Beginner confusion, blade/rubber the whole shebang

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Hi people,

Here's the short version:

Had (bought 7'ish years ago)a Dunlop (spin attack) pre-made bat and loved it, but it broke and its rubbers are a bit crap and lost all there stickiness now. It is not made anymore so am looking for an alternative. I think i have found a suitable rubber (tackiness chop 1.1mm) that's almost identical i every way to the Dunlop rubbers. But the blade is being a bit of a pain, i have tried:

Stiga allround classic: Aweful vibrations and feels like playing with cardboard

Yasaka Extra: Nice blade but very livelyand fast, much to much for me.

Some Andro blades (a friends) from ALL to OFF+: All nice to hold but again very lively.

Also a Butterfly cheap premade bat that has great control but the handle and rubbers are nasty.

So now you know that much, does anybody know what cheaper (�10-20/ $20-40?) pre-made blades are categorized as, DEF/ALL/OFF? They seem to have much less advanced ply make-up and make a notiably more low pitched "woody" sound. But i don't know what to look for in a seperate blade that would have similar characteristics to my faithful Dunlop. Any halp would be great.
Cheers, Justin (UK, not that it matters)

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specialjustin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 10/12/2008 Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote specialjustin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Beginner confusion, blade/rubber the whole shebang Posted: 10/21/2008 at 9:35am
	*EDITED DUE TO NEEDLESSLY LONG POST* Hi people, Here's the short version: Had (bought 7'ish years ago)a Dunlop (spin attack) pre-made bat and loved it, but it broke and its rubbers are a bit crap and lost all there stickiness now. It is not made anymore so am looking for an alternative. I think i have found a suitable rubber (tackiness chop 1.1mm) that's almost identical i every way to the Dunlop rubbers. But the blade is being a bit of a pain, i have tried: Stiga allround classic: Aweful vibrations and feels like playing with cardboard Yasaka Extra: Nice blade but very livelyand fast, much to much for me. Some Andro blades (a friends) from ALL to OFF+: All nice to hold but again very lively. Also a Butterfly cheap premade bat that has great control but the handle and rubbers are nasty. So now you know that much, does anybody know what cheaper (�10-20/ $20-40?) pre-made blades are categorized as, DEF/ALL/OFF? They seem to have much less advanced ply make-up and make a notiably more low pitched "woody" sound. But i don't know what to look for in a seperate blade that would have similar characteristics to my faithful Dunlop. Any halp would be great. Cheers, Justin (UK, not that it matters)

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	So i have to date messed about with the following in mostly 1.5 or less..... Frienship: 729 fx/supersoft (very spinny but also thick top sheet and very heavy. Frienship: 729 Geospin (still same spin and a little lighter but still heavy) WOW...those 2 are very light rubbers, If you think they are heavy in a thickness of 1.5 or less....you will not like any rubber! I suggest going with a hard bat setup.....lol


specialjustin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 10/12/2008 Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote specialjustin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10/21/2008 at 10:41am
	Was hoping you weren't going to say that. I have weighed some of the rubbers i have (quite a few now) that have been cut for the 3 blades i have as they are very similar in size. The original Dunlop "spin attack" (1.0mm 1.3mm?) is 33 grams Friendship super fx (orange sponge) (1.5mm i think) 44.1 grams Friendship Geospin (white sponge) (1.5mm) 37.9 grams Butterfly Tackiness C (1.1) 33.5 grams (i know it's thinner sponge but it has a better feeling and i think this is due to the thinner top rubber) Hallmark Magic pips (1.5mm) 28 grams!! super light but not for me.

specialjustin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 10/12/2008 Status: Offline Points: 8	Post Options Post Reply Quote specialjustin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10/22/2008 at 9:39am
	*EDITED DUE TO NEEDLESSLY LONG POST* Sorry about first post, went into story mode. Alot shorter now!