Xiom Aigis

More of an allround blade, but still excellent control. I've got it with Xiom Omega IV Asia on FH and Tibhar Grass DTecs 1.5 on BH. On FH - this is a great looping setup, with unbelievable dwell time. On BH - both push-blocking, and classical defense chops work perfectly.

I have tried a lot of defensive blade like andro fibercomp, bty matshushita pro model/special, defence I/II/alpha, joo se hyuk, cutlass, donic defplay senso, joola cwx, stiga tube def, yasaka sweeper.. and I think this is the best blade for me.. I play modern defensive game with long pips in BH and inverted in FH.. and this blade helps my game very well . . . great amount of backspin when chopping and shines very well in topspin game.. very very good blade..

So many references but so much vagueness! Be careful, references here are not exact. Only comparison between real staff can help to get a correct view. The blade is fast! Bloody heel! Trying to compare with Victas Koji Matsushita Offensive I have found out Aigis is little bit faster! On Koji was Tackiness Chop 1.7 and on Aigis Tackiness Chop 1.5 but results were the same – the same jumps the same frequencies. Both were lying on the table covered by a plastic foil in order to separate an influence of tackiness effect. The 1.7 was glued by Revolution 4 and 1.5 by Cement. I will let you know my others experiences after a training. After 2 hours training. The biggest benefits are passive returns when I was under a pressure. What I have been turned out the table with Koji now is on the table. Needs to be said the tackiness effect make the racket slower and so gives more control. That will come down in the time - tackiness will disappear. Blocs were excellent, flat and sort without any problem, much better as with Koji. Chops, services and service receiving were also better especially with Dr. Neubauer Domination 1.5mm. This combinations (Aigis and Domination) surprised me by the most in positive way. Big control, strong chops, beautiful blocks and I would say attacking was easier than with Tackiness Chop. Of course generally all benefits are for the price to be not so flexible while I want to attack. After couple of months. Definitely the ratio between control and speed is the best one I had ever tested. That is the greatest benefit! With this blade I have no problem to close a game by chop defensive style and to wait for opponent misstake or a chance to make final atack by offensive topspin. However is quit difficult to make longer change by offensive style, that needs a lot of physical power. Blocks, services, service returns are excellent and easy. The special positive points are passive returns, balls have good control and great efficiency to stay on the table.

(Straight Handle Version): By far, the GREATEST defensive blade I've ever used. Just wonderful... I've played with the Joo Se Hyuk, Defplay Senso, Matsushita Pro, and Vioncello just to name a few and the Aigis surpasses them all. Control is incredibly high which is a bit hard to believe since this blade is capable of some great speed. Chopping and blocking are done with great ease as the enlarged head leaves you with no question on who's fault the point loss was, it's going to be human error. I've personally used this blade with Donic Slice 40 and TSP Curl P4 Chop. Even though both rubbers are generally considered slow/defensive the blade still has the potential to unleash quick kill shots. The handle is awesome and feels very comfortable in my hand, easy to twiddle, easy to serve. Lightweight, excellent feel, constructed beautifully, versatile, great dimensions. --THE supreme defensive blade--

Therea are no cons - I was looking for such blade long time. On fc one can use really spinny and quick rubber without loosing even a single bit of control. You can use counter topspin 2-3 meters away from the table, excellent control on bc with long pimple although smashing and pushing is really easy. Smashing close to the tabke requires good force and probably thus is the only weak side of this blade