TIBHAR EVOLUTION SERIES REVIEW

Yogi

or reverse it if its still too fast

yogi_bear wrote: i say try EL-P fh and FX-P bh, i have tried your blade and i know its very fast

Durability update:  MX-P

I put two new MX-P sheets on a Viscaria and compared it to the 5-week old MX-P sheets on my other Viscaria.  They have had pretty heavy use during this five week period.  The blades are basically identical.  I put new sheets on my other blade because I had the impression that my original sheets were starting to lose some or their outstanding performance (and also because I wanted both of my blade to be essentially the same).  The older sheets still smell a bit of factory tuning but the tackiness of the top sheet is slightly reduced, although they still look pretty good, no crumbling at all, just a little loss of shininess and tack.  Nevertheless, I felt like my shots were just a touch lacking last few times I played.  I wondered if it was all in  my head.  Anyway, to find out if this was in any way equipment-related, I tried two new rubber sheets which I bought from the same vendor as the originals (Dandoy).  No doubt about it, the new MX-Ps were performing distinctly better.  (I wasn't, but that's another story related mainly to legs refusal to follow my brain's orders ).  I'm not sure if it was the improved tack of the top sheet and/or the fresh factory tuning, but I had a return of that sense of speed and control that is unique about this rubber in my experience.  Also, much louder.  To find out if it is the loss of factory tuning (what I suspect), in the next day or two, I am going to put a layer of Dandoy Bioboost on the older sheets and then reattach them.  I can't do it right now because I have managed to run out of glue. 


Edited by Baal - 03/16/2013 at 11:00pm

Good to know.

s3 is a true soft rubber, fx-p is like medium soft only

GoldenDragoon wrote: My exp is Dandoy makes rubbers play funny. If Dandoy does not work for you then I suggest a single coat of Seamoon.

How does it react to baby or paraffin oil, pls?
I mean , I refresh my Bf-s with some oil drops now and again and they perform quite well again nearly as new ones do for a week or two. It is not a big investment, is it?


Edited by igszoctan - 03/17/2013 at 11:28am

Baal wrote: Durability update:  MX-P I put two new MX-P sheets on a Viscaria and compared it to the 5-week old MX-P sheets on my other Viscaria.  They have had pretty heavy use during this five week period.  The blades are basically identical.  I put new sheets on my other blade because I had the impression that my original sheets were starting to lose some or their outstanding performance (and also because I wanted both of my blade to be essentially the same).  The older sheets still smell a bit of factory tuning but the tackiness of the top sheet is slightly reduced, although they still look pretty good, no crumbling at all, just a little loss of shininess and tack.  Nevertheless, I felt like my shots were just a touch lacking last few times I played.  I wondered if it was all in  my head.  Anyway, to find out if this was in any way equipment-related, I tried two new rubber sheets which I bought from the same vendor as the originals (Dandoy).  No doubt about it, the new MX-Ps were performing distinctly better.  (I wasn't, but that's another story related mainly to legs refusal to follow my brain's orders ).  I'm not sure if it was the improved tack of the top sheet and/or the fresh factory tuning, but I had a return of that sense of speed and control that is unique about this rubber in my experience.  Also, much louder.  To find out if it is the loss of factory tuning (what I suspect), in the next day or two, I am going to put a layer of Dandoy Bioboost on the older sheets and then reattach them.  I can't do it right now because I have managed to run out of glue.

Played with fx-p and I liked it.

There is not much to say with pushing, serving and opening topspins. It's a soft euro rubber after all...  spinnier than calibra though!

but when you dig the ball in to the sponge than the show begins!

It's a lot spinnier than calibra family but it's easy to play like calibra. Ball feeling, dwell time it's all great! and spin is there! unlike calibra that rubber bites the ball. 

speed: slower than tenergy 05 fx but faster than aurus sound or calibra sound.
spin: spinnier than calibra, baracuda, genius, smilar with aurus (thicker topsheet than aurus, feel is totaly different)

dwell... wow dwell is great! there is a lot of rubber offers you dwell but there is not much spin (calibra sound desto f1 big slam vs) and there is a lot of spinny rubbers (like m1 tenergy vs) but there not much dwell. That makes fx-p special. I think its the closest rubber to the speed glued sriver fx in modern era.

Overall: It's soft, dwelly, not that super bouncy, med fast, med throw, spinny and easy to play with.

Jerem wrote: Sound as an upgraded S3 but not exactly what a m3 is(just close). Maybe it's worth trying. I will post later after purchasing.

Can anyone comment on the hardness of MX-P?

Yogi_Bear, as far as the durability is concerned, do you know if MXP needs to be heavily retuned 6 months later to revitalize the sponge? What about the top sheet, will it lose its grippiness over time and how to restore it, with oil or just falco? Thx in advance.

Thanks for the input. I bought a used MXP to try. I felt the top sheet is not holding the balls during push and drop shots. Top spin rallies are good. I uses it on TB ALC. Now I am tuning with Falco, and use D40 or Olive oil for top sheet.