Palio Thor's & Blades

msilhanek wrote: I'm back here again. I've bought Thor's and paired it with DHS Power.G3. I really like Thors on fh, it is an awesome rubbber and I'm keeping it. The only problem I have now is the blade. PG3 is a good blade (I realy like it's feel) but I'd say it is too fast, especially for my bh (using Blitz). I've been thinking about my game for some time and I think I was wrong when was thinking "I need a faster blade to improve my attack". My strokes are getting long now, falling behind the table. I simply need more controll. Switching back to YEO isn't very helpfull, it's different but still too fast. Sometimes you need to change a blade to realise you're doing it wrong (I don't regret buying pg3 anyway). So my question is - could you suggest me an all wood OFF- or slower OFF blade, working well with Thors and Blitz? I'm a both winged top spin player (I'd say allround attacker), playing from close to mid distance. I'm currently thinking about Avalox P500, Avalox Hado, Stiga Offensive Classic (CR?) + whatever you bring on. Thx in advance!

Yasaka Extra is good

bibigon wrote: I've been playing with Thor's on both FH and BH on a W6 shakehand for 5 hours only, didn't like this combo - too unpredictable in middle gears and surprisingly modest in brush looping. H3N provincial is better for me in all departments.

I'd give H3P a try if I could get a dependable supply of them. I tried an H3Neo for a day and didn't like it, might go back but I've also heard that you really need to boost H3s for them to behave nicely.
Honestly, I don't want to spend an hour boosting every week.
I just want to play :-).


And maybe it's because I came from a European rubber that was MUCh softer (Inspirit Quattro Ultralight) but it took me about 1 month to get used to the Thor's.
And only after 11 months do I feel like I really truly know the rubber.

Thors are a difficult rubber to use - I think because it has so many gears.
The rubber is super dead if you don't put any energy into your shot (so passive blocking isn't good at all - but I get some insane drop shots with this rubber) but is incredibly powerful if you put your body into it.

The result is a low throw (lowest throw rubber I've ever used) rubber with LOTS of gears.

Worked on Hurricane Hao III, didn't work on Acoustic cpen - it just, quite unexpectedly, bottomed out.

I suggest trying http://www.tabletennisdb.com/

TheRobot99 wrote: GeneralSpecific wrote: I suggest trying http://www.tabletennisdb.com/ I think he may mean something quantifiable. I would like this info as well.

Try a Juic Stellan Bengtsson Alpha.  It's a really good blade and very reasonably priced.

big_lou wrote: stefashka wrote: Today I had an hour playing Thors on my friend's Xiom Ignito. Very good.  So, my theory about Thor's is: it shines on stiff preferably thick blades with softer outer plies and hard second layers.    Any idea which blade would have the following characteristics:   1.  As thin as possible. 2.  2X Carbon minimum, 3X preferred. 3.  Softer outer plies. 4.  Weight less than ~95 grams   TIA for any replies!

BladesByCharlie.com TriFlex Carbon "skinny" option.

I'm back again. I've bought Stiga OC, it works with Thor's very well. But I'm not using it atm. I had a sheet of (三九）999T rubber at home for some time. I decided to make a bat for trainings with children so I glued that rubber on my unused PG3. That 999T rubber is tacky, rock hard sponge. My first idea was it will be unplayable. I wasn't able to evaluate it after playing with children but I used that bat in a game with guys from the men's team later. It was a coincidence, I just forgot to switch back to my main blade. What a surprise! It rocks... PG3 + 999T 2.2mm on fh and Blitz max on bh has become my main setup. I think I've found a perfect ballance. Fast flexible DHS PG3 blade + slower tacky rubber 999T (if Thor's was 10, I'd rate 999T 7) = perfection. Great spin, good speed. The biggest difference comparing to Thor's is controll, it is easier to play every stroke for me. And the best thing is that 999T costs less than 5 USD. Thank you Seguso for bringing me to PG3!

My experience: Thor’s played like crap on ~6-7 other blades, but reasonably good on Viscaria Light. Bad however far from the table, but that doesn’t matter much.

Edited by Klaus123 - 05/10/2012 at 6:53pm