Where can I rent table tennis blades/bats/frames/rackets and rubbers?

February 7, 2010

“Where can I rent table tennis or ping pong blades, bats, frame or rackets and rubbers?” I hear this question so often from serious players as well as novices alike. To some, the equipment junkie-ism takes them through a journey of one equipment after another. They are so thirsty to try one equipment after another. [...]

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A XIOM Allround blade, XIOM Magellan

February 4, 2010

Have you seen the XIOM catalog? Have you looked at their blades list and the blade performance chart? If you have, then you may be one of those who are confused by its rating. Hit feel, Flex, High Speed Performance, Rebound Speed etc… in the performance chat. This can confuse you. This rating is for [...]

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Chinese brands blades

February 3, 2010

I often get chances to test blades from Chinese brands. They are made in China and they are owned by Chinese brands too. The brands that came to my attention are (1) Kokutaku (2) Grand Dragon and (3) Sanwei. These Chinese brands make whole range of table tennis equipments - from ball to tables.
The big [...]

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Who does not hate Insufficient address!

February 2, 2010

Out of thousands of packages shipped out from TableTennisStore.US every year, some packages come back to the office. Thanks to USPS (United States Postal Service) for telling the real problem. The packages that come back have insufficient address.
The packages that come back to the table tennis store cost money to send out again. This situation [...]

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XIOM Vega Europe Review

January 29, 2010

Isn’t the life too busy? It has become busier these days. I don’t get a lot of time to test new rubbers. I try to find time, but sometimes it is hard. I have written a blog on XIOM Vega Pro a while back on SpinMantra. The plan for testing XIOM Vega Europe was postponed [...]

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Removing glue sheet from the blade

January 28, 2010

I hope this article will help the pimples players rather than inverted players. The pimples players who use no sponge version of pimples attach the rubber to the blade with glue sheet. After long time usage, the glue sheet becomes very much permanently attached to the blade. It is hard to remove. How do you [...]

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What Color and it’s effect on spin and speed

January 27, 2010

Green, Pink, Magenta… Oh No. We are not talking about the funky colors of rubbers that you see on a racket bought from Walmart. We are talking about the professional table tennis rubbers available in market that you can buy and attach to a blade.

The official colors of table tennis or ping pong is Red [...]

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TSP Cutman Rubber Review

January 23, 2010

Everyone needs an explanation what does a cutman means. The TSP Cutman is a defensive rubber for the moderan defensive players. I have not seen a similar rubber to TSP Cutman in the market. I can think of Dr.Neubauer ABS, but that is an anti-spin rubber. The TSP Cutman is not an anti-spin rubber. It’s [...]

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Giant Dragon Taichi, Karate rubbers

January 22, 2010

I’m not a Chinese rubber fan. They lack quality and consistent performance. My dislikes to Chinese rubbers happened few years ago in the speed glue era. I did not use speed glue, and none of the Chinese rubbers could give me good performance. I have to reconsider this facts again when I have looked at [...]

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Please help us to help Haiti

January 18, 2010

This is the worst disaster I have seen in my life. My heart goes to the people in Haiti. I find it a time to act. Please find a charity and donate whatever you can. We have donated as cash to a faith based organization having orphanages in Haiti.
In the rebuilding stage of Haiti, we [...]

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