Tibhar Nimbus Allround

I've been using this blade since 2006. This is definitely an allround blade, suitable for beginner to intermediate. Great feeling and control. Great for top spin and block. Need more power to smash and loop. The power can be minimized using medium hard rubber set like Aurus (FH). For BH, very good matched with Aurus Soft. This is a very good training blade at a descent price .

My first blade. Nothing special, which makes it a great choice, I believe, because I have since tried faster blades and decided I will upgrade, but I will always keep my Tibhar Nimbus Allaround as my backup/rubber tester. Because this is a solid, unremarkable but very playable blade, it should appeal to players looking for their first "real" racket. It is fast enough to generate some nice aggressive hits, as needed, but not to fast so the control is there. I only regret not buying the Nimbus Offensive now, but at the time I loved this blade, and I still recommend it for developing players.

Make no mistake - this blade is fast, definitely All+/Off-. With the Nittaku Factive 1.8 mm on both FH and BH the feeling is pretty direct, precise and lively. I actually prefer it over the Yasaka Sweden Extra. Highly recommended!

Very good blade for beginners, highly recommended for training. Good feeling and versatile, it can be used to learn every technique around. I use AN handle, on this blade it is quite wide (oval) and incredibly pleasant for large hands like mine. The blade is light (mine is 81g) and easy to pair with rubbers. Actually I use it to test rubbers thank to the vivid feedback and neutral touch it provides. Tibhar recommends pairing it with Nimbus rubbers but I don't, they have a rather old design and aren't efficient enough with plastic balls. According to my findings, it pairs well with Xiom Vega (Intro, Euro) rubbers and Tibhar Evolution (FX, EL) and Quantum X series. I haven't tried harder rubbers yet but will on occasion. Build quality is decent, as expected in that price range. You get what you pay for. I must specify that it's not typical of Tibhar quality, I own 4 other Tibhar blades and all have a better finish. Yet the fact that it's still sold 15+ years after its release says a lot.

Very good for learning table tennis. Later when you advance it becomes too slow. Handle is too thin for me. Generally very good blade, balls land on the table.