Palio Thor's impressions and reviews

Yes I agree with you, it's never been perfect but it's still one of the most highly rated rubbers on the market. The mind boggles about how good it would be if it was as easy to use as T05

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chris.b40 wrote: [QUOTE=debraj] hmmm... jz has stock. but make sure you buy red...not black. it may end up on your bh.    @ debraj Why only "red" ?  Anyone here playing Black,what are your findings?

popperlocker wrote: Sallom89 wrote: Hope they wont ruin it if its already good :/ Ill try it today and see if countering is bad :o Please compare it to Spin Art!

chris.b40 wrote: debraj wrote: hmmm... jz has stock. but make sure you buy red...not black. it may end up on your bh.    @ debraj Why only "red" ?  Anyone here playing Black,what are your findings?

I'm on my second sheet of black and have encountered no problems.




Edited by Anton Chigurh - 06/23/2011 at 11:44am

peteleco wrote: where i can buy this rubber in american stories?

You can purchase it at www.ttarmory.com but right now his site is down until he gets in his new stock. So you'll probably have to wait a few days.

TheRobot99 wrote: Anton Chigurh wrote: peteleco wrote: where i can buy this rubber in american stories? You can purchase it at www.ttarmory.com but right now his site is down until he gets in his new stock. So you'll probably have to wait a few days. TTNPP also sells Thor's.

TheRobot99 wrote: Anton Chigurh wrote: peteleco wrote: where i can buy this rubber in american stories? You can purchase it at www.ttarmory.com but right now his site is down until he gets in his new stock. So you'll probably have to wait a few days. TTNPP also sells Thor's.

Yes, TTNPP does sell Thor's, but he was asking about American stores. TTNPP is in China. TTArmory is in the U.S.

(Just FYI. )

Anton Chigurh wrote: TheRobot99 wrote: Anton Chigurh wrote: peteleco wrote: where i can buy this rubber in american stories? You can purchase it at www.ttarmory.com but right now his site is down until he gets in his new stock. So you'll probably have to wait a few days. TTNPP also sells Thor's. Yes, TTNPP does sell Thor's, but he was asking about American stores. TTNPP is in China. TTArmory is in the U.S. (Just FYI. )

Fast Paddle also sells it and located in Colorado. I received my order quickly.

TheRobot99 wrote: Anton Chigurh wrote: TheRobot99 wrote: Anton Chigurh wrote: peteleco wrote: where i can buy this rubber in american stories? You can purchase it at www.ttarmory.com but right now his site is down until he gets in his new stock. So you'll probably have to wait a few days. TTNPP also sells Thor's. Yes, TTNPP does sell Thor's, but he was asking about American stores. TTNPP is in China. TTArmory is in the U.S. (Just FYI. ) This is what I get for viewing on my phone.......

Sallom89 wrote: debraj wrote: palio thors plays well in styles that doesn't close the paddle much.  like my BH, antons cpen FH, Sallom's Cpen FH.. etc...  Not sure, but I think that I close the angle alot in today's training session.. the more you close it the more you have to dig into the sponge otherwise the ball would behave in a weird manner and drop to the net.. why the hell am I even talking after ONLY my second day using it :P just giving my impressions so far :o

I brush a lot with a fairly closed racket face when I play and still have great success.

thors is a good rubber in some shots.
and then in some other shots it feels like crap.
in some loops it feels good (when you get the angle the rubber likes, typical european rubber angle).
in flat hits and direct loops (h3 counterloop/smash style) it feels powerless, dead.
I would put it in the same category as an untuned whale II.
tuned whale II, tuned h3, tenergy are superior.


Edited by sa01 - 06/24/2011 at 9:58pm

Thors isn't anywhere near the same class as even tuned whale as far as spin production goes (thors has way more spin). On bigger shots it even has more spin than Tenergy, once it has lots of hours on it, it's also faster than all the above rubbers. The only down side for me is that it's harder to use or less forgiving as robot says. It's never going to fail you unless the stroke was a failure in the first place it just amplifies your failure more than most rubbers do. The good part of the story is... once you can hang onto Thors you can use anything else very easily

TheRobot99 wrote: sa01 wrote: thors is a good rubber in some shots. and then in some other shots it feels like crap. in some loops it feels good (when you get the angle the rubber likes, typical european rubber angle). in flat hits and direct loops (h3 counterloop/smash style) it feels powerless, dead. I would put it in the same category as an untuned whale II. tuned whale II, tuned h3, tenergy are superior. Thor's is not very forgiving. Don't expect some shots to work well without proper technique. I flat hit and power loop a lot and it only fails me when I've done something wrong. By the way, how long have you been playing with Thor's?

the point is that it only feels a bit special when you make close to the table loops against a blocker.
because the speed is good and the spin is very good.
for flat hitting I'd stay with any donic or andro rubber (they are in the same price segment), it is a bit slow, nothing special here.
for counterlooping away from the table it doesn't shine either, again I'd go with other tensors which are faster and produce the same spin.
if you want to make quick forward counterloops h3 style it doesn't deliver since this rubber is not like an h3, it is more like an european rubber. so you will get more like a flat shot.

I've been using tuned h3/whale II for a while now so my standards are pretty high.
even tenergy seemed like crap


Edited by sa01 - 06/25/2011 at 5:17pm

I moved to Thors from BW2 tuned and found Thors much more easier to use than BW2