TSP Curl P-1R

My first long pips rubber. Very good at chopping away from the table. The spin is massive. Control is pretty good. With this rubber you can play slow and fast, with or without spin. With pushes you have to make sure the ball stays low.

Embrace the monster! The king of long pips for choppers who are prepared to earn it, though it is not the untamable beast some people claim. All long pips have advantages and disadvantages, and you need to know how to use them. Feint Long III has grip and an amazing absorbing capacity that gives a cannot miss feel on chops and also gives a very spinny first chop, but the spin levels out when you chop more than 2 or 3 topspins back and can make you a sitting duck, so you have to take advantage of the grip and forgiveness to vary your spins and strokes and angles, and it also creates no weirdness and is a liability in the close-to-the-table pushing game. Spinlord Agenda chops beautifully and gets heavier with each one, and although it will not give you much spin around the table on pushes due to the fact it only comes in 1.0mm sponge, it does give a nice bit of weirdness plus wobble on floats. Curl P1-R is somewhere between its two main competitors - chops very well away from the table, does not bottom out like Feint Long III, decent disruptive effects, some weird bounces, and attacks well. Is it as easy to control as the other two? No way - you need regular table time to tame it. The rock hard sponge combined with soft and flexy pips can make it a handful for opponents AND for the user, and the key I have found is to treat it like a Chinese inverted rubber - get physical with strong positive strokes and excellent footwork (if you want to do half strokes and out-of-position chops, choose Agenda). Most of the time when this pip flies out of control, at least for those using the sponged version (which is what you should be using it in, as there are better OX pips out there), it's because it's not being activated. It's counter intuitive, but the more violent the strokes, the more controllable it becomes, and the more weirdness you get, too. Overall, then, this pip has almost unlimited potential, so experiment, have fun, and fully commit to every stroke.

Almost the same character with Yinhe Neptune, but with extra backspin on chopping and blocking. I saw many World Class player use it but for me personally, there are several characteristics of this pips which make this pips is not for everyone: 1. High throw angle, especially for long distance chopping (I use with 0,5 mm sponge) 2. Slow speed in compare with other pips 3. Takes more time to adjust it with your games. So, I do not recommend this pips for beginner pips player. You can try the cheaper pips on the market to learn the basic strokes of long pips.

This review is for ox red on defplay senso: Appearance:opaque deep red not see through,base sheet is very elastic thicker than a 388d thinner than a 911,medium soft flexible pips ribbed very high quality A few reviewers finding this pip not so easy to master this was not my experience with the ox version,easily the best ox sheet for chopping and will make more backspin than some sponged lps,and allows you to vary the chopping angle from upright to more horizontal.very effective sideswipe and the blade can be practically at right angles to the table unlike some lps which needs a slight tilt towards yourself ,the blocking ability is good too for such a great chopping lp and if you get the ball off the bounce there is enough reversal to keep the pressure on your opponent,also surprisingly good attacking properties the grip comes into play here and allows you to place your attacks with a decent pace and again you keep the pressure on,I found that the Tenergy on the other side of the blade also helps the pip here and when hitting hard gives a little more catapult to the shot,don`t be afraid give it a go you won`t regret

Just started playing with p1r, in ox. Ah what a great classic style pip. It is very consistent. What I really like is you can alternate easily between hits, rolls and of course chop, chopping being it's key strength. Hits are great providing one follows through forwards and upwards. Prefer hitting on forehand, playing cross court, and mixing game up with chops, twiddling to normal rubber both sides. What a great rubber to twiddle as well. Play clever, use your reverse rubber to switch sides and play the modern defensive game. My current set up is light. Hallmark all-round blade, tenergy 05 fx, p1r ox. Good spin manipulation. Like most pips requires concentration and tactics, so a learner would find hard or impossible I'd say. Once mastered it's a joy to play with. Still learning after playing anti which although steady can be bit one paced. I've also tried feint long no. 2 in 1.0mm Like the feint but when I go back to the curl.....ahhhh it's got that something extra...