Xiom Vega Intro vs TSP Gambit Review
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Topic: Xiom Vega Intro vs TSP Gambit Review
Posted By: a23096713
Subject: Xiom Vega Intro vs TSP Gambit Review
Date Posted: 05/25/2017 at 9:26pm
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Hi all, Recently, I have seen couple new allround offensive rubber that came out from big companies. Ever since the plastic balls, all my older generation of control allround rubbers has been outclassed too much with plastic balls. Unfortunately, the price of new rubbers has been high. Recently, there are new reasonable price rubbers. So, I get my hand on couple of them to see what is what. I am a chopper that does 50/50 chop/attack. Lets start with Xiom Vega intro. I have been using Vega Europe, but the price is still a bit high when I wear them off too much. So, the first one I tried was the Vega intro. Vega intro out of package looks very ugly. look like a moon's surface, but it plays fine. It is listed 47.5 degree on the website, but it didn't feel that way. (Xiom pro and Asia are listed as 47.5 degree, but it feels softer than them) It has a typical high tension german rubber feel to it. It remind me of the donic F3 in the old time. Speed isn't that exceptional. But it definitely is way faster than my previous generation allround rubber like tackiess D. Spin is decent; control isn't bad. great for allround looper. let's move on TSP Gambit, This is a new kid on the block, supposed to be a new Japanese allround rubber. It is very different from the Vega series. It has sharp feel to the rubber. It has extreme precise feel to it. It has similar feel to the Sriver with a little bit of speed glue in the old days. It isn't as soft as I expect. It definitely feel way harder than 40 degree that it listed. Speed is decent enough to finish the shot, looping is not as good. It likes smashing more than looping because the direct feels to it. Put all in comparison. including a classic tackiness Drive Speed, Vega intro > Gambit > Tackiness D Spin, Vega Intro > Gambit > Tackiness D Control, Gambit > Vega intro > Tackiness D The price of all three are comparable. If you go control two wing control loop like Timo boll, get Vega intro. If you want to out rally and smash like the old time player Jorgen Persson, Gambit is good choice. Old generation Allround had serve me well for decades, from 38 mm era, to 40mm era, unfortunately, I really don't think it holds a candle in plastic ball era. I hope this helps people who want decent equipment at a affordable price. ------------- Chop, Chop, and Counter Loop! BTY Cutlass + Tackiness D + Feint OX TSP Astron Yellow + Yasaka Original + Nittaku pimplemini One TSP Yanagi + UQ + BTY OX |
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Posted By: haggisv
Date Posted: 05/26/2017 at 3:39am
Thanks for the reviews of these new rubbers a23096713, it's the first ones I've seen!  You mentioned the Vega Into looked ugly, was it just something on the surface, or did it just look like poor quality? There are some pics on the xiom site, they are supposed to look like this:  ------------- Smart; VS>401, Dtecs OX http://tabletennisshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=page&id=42" rel="nofollow - Tenergy Alternatives | http://tabletennis-reviews.com" rel="nofollow - My TT Articles |
Posted By: a23096713
Date Posted: 05/26/2017 at 7:16am
  I am not sure why the Xiom photo has very different sponge colour. But as you can see from my picture, it looks very uneven. It came out of package that way. I went couple stores for lowest price, so I have seen enough that I know it is white sponge. Unless they use a different sponge in japan. It is very unlikely. ------------- Chop, Chop, and Counter Loop! BTY Cutlass + Tackiness D + Feint OX TSP Astron Yellow + Yasaka Original + Nittaku pimplemini One TSP Yanagi + UQ + BTY OX |
Posted By: a23096713
Date Posted: 05/26/2017 at 7:32am
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Sorry, I forget to mention. It just the appearance of it. I touch the surface, roll the ball, show it local coaches. I find it interesting that it is just the appearance. Both coaches that I talked with don't seem to bother by its appearance, and both of them tried it and say it play fine. ------------- Chop, Chop, and Counter Loop! BTY Cutlass + Tackiness D + Feint OX TSP Astron Yellow + Yasaka Original + Nittaku pimplemini One TSP Yanagi + UQ + BTY OX |
Posted By: haggisv
Date Posted: 05/26/2017 at 7:36am
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Thanks for that! Yes the different sponge colour is odd... I doubt they'd have different sponges for different regions... perhaps the sheet in my picture was a sample created just for photography. ------------- Smart; VS>401, Dtecs OX http://tabletennisshop.com.au/index.php?main_page=page&id=42" rel="nofollow - Tenergy Alternatives | http://tabletennis-reviews.com" rel="nofollow - My TT Articles |
Posted By: a23096713
Date Posted: 05/26/2017 at 7:49am
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Maybe, after all, despite the price is 33% less than other Vega, if it looks ugly like the real product, I highly doubt people would buy it. It could be possible that prototype uses a different sponge. ------------- Chop, Chop, and Counter Loop! BTY Cutlass + Tackiness D + Feint OX TSP Astron Yellow + Yasaka Original + Nittaku pimplemini One TSP Yanagi + UQ + BTY OX |