OOAK Table Tennis Forum

I have a Butterfly Amicus Pro model and I'm looking for some reasonable quality practice balls at a good price.

I'd prefer to buy from MegaSpin, Amazon (Prime), or Paddle Palace, as I'm in the U.S.

What balls do you think work well? I'd hate to spend only $50 for 144 or 120 and have them break too easily, but at the same time, I'm new and so it's not like I'm pounding them or smashing them or anything.

Thoughts? Best practice balls for use with a robot available in the U.S.

P.S. I have 100 or so Nittaku 3-star balls for general play.

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Erik J. Barzeski
Newb in Erie, PA

Tibhar TEXO All | 1.8 999 Juic Elite x 2
Ross Leidy ALL Blades (x2) | 1.8BH/2.0FH Juic 999 Elite
Butterfly Amicus Pro

Erie TTC • Erie TTC Facebook
TST • GE • 5SK • LSW

Double Fish 1 star from eacheng. About 23 bucks prr hundred post paid from eacheng on Aliexpress.

Iskandar

Both of those sites look like sites with which I'll never do business. Not my style at all. I put at least a little value on customer experience and service. When I added the item to the cart at Aliexpress four other things were already "in" my cart too despite never having added anything else before.

No thank you. Again, I'd prefer the sites listed above, or another site with stronger U.S. ties.

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Erik J. Barzeski
Newb in Erie, PA

Tibhar TEXO All | 1.8 999 Juic Elite x 2
Ross Leidy ALL Blades (x2) | 1.8BH/2.0FH Juic 999 Elite
Butterfly Amicus Pro

Erie TTC • Erie TTC Facebook
TST • GE • 5SK • LSW

China has strong US ties, in fact it might take over the currency.

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Butterfly French Style
2x Friendship 729 Super FX

Gambler Gold 2-star from Zeropong.com is durable and cheap. Or buy from TTnpp.com from Hong Kong. They are very reputable. I got 144 new 3-star plastic balls from them in about ten days. No drama whatsoever. They came in a nice box just as if you'd buy them from Paddle Palace. I would buy anything from them in a heartbeat (they have excellent prices for everything).

Seamless polyball made in China. The exclusive online shop in the US. check it out: http://www.xushaofa-sports.com/shop/

http://en.butterflymag.com/2015/03/win- ... y-ball-40/

Plastic novelty from WEENER plant, made in Germany.

*Shrug*

I've had excellent results buying stuff on AliExpress, and saved a bunch of money, too. The Eacheng outlets let me choose blades according to weight, and rubber of particular sponge hardness. To each his own, I guess.

Iskandar