Review: Donic Acuda S1 Turbo (vs Xiom Omega 4 Asia

I have tried Acuda S1 Turbo (MAX, Black) recently, and decided to write down some thoughts on it with comparison to my other tensor rubber, Xiom Omega IV Asia

Weight: about the same, around 45 g for a cut sheet

Tackiness: none on both

Hardness: same, Medium-Hard sponge, about 47-48 on ESN scale

Speed: rather deceptive, since Acuda is less linear. It is about as fast as O4A on fast attacking shots but often much slower on slow and midpower placement shots.

Tensor/Catapult: noticeably more pronounced on Acuda.

Throw angle: lower for Acuda on all shots but spinny opening loops

Control: pretty good on both, but better on O4A

Spin: better on Acuda for all strokes but fast loops

Sensitivity: better (less sensitive) for O4A

Flat game: slightly better for O4A

Looping: opening loops better for Acuda, counterlooping and fast loopkills - some advantage for O4A

Short game: about the same but O4A is a bit more predictable for me, produces less unexpected pushes into the net

Backhand game: O4A is better since usually people play more placement shots, pushes and blocks on BH , and O4A beats Acuda there

I would recommend Acuda over O4A only to the players who are heavily spin-oriented and rarely do "soft" strokes on their FH (except an opening loop). I myself will definitely stick with Omega.

If you need a barely used sheet of Acuda S1 Turbo MAX (Black) for mere $20 (US-48), PM me plz.

Imho speedglued Bryce was way more reliable than this Turbo that I had, especially in counterlooping.

But I agree that after throwing your Tenergy into the trash (or quickly selling it here at MyTT), S1 Turbo is one of the rubbers you should test (together with Omega 4A for FH, Baracuda and Blitz for BH)

Mickael wrote: Ok, but what is the difference between om4a and om4Europe, and what is blitz? How does it play?

You can read up on these questions right here on the forum - use the Search tool.

Sam..one of the best players in our club (2100), whose Bluefire m1 review i had posted earlier, recently played with S1Turbo.

Yes, but I want the opinion of someone who KNOWS s1 turbo. That's all.

Mickael wrote: Yes, but I want the opinion of someone who KNOWS s1 turbo. That's all.

I have only hit with M1 for a single short session but I would say....

Speed wise M1 is easily faster, its even faster than S1.
Spin is higher for M1 on thin contacts like opening brushes and pushes however S1t has more on loop drives.
M1 feels alot softer than S1t
M1 is much better in the short games as it is not as bouncy. You can be more aggresive on flicks and pushes and still hit the table.

Then buy O4Vega and be rahat. Use them interchangingly.

What is omega 4 vega? What did u mean?