STIGA Carbonado 145 Blade Review with Fan Zhendong

I think, you are right. On december 30, Stiga posted on Facebook:

Edited by Magic_M - 01/02/2015 at 4:46pm

Which one is faster and stiffer??145 or 190? Stiga tens to price up the blades as BTY does ..AS regarding the looks are not so impressive though..

I wouldn't personaly take any of Carbonado blades, but if I had to choose between these two, I would go with 190 only because handle colours are nicer. Besides, it has bigger sweet spot than 145, hasn't it?

rocketscientist wrote: Ray wrote: I wouldn't personaly take any of Carbonado blades, but if I had to choose between these two, I would go with 190 only because handle colours are nicer. Besides, it has bigger sweet spot than 145, hasn't it? No the sweet spot sizes are the same. But the 190 is higher and the 145 is wider, but the same size. Yeah, agree with you on the designs, really nice.

Giangt wrote: Does anyone know the composition of the blades? yogi? :)

no manufacturers publishes this (critical) information, because if you look at it from this angle, all blades are reduced to 4-5 groups: limba, koto, hinoki, some hard wood (rare). Add synthetic material for some extra variation.

But still, if you want a koto-carbon-limba-kiri-limba-carbon-koto blade, there is probably 100 different ones from all the manufacturers, and they may have wildly different alleged properties, but really if its made of the same materials, has same thickness and weight, how much difference can you expect..

Victor_the_cleaner wrote: Giangt wrote: Does anyone know the composition of the blades? yogi? :) no manufacturers publishes this (critical) information, because if you look at it from this angle, all blades are reduced to 4-5 groups: limba, koto, hinoki, some hard wood (rare). Add synthetic material for some extra variation. But still, if you want a koto-carbon-limba-kiri-limba-carbon-koto blade, there is probably 100 different ones from all the manufacturers, and they may have wildly different alleged properties, but really if its made of the same materials, has same thickness and weight, how much difference can you expect..

Thanks for clarifying Yeah I agree with you with the wood sorts for outer layers. Typically you say cores are made of balsa, kiri or ayous for most blades. Using similar composition of materials gives the a blade similar characteristics though it is not quite the same case with fiber materials. Depending on the weave of fiber it can give the blade another feel.

Edited by Giangt - 01/23/2015 at 4:50pm

Will someone make a review on this when it comes out? 

Carbonado 190 for 135,00 US Dollars

kakapo wrote: Fan Zhendong ????? The guy who is sponsored by stiga but plays with a viscaria........

I posted some unboxing pictures here.
http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?9898-Carbonado-145-Unboxing&p=105609#post105609

Giangt wrote: I posted some unboxing pictures here. http://www.tabletennisdaily.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?9898-Carbonado-145-Unboxing&p=105609#post105609

Really looking forward to your review! Don't want to piss on your chips, but that top ply looks a bit rough with the knots. Doubt it will make any difference to the performance, but why can't Stiga get their QC sorted out?

ps - the link is broken.

Such knots on so expensive blades !!!!!!!!

Edited by kakapo - 02/16/2015 at 2:07pm

It is a worry. It could just be a one off, obviously.

In the spirit of consumer pressure, they are discounted to 94 euros here:

http://www.ttex.se/stiga-table-tennis-blade-carbonado-p-3551.html

Its listed US$107.52 ??

It has been very well reviewed at TableTennisDaily!