May 2013 Monthly Newsletter

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Recent Reviews

	DHS NEO Skyline 3 TG3 Neo Skyline 3 Commercial vs Hurricane 3 National. Both unboosted with water glue. After using Hurricane 3 National for a while, I tried a sheet of Neo Skyline 3 Commercial 39 degrees in Black. Me and my friends all tried it and think that this rubber is a piece of crap when compared to Hurricane 3 National or more expensive rubbers, because it's unstable and dead. Table game is good, and surprisingly the rubber is okay on the backhand. If you don't boost or speed glue, look elsewhere. I rate this 6/10 (when it's brand new) Update: After using this rubber a little more, the sponge has gotten softer and plays more consistent and stable. I now rate this 8/10 (when broken in). If this rubber had some booster or speed glue, it would probably be perfect. In my opinion, TG3 neo commercial is much better than H3 neo commercial. However, it's a close race between H3 National. H3 National's sponge has more strength, spin potential, does not need a break in, harder to use/more demanding, and has a light toxic smell. TG3 Neo Commercial, is less demanding, easier to use, requires less energy, has a horrible toxic smell, and is very affordable! I highly highly recommend TG3 Neo Commercial, be sure to slap it hard for a few days to break it in. Reviewed by Bchan on May 4, 2013
	DHS Hurricane 3 National (Orange Sponge) This review is of unboosted H3 National. (I'm sure with boost or glue this rubber would be god like) Very demanding, easy to get injured because of this. Very high quality, beautiful, and consistent sponge and top sheet. Too much dwell and tack. Great rubber to learn technique with. The extreme demands of the rubber, is my main issue. Technique has to be perfect, and you have to work HARD! If you're not going to boost, you should get the 40 degree sponge. It's faster, less dwell, less demanding, compared with the 39 degree sponge, which has too much dwell. However, I highly recommend TG3 Neo commercial. Easier to use and plays overall as well as H3 National. (even though it's 3X cheaper!) Reviewed by Bchan on May 4, 2013
	Palio CJ8000 Biotech 40-42° Very good rubber! Reviewed by r08y on May 3, 2013
	Butterfly Defence 2 (II) One of the best blades I've played with so far, but not for long pimples in OX. Keeping the ball on the table takes little to no effort. Don't expect this to be a real defensive weapon since it is faster than some All+ blades (e.g. Donic Burn, Andro Temper Tech). It also lacks the speed absorption effect expected from a blade made of willow. This might have 3 causes. First, the medial ply is made of three planks of wood glued together and not just one, as usual. Second, I'm not 100% sure the medial ply is made of willow, and last, there are different types of willow. This one is clearly suited for All around to Off- game style, depending on the rubbers you use. It doesn't seem a good match for OX pips to me. I've had far more success with blades with the following compositions: (FH) limba (0.6 mm) - poplar (0.6 mm) - poplar (3.2 mm - medial ply) - mahogany (0.6 mm) - poplar (0.6 mm) (BH - long pips) - (This is All+ on FH and All- on BH) and (FH) koto (0.6 mm) - limba (0.6 mm) - basswood (3.6 mm) - balsa (2 mm) - walnut (0.6 mm) (BH) - Off- on FH and All- on BH Reviewed by fluturas101 on May 03, 2013
	Stiga Active I Bought one of these on our local store for 17$ And believe it or not but this blade can compete with other hundred dollar worth blades out there, I equipped it with Sriver el and globe 999 and it is fast. I recommend this for Beginner and average offensive players out there! Reviewed by reinardlaurenz1 on May 03, 2013
	Butterfly Timo Boll Spirit Classic blade ! It's very balanced and stable. You can topspin and smash very easily. The serves and the blocks are very good too. pushing needs getting used to, the ball bounces a bit high. Apart from that, that blade is perfection. Reviewed by Claf1109 on May 02, 2013

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