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Explanation

Review the year’s adhesive tension rubber, Omega VII China Ying. First, let’s take a look at Xiom’s rubber.
Speaking of Xiom rubber, the Vega series, which has increased its presence as a low-priced version of monster rubber, is famous. In particular, Vega Euro is very popular as a rubber used by beginners and intermediate players. In addition, the rubber Vega X, which has recently become a hot topic as the strongest cost performance and has been viewed more than Dignics 09C in this blog, is also a representative rubber of Xiom. Xiom has many high-performance and high-cost rubber.
The Omega series is a top-class rubber for those who want to improve their level while attracting users with this easy-to-use and cost-effective Vega series.
The Omega series has traditionally been a speed-oriented series, with the IV (Four) series combined with Vega’s rotational performance, the V (Five) specializing in rotational performance and grip, and the low arch wire and competitive strength. VII (Seven) large 3 series is still on sale. Not all rubbers have been tried out on katsuo000, but we have tried out representative rubbers centered on the Omega VII series. There are many rubbers with a mad shot feeling as a whole, and if anything, it is an impression that there are many rubbers that give a taste by using it on the fore side. The rubber of the Omega series that I have tried so far was as follows.

・ Vega Tour
The highest performance rubber in Vega. A sponge with an intermediate hardness of 45 ° makes it easy to bite and handle. If it can be bitten and handled, the amount of rotation is as tenacious.
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・ Vega X
The highest costa rubber in the Vega series released to commemorate the 10th anniversary. Both the seat and sponge are harder than Vega Tour, and I personally feel that the amount of rotation when mastered is more than Vega Tour. Rubber that is easy to do with modern technology such as counter performance. It is also very popular and is rapidly increasing in popularity on this blog.
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・ Omega V Tour DF
Compared to the Omega VII series, it is a rubber that has a lighter shot feeling, is easier to use, and has a high amount of rotation and grip. The rotation performance is enough like Tenergy 05, and the cost performance is also well reviewed, and it is a good rubber, and it was featured by Yu-san even in the table tennis kingdom. For the weight, the habit of plus alpha and the unique performance feel a little lacking.
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・ Omega VII Pro
A rubber that is easier to handle than Tenergy 05, yet has power and is easy to handle in the mud, which is not in the Vega series.
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・ Omega VII Tour
I think it is the highest peak of spin tension in the Omega VII series. It is difficult to maximize the specifications, but if you just use it, you can handle it with a bag. If you can handle it, speed performance and power drive can be said to be the best among spin type tension rubber.
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・ Omega VII Hyper
A rubber that makes the Omega VII tour more like an adhesive rubber. It is a rubber that can be said to be a spin type tension rubber rather than an adhesive rubber, and it is a rubber that easily produces habit balls. It can be used in the back, but it is difficult to pull it out unless it is in the fore to bring out this high performance and the goodness of the habit ball.
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For the fore, katsuo000 has used the best rubber such as Hurricane and Dignics 05. To be honest, I haven’t felt any merit compared to those rubbers, and I’m still up to the present. I think that one of the reasons why it is hard to feel the merit is that it is often a mad rubber and it needs power to bite into it. It may be said that it is not a rubber that can be used easily enough to maximize the spin performance. Until now, I haven’t used it continuously, and it may be said that I changed it before reaching the hitting method that was suitable for this rubber. However, there are many rubbers that have a sense of stability even when the way of hitting is not suitable for the rubber, and it will be a rubber series that is easy to handle regardless of the swing.

Published performance value

Let’s compare the published performance values. XIOM is based on Vega Pro from the 2021 catalog value. Both will be posted, so please refer to them.

2020

Since the Omega VII Tour i series has not been announced in 2020, the Omega VII Hyper is treated as the most balanced rubber. Next is the one created from the 2021 pamphlet.

2021

On the other hand, in the 2021 version, the speed and spin of Vega Pro are relative values ​​when it is set to 10. After all, you can see that the OMEGA VII Tour i series has high performance. Omega VII China Shadow emphasizes high spin performance in both 2020 and 2021.

You can see that the Omega VII series is heavy and hard. Omega VII Pro is considered to be easy to handle because it is more difficult than Tenergy 05. On the other hand, the Omega VII Tour, VII Hyper, and VII China Shadows have extraordinary hardness and weight. It can be said that the China shadow is similar to the Dignics 09C in that it is difficult to bite.

Omega VII China Ying Paste and Weight

↑ This white sheet is quite similar to STIGA’s DNA Dragon Grip and Joola’s Rhyzen ZGR. Both are made in Germany and are probably manufactured in a nearby location (factory?). Considering the release date, it may have been this Omega VII China shadow that was actually released earliest. The adhesiveness of the sheet is not very strong, and I think it is a slightly adhesive rubber. It’s a modern adhesive rubber.

After all the rubber of Omega VII is heavy. I have also tried Omega VII Hyper in the past, but the Hyper was 54 g. 57-60 g, which is even heavier than its hyper. .. .. This is a super heavyweight. But isn’t it salvation that it’s not as much as 65g of Nittaku’s Hurricane Pro III Turbo Blue? Also, Virtuoso AC is a little wider than the blade area of ​​the standard racket, so it tends to be heavy. Well, it’s heavy. When I exceed 200 g, I feel heavy and difficult.

Omega VII China Ying
    Tacky tension, Made in Germany
・Sponge Thickness:  2.1 mm, Max
・Speed: 12.5 (Vega Pro as 10) (11.0 from 2020)
・Spin: 17.0 (Vega Pro as 10) (15.5 from 2020)
・Sponge stiffness: 60
・7,000 yen + tax
・85 g (before cut) → 57 - 60 g (after cut 158 x 150 mm)

Three features of Omega VII China Ying

To be honest, I couldn’t handle it. It’s a tremendous rubber. However, it was a rubber that strongly felt the excitement while it could not be handled. My favorite is the library from the middle team. When I lowered the hitting point like a leopard, I felt that it was easy to control the amount of rotation and speed by driving with the ball difficult to lift from below. If you do this with Dignics 05, you will either over-miss or get caught on the net. Also, I think that it is different from Hurricane because it is not completely handled, but it was that even from the middle team, it was possible to get faster than Hurricane. I would like to continue using it for a while.

A monster-like amount of spin and habits! Approaching the Hurricane!

It was also featured in the World Table Tennis Kingdom, but the monster-like amount of rotation and habit of Omega VII China’s shadow is amazing! When I was able to drive with my body firmly in, the ball’s harshness was something I had never seen before! Roughness was rather similar to Rasanter R53, and it was rough so that the lateral rotation remained as it was. I didn’t feel the ball sinking so much, but I think it may not have been handled. It was a rubber that felt the vision that if it could be handled completely, it would be possible to freely perform both speed drive and super-rotating loop drive!
It has a high potential, and I felt that it was the one and only rubber that could approach the leopard if it was handled. Still, the price is cheaper than Hurricane (blue sponge)! This is interesting!

Even though it’s an adhesive (tacky) rubber, it bounces like spin tension rubber!

Although it is an adhesive rubber, what surprised me was its speed performance. Coupled with the fact that I tried it in a small table tennis field, I felt the speed performance was comparable to that of spin-type tension rubber. Because the rubber is hard, it was easy to hit it like playing, but once the speed drive was decided, it was fast enough to punch through. On the other hand, in order to handle it, I also thought that it was necessary to let it bite firmly and spin the ball instead of playing it. I think it has tremendous potential.
Also, because it pops out well, I felt that the racket should be wood or an inner carbon racket. Fore felt that the outer ALC was good for power, but I felt that the outer carbon was too bouncing to take advantage of its characteristic rotational performance. As for the back, I wanted to use Dignics 05 for the inner ALC, so I felt it was just right. However, due to the Omega VII China Ying, Dignics 05 is also harder and easier to feel, so I think it is better to balance it well.

Extremely difficult to handle! Weight measures are essential!

Anyway, it was a rubber that was hard to hit as I imagined, so I could not understand the reason. This is a rampage horse unless it can be used and handled for a long time. Currently, I am thinking of continuing to use it, but first of all, it is heavy, so I am considering how to extend it as a measure against weight. With this, it seems that the upper limit of weight can finally be reduced to the 57 g level. I also decided to take all the side balancers. I am looking forward to seeing what kind of features and performance will come out in the future.

Each technology review

Fore hand

Light hit
I didn’t really care about the light hits. That’s how much it bounces. When the light hits continued, I tried to push the racket forward like pushing the racket, but the ball still goes up and enters. There was a strong sense of discomfort and habit around here as well.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I wasn’t used to it yet, and it was easy to hit it in a way that was suitable for spin-type tension rubber, and when I hit it with a strong impact, I often played it without being able to fully rotate it. The swing speed is still too slow, and I think I haven’t been able to open the surface. The experience of lacking my power and swing speed in the foreground has been a feeling since I started studying for the test when I was in junior high school. I was excited for the first time in 20 years. I want to practice hard and get used to it! Also, I was surprised and felt the high potential that the speed drive was able to hit even from the middle team. I think it is necessary to adjust the spin tension rubber in consideration of the rotation of the opponent, but with this Omega VII China shadow, it was nice to have a feeling of screwing in.

Drive with open face
It seems to be an adhesive rubber, it was easier to speed drive by opening the surface for downward rotation hitting etc. The speed performance was perfect. I want to be able to handle more and add rotation to speed.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It was shallow and easy to drive with a large amount of rotation. However, because it bounces for its hardness, the ball is easy to float, and it was difficult to put out a low loop drive. You will get used to this area.

Speed drive against back spin
This is also easy to get speed, so I almost went flat. If you sink the ball by rotating it firmly, you will get a stable and aggressive speed drive.

Curve / shoot drive
Side spin is also easy to remain, and this area was a pretty good impression. Of course, it is said that it is better to open the surface of the adhesive rubber because it is easier to rotate due to the impact, but I also felt that this rubber could create a new habit by getting caught. Especially in the de library, the taste will come out.

Block
It bounced so it didn’t fall. This also made me feel uncomfortable.

Counter drive
As I get used to it, I feel that I can do the most stable and comfortable counter drive so far.

Stop
This was good! It was easy to cut.

Push
It was easy to cut it and send it low. This alone seemed to be a weapon.

Fore flick
It bounces, but I think it is more stable if it is sunk by rotating it. It was easy to do.

Serve
The number of service ace has increased. As you get used to it, the amount of rotation is very good.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Spin amount
　Hurricane type ≧ Omega VII China Ying ＞ Dignics 09C ≧ Dignics 05

Speed
　Dignics 05 ＞ Omega VII China Ying ＞ Rhyzen ZGR ＞ Hurricane type

Explanation

Korean table tennis maker XIOM is famous for two types of rubber series, the Vega series with good cost performance and the Omega series, which is a high-end model. You sell rackets such as Ice Cream, which other manufacturers do not have. The high-end rubber series Omega series is currently mainly composed of two series, V (five) and VII (seven). Brazilian hard hitter Hugo Calderano has signed a contract with XIOM, and even after changing the equipment, the world tour ranking has risen to a single digit! The Hugo Hyper Axylium and Omega VII Tour used by Calderano are also soaring in popularity. Also, Korean iron wall block and Chiquita Jeoung Youngsik will be using Ice Cream AZXi and Omega VII Pro.

The Omega V Tour DF reviewed on this page is the rubber of the Omega V series. The concept of the OMEGA 5 series is that it has a grip that holds the ball securely, holds the ball firmly, and has a strong arc and a strong amount of rotation. All Omega 5 series are priced at 5,200 yen + tax, but if discounted, they will be available for purchase at the same 3,000 yen level as the Vega series. Although it is a high-end model, it can be said that it is a series with a very good cost performance. There are four types of Omega 5 series on the pamphlet, in addition to the tour DF reviewed this time, Omega V Pro (Omega 5 Pro), soft Omega V Euro DF (Omega 5 Euro DF), Omega V Asia DF with the highest hardness in the series (Omega V Asia DF) Omega 5 Asia DF) is on sale. I will mention Xiom’s rubber, including DF, and its technology.

・MAX AT 4
Technology that applies maximum tension within the scope of official rules.

・ELASTO FUTURA
Comprehensive technology installed in the Omega VII series, Vega Tour, and Vega X. Three special tunings of "CYCLOID", "DYNAMIC FRICTION", and "CARBO SPONGE" are integrated into one rubber, delicate ball touch, unparalleled grip, and epoch-making elasticity. Technology to realize.

・DYNAMIC FRICTION (DF)
Rubber surface processing technology born from snow tires that exert sufficient frictional force even on snow. Technology that firmly grasps a plastic ball with a slippery surface and creates more rotational energy.

・CYCLOID
With technology that increases the probability of the player, the arc line of the ball is naturally high, reduces net mistakes in the block, and the ball enters the opponent's court as deeply as possible, the ratio of the amount of rotation and the flight distance is calculated precisely by the design. Technology that conveys high speed and powerful energy to the drive.

・CARBO SPONGE
Technology to mix carbon particles in sponge. Technology that can interact with the top sheet with the force to firmly grasp the ball and the catapult effect.

・HYPER ELASTO
Technology developed to replace the effect of speed glue, which was banned in 2008. Technology that realizes the shot feeling, hitting sound, flight distance, and rotational force as if used without speed glue. There are variations such as "IMB" with improved acceleration performance and "CST" that pursues the height of the arc line.

・TENSOR
Technology developed by XIOM that has the same tension effect as speed glue. A technology that keeps the structure of rubber molecules taut and semi-permanently. With "TENSOR" rubber, you can easily speed up and spin a ball without using extra effort. Based on this technology, we added our own consideration and arrangement to complete the "HYPER ELASTO" technology.

・BIOS
Similar to "TENSOR", clean rubber manufacturing technology developed by XIOM. Technology that does not generate or mix substances that have an adverse effect on the environment or carcinogens during the manufacturing process. "BIOS" rubber thoroughly eliminates harmful substances, and anyone from manufacturing staff to players who use rubber can use it without worrying about the environment and health. A symbol of high performance and clean rubber.

The Vega X, Vega Tour, and Omega VII series are all rubbers with the same technical symbol, ELASTO FUTURA, and all rubbers are carbon sponge and dynamic friction, so the sponge is black. The seat is a dynamic friction (DF) specification seat and is a rubber with grip. The Omega V Tour DF reviewed this time is also a rubber equipped with DF (Dynamic Friction). The Omega 5 Series is a rubber that was not adopted by DF at the time of sale. After that, it seems that it was sold under the name of DF (Dynamic Friction), which is compatible with plastic balls.
Basically, I think that XIOM’s rubber has no problem with the following image.

Pro: A rubber that is the base of the series.
Euro: Soft and easy to handle.
Asia: Slightly harder than professionals, with an emphasis on rotation.
Tour: The most high-performance and difficult-to-handle rubber in the series that will satisfy top players.

The Omega 5 Tour DF is described in the pamphlet as follows:

A hard-core and robust play companion
    Optimized topsheet and sponge for plastic balls ensure ball grip in any situation. The seat structure, which is densely packed with low grains, creates a firm shot feeling and a fierce spin ball. While having a robust strength that is comparable to the power of the opponent's ball, the effect of the elastic sponge can give a long distance. Unmistakable play and strength-Omega V Tour DF plays an active role as your foreground rubber aiming for hard table tennis.

Published performance value

The OMEGA 5 Tour DF is the highest performing rubber in the OMEGA 5 Series. However, it is worth noting that the Omega 5 Asia DF, which has a harder sponge hardness, has higher performance. Still, the Omega 5 Tour DF has higher performance than rubber other than the Vega Tour. Since it is a rubber crowned with a tour, it was very well balanced and I did not feel any low performance or slippage. Currently, I’m intensively trying out XIOM’s rubber, but eventually I’d like to summarize it. I will write the general comment again after the review of Vega Tour, so thank you.
In 2020, the Omega 5 Tour DF was tested by Yu-san of the World Table Tennis Kingdom in the form of a tool test. It was highly evaluated and was praised for the height of the arc and the high amount of rotation. I wanted to confirm this point, and it was a very exciting trial. Video ↓

Omega 5 Tour DF sticking and weight

From this time, it is posted on Zhang Jike ALC (Zhang Jike ALC).

Omega V Tour DF
    HYPER ELASTO
    TENSOR
    BIOS
    DYNAMIC FRICTION
・Sponge Thickness: 2.0 / max mm
・Speed: 11.0
・Spin: 11.8
・Sponge stiffness: 47.5°
・5,200 yen + tax
・72 g (before cut) → 51 g (after cut)

The weight was over 50 g as expected, but the OMEGA 5 Tour DF had a light feel. Once again, XIOM’s Omega 7 series feels like a heavy, adhesive rubber-like mad shot feeling. On the other hand, although the same ELASTO FUTURA is adopted, Vega Tour and Vega X are not so mad, but the impression of rubber without habit. And I was surprised at the light and light feel of this OMEGA 5 Tour DF. The mud like adhesive rubber, the weight of the ball, and the speed seem to be the characteristics of the Omega 7 series. On the other hand, the Vega Tour, Vega X, and Omega 5 Series seem to be a little heavy, but like rubber such as Tenergy, I felt that the meat and drive were light rubber. I think it’s a rubber that can be used for both the fore and back.

Three features of Omega V Tour DF

I wasn’t impressed by the strength of the arc line as mentioned in the table tennis kingdom, but overall, the amount of rotation, the balance between speed and rotation, ease of handling, and cost performance were very good! I’m pretty confused about my professional use. It’s not that it doesn’t feel like it’s easy to put on the table like Rakza X, but it’s a little weak, but on the other hand, I like the fact that it’s in the same price range as it is easy to put out a ball with a rotation amount higher than Rakza X. It doesn’t have awesome features, but I think it’s a pretty good rubber! I think the best expression is “high-performance spin-type tension rubber without gluing”. I don’t usually glue it, but I think it’s not a rubber that hits with the elasticity of a sponge, but a rubber that spins with a seat and speeds up with the momentum of a racket.

Rally thinking rubber with characteristic spin performance

I felt that the features of the Omega 5 series, the grip that holds the ball securely, the strong arc and the amount of rotation are not Date! Even if I used it with a backhand with a weak impact, I was able to make a loop drive and push that made me feel a high amount of rotation, which was a good feeling. However, I felt that it was a stable amount of rotation rather than the amount of rotation of drastic spin ball, and I felt that it was a rally-thinking rubber that rally with rotation rather than flying with rotation.
As for the shot feeling, the sheet is hard and the sponge is a little softer than the sheet and it feels easy to bite, but I think that it is a rubber that does not bite so much. It is a rubber that is rotated by the frictional force of the sheet, and I feel that it was more like an adhesive rubber. Of course, both the sheet and sponge have a shape similar to that of spin-type tension rubber, so balls like adhesive rubber did not come out. Therefore, I felt that it is a rubber with high manual performance that can make a solid drive and meet, although it is easy to make a rotation or a ball that reflects the technical power as it is, and I can not hit a drive with a surprising amount of rotation. On the other hand, unlike the spring sponge and CYCLOID sponge, it does not have strong expansion and contraction, and it has a slightly stronger arc line than Dignics 05, which can fly while rotating and sink strongly by rotation. I felt that the strength of the pod sinking and the amount of rotation were unsatisfactory (although it was a bit strict comparison).
Compared to the spring sponge Tenergy and CYCLOID’s Omega VII series, I think it was a rubber that was very easy to counter because it had less good bite. This point was also noteworthy.

It’s easy to spin, but it’s easier to do meat!

Since the ball is easy to grip, I felt that it took some getting used to balancing rotation and playing when trying to run while drawing an arc with speed drive. Rather, the speed ball has momentum, so it’s easier to do meat, and I felt that it was better for the ball to run. I felt that it is rare to find a rotating rubber that makes it so easy to meet. I couldn’t try it that much, but I think that meat hitting and angle hitting are stable. If the hitting point drops, you can use it properly as a loop drive. World Standard (World Standard) Tenergy 05 is a rubber that is very difficult to meet, and if you do not have a good sense of angle hitting, it will rotate without permission. I feel that it is a very characteristic rubber that it can be rotated and it is easy to meet when compared to Tenergy.

Excellent rubber that does not slip and can be rotated compared to other XIOM rubbers

After hitting the Omega 7 Series in turn, I tried the Omega 5 Tour DF, so the first impression of the Omega 5 Tour DF was very easy to use. It was easy to handle with a moderate hardness of 47.5 °, yet it did not slip and it took a lot of rotation, so it felt very good. Especially in terms of ball grip, I felt that it was more than Vega X and it was very easy to do loop drive. Even so, the speed drive for meet and upper rotation runs quite a bit, so considering that it is in the same price range, the Omega 5 Tour DF was a rubber that I wanted to hire for my job rather than the Vega X. The Vega X is a rubber that has a harder sheet and a softer sponge than the Omega 5 Tour DF, so when it spins, it will rotate more than the Omega 5 Tour DF, but it is a little slippery (it is not a pain if you get used to it). I think) I feel. Probably the Omega 5 Tour DF is a rubber that ELASTO FUTURA is not adopted, and I felt that the amount of rotation, the elongation of the ball, and the power were a little unsatisfactory. The strength of the maximum expansion and contraction of the entire sponge or rubber is the Omega 5 Tour compared to the Omega 7 Series, Omega VII Tour, Omega VII Hyper, and Vega X. I felt that DF was a little weaker. However, I felt that the Omega 5 Tour DF was just right for me because the part that does not slip is very good and I can not play table tennis that can rather use slip.

Each technology review

Fore hand

Light hit
The ball is fast. However, I felt that the height, strength, and amount of rotation of the arc line were a little weaker than the Dignics 05 that I usually use.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I understand that it is a strict comparison, but even if you fly it with a spin, the ball will sink firmly with the amount of spin, and even if it is an arch line that overshoots, it seems that all of it will land on the table, but this Omega 5 It was difficult to do it with Tour DF. When I realized that I couldn’t do this, I felt that katsuo000 wouldn’t adopt the foreground. Even so, the feel of hitting and spinning was good.

Drive with open face
I don’t feel like the sponge loses. I thought it was a little hard to feel the elasticity of the rubber, but I also thought that the ball would run.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It was a good feeling because I had a ball firmly. As for the shot feeling, I felt that I was able to drive with a high amount of rotation. However, I think the power and weight are a little light.

Speed drive against back spin
It was a rubber with a refreshing feel, and I felt that the arch line was a little low (compared to Dignics 05), but I felt it was a good rubber.

Curve / shoot drive
　There wasn’t much biting of the sponge, and I felt that the bend was weak compared to Vega X.

Block
It was good. The counter is easy to do. Since the sheet is hard and the sponge is also hard, I think that it is a rubber that is not easily affected by rotation for the rubber that rotates.

Counter drive
The seats aren’t stiff, but the counter drive was easy to do. It was a little bit good, so it wasn’t uncommon for me to spin around, but overall I felt that I could hit the ball back with the entire rubber. Rather than an arc line due to rotation, the sponge has little change in both good and bad senses, so I think that any ball can be returned with the same drive.

Stop
It was easy to do! The sheet was hard and stopped firmly.

Push
I was able to cut it firmly without slipping. It was also easy to make an aggressive and fast push.

Fore flick
It was a manual rubber, so it was easy to do.

Service
It was good that it was easy to put out a serve that also took spin.

Back hand

Light hit
It was a little easy to fall. The ball was released quickly, and I felt a little lack of technical skills.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I felt a little stiff on the backhand. However, I think it will be enough if you can use it. I also hit a very strong speed drive in the rally of the upper rotation. However, rather than lifting it from the middle team, it seems that it tends to be a fairly straight speed drive.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It was easy to do. It was a little slippery with Vega X, or it was so soft that it was easy to feel energy loss, but that was not the case with the Omega 5 Tour DF. It was a good feeling because it was easy to put out the amount of rotation that would make the other party’s mistake.

Speed drive against back spin
The arc line is a little low, and the impression is that net mistakes are conspicuous. I felt that the linearity was strong (compared to Dignics).

Curve / shoot drive
Compared to Vega X, Chiquita had a slightly weaker bend.

Block
It was easy to do. However, there were times when I felt that it would fall off with a little hardness.

Counter drive
It was easy to do. I think it’s a good rubber.

Stop
It was good. I felt that it would fall off with a little hardness.

Push
It was easy to cut and it was easy to make a straight line.

Chiquita
　It was easy to make an arc, but it didn’t feel ugly.

Comparison (individual impression)

Spin amount
　Tenergy 05 ≧ Vega X ≧ Omega V Tour DF ≧ Evolution MX-P

Ease of spin
　Vega X ≧ Rasanter R48 ＞ Omega V Tour DF ＞ Dignics 05

Speed
　Dignics 64 ＞ Omega V Tour DF ＞ Vega X

Explanation

This is a review of XIOM’s flagship rubber, the Omega VII Tour. XIOM is a Korean manufacturer, but it also has a solid presence in Japan. Especially for general users, the Vega series rubber may be familiar as a rubber that has been seen once. Vega Euro, Vega Japan, and Vega Asia are the impressions that beginners and intermediates are using as introduction rubbers for spin tensions. In recent years, rubbers that use Dynamic Friction (sheets that do not easily slip) such as Vega Euro DF and Vega Asia DF, which are compatible with plastic balls, are also popular. The Vega series is a rubber for beginners and intermediates, but the rubber that is considered to be the upper model is the Omega series. As of 2020, I think that the Omega V series and the Omega VII series are mainly available. The Omega VII Tour reviewed this time is a rubber that has the highest numerical values ​​in both speed performance and rotation performance among the rubbers of XIOM. It is also used by top players, and seems to be used by Hugo Calderano (Brazil) and Jeoung Young-sik (South Korea), who are in the single digits of the world rankings.

Performance comparison of Omega series

After the sale of the Omega 7 Tour, the Omega VII Hyper and the Omega VII China, which attracted a lot of attention in 2020, also include the light (Guang) and shadow (Ying). Except for Omega 7 Hyper and Omega 7 China, you can see that the Omega 7 Tour has high rotation performance and speed performance. At least the speed performance is the fastest in the Omega series. Also, Omega 7 Hyper is not sticky on the sheet, but is aware of sticky rubber, and Omega 7 China is completely sticky rubber. In other words, the OMEGA 7 Tour can be regarded as the highest peak of spin-type tension rubber in the OMEGA series.

In the explanation of XIOM, a monster rubber that combines a very hard sponge with a sponge hardness of 55 ° and a specially designed sheet in the Omega 7 series, a service that cuts strongly, a stop that stops at will, a changing loop It is said that it is a rubber that is second to none, such as drive, Chiquita, and aggressive power drive. The counter drive does not slip and has a catapult effect that can be doubled.

Omega VII Tour Weight and Paste

Omega  VII Tour
    Dynamic Friction
    Cycloid
    Carbo Sponge
・Sponge thickness：2.0 mm, MAX
・Spin: 13.0
・Speed: 13.0
・Control: 10.0
・Balance: 11.7
・Sponge stiffness: 55
・7,000 yen + tax
・77 g (before cut) → 52 g (after cut)

It’s pretty heavy. I think you will feel that the shot feeling is mad and heavy than the weight on the numbers. I think this area is a part where tastes are likely to differ.

Three features of the Omega VII Tour

It’s hard, but it’s easy to rotate! Even so, the potential is high!

Surprisingly, I think it’s easier to rotate than I expected. I was able to hit the backhand drive enough with my own backhand skill. I think that it is easy to bite into the Omega 7 series in general for its hardness and it is easy to rotate! Also, since the sponge is very hard, I feel that the maximum performance of rotation when the performance of the rubber is maximized is also high! Not only the power drive, but also the loop drive and counter drive, I felt that the technical hurdles at the level of being able to enter the opponent’s court were low with a minimum sense of stability. It’s very easy to use. Still, it feels like you will be able to hit a wonderful ball that is powerful enough to master it. I felt that it was a rare rubber that had both ease of use and high potential.

Anyway, the ball is fast!

I think one of the features of the OMEGA 7 series is its high speed performance. Among the Omega 7 series, the Omega 7 Tour has a fairly hard sponge and rubber weight, so the amount of rotation of the ball and the weight of the ball when the impact is solid are very high. I feel that it is characterized by its high speed performance while having the amount of rotation and weight of the ball. This is a speed rubber like Tenergy 64, and the ball speed is fast, but the amount of rotation of the ball drops, so you feel the power and the amount of rotation are insufficient, but like Tenergy 05. It means that it is a rubber that is easy to produce high speed performance while producing the amount of rotation.

Rally x power!

It’s easy to rotate, so I think it’s a rubber that’s easy to stabilize and easy to bring into the rally! When using Tenergy, the average value of the amount of rotation of the ball when it is rotated is quite high and I feel that the performance is high, but I feel that the technology and impact to apply that rotation are required. On the other hand, I feel that the average value of the amount of rotation is low in the Omega 7 tour because it is easy to rotate. However, although it may be a ball that is easy for the opponent to take, it is easy to spin, so there are few mistakes in the game and it is stable anyway. And since the potential is high, the range of rotation amount is wide, and the rotation amount when hit with a very good impact is equal to or higher than Tenergy! Also, because the speed performance is high, it is easy to take the opponent’s time, and I think that it is easy to take the initiative even in the rally. It can be said that it is a rubber that can produce a powerful ball at the time of a chance in the rally orientation.

Each technology review

Forehand

Light hit
You can feel the hardness of the sponge. The hitting sound is also a high sound like a hard rubber.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I feel the ball go up. The sponge is hard, but I think it’s hard to feel it fall off.

Drive with open face
Since it is a rubber with high potential, it felt very good when I tried to open the surface and rotate and speed, and it seemed that I could achieve both rotation and speed.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
Since it is a very hard sponge, the amount of rotation of the loop drive is high and I think that it is easy to do a very high loop drive.

Speed drive against back spin
Since the sponge is hard, speed drive to hit with impact may be quite difficult. It is necessary to hit with a considerable impact.

Counter drive
I think it’s easy to do.

Serve
It takes a lot of rotation! Since it grips firmly, you can easily feel that strong rotation is applied.

Backhand

Light hit
It’s still hard. It’s also heavy, so I’m quite tired.

Drive on long balls and rallies
Surprisingly, I can hit it. It was a very good feeling. I think it’s easier to hit a strong ball, but it’s even easier to put in more stably.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin　
It was easy to hit. It was fairly stable. I immediately felt that it was easy to enter even if I could not catch the ball in the middle of the racket.

Speed drive against back spin
It was difficult. I think the impact is overwhelmingly insufficient.

Curve / shoot drive
It bends, but I don’t think it’s as stretchy as the Rasanter R53.

Block
It’s not difficult to do, but the seat is easy to get caught, so it’s an impression that it took a lot of rotation.

Counter drive
It was easy to do. I think it will be easier to stabilize if you can catch the top of the ball.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Spin amount
　Tenergy 05 Hard ＞ Tenergy 05 ≧ Omega VII Tour ＞ Blue Storm Z1 Turbo

Speed
　Dignics 05 ＞ Omega VII Tour ＞ Tenergy 05

Explanation

Korean table tennis maker XIOM is an up-and-coming maker, and it is famous for two types of rubber series, the Vega series with good cost performance and the Omega series of high-end models. In particular, Vega Europe is a rubber that has the three beats of cost performance, ease of handling, and performance, and has penetrated the beginner-intermediate class! Recently, Brazilian hard hitter Hugo Calderano has signed a contract with XIOM, and even after changing the equipment, the world tour ranking has been steadily raised to a single digit. The Hugo Hyper Axylium and Omega VII Tour used by Calderano will also be on the rise.

The rubber reviewed on this page is XIOM’s Vega X. The Vega X commemorates the 10th anniversary of the sale of Vega in 2009 and is touted as the greatest rubber in Vega history. The rubber design follows the sponge of Vega PRO, but it seems to match the top sheet that adopted the same cycloid system as the Omega VII series. A rubber that stands between Omega and Vega has a low price of 4,200 yen + tax, but according to the World Table Tennis Kingdom, the performance is in the 6,000 yen range (Fastarc G-1, Rakza X, Evolution MX-P, etc.) It is said that they can compete with each other. Actually, he wanted to make it higher than 4,200 yen, but he probably decided to lower the price further to 4,200 yen + tax in anticipation of YASAKA’s Rigan (3,700 yen + tax)! I think that the high performance of the table tennis kingdom was also oozing out in the review. I am reviewing what kind of rubber it is actually

Performance value

As mentioned in the explanation, although the speed and spin performance are inferior to the Omega series, it stands out in the Vega series and you can see that it is outstanding. On the other hand, the Vega Tour sold in the past has a higher published performance value than the Vega X, and the Vega Tour has a higher published performance value than the Omega V series. To be honest, I felt very good about the Vega X test hit this time, so I’m thinking of trying the Vega Tour again with the current equipment! I hope you can expect that review as well.

Vega X sticking and weight

I pasted it on Zhang Jike ZLC as usual.

Vega X
　Dynamic Friction
　Cycloid
　Carbo Sponge
・Sponge Thickness：1.8/2.0/max mm
・Speed：9.5
・Spin：11.0
・Sponge stiffness：47.5°
・4,200 yen + tax
・72 g (before cut)　→　52 g (after cut)

After all, after all, XIOM’s rubber is heavy. However, with a ball or hitting a curtain, the rotation performance was very high and it felt very good!

3 features of Vega X

Even though it is easy to play, it has an outstanding ball holding and spin performance!

What I felt most when hitting a ball or hitting a curtain was the ball holding and the amount of rotation! This good hit feeling is also reproduced even if you hit it on the table, and when you think that you held the ball firmly and rotated it, you felt that you could hit the ball with the amount of rotation you expected, and it was a very pleasant test hit. !! Since I hold the ball firmly, I can control the ball firmly if I put up with it, but when I tried to play it as much as I wanted, I felt that the meat system would run as straight as I wanted! I felt it was very easy to use! The rotation performance is very high, and if you can use it properly, it will take about the same as Tenergy 05. However, I also felt that it was difficult to achieve rotation performance higher than Tenergy 05. Especially when used in the foreground, it was too soft and I felt a strong energy loss. However, it was easy to rotate, and it was very easy to serve and loop drive. I felt that this area was like Vega!

The balance between the hard sheet and the soft sponge is exquisite and easy to handle!

Obviously, the sheet was hard and the sponge was soft rubber, and it was a light feeling that did not remind me of 52 g. It is very easy to handle, and the direction of ease of handling is a good combination of rubber that makes it easy to put out high quality balls like Rasanter R48 and Rakza type that is easy to put on the table anyway. I felt like I was doing it.
I’m not good at backhand, but Vega X matched the backhand outstandingly! I intuitively felt that the factor was the perfect balance of hardness between the seat and the sponge. I have the impression that rubber with a hard sheet takes a lot of rotation, but I feel that it is difficult because it needs to be firmly inserted. In order to handle V> 15 Extra and Fastarc G-1 (Fastarc G-1) etc., it is necessary to hit it once and then rotate it with the image of rotating it. I felt that I couldn’t hit it like that and needed to get used to it. However, Vega X does not need such a way of hitting, and I felt that a good enough ball would come out with the image of hitting while rubbing with a Rakza type or Tenergy type sheet! This part feels very good and makes me feel the ease of handling and the sharpness that I can not think of as the first hit!

Convinced masterpiece! Is it the weight that is missed !?

With this high performance, 4,200 yen + tax is too cheap! It’s odd! I was a little worried that it was a little heavy at 52 g and that it was slippery with Tsuttsuki, but I really liked this ease of handling, high performance, and cost performance! The meaning of the word “masterpiece”, katsuo000, is convincing. I don’t think the weight is so important for a racket with a grip center of gravity like the Zhang Jike model, and it slips, but I felt it was within the permissible range.
Also of interest is the comparison with the Vega Tour. I haven’t used the Vega Tour in Zhang Jike ZLC, so I can’t make a simple comparison, but in the current image, the Vega X often slips a little, but it has a better ball holding than the Vega Tour and it doesn’t fly too much, so I’ll take the plunge. It’s an image that can be rotated. The Vega Tour was very similar to the Omega VII series and was a rubber that felt faster than holding and spinning. The published performance value is just the published value, and I feel that how much rotation is easy to apply on the table and how much it is applied are still different things.

Each technical review

Forehand

Light hit
It doesn’t feel like flying and is very easy to do. I also felt that it was too soft.

Drive on long balls and rallies
After all, the ball is shallow, and I felt that the ball would fall easily if I didn’t hit it a little. Especially in the case of inquiries, I also felt that the ball could not be flown unless it was attracted considerably. I think this area is a characteristic of soft and easy-to-use rubber. The rubber that felt the same softness was Rasanter R48, but R48 had a softer seat, I didn’t feel much power loss, and I think I didn’t feel that I couldn’t fly or fall. It may be said that R48 is the rubber that top players like.

Drive with open face
Sounds good! Since it is spinning, it fell firmly and the ball entered deep.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
I felt very good because I had a ball firmly. Even though it’s so easy to speed drive and meet, I honestly think that this ball holder is not another rubber! I felt that the drive had enough rotation!

Speed drive against back spin
Normally, it is often difficult to do speed drive when loop drive is easy, but as mentioned above, I did not feel this Vega X. This was a surprise!

Curve / shoot drive

Block
It was a good impression that the sheet was hard and I should block it with the image that I would go to overwrite the rotation from myself. I think it’s better to block in the front team so that it stretches a little at a high pitch.

Counter drive
It was easy to do because the seat was hard and it had a ball. Since the seat is hard, it is not easily affected by rotation, and even if you drop the hitting point firmly, it is easy to counter firmly and there is also the ease of doing that is peculiar to rubber with a ball!

Stop
It was slippery, but I was able to stop it. However, I think it is more stable if you do not slide it.

Push
I felt that push was sharp because it also took a turn. It is an impression that it is stable by rotation. It was a very good rubber with good bite but no push!

Service
I’m glad I was able to cut it firmly. It was a good feeling!

Backhand

Light hit
It was a little easy, but once I got used to it, there was no problem.

Drive on long balls and rallies
In the backhand, it was very easy to do with just the right hardness. It’s been a while since I’ve decided on such a backhand drive, and it’s been very pleasant!

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It was easy to do! This ball holding is irresistible! There was a sense of security!

Speed drive against back spin
Speed ​​drive is also included! Rubber with a ball is often too hard to hit speed drive, but I don’t know of any other rubber that can hit speed drive so comfortably. It’s odd!

Block
It was easy to put in, but it slipped a little.

Counter drive
It wasn’t as easy as the fore. This is an ant that needs to hone his arms, isn’t it.

Stop
It was good. It didn’t even pop out.

Push
It was easy to cut and make a chance. It felt very good.

Chiquita
It was easy to make an arc line and it was easy to do!

Comparison with other rubbers (individual impressions)

Spin amount
　Rasanter R48 ≧ Tenergy 05 ≧ Vega X ＞ Evolution MX-P

Easy to spin
　Tenergy 05 FX ≧ Vega X ≧ Rasanter R48

Speed
　Rasanter R48 ≧ Vega X ＞ Tenergy 05