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    Posted: 01/04/2009 at 6:09pm
Hey everyone im buying 1 of these 2 rubbers soon and i am just trying to find out a few things about them first.
 
Can anyone compare these 2 rubbers for me?
 
e.g. spin. power. sponge hardness. topsheet. sound. control. ball throw.
 
Also can u tell me how they do with certain shots
 
e.g. Blocking/aggressive blocks. drives. fast loops. slow loops. high spin loops. chops. serves. service recieve. punch. spin ups.
 
One last thing. My blade is Tibhar Samsonov Alpha which is quite a hard blade.
 
Anything information on this will help
 
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Tibhar Samsonov Alpha is not a hard blade at all. It actually vibrates... basically kicks back into the handle. This is because its soft and flexible which makes it a great looping blade for the trampoline effect.

Just my take when I tried this blade for a few days.
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Vibrates? i never feel vibrations and iv been playing with it for about 5months now. It has a hard feel and is quite a rigid blade.
Although with touch play it does feel a little soft
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Here is a review on Joola Energy Xtra.
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Thank you varghesep that review helped quite a bit. it was very detailed
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i like the Extra, really nice rubber ... i never tried nimbus tho


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I play with alpha i think 3 years..i put on her many rubbers.. my question is with what glue u want to use for rubbers ?

- nimbus soft i think is the best on alpha, nimbus is is more hard ..and sound i think is too soft
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I will use any glue. or just get the shop to glue it b4 they send it to me.
 
Yes i know Sound is really soft and so is Xtra i want this because most of my game is mid distance. I am always away from the table and this is where the soft rubbers come into play.
 
Also because the Alpha blade is rigid something as soft as Sound will be a perfect match or same with Xtra.
 
I have been playing with Bryce FX on my FH for almost 2 weeks now and i love how it feels its just a little too slow. Bryce FX is 33 degree hardness and Sound is 35. Xtra is supposed to be 37.5 but it feels softer.
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try nimbus soft ..have sound very good ..is great for top spins and have more power like nimbus sound and is soft too
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Originally posted by Ndragon88 Ndragon88 wrote:

 
I have been playing with Bryce FX on my FH for almost 2 weeks now and i love how it feels its just a little too slow. Bryce FX is 33 degree hardness and Sound is 35. Xtra is supposed to be 37.5 but it feels softer.


i think u will find the xtra much softer and slower then bryce fx, aside from whatever the numbers say.


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Really? Shocked
Hmm well actually i would like something a little softer and i kinda thought Xtra would be softer because of the speed glue affect.
 
I played with a glued up Cermit yesturday and it was so soft and sooooo nice. So much speed and so much spin i was shocked.
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yes ..thats what i said xtra is softer!


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It might be softer but it certainly isnt slower...i have tried it b4 and its quite fast ^_^
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i think it sounds fast ...but i would say bryce fx is still faster and harder to control


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Well, I haven't tried Joola Energy Xtra yet but I'm now using Nimbus sound and to me it is very very soft ( I use 1.8 mm so maybe it feels softer than max ??? ).Nimbus sound is very soft, medium fast, not very spinny, I made it a little bit tacky using Joola Spinmax =)) ! But I like it because it has good control and very easy to lift up heavy backspin compared to Bryce FX, and I think it has high throw or at least medium high.
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Yes thats 1 of the reasons i want to get Xtra or Sound. because they r both good for spin ups. they r both good for generating spin because u dont have to brush the ball as much u can sink it into the sponge.
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