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keme, for me it was discovering the TSP Trinity Carbon blade fantastic.

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Setup 1: Blade: TSP Trinity Carbon | Joola Golden Tango black 1.8mm FH & Tibhar Grass D.TecS acid green OX BH
Setup 2: Setup 2: Blade: TSP Trinity Carbon | Joola Golden Tango PS black 2.00mm FH & Tibhar Grass D.TecS red OX BH
Setup 3: Blade: TSP Trinity Carbon | Joola Golden Tango black 1.8mm FH & Spinlord Gigant anti-spin red BH
See the ball, be the ball...

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after the change to poly and paying $3 a ball for garbage that didn't bounce right, or cracked in 1 minute of play, it was fantastic to be able to buy good 3* poly balls in bulk at a great price.

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Yoko Ono

I was hoping you would say the Wally Rebounder board. Looking hard at that.

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What's the AK47 like? Is it tacky? I am starting a new foray into tacky chinese and so far I am REALLY loving it.

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Defplay Senso - ST
I just always come back to this blade no matter how bad I EJ. I just ordered 2 more backups.

LPs are tricky for me. 3 way tie between P-1R, Dornenglanz, and GD Meteorite. I love them all. Probably DG if I was forced to pick.

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Well the OP only asked for one. The return board was a very good purchase I would do again in a heartbeat, unlike many other robot/blade/rubber buys.

But after all the tournaments in FL switched from seamless to NP 3* balls with zero warning I was seriously.going to stop competing because I can't afford to train with those balls. So the dhs 3* coming out with better quality at 1/5 the price was a lifesaver.

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Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.

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Still like my Trinity Carbon too. I tried to get a bak-up but the UK supplier no longer stocks and persuaded me that a Tibhar Rapid Carbon is more or less identical. Actually it's completely different.

FH: Juic Couga - no longer ITTF Authorised and the reason I found this website after a google search for "juic couga"
BH: Dr Evil (ox) - from a purely fun to use perspective
Blade: Peter Freundlieb custom, made to suit my style, different veneers on backhand and forheand. Scratched an itch.
Shoes: Asics Gel Hunter, still going strong after 4.5yrs

Woohoo. Might have to do another top-10

10. Joola Tango/Tango Extrem. Super satifying for at least the first match. Then it either chipped or bubbled. Or both. I went to Donic F1 afterwards but it wasn't as good - just more durable and cheaper.

9. Gerflor Taraflex. Ok, I didn't actually purchase it (it cost 45k), but I helped do the run around to get quotes/install after we got a grant.

8. Darker 7P2A. I like hinoki blades, especially 7-ply. I think these are actually slower than my other favourite 7-ply hinoki - Septear - but there's something about Darker blades...

7. Butterfly Defense II. It's big, and heavy, and feels terrific. Too bad I'm not a defender.

6. Butterfly Schlager Carbon. I got this 2nd hand as I already had a Primorac Carbon and was fully prepared to hate the blade. Surprise. This with glued Bryce on it was possibly the best loopdrive combo I've ever tried.

5. Galaxy 961. I really liked the feel of this allround blade. Stiff and decently hard, doesn't have the soft "bong" characteristic of many other allround blades. Too bad I snapped it but I guess I could have bought 10 for the price of an Acoustic.

4. Nittaku Acoustic. Stupid expensive and doesn't actually shine in any one particular area, but after being mildly disappointed by the Violin, then a few others this one was pretty good at doing everything. Still my favourite blade on the market. I put this as the highest blade in my list, because it's outlasted all of the others.

3. Butterfly Tenergy 64. My favourite backhand rubber. It just works.

2. Stiga Energy Glue. A bit on the thin side, but brought a smile to my face every time I hit with it.

1. Nittaku Premium 3* 40. It's rounder than round.

Tied 1st. OOAK Shirt. I had two, so I guess it wasn't really OOAK.

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mikea, the Ooak table tennis shop still has then if you what another.

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Setup 1: Blade: TSP Trinity Carbon | Joola Golden Tango black 1.8mm FH & Tibhar Grass D.TecS acid green OX BH
Setup 2: Setup 2: Blade: TSP Trinity Carbon | Joola Golden Tango PS black 2.00mm FH & Tibhar Grass D.TecS red OX BH
Setup 3: Blade: TSP Trinity Carbon | Joola Golden Tango black 1.8mm FH & Spinlord Gigant anti-spin red BH
See the ball, be the ball...