Darker Spline Defensive blades
Darker Spline P1, D1, D2 and D3 table tennis blades Darker has just release (late 2012) a new series of defensive blades named Spline. Unlike almost every other Darker blade, these blades do not appear to contain Kiso Hinoki plies. It seems these blades are different enough to justify [...]
Darker Hinoki 3 ply MAI GOUBAN
Darker Hinoki 3 ply MAI GOUBAN Review A preliminary review with details and pictures of the beautiful Darker Mai Gouban kiso Hinoki blade. ~ I just took some pictures of the beautiful Darker Mai Gouban blade, so I thought I’d share the pictures and my thoughts here. Darker discontinued this [...]
Tenergy 80 Review – Part 3
Tenergy 80 Review – part 3 In this final part of the Tenergy 80 review, I test the few properties that I missed before, check the ease of removing glue, comment on rubber durability and summarise my conclusions. Counter-looping I think that counter-looping is definitely one of the strengths [...]
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Butterfly Tenergy 80 Review – Part 2
Butterfly Tenergy 80 Review – Part 2 In this part of the Tenergy 80 review, I take the rubber for a test drive, checking it’s performance during real play, and compare it to other rubbers to see how it stacks up. Test Setup I looked around through my [...]
Adidas AdiZero Table Tennis Shoes Review
Adidas Adizero Table Tennis Shoes These shoes have just entered the market, and appear to be the lightest table tennis shoes ever made! High quality shoes by Adidas, read the review by my friend Yogi Bear below: Reviews by Yogi Bear (with permission and thanks!): This [...]
JUIC Nanospin II review
I’ve had a brief hit with this rubber (on someone’s else’s bat), so I thought I’d share some thoughts on it. This is only a mini-review as I did not have the opportunity to do a comprehensive test as my usual reviews, but I thought I’d share my thoughts anyway, [...]
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Tibhar Aurus Sound rubber Reviews
Tibhar Aurus Sound rubber Reviews The more gentle cousin of Aurus. Aurus Sound retains the super soft rubber surface but is combined with a soft 35° sponge. The result is fantastic feeling and mega spin rich energy loaded possibilities. The integrated SPI (Speedglue-Effect-Inside) technology gives extreme catapult reaction to the [...]
Tibhar Sensitec Icon and Sensitec Xeon Reviews
Tibhar Sensitec Icon and Sensitec Xeon Review Icon (Sensitec) Sensitive, light and handy blade for the spirit-minded players who like to play a wider range of spin strokes, without loss of precision and power! Additionally, this blade provides great security and lots of effectiveness in short exchanges in the [...]
Tibhar Texo All blade reviews
Tibhar Texo ALL blade reviews Tibhar Texo Allround. Here balance is the key word to describe this design which transmits steadiness directly into the shot resulting in confident stroke play. The classical design not only looks great it also incorporates demanding characteristics for inspiring allround play. TEXO ALL is perfectly [...]
Tibhar 1Q XD rubber Reviews
Tibhar 1Q XD rubber Review 1Q is now available in a newer version, 1Q XD. This new version possesses a higher potential of penetration. The adhering rubber surface and the harder sponge confer even more energy to the strokes realised by Topspin players making no concession. 1Q XD, supported by [...]
