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2022.02.16

Review Rasanter V47

Explanation

Among the rubber made in Germany, the Rasanter series of andro feels outstanding rotation performance. andro always has a unique presence with stylish apparel and rubber colors. I think andro has clearly become more prominent in Japan in recent years. The reasons for this include Simon Gauzy (Simon Gauzy, France), who has defeated Jun Mizutani at the 2017 Table Tennis World Cup and Xu Xin (Xu Xin, China) at the 2019 World Championship. , I think there is a fact that the equipment used by Akifumi Hamakawa, who entered the 2019 All Japan Championship as a ranker, is andro.

Frome Rasant to Rasanter

andro was selling the characteristic green sponge rubber Rasant series (Rasant Grip, Rasant Power Grip), Rasant Power Sponge, which was sold as a signboard until 2016. The 6 types of Rasant Power Sponge, Rasant Beat, Rasant Turbo, and Rasant have all been discontinued, and a new lineup called Rasanter has been launched in 2017. The Lazanta series is a new flagship rubber that uses the same green sponge as the Razant series. The Razanter series has the R series, which has high rotational performance and makes it easy to make arcs, and the V series, which has high speed performance in addition to rotational performance. I am. In addition, ahead of other German manufacturers, it will be a rubber lineup equipped with a technology called Ultra Max, which has a sponge thickness of 2.3 mm. This technology seems to have been applied to top players before that, and it is a rubber that makes the seat thinner than the current one and makes the sponge thicker by that amount. There is an international rule that the thickness of rubber, including the adhesive layer, should be 4.0 mm or less, so it is necessary to make the sheet thinner in order to make the sponge thicker. It is said that rubber with a thin seat and a thick sponge is easier to get rotation, speed and flight distance, and it is easier to get the performance to receive top players. However, thinning the sheet is prone to manufacturing variations, and it seems that it was not widely available before that. Probably the latest technology could increase productivity, and as a result, it became possible to produce rubber with a thin sheet and thick sponge at a low price, and it seems that it was sold to the general market. This technology does not seem to be in the rubber of Butterfly, which sells the world standard Tenergy series, which leads table tennis equipment in Japan and the world, and even though Butterfly is still extra thick, the sponge thickness is 2.1 mm. It remains. In recent years, other German manufacturers are increasing the number of rubber sheets with thin sheets and thick sponges.
To date, eight types of Razanter have been sold, six for the R series and two for the V series.

Rasanter series

The Razanter series has a naming like the series in which the sponge hardness can be finely selected with the rotating R and the speed V, but when I actually tried it, it was different from my imagination. Apparently, the hardness of the sponge was changed, and the shape of the seat was also changed, so the shot feeling, performance, and easy-to-use technology were different. Furthermore, although the V series is certainly fast, it is not a rubber specialized for speed because it takes a lot of spin tension and rotation. katsuo000 has tried out R53, R48, R50, R47, V47 and R42, and would like to summarize the comparison in the future. I would like to comment here that the grain shape of the R53, R48, and R50 sheets is a little thin and the grain shape feels a little quick to separate from the ball. Compared to Dignics 05 and Tenergy 05, I think that the grain shape of the sheet makes it hard to feel the ball holding. On the other hand, the sheet is soft and the sponge has a good bite, so I think that it is a rubber that feels like holding a ball when it bites into the whole rubber.
Initially launched in 2017, there were 6 types: R50, R47, R42, R37, V47, V42. Furthermore, in October 2019, the R53 equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released, and in May 2020, the R48 also equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released. Currently, andro’s flagship rubber is R53 and R48.
Recently, I think that the R53 and R48 of the red Lazanta are the focus of attention in the Razanter series. We have already created a review, so we hope you will read it as well.

Published performance value

andro’s published performance value comparison. Is it characteristic that andro adds an item called control in addition to speed and spin? After all, R53 and R48 with energy cells have high performance and will be a hot rubber!

Take a look at the R53 reviews and you’ll be faster! However, in terms of published performance values, V47 is supposed to be faster. I have already tried R53, R48, R50, R47, V47, so I can understand it, so I will comment. I think V47 is faster than R53 in simple speed. I think V47 is faster than you can feel because it has a very straight trajectory. In particular, the V47’s midfield drive has the impression that it is quite fast. On the other hand, the R53 draws an arch line very strongly, so it gives the impression that the ball is slower than it feels. I think V47 is numerically faster for the ball to reach the opponent’s platform. I think this is largely due to the straight trajectory. The fastest rubber in the Razanter series, I think it’s the V47!

V47 sticking and weight

I had cut 70 g before cutting, but it was heavier than I expected. In fact, I think it’s a speed rubber that takes a lot of rotation.

Rasanter V47
     UM Tension (Tensor Bios UM)
    For 40+ Plastic Ball
・Sponge Thickness: 1.7 mm, 2.0 mm, ULTRAMAX (UM)
・Speed: 121
・Spin: 119
・Control: 88
・Sponge stiffenss: 47°
・6,200 yen + tax
・69 g (before cut)  → 48 g (after cut)

Three features of Rasanter V47

Tension rubber that takes advantage of speed tension and spin tension

Like a spin type tension rubber, it has more grip and rotation performance than I expected, so the serve and loop drive were of higher quality than I imagined! To be honest, I didn’t think that the rotation performance was so high! I think that the rotation performance is probably as good as Tenergy 80 and Tenergy 05 FX! Still, in the rally of the upper rotation, the speed drive which is quite close to the meat became stable! I think the first feature of V47 is that it is a rubber that has both speed performance and spin performance! As for the image of katsuo000, it was very nice to use it by rotating it rather than punching it because speed was added to the sense of stability.

No.1 speed performance and straight trajectory in Rasanter!

As mentioned in the explanation, V47 has higher speed performance than R53 and R48 using the latest energy cell technology! Even in terms of published performance values, V47 is supposed to have higher speed performance. In fact, the V47 has a very straight trajectory, so I felt that a smash-like speed drive would bang. I think it’s pretty aggressive.

It bites well, and although it is a spin type tension, it is easy to do half volley, connection, and block!

Since it bites well, it was easy to block the meat-type balls and connect the half-volley-type balls. If you use meat more than a drive, I think it’s pretty easy to handle!
This rubber was a little damaged by the name, and I felt that it would be better to use it thinking that it was a spin tension rather than a speed rubber, because it would make the best use of its performance. I would like to recommend it to those who are using Tenergy 05 and are looking for a rubber that has good cost performance and wants speed without reducing the amount of rotation too much.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
I don’t feel the hardness so much. I think R47 with the same hardness feels harder.

Drive on long balls and rallies
The drive that left it to the speed performance rather than the amount of rotation was a good feeling. It is possible to drive at a high speed so that you can aim for no touch. I think this speed performance is comparable to the Omega VII series.

Drive with open face
The bite was good, so it felt pretty good in the foreground. The drive was easy to hit with little force.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
I feel that the arch line is a little low, but the fore has enough grip and high quality loop drive was possible enough.

Speed drive against back spin
Speed drive Against back spin was more difficult than I expected. It seems that it is a rubber that is easily affected by rotation because it bites well, so I think it is necessary to hit it firmly with your body.

Curve / shoot drive
Since the arch line is low, I didn’t have the impression that it would bend much.

Block
It’s soft, so it was pretty easy to block against meat balls. On the other hand, the block for the loop drive is a little susceptible to rotation, so I felt that it was necessary to use technology to squeeze or overwrite the rotation.

Counter drive
It was a good feeling to catch it in the ascending period without dropping the hitting point and drive like a meat. When I try to overwrite it, I get the impression that the flight distance is too long.

Stop
The stop bites in quite well, so I had to catch it only with the seat.

Push
Like the stop, push was easy to float.

Fore flick
Because it is soft, I can hold the ball, so I felt it was easy to hit at an angle.

Serve
Amount of spin was not so high. Although, the speed was enough to fast.

Backhand

Light hit
I think it’s a little stiff when used in the backhand.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I was impressed with the speed system, not the rotation system.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It bites in more than I expected, so I felt that I could do a loop drive of the minimum quality.

Speed drive against back spin
On the contrary, speed drive was quite difficult. I think the impact is insufficient.

Curve / shoot drive
I didn’t have the impression that it was straight and curved.

Block
It was easy to block against meat balls. It was difficult to block against a loop drive.

Counter drive
I felt it was easier to counter than R48. Counter meet was also easy to do.

Stop
Like the forestop, it was easy to float.

Push
This was also easy to float.

Chiquita
We have a fairly aggressive and speedy Chiquita.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　R53 ＞ Tenergy 05 ≧ V47 ＞ Tenergy 64

Speed
　Tenergy 64 ＞ V47 ＞ R53 ＞ Tenergy 05

2022.02.14

Review Rasanter R42

Explanation

Among the rubber made in Germany, the Rasanter series of andro feels outstanding rotation performance. After all rotation performance is a very important item for me, and that is why I wanted to understand the difference between the Lazanta series. This is because I felt the difference in grain shape when using it with R53, R48, R50, R47, and V47. It seems that R53 and R48 have the same grain shape, but R47 and R50 have different grain shapes, and I felt that they were rubbers with very different impressions. Then I was wondering what kind of rubber R42 is. I would like to emphasize that this Razanter series is not just a minor change rubber with a different hardness!
andro always has a unique presence with stylish apparel and rubber colors. I think andro has clearly become more prominent in Japan in recent years. The reasons for this include Simon Gauzy (Simon Gauzy, France), who has defeated Jun Mizutani at the 2017 Table Tennis World Cup and Xu Xin (Xu Xin, China) at the 2019 World Championship. , I think there is a fact that the equipment used by Akifumi Hamakawa, who entered the 2019 All Japan Championship as a ranker, is andro.

Published performance value

The R42 actually has the same spin performance as the V47. As mentioned in the review of V47, V47 is not a rubber specialized for speed performance, but it has a certain level of spin performance (Tenergy 80?), And then the speed performance of Razanter Series 1. It will be a high balance rubber with. For katsuo000, I think Tenergy 80 and Dignics 80 will be a rubber that balances spin performance and speed performance, especially the ease of hitting meat, with softness, but V47 is the hardness of the sponge. While giving spin performance, it is an image of a rubber specializing in speed drive rather than meat by biting into the seat. I don’t think there is a similar rubber in Butterfly rubber. Mr. Butterfly sells many rackets with higher speed performance than other companies, so it may be an image of supplementing speed with rackets. Compared to Butterfly, andro’s racket has many thick blades as a whole, and the lineup is a little small, so even though it is said that it is a rubber with high speed performance so that it can be combined with andro’s racket. Imagine that you are selling a rubber that has speed performance in high spin performance.

In other words, R42 has the same spin performance as V47, so you can see that the spin performance is not low at all. As for the standing position of R42, it may be said that it is a rubber like Tenergy 05FX. However, unlike the Tenergy 05FX, the Lazanta series has an Ultra MAX (UM) specification with a thin sheet and a thick sponge. I would like to review what kind of rubber this UM specification R42 is.

R42 sticking and weight

Rasanter R42
    UMテンション (Tensor Bios UM)
    For 40+ Prastic Ball
・Sponge Thickness: 1.7 mm, 2.0 mm, ULTRAMAX (UM)
・Speed: 116
・Spin: 119
・Control: 93
・Sponge stiffness: 42°
・6,200 yen + tax
・66 g (before cut) → 47 g (after cut)

Is it heavier than I expected? It’s soft to the touch!

Three features of Rasanter R42

Overwhelming ease of handling! Easy speed drive to straight!

The ease of handling was perfect. It was really easy to use! I think the power of the drive itself is low, but I didn’t feel like making a mistake anyway. I felt this was the number one advantage! Anyway, if you want to reduce mistakes, I think it’s a good rubber!
Personally, I felt the depth of the rubber when the ball was bitten by Ultramax (UM). I hit it hard because I had a deep pocket, and even if the ball bite into the rubber, it was hard to reach the racket, and the feeling that I could drive instead of meat was a very good feeling. It may be the number one advantage of UM!

Surprisingly stop / push is low!

Next, I would like to make a special mention of how easy it is to stop and stop. I felt it was hard to float! I didn’t feel the amount of rotation, but it was low and low, and the point that I could stop was a soft rubber, but it felt very good. Although the V47 has high spin performance, I felt that it was a little easier to float, so I thought that the R42 would also float, but on the contrary, I was surprised that the R42 fits well.

Easy to block with medium hardness!

Naturally, it’s a soft rubber, so the block fits nicely. Especially for meat type balls, it was very easy to do because it was insensitive to the ball.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
I felt it was extremely soft.

Drive on long balls and rallies
You may feel some energy loss. It’s that soft.

Drive with open face
It’s easy to do because it bites into it. I felt that it was a little meaty, but I felt that even if it bites sharply, it will rotate firmly due to the strength of the rubber.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
I didn’t feel like making a mistake, but on the other hand it may be a little less powerful. However, the open competition may be enough.

Speed drive against back spin
It was very easy to hit. It may be a cheat for intermediate players and open games. It is quite easy to divide the course and you may be able to play with it at speed.

Curve / shoot drive
I felt the amount of rotation was a little weak, but when I made it bite firmly by the inquiry of the drive, I felt a reasonable amount of rotation.

Block
It’s easy to become a baseball, but it was easy to do.

Counter drive
Since there is a core, the counter drive is also affected by rotation, but it is not impossible.

Stop
It was easier to settle than V47!

Push
Like the stop, it fits better than the V47!

Backhand

Light hit
It was easy to do.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It’s easy to do at all. It was easy to get a little meaty.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It’s easy to do, but it’s soft, so I think that the amount of rotation will increase if you let it bite into the sponge a little rather than using a sheet. It may be difficult to control it shallowly and low.

Speed drive against back spin
It was harder than I expected. I may not be able to master it in the back yet.

Block
It was as easy to do as the fore!

Counter drive
It may be a little difficult because it is easily affected by rotation.

Stop / push
The fit is good! It was a very good feeling.

Chiquita
It was very easy to do because the ball is easy to draw an arc. After all it is easy to feel the ease of over-missing, so please be careful only there.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　R53 ＞ R48 ≧ Tenergy 05 ＞ R42

Speed
　R53 ＞ R42 ≧ Tenergy 05

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2022.02.11

Review Rasanter R47

Explanation

andro sells rubber that feels outstanding rotation performance among German-made rubber. For katsuo000, if you can’t use Butterfly’s Tenergy series or Dignics series, you can be sure that you’ll use andro’s signature rubber, the Rasanter series. The reason is that the Rasanter series has high rotational performance! Considering the price, I think it is a very good rubber series. It’s been a long time late today, but we’ll be reviewing the original Rasanter sign, Rasanter R47!
Speaking of andro, the stylish apparel and the green color of the rubber sponge always give off a unique presence. Players contracted with andro include Simon Gauzy, who has defeated Jun Mizutani at the 2017 Table Tennis World Cup and China’s Xu Xin (Xu Xin, China) at the 2019 World Championship. (Simon Gauzy, France) and Akifumi Hamakawa, who entered the 2019 All Japan Championship as a ranker. Also, in recent years, you have contracted with table tennis club coaches from all over Japan, and the coach who has participated in the All Japan Championship, who is also indebted to katsuo000, has also contracted with andro. I think this area is strategic.

From Rasant to Rasanter

andro was selling the characteristic green sponge rubber Rasant series (Rasant Grip, Rasant Power Grip), Rasant Power Sponge, which was sold as a signboard until 2016. The 6 types of Rasant Power Sponge, Rasant Beat, Rasant Turbo, and Rasant) have all been discontinued, and a new lineup called Rasanter has been launched in 2017. The Rasanter series is a new flagship rubber that uses the same green sponge as the Rasant series. The Rasanter series includes the R series, which has high rotational performance and makes it easy to make arcs, and the V series, which has high rotational performance and speed performance, and is sold with a number that reflects the hardness of the sponge attached after R or V. In addition, ahead of other German manufacturers, it will be a rubber lineup equipped with a technology called Ultra Max, which has a sponge thickness of 2.3 mm. This technology seems to have been applied to top players before that, and it is a rubber that makes the seat thinner than the current one and makes the sponge thicker by that amount. There is an international rule that the thickness of rubber, including the adhesive layer, should be 4.0 mm or less, so it is necessary to make the sheet thinner in order to make the sponge thicker. It is said that rubber with a thin seat and a thick sponge is easier to get rotation, speed and flight distance, and it is easier to get the performance to receive top players. However, thinning the sheet is prone to manufacturing variations, and it seems that it was not widely available before that. Probably the latest technology could increase productivity, and as a result, it became possible to produce rubber with a thin sheet and thick sponge at a low price, and it seems that it was sold to the general market. This technology is not sold to the general public in Butterfly’s rubber, which sells the Tenergy series, which is the world standard for leading table tennis equipment in Japan and around the world. As of 2020, Butterfly has the thickest sponge, with a sponge thickness of 2.1 mm. In recent years, the number of rubbers made by other German manufacturers or made in Germany with thin sheets and thick sponges, so-called rubber thickness Max, is increasing.
Up to now, 8 types of Rasanter have been sold, 6 types for the R series and 2 types for the V series.

Rasanter series

The Rasanter series has a naming like the series in which the sponge hardness can be finely selected with the rotating R and the speed V, but when I actually tried it, it was different from my imagination. Apparently, the hardness of the sponge was changed, and the shape of the seat was also changed, so the shot feeling, performance, and easy-to-use technology were different. Furthermore, although the V series is certainly fast, it is not a rubber specialized for speed because it takes a lot of spin tension and rotation. katsuo000 has tried out R53, R48, R50, R47, V47 and R42, and would like to summarize the comparison in the future. I would like to comment here that the grain shape of the R53, R48, and R50 sheets is a little thin and the grain shape feels a little quick to separate from the ball. Compared to Dignics 05 and Tenergy 05, I think the grain shape of the sheet makes it harder to feel the ball holding. On the other hand, the sheet is soft and the sponge has a good bite, so I think that it is a rubber that feels like holding a ball when it bites into the whole rubber. Initially launched in 2017, there were six types: R50, R47, R42, R37, V47, and V42. Furthermore, in October 2019, the R53 equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released, and in May 2020, the R48 also equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released. Currently, andro’s flagship rubber is R53 and R48.

Recently, I think that the R53 and R48 of the red santer are the focus of attention in the Rasanter series. We have already created a review, so we hope you will read it as well.

Published performance value

It is a comparison of performance values announced by andro. Is it characteristic that andro adds an item called control in addition to speed and spin? After all, R53 and R48 with energy cells have high performance and you can see that they are the current signboard rubber (as of September 2020)!

R47 was a rubber used by Hamakawa in the past. To put it simply, the shot feeling of the R47 is the most similar to Tenergy 05 (Tenergy 80? For some people) in Rasanter, and I got the impression that it is the rubber that feels the hardness due to the grain shape of the sheet most. .. The Lazanta series are not rubbers with different hardness, but are probably developed with their own concepts. I think the R47 is an andro version of Tenergy 05-like rubber that was developed with Tenergy 05 in mind. By the way, just because R47 looks like Tenergy 05, R50 is not a rubber close to Tenergy 05 Hard! The difference in the numbers is more than the hardness of the sponge, so the concept has changed, so I think it’s better not to choose just the hardness. If you don’t know the Lazanta series at all, you may think that R47, R48, R50, and R53 have different hardness, but it’s not just a difference in hardness! In this R review, I would like to touch on the above points as well. Thank you for your cooperation.

R47 sticking and weight

Rasanter R47
    UM Tension (Tensor Bios UM)
    For 40+ Plastic Ball
・Sponge Thickness: 1.7 mm, 2.0 mm, ULTRAMAX (2.3 mm)
・Speed: 119
・Spin: 121
・Control: 85
・Sponge stiffness: 47
・6,200 yen + tax
・70 g (before cut) → 49 g (after cut)

It was just 49 g as expected. It’s just the right weight! Will it be 50 g depending on individual differences? Still, I think the weight has a good balance between power and ease of use!

Three features of Rasanter R47

I wanted to use R47 compared to R50 for katsuo000. The R50 isn’t bad either, but I felt it was a little better than the speed performance. R47 and R48 are hard to compare, but if you want a habit ball or a rough ball, I think that R47 is easier to obtain than R48.

Of course, the rotation performance is high! Equivalent to or better than Tenergy 05!

R47 has very high rotation performance and I felt the rotation performance comparable to Tenergy 05! R47 is a rubber that has a hard sheet and feels the hardness derived from the grain shape like Tenergy 05. Therefore, I felt that it is easy to rotate with a sheet even among German rubber, and it is easy to obtain high rotation performance. Personally, I felt that the amount of rotation could be obtained by making the sponge a little harder, but I felt that the R47 is a rubber that can achieve both speed while obtaining a high level of rotation!

Among Rasanters with a sponge hardness of 47 or more, it has the best ball holding and is easy to control the loop drive!

Personally, I felt that R47 was the closest to the grain shape of Tenergy 05 in Razanter. Therefore, I found the R47 to be the easiest to control the loop drive. When I tried to catch the ball firmly with just the seat, I felt that the ball would be stable because it would hold well and rotate well. It was a rubber that I felt easy to rotate not only in the loop drive but also in the technology to apply rotation such as push, Stop, Chiquita!

Push / stop also stops!

The sponge was Ultramax (UM), but I didn’t feel it bounced that much. If I caught the ball firmly with the seat, it was easy to stop and stop. I think it’s easier to stop than V47.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
I didn’t feel it was that hard.

Drive on long balls and rallies
The order of the rough balls
Rough R53 ＞ R50 ＞ R47 ＞ R48 ＞ V47 normal
It is an image. Compared to V> 15 Extra, I think V> 15 Extra will be on the left side of R50. V> 15 Extra is a soft sponge, but I think it’s a rubber that can produce a fairly rough ball. If V> 15 Extra is awkward, you want a squiggly line, or you want rotational performance, we recommend the Rasanter series. R50, R47, and R48 are easy to handle, and if you want roughness and rotation performance, it’s R53. I think the R47 is a rubber with a very good balance of ball rotation, power, roughness, ease of handling, and speed. Therefore, it may be said that the rubber reflects the user’s arm as it is.

Drive with open face
Both the seat and the sponge were strong, and I didn’t feel like hitting the racket. It was good.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
The control of the loop drive was good. Loop drive was the easiest to do in the Razanter series.

Speed drive against back spin
It was a little difficult. It needs a good impact.

Block
Because the sponge is soft, I felt that it was easily affected by rotation.

Counter drive
If anything, overwrite type counter drive is easy to do.

Stop
I’m glad it was easy to stop the ball.

Push
It was good that this was also low.

Serve
It was good to be able to cut it firmly. It was a rubber that could secure enough rotation amount of my rubber.

Backhand

Light hit
It’s reasonably hard. I think you can get used to it.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I felt that it was easy to spin because I could grasp the ball firmly.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
Sometimes the swing speed was too slow and it dropped. It’s a lack of technology.

Block
The Razanter series is not as good as Tenergy 05 when blocking, but I think it is easily affected by rotation.

Stop / push
It was easy to do. It was good that this was also low.

Chiquita
The flight distance was a little too long and over mistakes were conspicuous.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　R53 ＞ Tenergy 05 Hard ＞ R50 ≧ R47 ≧ R48 ＞ Tenergy 05 ≧ V47

Speed
　V47 ＞ R53 ≧ R50 ＞ R48 ＞ R47 ＞ Tenergy 05 ＞ Tenergy 05 Hard

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2022.02.09

Review Omega VII Pro

Explanation

Korean table tennis maker XIOM is an up-and-coming maker, and is famous for two types of rubber series, the Vega series with good cost performance and the Omega series of high-end models. 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. In addition, Korean iron wall block and Jeoung Youngsik of Chiquita are also using Ice Cream AZXi and Omega VII Pro reviewed on this page.

The Omega VII Pro reviewed on this page is the first rubber sold in the Omega VII series. The feature of the Omega VII series is the “unprecedented hitting speed” derived by Artificial Intelligence (AI), in contrast to the rubber specialized for rotation of the Omega V (Omega 5) of the previous series. Become. Of course, the Omega 7 Series has made it possible to drive at unprecedented speed while maintaining the amount of rotation that top players are satisfied with. Due to the higher rotation and speed, the price of all Omega 7 series is 7,000 yen + tax, which is the most expensive rubber of XIOM.

Let’s talk about XIOM’s rubber and its technology.

・MAX AT 4
Technology that applies maximum tension within the limits 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
Rubber surface processing technology born from snow tires that exert sufficient friction even on snow. Technology that firmly grasps a plastic ball with a slippery surface and creates more rotational energy.

・CYCLOID
It is a 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. , 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
A 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
A technology developed by XIOM that gives a tension effect similar to 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
Like "TENSOR", it is a 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 that has already been reviewed, the Vega Tour that will be reviewed next time, and the Omega 7 Pro that will be reviewed this time will all be rubber equipped with the same technical symbol, ELASTO FUTURA. Therefore, since all rubbers are carbon sponge and dynamic friction, it can be said that the sponge is black and the seat is a dynamic friction specification seat with grip.

The pamphlet describes Omega 7 Pro as follows.

A luxurious combination of flexibility and determination
The slightly softer top sheet makes it easier to grab the ball. It enables free spin shots and unrivaled control shots, no matter how difficult the situation. In addition, a 47.5 degree high repulsion sponge fires the ball like a bullet. A fastball that doubles the energy of the swing runs through the opponent's court. I want flexibility, but I don't want to sacrifice deciding power. It is this Omega VII Pro that faithfully fulfills the wishes of such a luxurious player.
And if top-level players use the Omega VII Pro, I would recommend it to the back side. In the backhand of modern table tennis, it is necessary to take the initiative with Chiquita on the table, win in the high-speed rally of the front team, bounce off the opponent's powerful drive attack at the rising counter, etc., but Omega VII Pro Will produce better performance than expected in all of them. Since the flight distance is also increased, it is easy to regain the power drive from the place where it was lowered to the apse. With Omega VII Pro, your backhand is <godified>.

Published performance value

Omega 7 Pro is a standard rubber of the high-end rubber series for top players, Omega 7 series, so you can see that it has very high performance. Compared to Vega Tour and Vega X, the performance is overwhelmingly high, and you can see that it is also released as a high-end series.
However, as for the point that katsuo000 felt, in terms of the quality of rotation, the weight of the ball, and the power, the Omega 7 Pro certainly feels high performance, but I feel the difference as much as the price and published performance value. The impression of Omega 7 Pro, Vega Tour, and Vega X is that there is no such thing. All rubbers use ELASTO FUTURA technology, and even if the hardness is different, the impression is quite close. The Vega Tour may be a little too soft for the fore, but I was able to get a ball that was somewhat satisfying with any rubber in the fore, and I felt that the best rubber would change depending on the level of the back. rice field.
The final general comment will be written again after the review of the Vega Tour, so thank you.

Omega 7 Pro sticking and weight

Omega VII Pro
    ELASTO FUTURA ≒（DYNAMIC FRICTION × CYCLOID × CARBO SPONGE）
・Sponge Thickness: 2.0, max mm
・Speed: 12.5
・Spin: 12.5
・Sponge stiffness: 47.5°
・7,000 yen + tax
・67 g (before cut) → 49 g (after cut)

It wasn’t heavier than I expected. XIOM’s rubber can be heavy, but I was surprised that it was lighter than I expected.

Three features of Omega VII Pro

A sponge with a good bite that does not feel 47.5 °!

I think that the rubber of Omega 7 Pro and Omega 7 series basically uses a sponge that bites in quite well, and it is hard to feel the hardness as hard as it is. In fact, I gripped the ball quite a bit on the 55 ° Omega 7 tour, and I felt it was easy to spin. The Omega 7 Pro this time is also 47.5 ° by German standard, but it was a rubber that bites much better than other 47.5 ° rubbers (Evolution MX-P, V> 15 Extra, etc.). The goodness of this bite is the goodness of the bite, which is reminiscent of Rasanter R48. However, while the R48 was able to hit a light speed drive, it also obtained a high amount of rotation, but I felt the lightness of the ball as a hit feeling. Compared to R48, Omega 7 Pro emphasizes speed as in the concept, but as it is a rubber with the same amount of rotation and power, it is easy to get speed but the shot feeling is quite mad, it is more rigid than light. It is a rubber with such specifications that the drive is likely to hit. (However, whether or not the Omega 7 Pro can hit a really heavy power drive and whether or not it can be used depends on the user’s arm, and if it can not be a hard hit with strong impact and power, there is also the impression that it will be a light ball. did.)
Rubber with good bite is often easily affected by the rotation of the opponent, but Omega 7 Pro and Omega 7 Tour have the impression that it is easy to block and counter. Because the whole rubber is strong, it feels like it can be hit back by the whole rubber. The feeling that this rubber as a whole is not defeated is a unique feature of the Omega 7 series that other manufacturers’ rubbers do not have, and if you place importance on it, I felt that the price was reasonable.

High speed, grip feeling that does not suit speed!

Omega 7 Pro still felt that the speed of the ball was quite fast. There was a sense of speed that the block became a counter without permission, and since the counter is easy to do, it is easy to hit back, and I think that it has many elements necessary for modern table tennis. Also, the serve was a good impression, and it was easy to put out a serve with a sense of speed like slipping. Of course, it grips firmly, so the amount of rotation was also firmly applied. It was easy to prevent the opponent’s Chiquita and receive drive.
Also, rubber that is easy to speed up is often easy for push to go wild or float, but it seems to be a spin type tension, and push and stop are easy to stop firmly, which was a good impression. Although the number of rubbers with such characteristics has been increasing in recent years, the Omega 7 Pro and Omega 7 series are still differentiated and made us feel high performance.

Compared to the Vega X and Vega Tour, the Omega 7 Pro felt like hitting a ball heavier than speed. Not only is it fast, but it also feels like you can grip the ball firmly, and the amount of rotation is not small, which is a very interesting rubber. If you want only speed, there are rubbers such as Bryce Highspeed, but at Bryce Highspeed, it is difficult to make a high quality loop drive, so if you do not put it low on the net, you will have to turn the counter. It will be easy. The rubber of Omega 7 Pro and Omega 7 series can be said to be a rubber that can give a characteristic speed while being a rubber that can hit a heavy loop drive, depending on the arm. I think that it is a specification preferred by top players as a high-end rubber.
However, it also requires technical skills to master it. It’s not like anyone can hit a heavy drive, but you need the appropriate skill and power.

As a general comment, it is a balanced type of rotation and speed (like 80), a rubber of rally thinking rather than power

As mentioned in the Omega 7 Tour, the Omega 7 Pro was a rally-thinking rubber rather than a power-oriented rubber because it can rotate and speed. I think Omega 7 Pro is a rubber that can beat the opponent’s drive and deciding ball with blocks and counters in the rally, and connect it to your own drive and repeated hits. Compared to tours and hypers, it feels softer and feels like a rubber that can be used in the back.
I think that the singing phrase, “unprecedented hitting speed”, depends on how you feel. It can be regarded as an almighty rubber with high speed performance and rotation performance. The speed drive has a slightly difficult impression compared to other rubbers with high speed performance, and the loop drive with a high rotation amount is also a little unsatisfactory compared to other spin type tension rubbers, it feels like a halfway rubber.

Each technics review

I slipped quite a bit during the trial hit. The impression is that the Omega 7 series changes the sponge hardness with a similar sheet and sponge, but the sponge of Omega 7 Pro may be too soft. In this case, Omega VII Tour or Omega VII Asia may be more reassuring. The coach who participated in the All Japan Championship also said that the professionals used a little in the trial hit and quit immediately, so they immediately used the Omega 7 Tour or Omega V Tour DF (Omega 5 Tour DF). I imagine the Omega 5 Tour DF is pretty good, especially considering the specs in the cost performance and foreground.
Also, as the product description such as pamphlets says, “If top-level players use Omega VII Pro, I would like to recommend it on the back side”, Omega 7 Pro seems to be on the back side. It seems that top player Jeoung Young-sik also uses it for his backhand. In addition, unfortunately I tried it again this time with Zhang Jike ZLC and outer carbon, but when I tried it with Fortius FT ver. D, which is a light wood + special fiber racket, the power of the backhand is insufficient. , I had the impression that I could make up for the lack of speed. I imagine that Omega 7 Pro is a rubber that can compensate for the lack of power of the backhand of inner carbon and wood rackets, especially the lack of speed.

Forehand

Light hit
The ball is fast, isn’t it? Perhaps the number one reason you feel fast is because of the low arc.

Drive on long balls and rallies
The shot feeling is close to Tenergy 05, which is a very good feeling, but I was a little dissatisfied with the amount of rotation for that. Also, when driving from the middle team, I felt that the ball would run, but I was a little dissatisfied with the power and amount of rotation. It’s usually Dignics 05, so I think it’s easy to get a strict evaluation. If you want to make a comparison, you’ll need to make a comparison on the Omega VII Tour or Omega VII Hyper. It will be decided when you can already take a no-touch course, but for the speed of the ball, it seems that the ball is very easy to take, and there is an impression that the block or counter drive is easily returned. did. On the other hand, I felt the strength and ease of hitting the opponent’s ball during the upturn rally. Although it does not go to Tenergy, I also felt that it was a reliable rubber in the upper rotation rally.

Drive with open face
I didn’t feel like the sponge was losing. However, I felt that the amount of rotation was a little low.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It was a good feeling because I had a ball firmly. I think that it has a high amount of rotation and a heavy drive, but I felt that it was a little lacking in power for the shot feeling.

Speed drive against back spin
It’s easier to hit than Tenergy 05, but it still has a mad feel, and it feels more like an adhesive rubber than exhilarating.

Curve / shoot drive
It was easy to insert the horizontal rotation, and I had the impression that it would bend firmly.

Block
The seat of the Omega 7 Pro is not that hard, but it was easy to block against the drive. Of course, the counter was easy and very interesting. I think that you can swing around by blocking so that you can stretch a little at a high pitch in the front team.

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.

Stop
It was easy for the speed of the ball.

Push
I sometimes slipped, but it was easy to do the straight Tsuttsuki. It was a little difficult to rotate.

Serve
It was good that it was easy to serve with speed.

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
The hardness was just right for the backhand. However, I also felt that it was a little mad.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It was a little difficult. It was easy to do in the foreground, so I think it lacks technical skills.

Speed drive against back spin
It was a feeling that it would be an aggressive speed drive with a drive that emphasizes rotation with a fast RBI. Speed drive with a strong impact was a little difficult.

Curve / shoot drive
I had the impression that Chiquita also bends considerably.

Block
It was easy to do. However, I slipped a little.

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

Stop / Push
It was good. It didn’t even pop out. It was easier to hit a straight line faster than cutting.

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

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　Rasanter R48 ≧ Tenergy 05 ≧ Vega X ＞ Omega VII Pro ≧ Evolution MX-P

Ease of spin
　Tenergy 05 FX ≧ Omega VII Pro ≧ Vega X ≧ Rasanter R48

Speed
　Rasanter R48 ≧ Omega VII Pro ≧ Vega X ＞ Tenergy 05

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2022.02.07

Review Blue Grip C1

Explanation

I’d review DONIC’s 2021 Adhesive Tension Rubber, Blue Grip C1. Speaking of DONIC rubber, there are many rubbers that are named blue. It also features a large lineup of spin blue fire series, speed blue storm series, and adhesive tension blue grip series. I think this brings the merit of being able to finely change the hardness and seat according to the skill of the player. The highlight of this Fall-Winter 2021 is Blue Storm PRO, which will be the latest rubber in the Blue Storm series. I have already placed an order for Blue Storm PRO because I want to review it in the future, but the performance of German rubber has improved considerably these days, and as an evolved Tenergy rubber, it may have the same or higher performance than Tenergy. I’m expecting it. Among Japanese players, Kaede Suzuki of Aiko Dai Meiden is famous because he uses DONIC’s equipment. It seems that he used blue grip rubber for a while, but he seems to be using blue storm rubber in search of a habit ball that is drawn out by technology, not a habit of relying on rubber. Perhaps you are using the latest Blue Storm PRO. I’m looking forward to playing an active part in the All Japan Championship in January 2022.

Among such DONIC rubbers, the Blue Grip C1 reviewed on this page was released as a rubber that gives off a unique color. This Blue Grip C1 is a rubber sold at the same time as XIOM’s Omega VII China Ying, and has a sponge hardness of 60 degrees. Since the concept of the Omega VII China shadow released earlier was “rubber that exceeds the Chinese rubber leopard”, I think that this blue grip C1 is also a rubber with a strong image as a super hard German adhesive tension rubber. In fact, when compared with the hardness of the German standard, the only rubber that is so hard is Omega VII China shadow, and I think it is one of the ambitious rubbers. Looking at what has already been reviewed, I got the impression that there are many rubbers that are easier to use and have improved speed and ease of use compared to the Omega VII China shadow. How is it actually?

The explanation in Japanese of the manufacturer is as follows.

A spin rubber that is convincing to the power group.
The 60 degree bubble blue speed sponge made quite hard and the adhesive top sheet with the best rotation performance and grip feeling firmly produce a big catapult effect. It is recommended for players who use the power of fore drive as a weapon with strong adhesive rubber.
https://www.donic.jp/

Published performance value

Blue Grip C1 has the highest spin performance of 11 +++. You can also see from the published performance values that it is the latest Blue Storm PRO that is well-balanced. Next is the comparison of katsuo000 hardness testers.

After all, when you compare the hardness, the characteristics of rubber come out. Among the rubbers of DONIC owned by katsuo000, the one that is heavy and hard is Blue Grip C1. On the other hand, the Blue Fire JP01 Turbo, which went up considerably and felt easy to rotate, is the same weight as the Tenergy 05 and is a little softer. Taking the difference between the sheet side and the sponge side of the shore a hardness, the values of JP01 turbo and Tenergy 05 are quite close. This is not a coincidence, and as the name JP01 suggests, JP01 was probably made with Tenergy 05 in mind. The Z1 turbo and M1 turbo still have a smaller difference than the JP01 turbo and a larger difference than the Dignics 05, so it may be said that it is an easy-to-use rubber among the German spin tensions. The difference in Blue Grip C1 is obviously small, and I think it shows how difficult it is to bite. Blue Grip C1 is quite difficult to bite into, so I think one of the evaluation axes is how easy it is to get a habit ball.

Blue Grip C1 sticking and weight

Although it is a strong adhesive, I thought that it was a rubber with a low adhesive feeling and almost a slight adhesive, which seems to be the adhesive tension made in Germany these days. Since the Kyo Leopard Dragon 5 is a racket with a wide blade area, I think it is also characteristic that it has become quite heavy. It weighs 57 g, which is a little lighter than the Omega VII China shadow, and is an obvious super heavyweight. Compared to Nittaku’s Hurricane Pro III Turbo Blue’s 65 g, I think it’s a rubber that doesn’t go that far.

Blue Grip C1
    Tacky tension
    Made in Germany
・Sponge Thickness: 2.0 mm, Max
・Speed: 11
・Spin: 11++
・Sponge stiffness: 60
・オープンプライス (4,363 yen)
・82 g (before cut) → 57 g (Hurricane Long V, 158 × 150 mm)

Three features of Blue Grip C1

To be honest, I’m getting used to the Omega VII China Ying, so I’m wondering if I can make an accurate comparison of ease of handling, but I felt that it was a rubber with outstanding hardness and rotation amount rather than a habit ball.

Compared to Omega VII China Ying, rubber from spin tension with a hardness of 60 degrees

There are many comparisons with Omega VII China Ying of the same hardness, but while Omega VII China Ying were a tacky rubber, this Blue Grip C1 was a rubber with a high cross-linking density. While it is difficult to bite in, I felt that it is a rubber that makes it easier to do meat technology than Omega VII China Ying. I felt that it was a rubber that was quite incompatible with the Hurricane Long 5, which is easy to drive. Omega VII China It is an adhesive rubber rather than a spin type tension rubber compared to a rubber that is used for adhesive habits like shadows, and I felt that it is a rubber that requires a more overwhelming amount of rotation.

Even though it’s an adhesive rubber, it bounces a lot!

Like the Omega VII China Ying, it is an adhesive rubber, but what surprised me was its speed performance. It was a large gymnasium, so I felt it was slow, but it still had outstandingly high speed performance compared to the leopard. I also felt it in the shadow of Omega VII China, but if the speed goes up to this point, it will pop out before spinning, so I also felt that the racket that should be matched naturally would be an inner carbon or wood plywood racket. No matter how much you want to fly, if you do not stay in the inner system, it will bounce too much and it will be difficult to drive with the amount of rotation, and the quality of the drive will deteriorate. There is no doubt that the racket to be matched will be a wood plywood system or an inner carbon racket.

Easy to hit down!

As I get used to the shadows of Omega VII China, I also felt the ease of hitting the downward rotation speed drive with this Blue Grip C1. However, I also felt that it was easy to get a speed drive like a smash because it is hard to feel the chewy feeling like the shadow of Omega VII China. I think this is a part that depends on skill and sense.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
As for the impression of receiving the ball, I didn’t feel that it didn’t bounce like a leopard, but it felt like a normal spin tension rubber.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I think there is a part due to my own arm, but it’s not a chewy rubber, but a chewy rubber, so I felt that it was hard to bite and I just played it. It bounces firmly, so I thought it would be a rubber that would be easy to meet even if it was attached to the Hurricane Long V. However, I also felt that the taste and habit of driving was hard to come out. It may mean to use it like a spin type tension rubber, but it is heavy and not as fast as a spin type tension rubber, so I think that I still want to drive.

Drive with open face
I felt that the good thing about this rubber is that even if you hit it fairly roughly, the drive will enter. I didn’t feel that it was spinning, but there may be a feeling that the speed drive will come in due to the impact.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
Since it is a combination of Hurricane Long V and hard rubber, it was easy to hit a strong loop drive with strong rotation even if it was not adhesive rubber. Since the whole rubber is hard, the seat is not so hard, but I felt that it was good to pop out. The recent German-made adhesive tension rubber has a good pop-out, so I think that it will be a low loop drive as much as aiming at the net.

Speed drive against back spin
It was easy to hit. However, I felt that the amount of rotation was low. I felt that it is easier to use adhesive and adhesive tension rubber than spin tension rubber because the ball sinks enough to make a speed drive even if the hit point is dropped, so there is no need to move in a hurry. I’m a habit, and when I try to hit a speed drive, I use my body like a smash, so I’d like to fix the center of gravity a little more and hit it by turning the torso, but I’m glad that it was easy to enter even if it was rough.

Curve / shoot drive
I felt it would bend a lot, probably thanks to the Hurricane Long 5. I don’t think outer carbon will bend this far.

Block
The block was easy. The ball doesn’t fall. This may be a good point of the recent German adhesive tension. I think Hurricane and the like will fall. In the case of a leopard, I think it will be hit as if it were raised.

Counter drive
It was easy to do. If it is so heavy, it will not eat the rotation of the opponent’s drive, so it feels like you can take it forcibly.

Stop
It will stop firmly. It’s an adhesive rubber, so it’s a problem if you don’t stop.

Push
I didn’t feel like I was cutting the fore because I wasn’t good at cutting it.

Serve
It cut firmly.

Backhand

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　Hurricane type ＞ Dignics 09C ≧ Blue Grip C1 ＞ Dignics 05

Speed
　Dignics 05 ＞ Blue Grip C1 ＞ Omega VII China Ying ＞ Rhyzen ZGR ＞ Hurricane type

2022.02.04

Review Blue Fire JP01 Turbo

Explanation

DONIC is a slightly minor manufacturer in Japan, but Swedish genius Jan-Ove Waldner, Jorgen Persson, and until last year, Dimitrij Ovtcharov. It will be the manufacturer that the player has contracted. Ovcharov is a close friend and rival of Jun Mizutani! Recently, I imagine that it is a manufacturer that has been picked up by You Tuber “Goblinzu” in Kansai and is receiving a lot of attention. Goblin’s recommendation seems to be the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo.　DONIC with the name Blue

・ 5 types of Blue Grip (adhesive rubber)
・ 7 types of Blue Storm
・ 9 types of Blue Fire
・ 4 types of Acuda Blue

Yu-san of the World Table Tennis Kingdom also has multiple types, so I have listed a video that outlines it.

The blue fire that I tried this time will be a rotating rubber. It seems that the speed rubber will be Blue Storm, and the stable rubber will be Acousticable. I have already given a trial hit review of the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo.

The blue rubber last will be Blue FIre JP01 Turbo. It’s a rubber that I bought a long time ago and used a little to put a TSP adhesive sheet on it. I had the impression that it was a rubber that bites well and is very easy to handle, but this time I put it on my main racket again and tried it out, so thank you.

Published performance value

You can see that the JP01 turbo is the slowest in terms of the announced performance. When it comes to speed, I imagine it’s a rotating rubber. DONIC’s explanation is as follows.

The power of "blue" to bring out more.
Power-up of "Blue Fire JP01", a state-of-the-art FD rubber that brings together DONIC's technology. The special "Blue Fire JP01 Turbo" has been completed by improving the top sheet of "Blue Fire JP", which has a good reputation for its rotational power during attacks, and raising the two major elements of rubber, speed and spin, to the utmost limit.
Suppresses the transmission energy loss of the swing when hitting the ball, and gives the player a power ball that adds weight to the power of the ball with speed + spin. Since it is a top sheet with high grip, you can continue to attack as much as you want without compromising the sense of security that you have with your hands.

From this explanation, I think it is difficult to understand what kind of rubber it is. In fact, the Blue Fire JP01 turbo was a rotating rubber with the highest arc.

JP01 turbo sticking and weight

Blue Fire JP01 Turbo
・Sponge Thickness: 1.8 mm, 2.0 mm, MAX+
・Speed: 10+
・Spin: 10+++
・Control: 6+
・Sponge stiffness: 47.5°
・Open price
・48 g (after cut)

The hardness of the sponge was not too hard, and it was a rubber that could be used by a wide range of players.

Blue Fire JP01 Turboの3つのThree features of Blue Fire JP01 Turbo

The highest arch line in blue!

The arch line was high in the blue rubber anyway! I felt that the arch line was too high and the flight distance was quite long. Therefore, I think the ball will go in quite deeply. The height of this arc line made me feel that I was conscious of JP → Tenergy 05. I think Vega Japan of XIOM also has a high arc line, but Blue Fire JP01 also made me feel the height of the arc line.

The most downward rotation drive in blue is easy to do!

Since the arch line is high, it was easy to drive downward rotation anyway. I didn’t feel like making a mistake. It was pretty easy to do with a backhand drive. Also, if you let it bite firmly and the swing speed is fast, it also took a firm rotation. It’s easy to handle and I felt it was perfect for both the fore and back.

Although it is a rotating rubber, it is not easily affected by rotation!

Spin tension rubber is easily affected by the rotation of the other party, but this Blue Fire JP01 turbo was not affected by rotation more than I imagined, probably because the seat has a core! It was similar to the Blue Fire M1 Turbo. Not only was the block easy to do, but the counter drive was also pretty easy to do! It felt pretty good! Tenergy rubber has high rotation performance, but there are some parts that are easily affected by rotation. In recent years, katsuo000 has been looking for a rubber that has high rotation performance and is not affected by rotation. I thought it would be possible to evaluate it in the same way as Dignics, which has similar characteristics! However, compared to Dignics, the amount of rotation and speed performance were clearly lower.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
I felt it was soft. There was a sense of stability rather than power.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It’s not as powerful as Tenergy 05 FX, but it was easy to hit repeatedly.

Drive with open face
I felt it hit the racket board when I let it bite into it. I think Tenergy 05 is easier to do here.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It was easy to do anyway! I felt that top spin drive was a little lacking in power because it had a good bite. Still, it’s pretty easy to do.

Speed drive against back spin
It was easy to do because it bites well. I think it is better to be aware of the arc line because it is easy to over-miss.

Curve / shoot drive
Since there is a certain amount of rotation, it will bend as you wish.

Block
It was easy to do! It was surprising, but it was easy to do because it was not affected by rotation even though it was a rotating rubber.

Counter drive
I felt that this was also easy to do because it was not easily affected by spin!

Stop
It was difficult to cut. It was also easy to float.

Push
Push also had quite a few over mistakes. It wasn’t difficult to do.

Serve
Serve didn’t feel heavy. If anything, I think it’s easier to take the opponent’s time with a long-legged serve.

Backhand

Light hit
The hardness was just right for the back.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It was easy to over-miss if I hit it thickly to speed up. It was easy to drive deeply when I turned it firmly.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
This was also easy to do. It wasn’t powerful, but I didn’t feel like making a mistake and it was a good impression.

Speed drive against back spin
It seemed like I could do it after practicing moderately.

Block
It was easy to do!

Counter drive
I can hardly do counter drive in the back, but I felt like I could remember counter drive with this rubber.

Stop
It was a little easy to float.

Push
I can’t cut it.

Chiquita
Chiquita was pretty easy to do because the arch line was high.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　Blue Fire M1 Turbo ＞ Blue Fire JP01 Turbo ＞ Blue Storm Z1 Turbo

Speed
　Blue Fire M1 Turbo ＞ Tenergy 05 Hard ＞ Blue Fire JP01 Turbo

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2022.02.02

Review Blue Fire M1 Turbo

Explanation

　DONIC with the name Blue

・ 5 types of Blue Grip (adhesive rubber)
・ 7 types of Blue Storm
・ 9 types of Blue Fire
・ 4 types of Acuda Blue

Yu-san of the World Table Tennis Kingdom also has multiple types, so I have listed a video that outlines it.

The blue fire that I tried this time will be a rotating rubber. It seems that the speed rubber will be Bluestorm, and the stable rubber will be Acousticable. I have already mentioned the trial hit review of the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo, but the rubber that katsuo000 likes the most among the blue rubbers is this Blue Fire M1 Turbo. !! Let’s start the review immediately.

Published performance value

To be honest, I don’t think it’s a good idea to use the Blue Fire M1 Turbo from the announced performance. Blue Grip is better for rotation performance, and Blue Storm is better for speed performance. In addition, in the manufacturer’s explanation, it is written as follows.

Innovative DONIC. Because it is "blue", it comes out.
    The "Blue Fire M1 Turbo" that uses a 50 degree hard sponge is a rubber that breaks through the opponent's wall by further amplifying the power of the attacking player who uses smash and blow power drive as the score source. It is the best blue fire to send to the one-shot deadly power hitter.

After reading this explanation, I was able to imagine that it was a spin-type tension rubber that was hard and had rotational performance. In fact, the Blue Fire M1 Turbo was a heavier and much harder rubber than the Blue Fire JP01 Turbo and Blue Storm Z1 Turbo. Similar rubbers from other manufacturers include Tenergy 05 Hard, Rhyzer Pro 50, Evolution MX-P, Omega VII Pro, etc. I think you can give it.

Blue Fire M1 turbo sticking and weight

Blue Fire M1 Turbo
・Sponge Thickness: 1.8 mm, 2.0 mm, MAX+
・Speed: 10++
・Spin: 10+++
・Control: 6
・Sponge stiffness: 50°
・Open price
・73 g (before cut) → 53 g (after cut)

It’s heavy. Compared to other Blue Fire JP01 turbos and Blue Storm Z1 turbos, it is overwhelmingly heavy at this point. Both the JP01 turbo and the Brust Z1 turbo weighed less than 50 g.

Three features of Blue Fire M1 Turbo

To be honest, I didn’t feel the same rotation performance as the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo! Overwhelmingly, the Blue Fire M1 Turbo hit a ball with a higher amount of rotation!

The hardest and most rotating rubber in blue! The weight of the drive is also No. 1 in blue!

Serve, push, Drive, Chiquita and rotating technology were able to hold the ball firmly, and it was very nice to have a sense of stability and power with the arc line as imagined when it was rotated! The katsuo000 likes the spin-type tension rubber, which is hard and often rotates, but the Blue Fire M1 turbo was a very good feeling. I think the rubbers that I think are similar are Tenergy 05 Hard, Riser Pro 50, Evolution MX-P 50 ° (Evolution MX-P 50 °), etc. Also, the weight of the drive of the Blue Fire M1 Turbo was heavyweight! For example, the loop drive of the Blue Storm Z1 turbo had a low arc line, but it was easy to eat the counter when it floated a little, but the Blue Fire M turbo was able to induce a considerable over-miss of the counter depending on the amount of rotation.

Even though it is hard, it is easy to handle even in the back!

The rubber with DONIC’s blue name was a very easy-to-use rubber with no strange habits as a whole. Therefore, it felt good when used in the back, and it was easy to use high-quality loop drive and speed-type chiquita. I think there are some differences due to the heat and individual differences, but one of the characteristics of DONIC’s rubber is that it has few habits and is easy to handle, so I felt it was a good feeling. The blue fire M1 turbo has a hard sponge, and I want more speed than rotation! If so, I recommend the soft Blue Fire M1 and M2, and the Blue Fire JP01 with a high arch line, and with the Blue Storm Z1, I think that the ball can be released quickly and a fast drive is easy to hit and stable.

It is not easily affected by rotation! You can also go to the counter power drive! ??

Spin tension rubber is easily affected by the rotation of the other party, but this Blue Fire M1 turbo was not affected by rotation more than I imagined, probably because the sponge is hard and the seat has a core! Not only was the block easy to do, but the counter drive was also pretty easy to do! It felt pretty good! Tenergy rubber has high rotation performance, but there are some parts that are easily affected by rotation. In recent years, katsuo000 has been looking for a rubber that has high rotation performance and is not affected by rotation. I thought it would be possible to evaluate it in the same way as Dignics, which has similar characteristics! However, when compared with Dignics, I felt that the amount of rotation and speed performance were low. Still, for katsuo000, it was a rubber that I wanted to use in the game more than Tenergy!

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
I feel the hardness of the sponge. I’m not good at rubber that is too soft, so I personally felt that it was a good shot.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It was very easy to hit. I was able to grip the ball firmly and it was easy to hit. I think it is a sheet that often holds 05 series balls.

Drive with open face
I felt that it hit the racket board a little faster. I felt the same way with Evolution MX-P. Monster rubber and Tenergy have little or no feeling of hitting the racket board. I feel that Tenergy is very high performance in a drive with an open surface or a drive that rotates while hitting.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
Since the sponge is hard, it was easy to do top spin drive that can be caught only by the sheet, and it was really easy to do topspin loop drive. This is a weapon!

Speed drive against back spin
It was a little difficult to speed drive because it was easy to do loop drive. When I let it bite in, I felt that it reached the racket board earlier than I felt, and I played it, and the amount of rotation did not come out more than I expected. I think I can hit it if I get used to it, but I felt that it needed to be corrected.

Curve / shoot drive
Since there is a certain amount of rotation, it will bend as you wish.

Block
It was easy to do! It was surprising, but it was easy to do because it was not affected by rotation even though it was a rotating rubber.

Counter drive
I felt that this was also easy to do because it was not easily affected by rotation!

Stop
It was a little difficult to cut, I got a good enough low quality stop.

Push
Push is also low and easy to settle.

Serve
It was a good feeling to have a heavy serve. However, if the rubber deteriorated, it seemed to become lighter.

Backhand

Light hit
The back is a little hard to hit.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It was easier than I expected. I think it’s because the ball doesn’t come off quickly and the ball has a good hold. I think that it is easy to do because it is very stable because it can be rotated firmly.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin　
This was also easy to do. In addition, I think that it was a loop drive that can aim for a score with abundant rotation amount.

Speed drive against back spin
On the contrary, this was quite difficult. You need practice.

Curve / shoot drive
It was bent to some extent because of the amount of rotation.

Block
It was easy to do!

Counter drive
I can hardly do counter drive in the back, but I felt like trying this rubber. Actually, I was surprised to get one or two balls when I was practicing the system!

Stop
It was a good impression to be able to put it in at the minimum low. I think it’s good to bite in the hot summer season, but I think it’s good that it’s low and easy to hold.

Push
It was difficult to cut, but it was easy to do low and short Tsuttsuki like Tenergy 05 Hard.

Chiquita
Both speed chiquita and horizontal rotation chiquita were easy to do as you imagined! There was a sense of stability because it took a lot of rotation.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　Tenergy 05 Hard ＞ Blue FIre M1 Turbo ＞ Blue Fire JP01 Turbo ＞ Blue Storm Z1 Turbo

Speed
　Blue Storm Z1 Turbo ＞ Tenergy 80 ＞ Blue Fire M1 Turbo ＞ Tenergy 05 Hard

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2022.01.31

Review Rozena

Explanation

We would like to review Rosena, one of Butterfly (Tamasu)’s signature products. To talk about Rosena, I think it starts with Tenergy. The release of the world standard Tenergy 05 dates back to now, about 13 years ago, in April 2008. Tenergy 05, which still wants the name of the world standard even after more than 10 years have passed due to the prohibition of post-processing with organic solvents, has become an existence that can not be talked about without it when thinking about table tennis. Considering the features of this Tenergy series as katsuo000 as of 2021, I think it will be as follows.

Features of the Tenergy series
・High spin performance
・High speed performance
・Light

I think that the characteristics of the Tenergy series as described above are largely due to Butterfly’s unique sponge. The sponge used in the Tenergy series is an orange sponge called Spring Sponge, and the bubbles in the sponge have a closed cell structure, and it seems that they are able to show high performance. This spring sponge is a technology that differentiates it from other competing table tennis makers with only Butterfly technology. While other competing table tennis makers basically outsource rubber manufacturing, Butterfly, despite being a table tennis maker, owns a sponge manufacturing factory and is trying to differentiate itself. Because of this spring sponge, Tenergy can produce high performance, but due to the fact that it costs research and development in addition to resale and counterfeiting, it has become an open price and it is almost double the price compared to other rubbers. It can be said that it is also a (bad) feature. However, there is no doubt that the usage rate of top players is high and it is the world standard.
In addition to the Tenergy 05, which has the highest usage rate of the top players and has high rotation performance, the Tenergy 64, which has high speed performance due to the difference in the top sheet, and the Tenegy 80, which has a good balance between spin and speed. There are 5 types of seats, including the Tenergy 25, which is strong against counters and front teams, and the Power Tenergy 19, which was released the other day. The explanation of each sheet is as follows.
No. 05: 1.7 mm grain spacing is narrow. High rotation performance.
No. 25: The height of the 2.65 mm grain is low. Easy to play on the table and counter.
No. 64: 1.7 mm wide grain spacing. High speed performance.
No. 180: The grain spacing of 1.7 mm is in the middle. The rotation and speed are well balanced.
No. 219: 1.5 mm grain spacing is narrow. It is easy to grab the ball well and put out power.
As mentioned above, the characteristics of each top sheet are reflected, and there are key phrases such as “Rotation 05”, “Balance 80”, “Speed 64”, “Front 25”, and “Power 19”. It is crowned.

About 13 years ago, after launching Tenergy 05 in April 2008, Butterfly launched Tenergy 25 in November 2008, Tenergy 64 in April 2009, and Tenergy in July 2010. Tenergy 05 FX, Tenergy 25 FX in November 2010, Tenergy 64 FX in November 2011, Tenergy 80 in January 2013, 2014 Tenergy 80 FX in April 2017, Rozena in April 2017, Tenergy 05 Hard, which is a harder version of Tenergy 05 in November 2018, in April 2019. Dignics 05 has been released as a rubber that exceeds tenergy. And in March 2021, when the transition from Tenergy to Dignix was beginning to appear, Tenergy 19 was put on the market. To date, there are 10 types of tenergy.

Rosena, reviewed on this page, is, so to speak, a cheaper version of Tenergy. Combined with a soft spring sponge, it becomes an easy-to-use tenergy-like rubber. I think it is a popular rubber as a back rubber for intermediate users or as a rubber equipped with a spring sponge for the first time for beginners. In terms of price range, it is cheaper than the signboard rubber of other manufacturers and cheaper than the best-selling rubber, Fastarc G-1 of Nittaku, and the real selling price is fiercely competitive 4,000 It will be a rubber dropped on the circle! For cheaper and better performance than this price, Yasaka’s Rakza series and Rigan, and XIOM’s Vega X and Vega Tour 3,000. Will it be a round rubber? I would like to make a comparison with this area in the future.
Recently, a review of Rosena was posted on YouTuber, Goblinzu-san, but it was quite badly criticized. I think there are likes and dislikes that do not meet. You may feel that it doesn’t fit when you use hard rubber.

Published performance value

It may be no exaggeration to say that Rosena is Tenergy 05, which has inferior spin performance in a sense. Actually, I tried it again this time, but I have used thick Rosena in the past. In that impression, I had a strong impression that it was a rubber with low rotational performance. On the other hand, I remember that the shot feeling was certainly the shot feeling of the spring sponge, and the feel was not bad.

Rozena weight and paste

Rosena weighed 48 g. Butterfly’s rubber seems to basically correlate with sponge hardness, and the Tenergy FX series has softer sponge hardness and lighter weight. The sponge hardness is 35, which is a little softer than Tenergy, so 48 g is a heavy weight.

Rozena
    High Tension rubber
・Sponge thickness: thick (1.9 mm), extra thickness (2.1 mm)
・Spin: 10.80
・Speed: 13.00
・Sponge stiffness: 35
・5,000 yen + tax (10 to 20% discount available at table tennis stores)
・69 g (before cut) → 48 g (after cut)

Three features of Rozena

Recently, I mainly use Tenergy rubber for the back, so I could use it with a good feeling rather than a very strange feeling. To be honest, I couldn’t deny the lack of power, but I still felt that it was easier to handle than the Tenergy series and Tenergy FX series! It was a level that I was wondering whether to use it in the main. I think it’s a shield-like rubber for sticking rather than using it as a weapon. If you want to attack, it’s like playing a little at the counter or block using the opponent’s ball to meet.
The current candidates for back rubber were Tenergy 05 and Rakza X. Compared to Rakza X, Rakza X tends to be heavier due to individual differences, so it costs around 500 yen, but I felt that I liked Rosena better. Of course, the quality of loop drive and push is higher than that of Rakza X and Tenergy 05, but I think Rosena is better in terms of total balance and ease of handling.

Anyway, various techniques are easy to do!

To be honest, I didn’t expect it so far, but I didn’t have any difficult technology. I felt like I was holding the ball a little too much, but it was very easy to do loop drive, speed drive, block, counter, stop. I personally found it easy to do with blocks, which was pretty easy to do! I felt the flexibility to enter if I hit it. There was a feeling that the entire rubber absorbed the power of the opponent’s ball. The only thing I felt was that when I tried to take the ball with just the seat, it felt like a slip, and I felt that this part was difficult to handle. I felt that it was a rubber that was firmly bitten into the sponge and hit.

The rally of the upper rotation gives you a feeling of spring sponge!

At the time of the rally of the upper rotation, by playing while driving and biting while biting in, it was possible to reapply the upper rotation and it felt like it would fit on the opponent’s court, so it was a good impression. With Tenergy 05, I feel like I’m going over or going to the net unless I drive more. It is Tenergy 05 that makes it easy to feel the hardness, and if you just hit it, it will be difficult to exert power and you can only get a good ball by flying while rotating firmly. On the other hand, Rosena fits well just by playing, and it may be said that there is a part that seems to be Tenergy 64 or Tenergy 80. I don’t have any definite information about the grain shape of the sheet, but I think it’s a sheet that is closer to 64 or 80. Therefore, it was easy to hit a ball that accelerates while drawing an arc with less energy in the upper rotation rally. I think this arc and acceleration are like spring sponges. I think that being able to put out such a ball is a characteristic of Rosena and a good point.

Bring the ball with good bite!

I think the grain shape of the sheet is close to 64 or 80, but the sponge is a little soft and grips the ball very well. I felt that it was close to Tenergy 05. Therefore, it was easy to hit the loop drive. However, I felt the need to hit while considering the flight distance to some extent because it does not sink completely by rotation, not the feeling that anything can be entered by rotating and flying. This area seems to have different tastes, but I am convinced that it is a spring sponge rubber suitable for beginners and intermediates. I think that the good points of Tenergy 05 and Tenergy 80 (because katsuo000 has never used Tenergy 64) and the desired parts coexist in a well-balanced manner. From this Rosena, I felt that it was a rubber that could be changed to each tenergy in order to use my own characteristics and frequently used techniques as weapons. On the other hand, I certainly felt disappointed when I wanted the features of Tenergy 05 and the features of Tenergy 64 as they were. Since it is a balanced type, Tenergy 80 may be the closest. I think it is difficult to obtain sharp performance. It’s a very well-balanced rubber, and I thought it could be recommended for Penholder Drive who have to do anything.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
You have a ball. I felt that it had a lot of spheres compared to Dignics 05.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It’s not particularly difficult to do, but I felt like I was going too far to the foreside because I had a ball. Is this used to it? Since the amount of rotation is the first time when it is bitten in, I felt that it was easy to apply rotation in the upper rotation rally and it could be dropped by rotation. Is this a place like a spring sponge?

Backhand

Light hit
It was very easy to do. It was a good impression to have a ball and the rubber absorbs it even if you push it unreasonably, so even if you push it forcibly, it will enter quite a bit. I think this is the one you can count on in the game.

Drive on long balls and rallies
Since the backhand is not good at my arm and footwork, the hitting point is easy to move back and forth and it is unstable, but Rosena was very nice with the rubber that absorbs the front and back of the hitting point. The quality may be low, but I was happy that I could get it if I tried to put it in anyway. Also, he was very easy to drive in front of the top of the front team and did not feel bad.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
Since it has the same ball as Tenergy 05 and Tenergy 05 FX, the ball quality is low, but it feels easy to control. I think that it is a rubber that is easy to make a loop drive of such a connection that connects firmly and attacks the next ball.

Speed drive against back spin
It was easy to drive speed because it was good to bite to some extent. Although I can’t expect the ball to sink as much as the Tenergy 05FX, it was a rubber that made me feel like I was hitting it.

Block
It was the block that I felt was the best compared to Tenergy 05 and Tenergy 05 FX. It was very easy to do and I was impressed. I think that the sponge is hard and the sheet is insensitive to the rotation of the other party in a good way.

Counter drive
I was impressed by the feeling that the counter was stable enough even if I caught the front of the top a little like meat. I think that it is a rubber that is a little difficult to drop by rotation, so on the contrary, I think that it is a rubber that has a meat-like way of hitting. I don’t think that the back is counter-driven by taking the plunge, so I felt that it was a rubber that fits the back in that sense as well.

Stop
The only thing I found difficult was the stop. It’s easy to play, so if you don’t touch the ball in a short time, I feel that it’s easy to receive the rotation of the opponent directly.

Push
Like the stop, it was difficult to rotate. It was a little difficult to bite in too well and overshoot, or slip on the contrary and make a net mistake.

Chiquita
It was easy to give and easy to do. However, I felt that it was not very powerful. If you are looking for power, it will be the Tenergy series.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　Tenergy 80 FX ＞ Rozena ＞ Evolution MX-P

Speed
　Tenergy 80 > Rozena ＞ Tenergy 05

Ease of handling
　Rasanter R48 ＞ Rozena＞ Rakza X

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2022.01.28

Review Quantum X Pro

Explanation

German table tennis equipment maker, TIBHAR is a maker contracted by Belarusian living legend Vladimir Samsonov (Vladimir Samsonov). Speaking of Belarusian Samsonov, he is a 44-year-old European “giant” who is still active. In his 40s, he is still active and features a very stable backhand and a tall and strong forehand drive, and his play style is centered on blocks and counters. He has been ranked number one in the world rankings many times in the past and is still capable of winning top prizes in European competitions. TIBHAR is a German manufacturer, and although it is a little less well known in Japan, it can be said that it has a solid presence in Europe to support athletes. Recently, it seems that Tazoe Hibiki, who belongs to Okayama Rivets, has a contract.

The rubber reviewed on this page will be Tibhar’s Quantum X Pro. It is a rubber sold in the fall of 2020, and it is said that it is sold targeting intermediate to advanced users. The price will be 5,500 yen + tax, which is 500 yen cheaper than the regular price of 6,000 yen + tax of the Evolution series, which is the signboard! This Quantum X Pro is the only one sold in Japan, but when I looked at the English catalog on Mr. Tibhar’s homepage, there were two other types of rubber with the title Quantum. Please refer to the published performance values for comparison, including those.
This Quantum X Pro seems to be selling very well, and the advertising phrase is “You can tell by hitting it!”. Even recently, the former Dutch national team, the private coach of champion Jun Mizutani, and now the general manager of the Asian region, G.C. Forster, are also being advertised on SNS! When I heard the promotion, “You can understand it by hitting it!”, I imagined that katsuo000 would be “similar to Tenergy 05?” In fact, Tibhar’s top player rubber, Evolution MX-P, is a rubber that has a shot feel that is quite similar to Tenergy 05. Then, I would like to write about the difference between MX-P and Quantum! In addition, Quantum means “quantum”, and there is a word “quantum dot” as a chemical material. I don’t think the rubber contains quantum dots, but I think it’s a sound that makes you feel that it is manufactured with the latest technology.

Published performance value

I am sorry that it is very difficult to understand. Because the speed and spin performance of Evolution MX-P and Evolution MX-S are the same as those of the English catalog Quantum X Pro. Only Evolution MX-P is plotted. In the above figure, Quantum X Pro is from the Japanese catalog.

Some sites use expressions like “10+”, but we have adopted the ones that are evaluated by three-digit numbers. It seems that the actual spin performance is higher for soft rubber. Around this time, I would like to actually try it out and check it.

The trouble this time was that the performance values were different between the Japanese homepage and the English pamphlet. Around here, I think that the intention of the manufacturer is reflected, isn’t it?. Aside from the performance values, we will quantify the impression that katsuo000 felt and update the rubber comparison, so I would be grateful if you could refer to it!

Quantum X Pro sticking and weight

Quantum X Pro
    Spin type tension OFF
・Sponge Thickness: 1.8/2.0/max mm
・Speed: 115 (125)
・Spin: 115 (120)
・Control: 95 (80)
・Sponge stiffness: 47.5
・5,500 yen + tax
・72 g (before cut) → 50 g (after cut)

It’s heavier than I expected. Still, when I held the racket, I didn’t feel the weight.

Three features of Quantum X Pro

It looks like Tenergy 05!

After all, katsuo000 is like Tenergy 05 for Quantum X Pro! I thought. When I used it in the foreground, it felt softer than the Evolution MX-P, which had almost the same hardness, and I felt that it could be easily rotated with a weak force! In terms of image, the shot feeling is close to that of Tenergy 05, and the amount of rotation of the ball is close to that of Tenergy 80. However, both Quantum X Pro and Evo MX-P are non-rubbers similar to Tena 05. Tena 05 does not bend the racket and the ball collides, but it can fly firmly while taking the plunge to rotate just by pulling. This area is truly unique performance, and I think it is the charm of Tena 05 used by top players. Tena 05 bites in, but it’s not a dangerous rubber that reaches the racket board, isn’t it? On the other hand, I think that it is Tiber’s rubber that gets speed and flies by firmly biting the rubber and hitting the board with a click. As a result, Tena 05 runs a drive but is difficult to use, while TIBHAR’s rubber is easy to handle, both are easy to block and meet, but instead make you feel a little low rotation amount.

The next thing to worry about is how the Quantum X Pro and the Evolution MX-P differ. There are three differences that katsuo000 thinks about.

Differences between Quantum X Pro and Evolution MX-P
1. Difference between sponge thickness and bite
2. Difference in sheet hardness
3. Slippery

Difference between sponge thickness and bite
As is clear from the catalog, there is no Quantum X Pro and Evolution MX-P with the same sponge thickness. Quantum X Pro is a type of rubber with a thin sheet and a thick sponge, which is often found in German rubber in recent years, and a rubber with a sponge thickness of Max (thicker than 2.1 mm) is on sale. On the other hand, the Evolution MX-P is a little old, so the thickest one is 2.1 mm. Also, instead of using the same type of sponge, I thought that Quantum X Pro had a firmer feel and was easier to bite into. I imagine that if it is adopted for Evolution MX-P, it will be a harder sponge.

Difference in sheet hardness
I felt using it, but I felt that the Quantum X Pro was weaker than the Evolution MX-P because the sheet was thinner. Therefore, it is easy to handle and rotate, but I felt that it was also easily affected by the rotation of the opponent’s ball. The good side and the bad side are like the front and back of a coin, so it can’t be helped.

Slippery
As for the first and second, Quantum X Pro felt slippery when touched with a sheet and sponge. The Evolution MX-P is a rubber for top players, so I don’t feel it slippery at all, but the Quantum X Pro is for intermediate and advanced players, so it is slippery. Even though it’s slippery, I feel that it’s okay to use it on the arm of katsuo000, which is at the level of participation in the All Japan Business Group. It may seem fatal to top players who cannot afford to make a single mistake, but I think it can be used as a weapon by intermediate players, including slipping.

Easy to hit down!

I felt that the ball went up very much. It’s pretty stable even with a backhand drive, and it’s good that both loop and speed drive are easy to do! Speaking of rubber that goes up, I think that Dignics 09C and Dignics 05 are, for example, but they will be over if you do not rotate firmly. Of course, the Dignics series has high rotation performance, so if you rotate it firmly, it will sink firmly and settle on the table, but the Quantum X Pro was just the right way to go up. The rubber that I felt close to was Tena 05, but I also thought that the arc line was a little lower than Tena 05.

There is also the amount of spin and it is easy to meet!

As I felt with the Evolution MX-P, the shot feeling is exactly Tena 05, but it was a rubber that was easy to play because it took a lot of rotation. German rubber, Fastarc G-1 and V> 15 Extra had a feeling that it was difficult to apply unless it was firmly inserted and then rotated, but that was not the case at all, and Quantum X Pro is Japan. It was a very well-balanced rubber that had a shot feeling close to that of a rubber made and was easy to meet. In particular, Meet may feel a little difficult with Tena 05, but I think it’s very easy to do with Quantum X Pro!

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
I didn’t feel any discomfort. Is it an image that the amount of rotation is low and the flight distance is controlled by the plate of the racket rather than flying by rotation?

Drive on long balls and rallies
Compared to Dignics 05, I felt the ball was a little shallow. I also felt that the ball would not sink if I flew too much, so it would not be stable. However, the person who received it said that the ball has the power, so I think it was a heavy ball to be pushed!

Drive with open face
Sounds good! It has arrived at the board, but I like it. Imagine that some people dislike it.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It took a good rotation and felt good. I felt that it was enough rotation even if I used it in the foreground!

Speed drive against back spin
It’s a good drive, but I felt that the amount of rotation was a little small. So I felt that it was easy to over-miss if I was careful.

Block
I could do it, but it was easy to feel when I slipped. I felt it wasn’t good, but I think it would be great if I could use this slippery feeling as a weapon!

Counter drive
It was a little easier to bite in, and it was easily affected by the rotation of the other party. I think that the overwrite counter drive is easy to do because it takes a firm spin!

Stop
It stopped firmly. I didn’t feel like I was flying.

Push
It was good to be able to make push that was firmly rotated. It was easy to make a chance at the counter! It’s speculation, but I imagine that Samsonov’s opinion will be reflected and it will be easier to do push and stop.

Serve
It was good to be able to cut it firmly. It was a good feeling!

Backhand

Light hit
I felt that there were a few arcs and I was about to get caught on the net.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I felt stable when I swung from the bottom to the top, but when I tried to hit the speed drive, the rotation did not stop and over mistakes increased. This area is probably due to my low backhand skills.

Speed drive against back spin
It was very easy to do. The Lazanta series has a little less grip, so I like this grip! I felt that the amount of rotation was small.

Speed drive against back spin
I was quite stable and surprised. It was good!

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

Counter drive
I was a little influenced, but I have a good ball holding, so if I overwrite it firmly, I can enter. It was good!

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

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

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

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　Tenergy 80 ＞ Quantum X Pro ＞ Tenergy 64

Ease of spin
　Rasanter R48 ＞ Quantum X Pro ＞ Tenergy 80

Speed
　Tenergy 80 ＞ Quantum X Pro ＞ Tenergy 05

2022.01.26

Review 5Q VIP

Explanation

German table tennis equipment maker, TIBHAR is a maker contracted by Belarusian living legend Vladimir Samsonov (Vladimir Samsonov). Speaking of Belarusian Samsonov, he is a 44-year-old European “giant” who is still active. In his 40s, he is still active and features a very stable backhand and a tall and strong forehand drive, and his play style is centered on blocks and counters. He has been ranked number one in the world rankings in the past and still has the ability to win top prizes in European competitions. TIBHAR is a German manufacturer and has steadily become a manufacturer with a strong presence in Japan in recent years. In Europe, it can be said that it is a manufacturer with a solid presence that supports athletes. Recently, it seems that Tazoe Hibiki, who belongs to Okayama Rivets, has a contract.

The rubber reviewed on this page will be Tibhar’s 5Q VIP. It is a rubber that is not well recognized, and it is not a rubber that has been specially taken up by Mr. Table Tennis Kingdom. As katsuo000, it was a fairly expensive rubber, so I was curious and bought it. This 5Q VIP also has a predecessor rubber called 5Q. The 5Q slogans are “grab the ball deeply” and “throw the ball back with your hand”. The published performance value is lower than the Evolution series, which is a signboard rubber, but it can be said that it is an easy-to-use rubber series. 5Q VIP, which is an evolved version of 5Q, is a very expensive rubber of TIBHAR, and it costs 7,200 yen + tax. Among the top players, it seems that Chinese Taipei’s Chen Chien-an is using it for his backhand. I tried it while expecting what kind of high rotation performance and ease of handling would satisfy the use of top players.

Published performance value

Some sites use expressions like “10+”, but we have adopted the ones that are evaluated by three-digit numbers. It seems that the actual spin performance is higher for soft rubber. 5Q VIP is also a rubber that is said to have higher rotation performance than speed.

5Q VIP sticking and weight

The rubber was not a square, but a diamond-shaped rubber. This was surprising and impressive. It was heavy for its hardness, wasn’t it?

5Q VIP
    Spin type tension OFF
・Sponge Thickness: 1.7/1.9/2.1 mm
・Speed: 110
・Spin: 118
・Control: 90
・Sponge stiffness: 45
・7,200 yen + tax
・72 g (before cut) → 50 g (after cut)

3 features of 5Q VIP

It wasn’t surprising performance, but it was a very good rubber for professionals. Rubbers of various intermediate hardnesses are on sale, but I think that there are quite a few rubbers that are easy to handle, even though the quality of the ball that can be passed even at the top player level can be obtained. I think it’s okay to review it!

The quality of the ball is high though it is soft!

The 5Q VIP is still soft, but I thought the ball was of very high quality. There was no discomfort in the serve and drive when used in the fore, and although the loop drive was deep, I felt that it was very easy to handle because I could hit a drive with a low arc. I felt that I needed to get used to the softness during the rally of the upper rotation, and since it was not a rubber whose arch line went up, there were more net mistakes than I expected. I had the impression that if it was soft, it would bounce on its own, but on the contrary, this rubber is soft and fits well, and even if you take the plunge, the flight distance is not long, so I felt that it was easy to settle! Compared to Rhyzer Pro 45, which has a medium hardness and the same sponge hardness, it does not feel like a soft rubber because the sheet is hard, but Tenergy 05 and Tenergy 05 FX. I felt the hardness, shot feeling and ball quality like between.

Easy to slow down!

Especially when I used it in the foreground, I felt it was very easy to adjust. There was certainly a feeling of hitting with the image of grabbing and releasing the ball, and I felt that there was a control system that could hit a slow, low-quality drive like a loop drive even in an upturn rally. On the other hand, because it is soft, it is easy to hit the speed drive, and it is exactly the performance that the expert likes!

It can be used even with a backhand!

What impressed me especially was the backhand drive against the downward rotation, and it was almost impossible to rub it up by hitting it. Since you can drive firmly, I think that the number of things whose reason for making a mistake is unclear will be drastically reduced. Also, even if I couldn’t drive with the backhand from the middle team, it was easy to put the ball on and fly, and he told me if there is such a way to use it. When you hear that you grab the ball and release it, you tend to imagine holding the ball when you drive, but it is expensive not only for driving but also for push and flick, fish and backhand from the middle team. He taught me that the ball holding makes me feel like I have a ball, and that the ball holding becomes easy to handle, and it is highly easy to handle even in the backhand.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
I didn’t feel any discomfort.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I felt that it was difficult to get a long distance, but personally I prefer rubber that is hard to get a long distance to. Therefore, I was very impressed with the fact that it was able to move freely even in the rally of the upper rotation.

Drive with open face
There was a feeling that it would bite in a little too much, but even if it bite in, it felt like it had a ball, so it was easy to control. The speed may be a little slow.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
The high quality low loop drive was very easy to do! This is a weapon, isn’t it?

Speed drive against back spin
I felt that the amount of rotation was a little small because it was soft.

Block
Since it is soft, meat balls such as smashes are easy to block, but drives with a lot of rotation are a little more susceptible to rotation.

Counter drive
As mentioned above, it was easily affected by rotation.

Stop
It was easy to stop because it had a ball. I don’t feel like it’s cut.

Push
It was a little slippery.

Serve
It was good to be able to cut it firmly. It was a good feeling!

Backhand

Light hit
It was easy to draw an arc. Even if the start was delayed, I felt like I was in time because I had the ball.

Drive on long balls and rallies
The quality of the sphere seemed a bit low, but it was very controllable and easy to handle.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It was easy to do. The outer ZLC also has this ball, so I thought it would be good for beginners and intermediate rubber. Although the price is a little high.

Speed drive against back spin
It wasn’t too bouncing, so it was settled. Is it a little slow?

Block
It was easy to put in a meat type ball, but it was easily affected by rotation.

Counter drive
It was a little affected, so it wasn’t stable unless I put it in with my body.

Stop
It was easy to stop. It didn’t feel like bouncing because it was soft. This area was also a good impression.

Push
It’s easy to enter low. I don’t think it has expired.

Chiquita
It’s hard to bounce, so I was able to take the plunge.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　Tenergy 80 ＞5Q VIP ＞ Tenergy 64

Ease of spin
　Tenergy 05 FX ＞ 5Q VIP ＞ Rasanter R48

Speed
　Tenergy 05 ＞ 5Q VIP ＞ Hurricane NEO III

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