BBC Review : All Round

hi kelvinyoong,  i am glad to hear that it arrived (finally) and is ok.  am looking forward to your review,  charlie

i'm not at the shop where my records are, but if memory serves, i recently scored on some super Mahogany that is the right weight for the blade you got.  one of my favorite woods, works really well with my tools, just looks good to me.
i am a little dizzy following all the reviews (trying hard) but i thought you put some pictures up, but couldn't find them (my confusion).
charlie

Imago wrote: Charlie, on your site I see a strange category All Around blades. What does it mean - that balls go all around?

The blade when 'All Round' the world to reach me hence the name.

kelvinyoong wrote: BladesByCharlie wrote: i'm not at the shop where my records are, but if memory serves, i recently scored on some super Mahogany that is the right weight for the blade you got.  one of my favorite woods, works really well with my tools, just looks good to me. i am a little dizzy following all the reviews (trying hard) but i thought you put some pictures up, but couldn't find them (my confusion). charlie No didn't put any pictures up. Not sure how to do that in this forum. Last time i tried the photo come out to large and ugly.

First make sure you compress the file so it's less then 200 Kb. Secondly, when you are putting it in, there are fields for width and height. My advice is to divide the original numbers there by the same factor so that they are somewhere in the neighborhood of 600 x 400 (approximately of course).

Ok i managed to play a couple hours with the BBC All Round.

The handle is almost perfection. Great quality and shape. It is a bit squarish and not oval. Handle was not too smooth and not too rough. Just enough friction but some may not like it. So grip tape is your friend.

I did notice that the top ply is very identical to the one that is used on the Yasaka Extra 3D. Only difference is that the Yasaka top ply was really thin compared to the BBC All Round.

Slapped on a Dawei IQ 2.1 43H on the FH and Sriver L 1.7 on the BH.

The blade was very balanced, once the rubbers when on it became slightly head heavy which i believe is due to the IQ weight. Still it was very manageable. Will try with other rubbers when i get to chance.

Blade rating is ALL+. It is a very linear blade meaning you it gives out what you put in. Good for developing players to learn the right strokes and not expect the blade to do the work.

Handle: Very nice. High quality material. Very comfortable.

Balance: Slightly head heavy when rubbers are put on. Partly due to my rubber selection of using a Dawei IQ with 43H. Will try with other rubbers to compare.

Speed: Slightly slower then the Yasaka Extra 3D and much slower then Senkoh 85. It is rated ALL+.

Throw: Medium. Pairing it with other rubbers may change the throw so this is quite subjective. Using the IQ and Sriver, the throw was low-medium.

Feel: Vibration feedback is good. Hit the sweet spot (large) and you will get good feedback. Very rewarding feeling.

Dwell: Very good. Even better then the Yasaka E3D or Senkoh 85. Loops were much spinner and the control is good. I will conduct another round and change rubbers to see if this changes.

Spin: Very good due to the dwell time. Even with hard sponge rubbers like the Dawei IQ 2.1 43H, i was getting good spins. Going to try with a softer rubber next.

Only think i found is that is lacks power if you are away from the table by about 3-4 steps.

So far, i am impressed with the BBC All Round. Definitely will test it more and with other rubbers. I am liking it and am sold on custom blades as the way to go. No more manufactured blades. Custom all the way!

Now i am thinking maybe the table tennis greats are actually using custom made blades but they only change the handle to fool everyone. No way a manufactured blade can feel like a custom blade.

Updated on 29th March 2010.

Played with the BBC All Round again today and i am impressed with the dwell time on this blade. Even with a hard rubber like 43 degree IQ in 2.1, the spins generated was very good especially on loops.

Serving was slightly better but i think with better technique, the spins will increase even more.

Also i am changing the my original post about the sweet spot. It is is large and not medium so very forgiving if you hit off the center.

Chops are spinny. Good amount of control when pushing and blocking.

This was using IQ and Sriver rubbers. I found pushing and blocking better using the Sriver especially on the BH.