TSP Ventus Speed review
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Topic: TSP Ventus Speed review
Posted By: haggisv
Subject: TSP Ventus Speed review
Date Posted: 10/30/2016 at 1:09am
As it's off-season, I've had some time to experiment with some new rubbers, so this time I decided to test the TSP Ventus Speed, which I had never tried before. From TSP the manufacturer: Ventus Speed is the hardest and fastest variant of the TSP Ventus series. When designing this offensive rubber, the Japanese rubber experts focused on perfect balance between high speed, maximum spin development and great control. The open-pore 45° sponge of Ventus Speed features the new “Optimized Rotation Concept” and is truly made for spin. Thanks the new sponge design, this new TSP development guarantees longer ball contact which results in more rotational energy transfer on the ball. In addition, the higher trajectory resulting from the “Optimized Rotation Concept” provides for great feel and more control in your play. The fast performance top rubber sheet of Ventus Speed develops tons of power and tremendous drive both for aggressive opening loops and mid-distance topspin attacks. Ventus Speed is a highly balanced offensive rubber offering great value for money. The Ventus Speed is an ESN Tensor released about 2 years ago. Since I forgot to take a picture before I glued this rubber onto my bat, I'll post someone else's picture that I found on the net    Topsheet feels soft and very grippy, but not highly lively like some of the latest generation Tensors. In fact it reminded me more of a traditional 'natural rubber' topsheet instead of the synthetic and tension ones. This might be the reason of the high durability that some others have mentioned. This property felt like an advantage for serving and pushing, where the spin was very good, and it was easy to keep the ball short. For brush looping the rubber did not feel that fast (for a Tensor), and the spin was high but not extreme. It felt more direct in that a faster brush resulted in high spin accordingly, not like the highly tensioned rubber that can result in extreme just at the right brushing speed (which has pros and cons). It wasn't until I started looping hard, and digging the ball into the sponge, that the familiar Tensor boost kicked in, resulting in very good speed and plenty of spin. Until you really powerloop, the rubber felt a little muted to me and not as crisp as I'd like it to be as it is at higher speed. I would expect this rubber to perform much better on a harder (and composite) blade resulting in a much crisper feel over most of the power range. The Trinity carbon that I was using has quite a soft feel and the carbon layers are buried deep in the plies, resulting in a softer feel, and the crisp feel did not appear till I looped really hard or smashed, and the familiar cracking sound appears. The throw of the rubber is high, which I really like. This tends to make it much easier to lift backspin to produce high spin loops. It tends to take less effort counterlooping as well. Counterlooping was really god actually, producing a fast and very spinny loop and kicked off very low off the table. Blocking and the short game all felt very controlled, and the rubber is relatively insensitive to incoming spin, much closer to something like Mark V than Tenergy. So if you like high throw rubbers, and looking for something with good spin and control, especially in the short game, this rubber may be a good choice. As I mentioned I would recommend to use it on a harder blade as it's going to feel a lot crisper for looping. Durability has been reported to be very good, but it's too early to tell for my sheet as I've only used it for 3 session, but zero signs of wear so far. Full http://tabletennis-reviews.com/tsp-ventus-speed-review" rel="nofollow - review of TSP Ventus Speed here . . ------------- Smart; VS>401, Dtecs OX http://tabletennisshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=page&id=42" rel="nofollow - Tenergy Alternatives | http://tabletennis-reviews.com" rel="nofollow - My TT Articles |
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Posted By: zeio
Date Posted: 10/30/2016 at 9:19am
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A review 2 years in the making, while I've the Ventus Spin sitting in the drawer for the same period of time... ------------- Viscaria FL - 91g + Neo H3 2.15 Blk - 44.5g(55.3g uncut bare) + Hexer HD 2.1 Red - 49.3g(68.5g 〃 〃) = 184.8g |
Posted By: adishorul
Date Posted: 10/30/2016 at 10:32am
| A review of ventus spin will be very interesting. |
Posted By: saif
Date Posted: 10/31/2016 at 11:21am
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For me, Ventus Speed feels like a muted T05. ------------- TBS FH & BH: T05fx Tibhar Samsonov Alpha FH: Grip-S Europe BH: Rakza7 soft Victas Koji Matsushita FH: Tenergy 80 BH: Feint long III https://www.facebook.com/groups/5439549367/ |
Posted By: Chewy
Date Posted: 11/10/2016 at 12:04pm
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Haggsiv, How is the durability holding up so far? Would like an update. Also, may I know if you've tried the Ventus Spin? Looking forward to hear from you. Thank you! -Chewy |
Posted By: vanjr
Date Posted: 11/10/2016 at 3:30pm
| I used ventus speed on my th for a while. Great durability, high quality control. Very easy to get at least 6 months out of it or even a year for non-professional. I never tried census spin. |
Posted By: haggisv
Date Posted: 11/10/2016 at 8:31pm
The topsheet feels like it's mostly natural rubber, so the durability is usually very good...it's not showing any signs of wear so far. Sorry I've not yet tried the Ventus Spin. ------------- Smart; VS>401, Dtecs OX http://tabletennisshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=page&id=42" rel="nofollow - Tenergy Alternatives | http://tabletennis-reviews.com" rel="nofollow - My TT Articles |
Chewy wrote:Posted By: Chewy
Date Posted: 11/11/2016 at 6:17am
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Thank you Vanjr and Haggs, Looks like the topsheet if of good durability. 6 months to a year is a very long time! Ok. Gotta wait.. till someone reviews the Ventus Spin then. :P |
Posted By: kruno
Date Posted: 02/18/2018 at 9:37pm
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Very similar to Nittaku G1 rubber. Extreme spin and speed can be generated by proper stroke. I tried this rubber unintentionally but fall in love right away. ------------- He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty Lao Tzu |
Posted By: haggisv
Date Posted: 08/16/2018 at 7:29am
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Has anyone tried the new Super Ventus yet? ------------- Smart; VS>401, Dtecs OX http://tabletennisshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=page&id=42" rel="nofollow - Tenergy Alternatives | http://tabletennis-reviews.com" rel="nofollow - My TT Articles |
Posted By: andzejgolot
Date Posted: 07/01/2021 at 2:46pm
great rubber |