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2026/01/22
I fell in love with the design at first sight and bought it pretty much on impulse. I'd originally been using a Chinese-penhold Viscaria, but when I tried the Fortius just to test it out, changing my grip naturally changed my hitting form too, and my mistakes went down. At first I thought it might not bounce much coming from the Viscaria, but once I got used to it, I could really feel the outer-carbon layer on attacking shots. That said, even though it's a special-material blade, it still has the manageability of wood within it. Over the table it doesn't bounce much, so you can drop the ball short. It's also easy to add variation to your blocks. Also, the sweet spot is wide, and I was happy to be able to counter-hit in a way I never could with penhold.
Loop drives, speed shots, curves, sidespin shots - whatever hitting style I used, the ball landed where I wanted, so I can attack with confidence and without stress. It's said to be a heavy blade, but I managed to get a light individual unit at 85g, so it didn't bother me much.
It brings out the best in whatever rubber you use and then takes the quality up yet another notch, so it's such a fantastic blade that I honestly wish I'd switched from penhold to shakehand sooner.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) Vega Pro
Recommend rubber(Back) Fastarc C-1
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2026/01/11
I'd always dismissed Vega without even trying it, but I think it's amazing that you can hit a ball like this for the price.
The downside is that the rubber itself is heavy so it adds to the blade's weight, but if you can swing it properly, that's not an issue.
My impression is that yes, it's hard, but it never bounced so much that it caused problems.
Especially against backspin, both power drives and loop drives came up easily. It probably depends on my swing, but the person I practiced with told me "that loop is spinning like crazy."
I never had trouble with the short game either.
When I put Vega Pro max thickness on both forehand and backhand, the blade got ridiculously heavy, and the backhand was too hard to handle, so I switched that side to something else.
Personally, I'd recommend it for the forehand.
This time I used it on an Innerforce, but next I want to try it on a Fortius FT.ver.D.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket Inner force layer ALC.S - CS
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2025/11/28
I used the 1.9mm version on the backhand side of a Viscaria CS.
I don't get along well with a backhand rubber unless it's soft, so I was looking for a soft rubber. Since the Viscaria is a hard blade, even with a soft rubber it flew just the right amount, so the combination worked well for me. As for control, the Viscaria's quick ball release and the EL-P's grip complemented each other nicely, so even though I'm not great at backhand drives, I could easily lift the ball and attack. Personally, I felt like it reminded me a lot of Fastarc C-1. Also, if you have a hard blade you might be able to use it on the forehand too, but I still think it suits the backhand best. When you want it to fly, it flies properly, and it settles down nicely — I think it's an all-around rubber.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket VISCARIA
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2025/11/28
I put this on the forehand side of my Viscaria CS.
I was originally using an inner-carbon blade but bought this wanting more speed. I was fairly confident in my forehand, and I also wanted to show off a bit by trying a hard rubber. As a rubber for an outer-carbon blade, it turned out a bit too hard for me and I couldn't handle the speed. I felt it would probably suit an inner-carbon blade better. As for spin, since I'd been using an inner-carbon blade I couldn't feel much feedback through my hand and was worried about it, but it does grip the ball fine. For serves and receives, whether you can put spin on the ball and still keep it short comes down to control. When I focused, I could keep it short, but the moment I got even a little tentative, my serves would go long. As for topspin drives, the sharpness of the ball when you hit with solid form is genuinely great, but if your form is loose, the ball flies off before the spin fully takes, so you need to be careful. This is especially noticeable on loop drives, where it turns into a straight, spinless ball, so I think this rubber on an outer blade suits players with solid ball touch. Overall, it wasn't the rubber or blade's fault but my own skill, so as a rubber I'd rate it well. Still, my honest impression is that I personally couldn't quite handle it.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Hard
Recomend racket VISCARIA
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