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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U10 |
| Experience | 6〜10 years |
User review
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2026/05/02
I'm moving over from Dignics 09c.
In a word, it's an easy-to-use Dignics 09c — overall it's stable, the spin is almost the same, and speed comes out easily.
What impressed me the most was the short game: with Dignics 09c my stops would pop up, but with this one the stop stays low, and flicks landed well too.
I personally use a thin, brushing stroke, and I didn't get along that well with Dignics 09c, but this one grips the ball firmly
and lets me smash fast, heavy balls with confidence in my attack.
On the other hand, if you sink it too deep into the sponge, it flies a lot.
Also, I felt it chips more easily than Dignics and the sheet is physically weaker.
It sells for less than Dignics online (in the 5,000 yen range), so please give it a try.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket Innerforce ALC
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2025/11/25
I switched over from the discontinued Innerforce Layer ZLF.
Even on light shots, the carbon's stiffness stands out, and it flies more than the ZLF.
On topspin drives you can really feel the carbon's speed, and the ball leaves the rubber at just the right timing. With the ZLF, the ball-holding was so strong that I often overshot the table, but with the ZLC it lands just right.
I expected blocks to fly off the table, but they actually settle down surprisingly well, and the metallic sound feels really satisfying. That said, there are times the ball flies off on its own, maybe from a slightly off-center hit, so that might partly be on my own technique.
Serving is easy — since I don't normally serve with a lot of pace anyway, I can produce serves that aren't too short, which makes it easier to build a point off the serve.
As for short-game skills, pushes and stops are a bit harder than with the ZLF because the ball leaves the rubber quickly.
I can't really recommend it to beginners, but for players coming from a wood blade who tend to overshoot from holding the ball too much, or players confident in their short game, I think this is a good choice.
It's quite pricey, but I think it's well worth trying.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Hard
Recommend rubber(Front) Dignics 09C
Recommend rubber(Back) BLUESTORM BIGSLAM
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2025/01/19
Like the title says, it's hard. I first tried it on my forehand, but maybe because I wasn't taking a full swing and was more brushing the ball, on the first day I couldn't lift a single speed drive against backspin. Loop drives did go up, but without much spin. (Same on the backhand.)
The short game is easy since the rubber doesn't fly much, and pushes and stops got solid spin.
Serves were also easy, and it was easy to put spin on them.
Blocking felt like the ball dropped a little, maybe because of the hardness, but it's not very affected by incoming spin, so I'd say it's on the easier side.
Unless you really sink the ball into the rubber when you hit, I think it ends up being a rubber that's only good for a stable short game.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Hard
Recomend racket Innerforce ZLF
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2026/05/02
At first I heard it had carbon in it so I expected it to be hard, but it actually feels soft and resonates nicely in your hand.
Every technique is easy to pull off with it. And on top of that, you can produce both fast shots and heavy shots.
I have no complaints using it at all.
Don't avoid it just because it's popular - definitely give it a try.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) Omega VII China Guang
Recommend rubber(Back) Fastarc C-1
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2026/08/26
I used the 2.1mm on my backhand.
It feels like it can do everything — drives are easier to lift than with C1, and I get the sense that a good ball goes over with less of a swing than C1 needs. Overall there's an automatic feel to it, and it feels like you can send out a good ball with less effort. That said, a stop done by just touching the ball tends to float up quite a bit, similar to Red Monkey Spin. But if you put spin on it, the stop stops floating, so I think it's something you can manage with practice. The speed is there and the sheet performance is high too, so please do give it a try.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Soft
Recomend racket Innerforce Layer ZLC
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