Stiga Calibra LT is very good

JKC wrote: Cut 2 sheets of LT and 2 sheets of sound for Fred recently and it seems to cut much better than it used to - no tearing or pulling. It still seems to play the same though.

Tinykin_2 wrote: JKC wrote: Cut 2 sheets of LT and 2 sheets of sound for Fred recently and it seems to cut much better than it used to - no tearing or pulling. It still seems to play the same though. Difference in cutting blade maybe?

Maybe T25 is worth a try if you want a harder T05.

The T25 I don´t like.
Calibra LT Plus is harder than T25?

Some rubbers do not work well with some blades.

Edited by BH-Man - 02/09/2012 at 9:40am

Rakza on hyper flexy blade is equal or more than T on common blade (as 4 me) 

update: i have now switched to calibra LT and I find it better than tenergy 05 in all respects. Calibra LT is more "deadly"; in particular counterlooping is much easier due to the lower throw and lower spin sensitivity; and the opening loop has much more penetration.

I think the reason why T05 is so widespread is that it has good spin and that it makes it easy to lift backspin; but once your skills are beyond a certain point, I think speed oriented rubbers like calibra lt become much more effective; spinny opening loops are useless with good players, while fast counterloops are very important, as are fast opening loops. Also service receive is difficult with t05 due to the high sensitivity. not so with Calibra.

PS: I find calibra plays great on both flexible hard wooden blades such as Stiga OCR and stiff medium-soft carbon blades such as Dawei Wavestone. Not blade-dependent at all.


Edited by seguso - 03/03/2012 at 4:54am

Stavros wrote: seguso wrote: PS: I find calibra plays great on both flexible hard wooden blades such as Stiga OCR and stiff medium-soft carbon blades such as Dawei Wavestone. Not blade-dependent at all. Agree. On stiff blades though, Calibra Spin perform better. On Ebenholz NCT 7 the feeling of Calibra LT Spin is better than Calibra LT.

Edited by seguso - 03/03/2012 at 5:45am

glued calibra lt plus on my forehand. it really is fast, but coming from desto f1, its quite heavy

Stavros wrote: mrdoodzki wrote: glued calibra lt plus on my forehand. it really is fast, but coming from desto f1, its quite heavy What do you mean with "glued"?  Do you mean VOC glued?  All Calibras are extremely good with VOC normal glue.

oh no no no, i meant i just glued it to my paddle, no voc or speed glue or any of those stuff, just normal glue...

Today I put calibra lt spin on backhand. On forehand I have calibra lt regular. I tried this combo on two blades: one carbon (dawei wavestone) and one wood (dhs pg3). I guarantee that calibra SPIN is slower than calibra lt, both in the top gear and in every other gear; OTOH it is capable of producing a shorter arc when brushing. This is useful for backhand flip.

What the guys at Stiga were thinking: "calibra LT (long trajectory) has too long a trajectory, so let's make a rubber with a shorter long trajectory."

AllezCho wrote: Interesting. So, in your opinion, do you think Calibra Spin is the highest throw rubber in the series?

No wait. I didn't say that. Throw is exactly the same. I could twiddle the blade without problems, I only felt a decrease in speed. The only difference is that the spin version is slower and can produce a shorter arc when brushing.

that its true, both of my calibra's are spinnier now than they were when new also the lt plus is a speed monster

EPIC FAIL

Calibra lt spin removed from bh, after 2 days trial. Way too springy for my skill on bh, even on wood (dhs pg3). went back to vega pro. I won't kill with bh, but at least I can block, punch and sidespin flip, and open short balls safely.




Edited by seguso - 03/07/2012 at 5:23am

I also know many low or high division pros in my country using regular LT on BH/FH on Rosewood 7 blades. Far too powerful setup for me though.