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xxNarsilxx
Beginner Joined: 07/18/2021 Location: Slovenia Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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Posted: 07/19/2021 at 6:25am |
Hello everyone,
Now im kinda beginner(not total), im using Butterfly pre made TimoBoll Black with wakaba rubber. I wanna go custom made. My blade has cca 1mm sponge under the wakaba rubber. I read this is for better control. I was watching Ovtcharov on YT how to glue rubber and he used no sponge. As it seem to me. Now here im noob as i have never used custom made and never held only rubber in my hand. Is this sponge part of rubber if thickness is 1,9mm or not? Is this sponge needed? I dont wanna buy something extravagant, so on one side i wanna use Flextra on other Roundell. Same thickness i guess. Thanks for any input at all.
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Zwill
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Hello,
I think you're a bit confused which is understandable. If you want to use inverted rubbers like Ovtcharov in his video you need sponge. Thankfully mentioned Flextra and Roundell rubbers come with a sponge by default. I would recommend you to chose the maximum available thickness of the sponge. With Butterfly that is 2.1mm. I understand you are a beginner player, (you should never call yourself a noob, that is insulting even if you call yourself that), I would not recommend the mentioned rubbers as they are not really good for modern table tennis. I would recommend Rozena in case you want to follow Butterfly as a brand and get a very high performance rubber which will help you learn modern table tennis. If you are not locked on Butterfly as a brand, there are a million choices. Tibhar Evolution FX-S I think is an excellent rubber for beginners. Hope I helped you, neighbour. |
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Skyline
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Sponge is a part of an inverted rubber. There is thin (1.0-1.5 mm) medium ( 1.5-1.9 mm) and thick ( 1.9-2.3 mm) sponge. Edited by Skyline - 07/19/2021 at 6:00pm |
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xxNarsilxx
Beginner Joined: 07/18/2021 Location: Slovenia Status: Offline Points: 5 |
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Thank you both. As an amateur i always used Butterfly even 16 years ago and like wife and car i would never switch rubber haha.
Okay i will take your opinions into consideration thank you very much for explaining to me about this.
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cole_ely
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You'll find the modern butterfly equipment is as expensive as either
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Wavestone St with Illumina 1.9r, defender1.7b
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