Blades and rubbers
Equipment
Justin O'Toole Asked 12 years ago
Hi Alois i want to ask about a couple of rubbers and blades that i use i have two bats.
My spare bat is a Donic Epox top speed combined with Andro Roxon rubbers. My main bat is a Donic Ovtcharov carbospeed with Andro Hd Hexer rubbers. I like the Donic Ovtcharov blade better than the Epox top speed also i like the Andro Hexer hd rubbers better than the Roxon rubbers.
I find that with my main bat the Donic Ovtcharov with the Andro Hexer Hd rubbers i am feeling more spin-speed, lots of power and much more control. My spare bat i feel it is for great power but i have less spin it feel more of a bat for speed.
Have you had any thing to do with these rubbers-blades Alois, do you know anything about them? Thank you for your time once again thank Jeff too. Yourself and Jeff have re kindeled my passion for table tennis i have nver had so much passion and fun thanks Alois and Jeff Cheers justin.
Alois Rosario Answered 12 years ago
Hi Justin,
Not much experience with these rubbers and blades.
One thing though, is I think you should have your spare blade as similar to your main blade as possible. If you are forced to change bats in the middle of a match because you damage one, it will be difficult to adjust to the new one immediately.
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Justin O'Toole Posted 12 years ago
Great thanks Alois cheers Justin.
Rene van der Kleij Posted 12 years ago
Using two identical blades with same rubbers is also great to get the max. out of the rubbers, I use two TB-Spirit’s, one for National competition, and one for local competition and training. I put on new rubbers on my training bat every time just before National competition so it becomes my competition blade, than the former competition blade becomes the training blade and so on, every 90 days + ,with the advantage of having two excellent blades during National competition.
Marcus Anbau Posted 12 years ago
Both are very similar blades, normally the Ovtcharov should be faster, but of cause it allways depends on the the whole combination of rubber and blades, also the weight plays its part.
Dont know exactly which Roxon you got there, but all of them have less spinpotential than the Hexer HD.
Also depends if both rubbers have same thickness. Some blade manufacturers are able to produce blades with allmost same weight consistent, some are not.
I found my Donic blades allways vary quite a lot in weight, so I usually get them pre weighed before I buy them.
It could be that your Epox is a bit heavier than it should be, usually making it stiffer and faster, thus less controll and more speed.
Some other thought...
Dont know how good you are, but those blades, they are very fast with low control. One needs excellent technique and footwork to master such blades, imo they are for pros.
I suppose you are a looper? Test the Waldner Senso Ultra Carbon and get it around 86g, it is very fast(if you want it to, has kind of gears, due to the way it is constructed), but also offers much greater control . Its slightly head heavy, so great for flips/flicks and all kind of topspin vs backspin,its 7 ply(aprox. 5.8 mm thick), but still much more flexible(the more flexible, the bigger the spinpotential) than your current blades.It has vibrations, but low, dont find them bad, gives more feel, your Ovtcharov certainly feels more "dead".