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Spectol 21 (TSP)

Average user rating from: 1 user

Overall rating
3.3
Speed (1 rating)
4.0
General spin (1 rating)
2.5
Mechanical spin (1 rating)
2.5
Topsheet spin (1 rating)
2.0
Sponge hardness (1 rating)
3.0
Topsheet hardness (1 rating)
3.0
High throw angle (1 rating)
1.5
Spin reversal effect (1 rating)
2.0
Weight (1 rating)
3.5
Reglue effect (1 rating)
4.5
Control (1 rating)
4.0
Durability (1 rating)
4.0
Serve (1 rating)
2.5
Short game (1 rating)
4.5
Flip (Flick) (1 rating)
4.5
Over the table loop (1 rating)
3.0
High arc loop (1 rating)
2.0
Counterloop (1 rating)
2.0
Smash (1 rating)
5.0
Block (1 rating)
4.5
Chop (1 rating)
2.0
Value for money (1 rating)
4.0
 


5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Tuesday, 25 November 2008

Written by dalamchops - Top 5 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating
3.3
Speed
4.0
General spin
2.5
Mechanical spin
2.5
Topsheet spin
2.0
Sponge hardness
3.0
Topsheet hardness
3.0
High throw angle
1.5
Spin reversal effect
2.0
Weight
3.5
Reglue effect
4.5
Control
4.0
Durability
4.0
Serve
2.5
Short game
4.5
Flip (Flick)
4.5
Over the table loop
3.0
High arc loop
2.0
Counterloop
2.0
Smash
5.0
Block
4.5
Chop
2.0
Value for money
4.0
This short pip is probably the equivalent of 802-40 in the Japanese market. The pips are quite a bit smaller in diameter, and a little bit more spaced out than 802-40. This makes it less sensitive to spin, also more difficult to produce spin. As the 802-40 is as close as inverted as it gets, the Spectol plays quite far from a normal inverted rubber.

Spectol cancels spin with ease, so it makes serve return and hitting through spin with ease. What's truly special though, is the blocking ability of the rubber. It blocks people's loop effortlessly and sends a sinking ball back over to the opponent.

This is the 21 version of Spectol, with the 21 sponge, which is very soft and has a much more profound reglue effect than the old Spectol.
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