baxster f1-a

anybody using this?
haven't used yet but it's the bounciest short pips I ever owned!!

Dr.Cho wrote: Seems to me its like  the donic f-2 or 3 sponge underneath. very fast and spiny for a pips out.

it's fast for any rubber.
similar speed to a new bluefire.
spin is pretty high too.


Edited by puppy412 - 04/12/2014 at 9:40pm

Johnny Chop, for me f1a was like inverted.

I had it on a Rendler Offplay and liked it but actually the good ol 802-40 plays better for me.

NextLevel wrote: Johnny Chop, for me f1a was like inverted.

Edited by JohnnyChop - 04/13/2014 at 2:52pm

puppy412 wrote: bbkon wrote: JohnnyChop wrote: puppy412 wrote: Dr.Cho wrote: Seems to me its like  the donic f-2 or 3 sponge underneath. very fast and spiny for a pips out. it's fast for any rubber. similar speed to a new bluefire. spin is pretty high too. i used it for a while couple month back…. For me it is like a hybrid between medium and short pips…comparatively out of the sp i have used i would say  Spin:     802>Spectol>F1A>563 Control: F1A>802>Spectol>563  Speed:  563>F1A>Spectol>802 Sink:     563>F1A>Spectol>802 F1A Pro  - one of the best at hitting through underspin  - Insensitive to spin  - great control on blocks - good speed  - massive sink effect for a SP  Con  - not enough spin so your timing have to be really good  - it is picky with blades (horrible on the TB t5000 but amazing on a clearfield) how come a medium pip like 563 can be faster than a short one? also 563 is from friendship/729, so it probably has a 1 dollar sponge. anything is possible but it doesn't sound logical that a 1 dollar chinese sponge is faster than a fast tensor donic sponge.

JohnnyChop wrote: puppy412 wrote: bbkon wrote: JohnnyChop wrote: puppy412 wrote: Dr.Cho wrote: Seems to me its like  the donic f-2 or 3 sponge underneath. very fast and spiny for a pips out. it's fast for any rubber. similar speed to a new bluefire. spin is pretty high too. i used it for a while couple month back…. For me it is like a hybrid between medium and short pips…comparatively out of the sp i have used i would say  Spin:     802>Spectol>F1A>563 Control: F1A>802>Spectol>563  Speed:  563>F1A>Spectol>802 Sink:     563>F1A>Spectol>802 F1A Pro  - one of the best at hitting through underspin  - Insensitive to spin  - great control on blocks - good speed  - massive sink effect for a SP  Con  - not enough spin so your timing have to be really good  - it is picky with blades (horrible on the TB t5000 but amazing on a clearfield) how come a medium pip like 563 can be faster than a short one? also 563 is from friendship/729, so it probably has a 1 dollar sponge. anything is possible but it doesn't sound logical that a 1 dollar chinese sponge is faster than a fast tensor donic sponge. is F1A a tensor sponge? the pip has been around for quite a long time now? a couple month back on the chinese forum there was a lot of complaints about how the new sheets of F1A plays different from the old ones… just FYI

right, it's not a tensor, here's the description

Infinite tension
The DONIC pimple out programme is completed with DONIC BAXSTER F1-A a fast pimple out rubber sheet in FORMULA DONIC technology. The typical softness of the sponge gives a superb feeling for the ball. The BAXSTER F1-A masters ball control in slow rallies, yet gives explosive power for fast strokes. This is the result of the integrated molecular tension of FORMULA DONIC.

JohnnyChop wrote: NextLevel wrote: Johnny Chop, for me f1a was like inverted. ya a lot of people tell me this… i am just not sure about it… Many reviews says F1A is very spiny but also with impressive sink effect and it is insensitive to spin so i got one to try… i was quite impressed with the sink and control but was really dissapointed with the spin to me it had much less spin then 802 or spectol….

JohnnyChop wrote: bbkon wrote: JohnnyChop wrote: NextLevel wrote: Johnny Chop, for me f1a was like inverted. ya a lot of people tell me this… i am just not sure about it… Many reviews says F1A is very spiny but also with impressive sink effect and it is insensitive to spin so i got one to try… i was quite impressed with the sink and control but was really dissapointed with the spin to me it had much less spin then 802 or spectol…. have you tried xtend po or rakza po?? is there any tensor pips worth trying besides  flarestorm2  and hexer pips? i have not used any tensor pips except Raystorm. It wasn't the best or the worst, kind of average all around for a spinny SP.  i have kinda always wondered why there are so few reviews of tensor sp available online...