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Hi All, I joined the forum today as i desperately need suggestion. Last year, I ordered Stiga Infinity VPS blade (88gm) from tt11. After reading lot of reviews online for Infinity, I got Mx-P for FH and Powergrip on BH. The entire racquet setup has become very heavy for me. I want to stick to Infinity for long time as I love the blade feeling. Powergrip is good on BH.
Can someone please suggest lighter rubbers for FH ? Thanks in advance.

Dhs neo skyline 2 works well for me. Or hurricane 3. The tack on skyline lasts forever which is a plus for me. Generally Chinese rubbers work well with stiga 5 plys.

I think the weight is a bit lighter than mx-p. Not 100% sure

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Estimated USATT rating 1350-1400.
Double inverted penhold. TPB backhand trying to increase RPB usage

Blog (Ramblings of an ordinary penholder...): viewtopic.php?f=58&t=32694

729 or Palio or Yinhe rubbers have less weight compared to most DHS ones ?

Once upon a time I used PG9 with G888 and Skyline TG2Neo ... 197gr ?broke my elbow

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Backup C-pen blades:

• TSP Black Balsa 7.0 :
  1. FH/BH-729OEM/729SuperFX
  2. FH/BH-STN
• 729 Bomb : FH/BH-YRD/T5QS
• DHS PowerG-9 : FH/BH-729SuperFX
• Stag Balsa Koto : FH/BH-YRD/YR9

Fun blades:

• Yasaka Battle Balsa(ST) : FH/BH-YSD

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Heh.

I weighed my skyline 2 and acuda s2 once. To my surprise the latter is heavier (same size). Acuda s2 is often used for bh and also german.

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Estimated USATT rating 1350-1400.
Double inverted penhold. TPB backhand trying to increase RPB usage

Blog (Ramblings of an ordinary penholder...): viewtopic.php?f=58&t=32694

If your FH rubber is working well for you, I would actually suggest sticking to that set up and getting used to the weight. My setup used to feel like a brick, but now it feels normal.

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Blade: Victas Koji Matsushita Offensive FL
FH: Yasaka Mark V GPS Max
BH: TSP SuperSpinPips Chop 2 1.9

Rating: Recreational Player

Thanks Ma_Xin and man_iii for your responses.

@Danthespearton HQ : Yes i too thought i would get used to the weight of racquet, but during 3rd or 4th set of my matches , i'm unable to hit my fh strokes swiftly due to weight of FH i believe.

i tried playing FH with the powergrip on my bh. I find it good. I'm thinking of putting Powergrip on FH as well. Powergrip production has stopped so do you guys suggest any near identical alternatives to Powergrip ?

The Rasanter R & V series are supposed to replace powergrip. Good video review here.

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/equipm ... santer-r47

New Xiom Omega VII pro is supposed to be light for a high performance tensor.

MX-P is HEAVY - until you realize the sheet is 1cm longer than other peoples' sheets. The areal density is actually quite reasonable. Most Tensors will have a higher cut weight. If you want a lighter rubber, yeah, try Chinese. There are some really heavy Chinese sheets too, though.

Tibhar Evolution MX-P
black 2.1 72.57g 168x179mm 0.241g/cm^2

Andro Rasant Turbo
black 2.1 72.67g 170x171mm 0.250g/cm^2

Yinhe Big Dipper
black 38 degree 68.38g 165x167.5mm 0.251g/cm^2

Yinhe 9000 (rectangular generic pack)
red (red sponge) 61.95g 165x168mm 0.227g/cm^2
black (red sponge) 57.5g 165x170mm 0.208g/cm^2

DHS Hurricane 3 Med 2.15mm Orange Sponge 4 corners cut
black 59.72g 164.5x170.5mm 0.219g/cm^2
red 58.34g 164x171mm 0.215g/cm^2
red 58.32 164x170mm 0.216g/cm^2

Iskandar

Thanks for the link ChasFox. Very good review there.

Iskandar, Thanks for the details. Going by your uncut rubber stats, i think i can try DHS Hurricane 3.