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nathanso
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Greetings,
I am the webmaster for www.BladesByCharlie.com and one of a lucky few in the San Francisco Bay area who had the privilege of testing this superlative new product line over the past year. BBC's web site was just launched last week and now BBC's owner, Charlie Smith, has asked me to develop and manage a Designated Tester program so he has put ten BBC blades at my disposal for this purpose. Those interested in being a BBC blade tester should either post a reply in this thread or PM me via MyTT. Charlie is interested in involving a diverse range of playing styles, geographical locations, and player ratings. Charlie will personally select the most appropriate BBC blade model for your use based on the following requested information: o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why. o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) o Type of rubber you use o Your playing style and current rating o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play o Any other information you wish to provide Terms: These will be stock blade configurations based on the eight models currently featured on www.BladesByCharlie.com. Designated testers agree to test the supplied blade and then post a formal review on mytabletennis.net within 21-days of receiving the blade. BBC will pay the postage to send you the blade; you agree to pay the return postage. For international destinations where customs and/or import duties may apply, these shipments will be designated as Samples but you agree to pay any local duties, if applicable. Anyone wishing to keep their blade following the test may purchase it at a 50% discount; otherwise it must be returned to BBC where it will re-join the testing pool for use by subsequent testers. |
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peter79
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Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
Violin, Acoustic, Hking because it has good feel and very good for looping . I hope I could try try BBC model - Fiddler 90-95 gr 6 mm thickness. o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) As long as it's big FL, I saw the FL handle BBC is big enough. o Type of rubber you use H3 Provincial, National on Forehand, T05, Hexer on Backhand o Your playing style and current rating All Around Player with looping style on both wings, around 1600 o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play 6 years, 8 hours per week o Any other information you wish to provide I'm from Jakarta, Indonesia. |
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Andro Wanokiwami AO Offensive 83 gr
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bumpernets19
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o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
KILLERSPIN KIDO 5A BECAUSE I SLOWED DOWN TO THIS ALLWOOD BLADE TO BETTER MY FORM AND SO FAR IT HAS ONLY HELPED. LOOPING IS MAGIC ON ALL WOOD. dislike: VISCARIA LIGHT B/C TOO MUCH VIBRATION.
o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) STRAIGHT
o Type of rubber you use ANDRO HEXER FH AND FLEXTRA ON BH
o Your playing style and current rating SLOWLY BECOMING A TWO-WINGED LOOPER. FH IS ABOVE AVERAGE AND BH IS COMING ALONG NICELY. NO RATING UNTIL ANNISTON TOURNAMENT IN APRIL.
o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play 1 1/2 YEARS. AROUND 10 HOURS A WEEK. APPROX. 2-3 HOURS DAILY o Any other information you wish to provide UNITED STATES RESIDENT. DON'T MAKE ENOUGH INCOME TO CONSTANTLY TRY BLADES TO FIND THE PERFECT ONE :(
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Xiom Zetro Quad Hurricane 3 FH Hexer + BH |
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peter79
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Fiddler Specs:
If I want to Fiddler to be 92 gr, could the total thickness only 6 mm? I'm thinking of using Teak wood on the handle. Could it become handle heavy? I want Attack Shape for the head size which is 162x158 mm handle length 113 mm The FL handle that I want is like Triflex Carbon FL handle shape: |
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Andro Wanokiwami AO Offensive 83 gr
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peter79
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May I know the dimension of FL handle of BBC? which is shown in Triflex Carbon. Thickness and wideness, thanks.
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Andro Wanokiwami AO Offensive 83 gr
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stiltt
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Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally,
blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
Butterfly Photino; Donic Dotec Wladner Hinoki; Darker Speed 90 are my all time favorite blades. I like very fast blades that get a bit dull and dead on the short game. The elasticity/flex should show itself on strong stokes only. o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) Big, Flared o Type of rubber you use Tenergy 05 2.1mm bl fh; Air COndle 2.0 red bh o Your playing style and current rating All Around Player with looping style on both wings, currently around 1800 USATT; of course can beat 2000 anytime. o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play 8 years, 10 hours per week o Any other information you wish to provide I live Seattle, WA. I'd love to try a TriFlex carbon +-85 grams or/and a Single Ply Cypress +-90 grams with SH FL handle balanced slightly toward the handle. thanks for your initiative, fatt |
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peter79
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Could you pleae tell us which type of wood used in the picture above: Which one is:
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JimT
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o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
Nexy Color (this is an OFF- blade with outer Hinoki layers, extremely well balanced, great short game but can hit and loop too). I also like (and own) Darker Speed 90, 729 V-6 and some one-plies from AmericanHinoki. Donic Dotec Waldner Hinoki is also a great blade but I gotta feed the children... Don't like very fast and stiff carbon blades, blades with bad short feel and bouncy touch. o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) Flared o Type of rubber you use Gambler Outlaw, Dawei IQUL, Gambler Wraith, LKT Rapid Speed - no tensors. Just fast linear relatively hard (not extremely hard) rubbers. Not too tacky - either no tackiness at all, or just mild case of it. o Your playing style and current rating I am control-oriented ALL+/OFF- player who plays in all zones, including 15 feet away from the table. I like to attack (mostly flat but can do power loops too) but I can chop and lob if situation calls for that. Rating is usually between 1900 and 2000 (more than 2100 on a good night when I am physically fit). o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play 7 thru 29, then the last two years - 24 in all. I play around 5 hours a week. o Any other information you wish to provide CarboFlex Alpha or 9-10-9 seem to be fitting the bill, but that's up to you of course. I also think you guys are doing just the right thing - promoting the new blades at the largest forum in NA. Good luck! |
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nathanso
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peter79, I have created a MyTT account for Charlie and invited him to sign on and answer your and others' questions. I'm very enthused at the rapid response of this forum!
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peter79
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Thanks I hope He can answer my many questions , Looking forward for the reply |
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Skyline
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o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
Juic Nebula( 5 ply hard wood hinoki outers) it has a solid feel and it's great flat hitting and blocking while retaining good touch and feel. Blades I didn't like Primorac Off- and Allround classic they were just to flexible. Other blades I like Gergely Carbon, Stiga Clipperwood and Nittaku Acoustic. I have a preference for blades with a solid feel.
o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) flared.
o Type of rubber you use euro/jap non tacky tenergy 25 and nimbus vip
o Your playing style and current rating close to the table blocker and hitter, rating I don't have one. I would say advanced club level player.
o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play 8 years of playing. I currently play 10-15 hours a week. o Any other information you wish to provide I play a very special style, very agressive close to the table.
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When are you going to make decision? I won't play again for a while(a month) except some coaching so I might not be able to do review in a month. April is what I'm looking to start playing again. Anyway, this's my info.
o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
Nittaku Violin - one of the very few blade that gives me great feedback when I chop. I know exactly how much spin is on the ball.
Ludeak power pro version - similar to Violin, not as good in giving feedback, feeling but a bit more powerful.
o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) Flare o Type of rubber you use BW3 or Kspin Blast + TSP P1-R 1.1 mm.
o Your playing style and current rating Attacing chopper, 2217.
o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play A few years in school. Just started again in 2006.
o Any other information you wish to provide I think I'm one of the better LP players in US. Maybe top 15 LP players.
Only interested in Fiddler.
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We also carries Sauer & Tröger. Lissom O+EASY P 1mm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_65FLO2Lneo https://youtu.be/YgYFPJCBCr0 https://youtu.be/NeHp789Lb1c https://youtu.be/_65FLO2Lneo |
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yogi_bear
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o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
stiga ebenholz 7, like it a lot because its a fast blade but has good amount of feel. i'm into all wood blades now. o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) flared o Type of rubber you use fh= dhs neo h3, bh=avalox sterco o Your playing style and current rating all around player, no rating o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play 15 yrs, the past 7 months i've been practicing for about 25 hrs a week o Any other information you wish to provide i would love to get hold of a customized 7 ply blade, if not a 5 ply one |
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Jpholder
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o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
Butterfly Kim Taek Soo and other 1-Ply Hinoki blades like Darker Speed 90 and Kokutaku Cho Super Cho Tokusen. I like the feel of the blade (wood) and it's superb speed. I tried C-Pen with carbon which I think a bit stiff.
o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) J-Pen
o Type of rubber you use Tenergy 64 one side
o Your playing style and current rating All around with trad. backhand push, block, and smash
o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play 7+ years since I started again. About 8-12 hours a week.
o Any other information you wish to provide Always want to try RPB but cannot cope with extra weight and losing the "feel" of the blade.
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manyaku88
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o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
BalsaCarbo X5 and Kong Linghui Special because they are stiff but soft feel they are light, i use X5 because it's balance is more to the handle than KLS, although i like the kls feel better i don't like: heavy blades, head heavy blades, elastic blades, big "wings" next to the handle, off+ blades, vibrations o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) slightly flared like X5 or xiom amadeus jazz o Type of rubber you use offensive highish throw rubbers, T05 fh, Vega Europe bh, with no intention to change them in the near future o Your playing style and current rating two wing looper, allround offensive, i like using all the shots in the game chops no spin lobs loops and so on, i prefer using fast blocks and counter drives no rating, i saw some videos i am somewhere between 1500-1800 o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play about 7 years now, 10-14 hours a week o Any other information you wish to provide i am from Europe Romania, i can also give the blade to other beter players than me i think 6mm fiddler would be good for me, 80-86 gr, shape attack 2 i read somewhere that my jonyer hinoki has a redwood handle, wich i like alot due to soft feeling, that would be my choice |
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FH Bty Tenergy 05 2.1 BH: Palio Aeolus 45* 2.2 |
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BeaverMD
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This is a cool thing that you guys are doing. I hope the company does very well. |
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I just got my Jpen from Charlie yesterday. Very nice quality. The grain is very nice and for being 11mm thick it is no too heavy. Going to put some vega pro on it and see how it compares to my Kokutakus. The only modification i see that might help is to make the head a little more compact at 140mm wide it is more of an all round design . I can post up some pics later
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debraj
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Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
Butterfly Photino; 729 V-6. Like the blades that are OFF ish with wee bit flex, and big sweet spot but no carbon ping. Read my comparative review of 7 fast blades at: http://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=6834 o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) FLARED, with preferably a squarish handle like photino, amultart. o Type of rubber you use Andro Hexer 2.1 FH, Xiom Euro 2.1 BH Tenergy 05 2.1mm bl fh; Palio CJ8000 2.1 bh o Your playing style and current rating Close-mid looper and loop driver, also with good short game. Currently around 1700 USATT; can beat 2000 if they are playing Long Pips. o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play 20 years, 9 hours per week o Any other information you wish to provide I live Sacramento, CA. And have a long desire to try something like Nittaku Acoustic ..., as i told you while you were in Sacramento last month. :) thanks debraj |
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Jolan
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o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
Current favorite is Butterfly Madash. I also like Yasaka extra Off (YEO), Korbel SK7, Nittaku Tenor, Rutis and Redshank, Stiga clipper. Dislike Tibhar IVL and S. Any light balsa or hard koto. Like ayous or kiri inner. Limba, anegree or hinoki outer, Rosewood intermediate. 5 or 7 plies doesn't matter as long as it's stiff enough on fast shots and flexible enough for slow loops. 85-90g.
o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen)
All time conical/roundish ala Stiga Kjell Johansson. I also like straight roundish o Type of rubber you use Yasaka xtend hs or donic sonex JP gold (2.0mm medium fast 42.5� german tensors). I also like Tenergy 64. o Your playing style and current rating I'm an allround attackant. Looper at the table, counter-looper mid distance. I'm 1600 french rating which is, I believe, close to 1900 US rating. o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play I play for 30 years. At the mmnt about 6 hours a week.
o Any other information you wish to provide I can also do a review in french on tennis-de-table.com , which is the largest french speaking TT forum |
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o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
Current favorite is Galaxy K-5. I also like Nexy Color and Stiga clipper. Dislike 729 9010 SST, Butterfly Firehand. I did not like both of these blades because of their low dwell time. They did not facilitate anyhow in generating easy topspins or opening shots. 5 or 7 plies doesn't matter. The blade should have decent dwell time for topspin creation. It should not have any vibrations. It should be crisp in its feeling. Do not like soft blades that much. Weight range preferred is 80-85g.
o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen)
Usually play with Flared handles but recently received a straight handle which feels nice too. o Type of rubber you use I like playing with Tensors and Japanese rubbers. I currently play with Tenergy-05 on both sides on a Galaxy K-5. I also like the Donic Coppa JO Gold and JO Platin. I sometimes play with Haifu BW2 Factory Tuned on Forehand too. o Your playing style and current rating I am a third ball attacker, primary loop kill. Looper at both the wings. Both from close to the table and mid-distance. I'm a state level player here in Karnataka, India. I believe i would be close to 1700-1800 US rating. This is based upon the videos that i have seen of players rated in that range. o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play I have been playing table tennis for 16 years now. Currently i play for 16 hours a week.
o Any other information you wish to provide As i hail from India where information about Table tennis products from outside of the country is very limited, i constantly try and educate players on the various equipment choices that they have. As an added advantage, i have several other higher rated players at my club who can offer comments on the equipments that i try. |
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Butterfly Viscaria FL
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o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
Palio T7, good control and fast. Palio TCT, too fast for my liking, difficult to control
o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) c-pen or J-pen
o Type of rubber you use Sriver EL, CJ 8000 Biotech, 729 Super FX o Your playing style and current rating Close-to-table offensive, rating by a friend from US on my level is around 1700
o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play 2 years, 8 hours per week
o Any other information you wish to provide i resides in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia. Am an EJ freak and constantly try and educate players(friends) on the various equipment choices that they have.
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Nice way to carry out a survey
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kelvinyoong
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o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
Yasaka Extra 3D, Senkoh 85 and 729 V6 are the ones i currently like. I have used a Primorac 2000 but didn't like it as it felt too fast and not enough dwell time. o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) Anatomic of Butterfly or Yasaka blades. BBC anatomic handles have a profound bulge looking at the pictures. Not sure if they are as comfortable as Butterfly or Yasaka anatomic handles. o Type of rubber you use Sriver L, Sriver EL, Dawei IQUL, Gambler Outlaw, Palio HK1997 Biotech. I prefer grippy rubbers. o Your playing style and current rating All round style. Current rating (best guess) would be around 1200 o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play Played during college days and recently returned. Have been playing for about 2 years. Average about 3 hours per week. o Any other information you wish to provid Would like to test out the All Round blade with the FL handle of the Triflex Carbon. Cypress or Redwood handles will be a nice touch and balanced so that it will not make the blade head heavy. |
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Ranger-man
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Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; and optionally, blades you have tried and didn't like and why.
The galaxy M6 would have to be my favorite blade right now. t is 7 plies and so less vibration and while it is a hard blade I find it has good feel for the ball. I have used the Butterfly Chinese Real, feels like a dead plank in my hands, and the Yoshida kaii, which is slightly better. I also like the Joola K4 which is a discontinued blade but works great for me. I started off with the Butterfly Matsush*ta Pro but that was before I changed to attacker and changed to Cpen. Otherwise I loved that blade. I am now planning on getting Dawei Wavestone Arylate Carbon as my next testing subject. But the M6 remains my favorite. o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) Cpen o Type of rubber you use I have used the Sriver L, the Sriver S, or softer which I prefer to the L. I have also used the Mark V. But my current favlorites would have to be the Dawei IQUL in 42 degree sponge and the Donic Coppa Gold in max. I prefer grippy rubbers, not tacky. o Your playing style and current rating All round to aggressive attacker. My current rating should be around 1800 or more. o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play Played during college and then started three years ago, I play about 8 hours a week on average. o Any other information you wish to provid I think I prefer blades that are on the harder side but not rock-hard, some flex is good. And I also like thin blades that areon the ligher side of 90 grams. |
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Darker Speed 90 10mm: Dawei IQUL
Ahinoki Lutz Spruce Jpen: 729 SuperFX Member: 1-ply Hinoki Club Violin/Acoustic Clan The speed of a Rhino and the power of a Gazelle! |
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Hi Charlie,
o Name of your current favorite blade and why you like it; Hurricane King 655: good looping blade, fast, yet with great control. Other favorite blades: Acoustic and HWL. Five plies all wood blades lover, I guess o Name blades you have tried and didn't like and why. I hate Bty Schlager the most, its like using a piece of metal to play table tennis, stiff as steel.. o Type of grip you prefer (e.g. straight, flared, C-pen, J-pen) FL o Type of rubber you use FH: Chinese Rubbers: H3 Neo BH: Andro Hexer o Your playing style and current rating Serve and attack game. Attack every chance ball that I get. Looper both wings. Wide range of Serves, Spinny loop, nasty drives and smashes. I don't have a USATT rating, but I dare say probably around 1500-1800 (if I compare my game to a range of players I see in videos) o How many years you have been playing table tennis and how many hours per week you currently play. 2 years and 9 months. Play a minimum of 3 times a week x 4 hours = 12 hours (at least) o Any other information you wish to provide I will only be good on reviewing all wood five plies blades or some soft Hinoki 5 Ply carbon blades that pairs well with Chinese rubbers. I can do some comparison review with acoustic, 655, or H WL as benchmark. Thank you |
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Charlie and I just spent the better part of three hours poring over the 28 applications to join BBC's Designated Tester program. It wasn't easy, but Charlie has selected eight testers from MyTT members who applied, either through posts in this thread or via PM. The selection process involved evaluating each applicant's playing style and past equipment likes and dislikes, and then matching each person to the most suitable BBC blade. Some blade models ended up with more candidates than others which made selecting testers from the popular blade models particularly difficult as there were so many well qualified applicants. In the end, the following MyTT members were selected as round one testers:
Skyline -- Anvil debraj -- Matt's Dream* kelvinyoong -- All Around jcdi -- All Around tiburon74 -- Single-ply Cypress Beer Belly -- CarboFlex Alpha JimT -- 9-10-9 wkm1 -- TriFlex Carbon * This is a brand new models that has completed local club testing and will soon be on the BBC website. Matt's Dream is what a Photino might be if BTY spent more money manufacturing it. Charlie will be contacting testers individually via PM to gather more information regarding each blade's specifications. He'll also need your shipping addresses. Those who were not selected for the first round of testing may still be selected for possible future rounds of testing, but much depends on how busy Charlie gets and how this initial testing round goes. Designated testers have agreed to test the supplied blade and post a formal review on mytabletennis.net within 21-days of receiving the blade. BBC will pay the postage to send each tester a blade; testers have agreed to pay the return postage. For international destinations where customs and/or import duties may apply, these shipments will be designated as Samples but testers have agreed to pay any local duties, if applicable. Testers wishing to keep the blade following the test may purchase it at a 50% discount; otherwise it must be returned to BBC where it will re-join the testing pool for use in subsequent rounds of testing. |
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I am so honored to be chosen. However I promised to do some testing for NEXY and I am behind as I take too many weeks with the same blade.
Please find another tester for the TriFlex Carbon. Thank you for your understanding and do not hesitate to ask my help in your testing endeavor. fatt |
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bumpernets19
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those blades are all so original. I love them all.
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Xiom Zetro Quad Hurricane 3 FH Hexer + BH |
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peter79
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Hmmm, Why no Fiddler blade being given as a tester?
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Andro Wanokiwami AO Offensive 83 gr
H3 National Orange 40 deg 2.2 Baracuda Max 182 Gr |
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smackman
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Ill do the fiddler as i'm a member of OOKT as well and have been selected on there
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Ulmo Duality,Donic BlueGrip C2 red max ,Yinhe Super Kim Ox Black
NZ table tennis selector, third in the World (plate Doubles)I'm Listed on the ITTF website |
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