EXTRA
      Rubber (Back)

      V>11 EXTRA

User review

  • CARBONADO 290

    User review

    A blade that can unleash a powerful killer shot

    For a two-winged inverted-rubber drive player

    This thing puts out some ridiculous shots (lol)
    A loop-style drive player's drive ends up looking like a speed drive (haha, kind of scary)
    But it still spins normally.

    That said, it has a really strong character, so if you decide to fight with this blade, you need to be careful when choosing your rubber.

    First, for the forehand side,
    choose a rubber that can secure "the minimum arc you personally need."
    This blade flies sharper than you'd expect.
    If you want stability, I'd recommend a rubber that produces some arc and doesn't bounce too much.
    As a side note, Dignics-type rubbers bounce too much and are unworkable.
    Tenergy 05 gave me the impression of bouncing quite a lot too.

    Backhand side
    Honestly, I think V11 Extra is the only real choice here.
    The reason is that the blade's total weight tends to run heavy.

    Even accounting for individual variation, it's heavy (average 95±5g), so there's no choice but to lighten the backhand side.
    V11 Extra is light but bounces reasonably, has strong grip on the ball, and stays stable.

    Also, the sweet spot is very wide, so it's incredibly strong in topspin rallies against powerful shots.
    You don't get many weak, floating balls from mishits either.

    To sum up,
    as an attacking weapon, this is quite excellent.

    See original review

    2020/07/24
    Overall
    10/10
    Speed
    10
    Spin
    10
    Control
    8
    Touch
    9
    Hardness Hard

    Recommend rubber(Front) OMEGA V ASIA

    Recommend rubber(Back) V>11 EXTRA

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  • OMEGA V TOUR DF

    User review

    Used on the backhand
    The grip from the glossy sheet is just as good as you'd expect.
    Softer than I expected. Maybe because, compared to the pre-DF version, the sheet grips the ball more?
    It might be a bit heavy for how soft it is.
    Though I guess that's true of carbon sponges in general.

    The softness you feel is about the same as the Omega V Pro, maybe even more.

    When you're attacking, you get a powerful arcing shot, but when you're on the defensive, you do feel the opponent's spin quite a bit.

    Flick-type shots tend to fly up too high, which makes them hard to control.
    I think a slightly harder rubber would be more stable, so I'd recommend the Asia DF to those players.

    The sheet is strong so there's no slipping or mishits, but using it on the forehand gives it a somewhat mushy feel that's not great.
    As a backhand rubber though, it's excellent.
    The chiquita against backspin in particular was really good.

    I normally use a hardness of around 47.5,
    and I can recommend this to anyone looking for a non-slip rubber for their backhand.

    See original review

    2020/07/24
    Overall
    10/10
    Speed
    8
    Spin
    10
    Control
    10
    Hardness Little soft

    Recomend racket CARBONADO 290

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