Stiga Infinity VPS V

Amazing! Stiga invented hot water. Again.

i hope it is a looping blade that is closer to clipper than the hardwood series. 

The price will be around 50-55 euro

the blade however will be positioned between OC Nct Carbon & Clipper

I will have it next week, and will do some reviews if someone needed

The official start is 05.05.13

I spend with this blade 3 session -2 hours each.
I will use clipper & Oc for comparrison,rubbers i used for the test was Aurus Sound FH & BH
Infinity blade is Stiff,quite stiff, whatever the top ply to me look like the NCT to glue rubbers no problem at all

Speed a notch slower than original clipper,good close to the table and mid distance
more than 2.5 metres  i start feel lack of speed
good feel for the ball,aurus sound really "hug" the ball and catapult it with tons of spin

The blade is good for loopers ,blockers and choppers i didnt found it good enought for flats (where clipper shines).

My personal view is that stiga perform this blade to feel the gap between OC and rw v
(and the price gap also ) :)

Overall the control is good i will rate it 8.5 (but this is probably because of the rubbers)

Speed is something very personal but to me it it seems like 8 to 8.2 and lets say clipper is 8.4-5

A person who want a upgrade from OC probably should give a try

but its far more away from rw and eb

finish is tupical for stiga-Bad and rough my blade weight 84.6 grs,which is not bad for legend handle





Edited by TopSpinNinja - 05/08/2013 at 4:04am

I can block with anything ,but in general stiffer blades block better
which lead to an answer NO

:)

for me its medium feel- catapult like clipper
dwell-hm, aurus sound its pretty dwelly

blade is good for loopers,but depends what your level is

some people can execute 30 drills other can do 3

:)

It is worthy to buy Stiga Infinity VPS V with Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offensive at the moment?

mrdoodzki wrote: i glued bf m2 on my borrowed infinity vps and i played with it during tonight's tt session. wow no all-wood blade ever felt sweeter than this! it's even better than dhs pg7...i encourage you guys to try this blade. its worth every penny....now i understand why fzd uses this

we need a snopes for table tennis to filter out such nonsense

the_theologian wrote: tabten5 wrote: mrdoodzki wrote: i glued bf m2 on my borrowed infinity vps and i played with it during tonight's tt session. wow no all-wood blade ever felt sweeter than this! it's even better than dhs pg7...i encourage you guys to try this blade. its worth every penny....now i understand why fzd uses this    ...aside from the fact he uses a Viscaria with Infinity handle, you mean?! did you read the whole thread? and specifically, did you open the picture of FZD with his blade? (vs the controversial pics which don't even show an infinity handle)

IMHO, the blade in this picture is not a Viscaria.  It does not look like the Viscaria that I have in  my hand right now.

Yes, of course I read the whole thread. In my view, FZD is very unlikely to have switched to an Infinity - it bears no similarity to a Viscaria. The thread linked to is inconclusive, with views both ways. You will note, I'm sure, the civility and courtesy demonstrated there. Perhaps it's something some members here can learn from.

tabten5 wrote: Yes, of course I read the whole thread. In my view, FZD is very unlikely to have switched to an Infinity - it bears no similarity to a Viscaria. The thread linked to is inconclusive, with views both ways. You will note, I'm sure, the civility and courtesy demonstrated there. Perhaps it's something some members here can learn from.

I get where Theologian is coming from completely, and I suppose we are all a bit uncivil sometimes (I know I am guilty on occasion). 

Let me give one example of how stuff like this sometimes gets started.  Recently, in a thread about the new ZJK blades, a frequent poster here (who is not a moderator) and who likes to review blades that he is selling wrote this:

"The different with Viscaria, both 93 gr, it has more feel, more whipping effect, more solid feel.
I just wonder if Zhang Jike is using ZJK ALC with Viscaria Handle at the past.
Now Butterfly really make ZJK ALC for public."

Next thing you know, his "just wonder" will somehow become an accepted fact, at least in some places, no matter how irrational it is.  Why would Btfly have ZJK put Viscaria handles on a blade they are selling for more money?  Wouldn't they rather sell $150-350 fancy new ZJK blades as opposed to $105 Viscarias?  Does it strike anyone that they are that bad at marketing their stuff?  In fact, are they not actually quite good at marketing?  (By the way, the fancy new ZJK blades are not bad, this same poster did outline some of the ways they are actually different from Viscaria, so the thread had value.  However,  it is quite obvious that ZJK himself is not using any of them, as recently as earlier this week.  So why even hint otherwise?).

I've never seen an Infinity blade, so can't say what FZD's current blade is, but I am pretty sure what it isn't.

the_theologian wrote: tabten5 wrote: Yes, of course I read the whole thread. In my view, FZD is very unlikely to have switched to an Infinity - it bears no similarity to a Viscaria. The thread linked to is inconclusive, with views both ways. You will note, I'm sure, the civility and courtesy demonstrated there. Perhaps it's something some members here can learn from. The thread is inconclusive? There is not even the slightest shred of evidence that FZD uses a Viscaria with Infinity VPS handle in that thread. First of all, the ambiguous photo which opens the thread is not an Infinity handle. Second, there's no evidence that the paddle belongs to FZD. Third, the photo I zoomed in on, where we actually see FZD, is most obviously not a Viscaria. tabten5, you're right, I lacked civility in my response. I tend to get irritated by the propagation of internet hoaxes. And I'm really surprised that you, a member I've always found to be sensible and helpful, would quote something as if it's fact, with a link to a totally ridiculous thread.

The suspicion has existed before that thread, especially given the frequency of new sponsor handles (Liqin, Ovtcharov, etc, etc.) Logically, it's unlikely that FZD changed the blade he grew up with to one that is so different in most aspects (head size, handle, thickness, plies, feel, weight, speed, and so on.) Without any pictures, I would remain suspicious (as many others do). I'm not suggesting that thread provides evidence which would apply in a courtroom, and rest assured my original reply was meant tongue-in-cheek. The short answer is that nobody here knows what he is using; it could be anything (including the Infinity.)

So which of the frequent commenters here is actually Fan Zhendong?  It would be funny if it was Igorponger.  Yes.