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Gender Male
Age U30
Experience 11〜20 years
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    1. Wang Liqin
      Racket

      Wang Liqin

    2. DIGNICS 05
      Rubber (Front)

      DIGNICS 05

    3. Vega Europe
      Rubber (Back)

      Vega Europe

      Soft type of carbon sponge is great spin and control upgrade that aims to balance the European st...

User review

  • HYBRID K3

    User review

    I wouldn't recommend this to beginners or players without much power, but I'd recommend it to powerful players like high school boys and up.

    Good points
    - Easy to loop backspin
    Because the sheet is strong, it's quite easy to lift the ball.
    - Easy to hit speed drives
    Since the drive draws an arc, it's easy to hit speed drives where you brush the ball while adding spin.
    When I played against a chopper, I could smash them away with ease.
    - Easy to counter
    If you brush upward it goes over, so instead of upward, pushing forward makes it land in.
    - Easy to block
    Even though drives are faster than with tension rubber, blocks stop the ball dead.
    - Easy short-game technique
    Both stops and flicks are easy to do.

    Bad points
    - Doesn't spin as much as you'd expect
    For a tacky rubber, it doesn't generate as much spin as you'd think.
    - Probably not much of the weird wobbly balls
    When I attack with it, I don't feel like I get as many odd bouncing balls as expected.
    - The rubber is on the heavy side
    If you put it on both sides, including the blade weight it probably comes to around 190g.

    Overall it's well balanced and easy to use.
    That said, if you put it on a wooden blade it becomes a rubber that barely bounces at all, so it's better matched with a blade that has special materials in it.

    See original review

    2023/09/04
    Overall
    9/10
    Speed
    9
    Spin
    7
    Control
    9
    Hardness Hard

    Recomend racket ALTIUS COMBO

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  • Vega Asia

    User review

    I have this on a 5-ply wood blade.
    It seems to be a harder version of Vega Europe, but it's still a pretty soft rubber, about the same softness.
    If someone handed me Vega Europe and told me it was Vega Asia, I'm not confident I'd notice the difference.

    As I mentioned in my Vega Europe review too, this is definitely a rubber that will split opinion.

    Because the rubber is so soft, players who mainly rely on smashes or fast topspin drives will often find the ball sinks in too much and dives into the net.
    I can see why power hitters would call this a garbage rubber.

    On the other hand, for players who mainly use loop drives in a spin-heavy, loopy style of table tennis, the control is quite good and the drive spin holds well, so I think it would get a pretty good rating from them.

    I've tried most of the rubbers you can buy for around 3000 yen, and this one stands out as clearly better performing among them.
    I'd recommend this rubber to beginner-to-intermediate players and to those who love that spin-heavy loop style.

    See original review

    2022/12/03
    Overall
    9/10
    Speed
    7
    Spin
    9
    Control
    10
    Hardness Soft
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  • Mark V

    User review

    This is the rubber I used back when I started table tennis, in the celluloid ball era.
    Trying it again now with the 40mm plastic ball, it really doesn't send the ball flying and doesn't generate much spin.
    If you hit with the kind of power you'd use to aim near the opponent's end line with a high-tension rubber, the ball barely bounces — it drops somewhere around the middle of their court.
    It's not that there's zero spin, but it's just about the amount an opponent can block comfortably, so it's tough to win points with your drive.
    That said, it's easy to control.
    It's cheap and easy to control, so I'd recommend it to beginners who need to develop a feel for putting spin on the ball and aiming for a target area.
    Unless you're particularly attached to the Mark V name, intermediate players and above will probably find it easier to win with a rubber that bounces more and grips the ball better.

    See original review

    2022/12/03
    Overall
    5/10
    Speed
    4
    Spin
    3
    Control
    8
    Hardness Little soft
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  • ALTIUS COMBO

    User review

    I had the chance to try the Altius Inner, Combo, and Outer versions, so I'm writing up a review.
    To cut to the conclusion, out of the three, the Combo was clearly the easiest to use.

    Speed: Outer > Combo = Inner
    Spin: Combo = Inner > Outer
    Control: Combo > Inner > Outer
    Feel: Combo > Inner > Outer
    All three versions are on the lighter side in weight.

    The Combo gives you a solid feel on contact, and you get a real sense that you're the one controlling the shot.
    Despite that, it still bounces well and seems to carry some weight behind the ball too.
    I put the fairly hard Hybrid K3 rubber on it and the pairing felt great.
    On the other hand, when I tried Vega Europe, it didn't bounce as much as it does on a 5-ply blade, so I think it pairs better with a harder rubber than a soft one.
    It's not a blade that bounces like crazy, but I'd recommend it for anyone looking for a blade that bounces while still keeping a good feel on contact.

    See original review

    2023/05/16
    Overall
    9/10
    Speed
    8
    Spin
    9
    Control
    8
    Touch
    8
    Hardness Little hard
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  • V>15 Extra

    User review

    The speed of the drive itself is fast, but for me it flew too straight and hit the upper part of the net.

    My playing style is mainly loop-drive based, so unless the ball arcs a bit more, I couldn't really handle it.
    So I switched to the V>15 Stiff, and that suited me.

    The drive was too unstable for me, so I didn't get around to testing things like how easy the short game is.
    Looking at other people's reviews too, I get the impression this rubber suits players who are mainly speed-drive oriented.

    See original review

    2023/09/05
    Overall
    6/10
    Speed
    9
    Spin
    6
    Control
    5
    Hardness Little hard
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