Customer review for XIOM Vega Europe

External Review for XIOM Vega Europe on August 19, 2013

Great product by Xiom.
Softer, light, tensor rubber of a good quality.
Hardness :
Xiom rates its sponge softer then Pro version of Vega. It is hard to feel the difference on touch. Top sheet is lot softer then Pros. It has higher pips. Soft top sheet adds spin at low speeds but also contributes to bounciness. Maybe with avg technique one should be careful with short under-spin balls (some time those pop up).
Top spin game is great. Openings are strong (probably the best), mid distance is very solid too. Catapult, high spin, easiness of play are all there when less then 2 meters away. Rubber clicks hard almost all the time, some may find this useful to correct technique.
If you go back more then 2 m, in my opinion, rubber starts developing some problems due to the softness. Harder you hit, more and more you will feel the blade coming into the play. No so much on a BH but on FH deffo.
Other parts of the game with this rubber are all there. Service is great, so i blocking, pushing and so on... You may need some to adjust but by no means will you be disappointed with this rubber performance.
Highly recommended rubber to a close to the table fast players who love control. Recommended on BH side of the blade. Would also recommend Vega Euro to the players whose physical ability is not a top notch or have some type of physical limitation. Bounciness and control (hard to put those two together but Vega Euro does menage) may help you with ball placement and compensate for the lack of foot work to some degree.
Would not recommend this rubber on FH at all (well maybe beginners can use it as FH rubber but ...). Definitely if you are heavy hitter from a distance there may be some better alternatives.
In any case if you like to try this rubber out you will not throw away your 40$!!
Hope this helps a bit. Have fun playing TT.

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