I bought a blade/combo with two rubbers.  Aces Pro and 4 Kings Pro.  I also bought Red Diamond and Black power as separate sheets from zeropong.  Zeropong shipped quickly.  I want to see what Chinese rubbbers are all about.   I will post a review when I have played with the Chinese paddle a bit.  I spent 88 USD on 4 rubbers and one blade.  I am not expecting much.  I just want to know.  If nothing else I will have something to compare against when I do my rubber testing.

I have been a Big Slam user for 1.5 Years. I enjoy the touch and easy I can loop heavy under spin serves and chops. I am concerned the 05 will take some of this away and I am hoping the new 05 FX will help solve these issues. 

The Big Slam is also VERY light. How does it compare with 05FX?

Thanks

Steve

Although Brian pace does seem to go a little to far with his video bling, he does offer some very clear and easy to study footage. This high definition video showcases the concept of "when is it time to learn to loop" and also shows the way we should try to mix a drive and soft loop etc one after the other.

ok, ive officially gone back to a fast short pimple and so far his comp have won 10 from 10 and only lost 4 games....iiiiiiiii am killing it as i wont get tied down by faggy chop and can hit through loop with ease.  I feel a bit rude though at times i confess when people do a good loop...its just so easy to sorta shove it  deep down the line on their backhand side and they have to half push/chop to get it back....then you kill it.

Have just tried many rubbers recently, since I ran out of tenergy and other reasons.  Recently I pulled of the 2mm Killerspin blast because I don't like anything under maximum thickness.  Because I was going for the harder sponges I stuck on a brand new Gambler outlaw and then pulled it off after about an hour of play.  Hate it, too hard, felt good as a forehand rubber but not a backhand rubber.  Then I stuck an old tenergy 05 on backhand and played out the night.

When I was mad about table tennis I went to book store often to find only 1 or 2 books to choose from. I ended up buying one and did enjoy it. But in the age of internet I am wondering how many people would buy a book in paper, on paper whatever.

A fresh look at Tenergy 05 confusion?

So Tenergy 05 Admin or let's call him Boz as more than half the table tennis players do, asked me recently to write a fresh review about tenergy 05 specifically.  I really wondered exactly what I can say about tenergy 05 that hasn't already been said.  Especially because he said he wanted to create a new very clear category that doesn't focus on all the tenergy family.  He said it must be very, very clear: "could you write a clear new categorical heading that will specifically target tenergy 05 and not the other spring sponge versions out by Butterfly?"

When Butterfly brings out the tenergy 05 version in an fx version the table tennis community especially the half that has already used tenergy 05 will go crazy buying it up.  

Tenergy 05 fx weight

The butterfly tenergy weight "issues" will hopefully go away because it will be lighter than the original 05 - this will cause many of the people who left tenergy because of weight problems to come back and reconsider.