はしたか's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U30 |
| Experience | More than 20 years |
User review
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2025/11/02
This is a penhold blade with short pips on the front and inverted rubber on the reverse side. Up to now my main blade has been the Garaydia R. (For a while I also used the ACROSS, which, like the Rogue Pro, was developed with input from Yu-san.)
This blade bounces plenty, but it also holds the ball well, so it's not just bouncy — it puts spin on the ball too. The trajectory arcs upward nicely and it's plenty stable. Over the table it settles well thanks to how much it holds the ball.
It's on the lighter side (mine is 80g). The Garaydia was 60g, so I do notice the extra weight, but compared to the Garaydia, the Rogue Pro sends the ball out more easily, and maybe because of how efficiently it converts your input into output, it doesn't actually feel all that heavy.
Personally, when I put inverted rubber on the reverse side, I feel like around 6.5mm is about the limit for keeping a good angle and grip, and this blade sits right at that sweet spot.
Also, the ACROSS is outer carbon, but maybe because it's thin, it flexes quite a bit and grips the ball, whereas the Rogue Pro, probably because it's thicker, doesn't flex as much but still has that nice quality of kicking the ball out well.
The cork on the grip is also very smooth and comfortable to hold.
It's a bit pricey, but I think it's a high-performance, easy-to-use blade that's worth the price.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Back) Tenergy 64 FX
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2025/10/22
I use this on forehand short pips.
First off, it's easy to generate spin, and the amount of spin feels relatively high. When you drive with it, you get a nice solid arc. At the same time, it can also produce those knuckle-style balls that short pips are known for.
Over the table and on blocks it stays low and doesn't fly, but on hard hits it can still generate real speed. It doesn't fly when you don't want it to and flies when you do, so I found it very easy to control. One issue: when receiving the opponent's drive, it can sometimes slip, and that's the only time control got difficult. (That said, it also made for a ball that was quite hard for the opponent to handle.)
This rubber is often reviewed as a "manual" type that's supposedly hard to use, and while it's true it can slip and get tricky at times, for the most part you can control it exactly as intended, and it has plenty of spin and speed too, so I think it's a pretty well-balanced and easy-to-use rubber. Definitely give it a try.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
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2025/10/24
Used on penhold short pips. I normally use Rakza PO. I've also hit with the plain (non-Hard) Symmetry. This one is supposed to be the Hard version, but it felt on the softer side to me.
As others have written, despite being vertical pips, the ball-holding is outstanding, and you can put solid spin on the ball too. It bounces and traces a trajectory that lets you feel, as you're hitting, that spin is really on the ball.
That said, while the ball-holding is good, maybe because it holds the ball too much, it doesn't fly all that far, and it's also not a rubber that lifts the ball much on its own, so things like hitting against chops don't come easy and it gets fairly tiring to play with over time…Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Soft
Recomend racket Garaydia Revolver-R
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2025/10/23
I used Booster SA for a long time in the past. When I heard SA was being discontinued and its successor JP was coming out, I tried it as soon as it was released.
The feel on contact is soft, and while the speed and spin don't quite stand out as exceptional, I'd say they're at a high level (with my style of play, I didn't get much in the way of knuckle balls). It's also on the lighter side, so it's easy to maneuver. On the other hand, the way the ball comes off the rubber is quite unique compared to conventional short pips. Maybe the easiest way to picture it is something like a spin-oriented tension rubber. Of course it's not actually like a real spin-oriented tension rubber, but the ball comes off at a fairly steep upward angle, so there were times the ball went higher than I expected. Since the switch to plastic balls has made short pips shots drop more than before, I can see this might be a way of compensating for that, but honestly, until you get used to the trajectory, I think it's a bit hard to use. That said, thanks to this upward-arcing trajectory, I think it would suit players who attack earlier off the bounce, or players transitioning from inverted rubber.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket Garaydia Revolver-R
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2025/10/19
I use short pips on the forehand and inverted rubber on the backhand. I've sanded off the cork grip on the backhand side.
As others have mentioned, the first thing you notice is how light it is. Mine weighs around 60g, which makes it very easy to maneuver and lets you swing faster. I might feel that especially strongly since I switched over from Chinese penhold. The blade isn't too thin or too thick, and it's not hard to grip either.
As for the feel, I don't think it's all that hard going by the specs, but personally, when I use a rubber around 47 degrees on the backhand it feels a bit on the harder side, and maybe because it doesn't flex much, it felt like the ball doesn't quite sink in (making spin a bit harder to generate). On top of that, I don't think this is the type of racket that produces a very high arc (though that could just be my skill level).
As for speed, it has arylate carbon in it, so it puts out decent speed on hard shots. On the other hand, light taps and blocks don't fly much, so I find it easy to keep the short game under control.
Other than that, personally I felt it matched well with short pips (especially the Rakza PO I use). Short-game shots and blocks stayed on the table, and I could hit both drives and smashes in good balance — overall a really good impression.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) Rakza PO
Recommend rubber(Back) Tenergy 64 FX
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