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2018 Stiga Blades Review |
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Silver Server
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Posted: 08/28/2019 at 7:31pm |
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Does Azalea Off play similar to Latika? Sounds like they have the same composition, but the Stiga may be softer.
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Simas
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your curiosity is satisfied
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Stiga Offensive Classic Legend
DHS Hurricane Neo3 Donic Bluefire JP01 Turbo |
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aerial
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after playing with the OCC in comparison, to the OC I don't feel much control was sacrificed for extra speed, the carbon definitely does make it shoot off faster, but I still so feel like there is some flex/vibrations, a similar feel to my old OC
overall I'm happy with the purchase that being said it doesn't make me play better, still have the same problems I had before with my old racket, but I guess the folks pulling me to the dark side of carbon blades no longer have anything to bug me about 😁
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Simas
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Post how you like your OFF carbon when you buy it! Because I am still playing with good old OFF classic and trying to suppress my EJ and convince that it's all in technique :)
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Stiga Offensive Classic Legend
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aerial
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similar situation to myself, swapping out my offensive classic for an offensive classic carbon after numerous folks mentioning my shots lacking power despite my stroke looking good -shrug- damn EJ bug!
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BarryB
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How does the azalea offensive compare to 'competitors' like the bty korbel, tibhar stratus powerwood, arctic wood and offensive nct?
In terms of plies and thickness it's almost the same as the onct but i didn't like the onct. Found it too bouncy, maybe because of the nct. Strange enough stiga rates the stiga offensive nct as medium elasticity (power) and the azalea offensive as stiff which is strange since they are pretty similar. So I'm considering azalea off, korbel (japan) and arctic. It should be a little harder than the powerwood and a little more flex, less bouncy than the onct. Any suggestions? |
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Tommy16
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RW7 is definitely faster. And wood is wood you know. It´s very hard to find 2 identical blade no matter which brand or blade we are talking about.
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What is the point of playing safe shots when you can miss with style
My feedback: http://www.mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=67171&KW=&PID=811763&title=tommy16-feedback#811763 |
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mykonos96
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Are you sure about rosewood7? I feel RW7 is faster |
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Stavros
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Clipper CR WRB and Rosewood 7 have same speed. Though ,the quality control of Clipper CR WRB is awful and it is very dificult to find 2 Clipper CR WRBs with the same speed!
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mykonos96
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I find hard to believe that clipper CR is faster than rosewood7 like ttgearlab claims |
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king_pong
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Thank you. TTGearlab always delivers deep & insightful reviews on equipment. Edited by king_pong - 10/08/2018 at 11:29pm |
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Stiga Infinity VPS (Master): fh/bh - Nittaku Hammond CR max
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yogi_bear
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Flex, go with Azalea Offensive.
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thirawato
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Yogi_bear,
I'm using Alser Allround5. I'm looking for a blade which has little more flex and crisp. Can the Nostalgic Allround give me that? Additionally both blades have the structure in the other way around(NO has outer hardwood and AA5 has inner hardwood), what is the differences between them in term of feeling during soft touch and hard hit? Thank you,
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yogi_bear
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all around is like off- and it is faster than all around blades. azalea offensive is like a bouncy infinity with a higher throw. all around is stiff
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piligrim
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Ray
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This article regarding Nostalgic blades may be of help: |
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Believer
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Yogi_bear,
Between Nostalgic Allround and Azalea Offensive, how are they different in speed/spin/feel? I used to play with Energy Wood and if you can get one that is heavy like 90+ g, it feels really good. But I would like to have one lighter than that and still have the same feel and speed. So I will be interested to hear your comment on the two comparison. Both sounds very interesting. Thanks for a great review as usual.
Edited by Believer - 08/13/2018 at 3:45pm |
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yogi_bear
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well, pink does make some players double think about getting the Azaleas
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piligrim
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I wish Azalea had different color :(
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shinshiro
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Thank you yogi!
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yogi_bear
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updated with review for Azalea All Around
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Snakefish
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Wasn't the Carbonado series their most innovative blades in like forever ? I agree. Stiga has beeen practically living on their Offensive Classic technology since forever. They don't do hinoki, arylate, zylon, ........
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king_pong
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I'm sure at least 1 of these blades is good enough to suit your needs. Besides, "trends" don't necessarily correlate to true advances in technology in a particular area of sports equipment. I'm sure Stiga doesn't just employ monkeys for their R&D, nor are they simply slapping pretty looking woods plies together. |
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kindof99
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Agree. Stiga is addicted with 5-layer wood blades, which is very unlikely suited to the new TT trend.
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yogi_bear
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sorry forgot to measure but it has the same size as other blades like rosewood only that it is only in master flared and no legend flared. other handles are cpen and ST i think.
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what is the head size of the Azalea OFF, HANDLE LENGTH FL
I did read somewhere that the head size is 151 x159 can you confirm? Edited by lineup32 - 08/05/2018 at 10:54am |
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shinshiro
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Thanks for the reviews yogi Have you had the opportunity to play with Azalea Allround? If so, can you compare it to Allround Classic in terms of speed and if the feeling is any different? |
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stancuzi
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Why not try Azalea Offensive instead, sounds much more intriguing to me. 😆😆😆
Edited by stancuzi - 07/19/2018 at 5:17pm |
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Simas
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I am playing an offensive, somewhat closer to the table game with a good ball placement and varying pace. For some time I am using my good old Stiga OC which suits well my with somewhat harder H3Neo on my FH and Donic Bluefire JP Turbo on my BH. I like my OC a lot (great all wood feel, sensitive touch and plenty of spin). The disadvantage, naturally, is that if you are caught further from the table you really have to add a lot of umph and extra effort with a proper swing, full body rotation and weight shift to match your opponents in speed.
As I am contemplating :) to backing up a bit further from the table, I think I should change my OC to something faster, but still with a great ball feel and not too heavy (I like lighter setups). So I think I will stick with 5 plies all wood again. I was advised to look into new Nostalgic series (I think it was actually yogi_bear...). Unfortunately, no one at my club uses them at the moment. After reading the reviews I think Stiga Nostalgic sounds right, just didn't make up my mind if to go with ALL, or OFF. I am leaning towards OFF. Any advice? Anyways, when I (if I..) make up my mind, I'll post my impressions too. Thanks, yogi_bear for great reviews.
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yogi_bear
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Sweden extra is softer by a mile also extra is slower. Tried only extra a few times. It is a good blade but feels way different from the all around nostalgia.
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