Xiom Omega V

GeneralSpecific wrote: unstopabl3 wrote: GeneralSpecific wrote: OVA has a sponge that's a little harder than MX-P. I'm not sure of the numbers exactly though. Wow harder than MX-P, didn't see that one coming. So would someone who likes soft to medium hard sponge not enjoy OVA? That being said would MX-P or EL-P be better for me than OVA? OVA has a soft topsheet so it doesn't feel as hard as you might think it does. I'd bet you like it.

Right, will give it a try soon then :P

Thanks

slevin wrote: How does Omega V Asia play relative to the Omega V Tour? Are they very similar?

i just got mine last night. Superb price, at sigma2P and OVA for a total of 61 shipped.

ttping85 wrote: Personally I think the OVA is harder than the OVT. Looping against underspin is really easy, almost like you can't miss it. I agree with Andysmith about less catapult but I don't agree with the top end Speed. When you loop the Ball really hard OVA has more power and speed than OVT. You can feel it even more with the P-ball. Actually both rubbers are good with celulloid balls but they are amazing with P-ball. I couldn't find any better rubbers for P-ball at the moment.

ttping85 wrote: Personally I think the OVA is harder than the OVT. Looping against underspin is really easy, almost like you can't miss it. I agree with Andysmith about less catapult but I don't agree with the top end Speed. When you loop the Ball really hard OVA has more power and speed than OVT. You can feel it even more with the P-ball. Actually both rubbers are good with celulloid balls but they are amazing with P-ball. I couldn't find any better rubbers for P-ball at the moment.

I just put OVA 2mm. red on my Viscaria for the back hand, I hope I like it.

Earlier this year I switched from a TB Spirit to a Stratus Power Wood blade. I had Tenery 80FX on the forehand and I went from having a pretty strong forehand to not being able to loop consistently or block. I was happy with my backhand and serves so I wanted to stay with the Stratus as the Spirit was just too fast.

A couple weeks ago after seeing glowing reviews about the Omega V Tour, I decided to get a sheet for my forehand (max). Wow! My first match I beat the top guy at our club who I had only beat once before. Instantly I had powerful loops that I could keep up consistently in rallies but I also had great control on my blocks. It's definitely brought my game up a level. I could not recommend more.

Guy i went 1-1 sets with last week. Today With my s2p bh and ova fh i went 6-0 in games. Then he came back for more. I was a little exhausted from looping for about 1.5 hours straight. He took me 2-0 in games. I took the last 3, resulting in 3-2 in games. Game 3 was 5-9 me trailing.

I realized immediately ova soft topsheet has crazy weird control on fh flicks. I feel most comfortable with tg3 neo for fh flicks but with ova I can halfway float my shots deep.
Penholders below 2100 dislike it. I would approximate my opponent to be about 1950+ his illegal serve that he actually force hides with his palm. But I dont mind it because steel sharpens steel. Can only make my quick thinking better.
Mind you ,this is my first day of using it and Im feeling superb.

All I gotta say is Alhamdulilah .

Edited by asifgunz - 11/20/2015 at 6:31pm

If I wanted to upgrade from Vega Japan, which Omega rubber would be the logical choice as far as the most similar sponge and topsheet? I'm looking at Omega V Asia and Europe. I chop really well with Vega Japan, so it would be great to find the best Xiom rubber for offense and defense.

Tuly007 wrote: Yeah,is good for a month till tuning evaporates then it will be less funny more like plastic feeling topsheet & hard sponge, the ELp that I have on the same paddle is still juicier...so better call dandoy and ask for he's juice to give the OVa a boost....u"ll see.,     At least that's what it feels on my very soft 7ply furious.,

Lol I have it on my zxi. I never had such experience with any of xiom rubbers. Been using em for 4/5 years now.

Asif - my zxi gives me the impression that my rubber still has tonnes of spin while looping even after its tuning is off, lol maybe cuz of it sharp feel. But in reality my practice partners can clearly make out the decrease in spin compared to when it was new or compared to when I use mxp. ( it lacks spin for me mainly for serves, pushes and opening loops). But on a different blade like tbs, I can actually make out the decrease in spin easily. Imo even most all wood blades can help me discern this, goes to show that zxi has really good vibrations when Yu loop /spin ( which I actually like).

I can easily play any kinda player using s2pro, or any of the xiom rubbers I mentioned above. But what I'm trying to say is, I can create a whole lot more 'spin' with rubbers like mxp, rakza. Not saying that I suddenly turn into a bad player using xiom rubbers lol. And I kinda admit that the control xiom rubbers give during blocking and service return can actually help my game a lot! But I like to spin spin spin!

Nevermind (post deleted as Tuly007 edited his out)...

Edited by slevin - 11/21/2015 at 8:06pm

I bought my s2p nd ova for 61 shipped from tt11 . They take care of their old customers. Thanks tt11. I think 30.50 shipped is cheap since even MxPs cost a little more than that.
The thing about blocking, yep xiom rubbers have this block factor across all their 47ish deg rubbers. Plus that black carbosponge does catch a few eyes.

About the leftovers, I will look into it Monday. Sat and Sunday I am in and out of class.

Nv, what are the typical estimated ratings of your opponents using xiom rubbers? Especially omega and sigma range. And only vega japan from the vega series.
The rest are great in their own purpose, just one grade behind .

nv42 wrote: This is what I felt abt the xiom rubbers iv tried(O5E,O5P,S2E) except vega Pro /euro. After the tunings off, the top sheet just doesn't give very good spin for some reason, not as easy to create heavy spin like the mxp (definitely still a lot better than many rubbers, but not as good as mxp, rakza .

Edited by slevin - 11/22/2015 at 1:25am