Customer review for XIOM Vega Pro

External Review for XIOM Vega Pro on December 10, 2012

UPDATE:
Have been using this for three months now. I still agree with everything I say below, but WATCH OUT! There is an issue with this rubber (and I have just had the same issue with Vega Europe, so it's not a one off):

This stuff drinks up the glue like crazy. I had to put on three coats on the sponge before I could get it to stick. What I discovered later is that it SHRINKS, too, as it absorbs the glue. I don't mean a little; I mean A LOT. I took the rubber off one blade and put it on another, then switched it back. It had shrunk 2mm on every side. It was no longer usable. I work part-time in a pro shop. I glue rackets for others almost every day, and I have never, ever seen a rubber behave like this before. It's a great rubber and lasts well, but beware: it shrinks, and you can lose $70 worth of rubber in the snap of a finger. It's hard to get to stick, and if it comes off and you have cut it flush, you are screwed, i kid you not.
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Just started using Vega Pro in Max thickness on FH and BH on my Darker 7p-2a carbon. So far, I'm liking it.

Vega Pro has a stiff but not too dense sponge. I had to put three coats of Butterfly Free Chalk glue on the sponge before it stopped soaking in and I could put it on the blade. But the sponge works very well. Unlike, say, a cheap Gambler rubber, which has a stiff AND dense sponge, Vega Pro has some give, so that I shrink from calling it HARD, exactly. The ball gets down in there, and I wasn't disappointed with the dwell time at all, particulary since I hit a fast ball.

Vega Pro is fast. I'm a middle distance looper, so this is great. But if you play close to the table as a rule, watch out. This stuff is built to grab that ball and chuck it a mile. I wouldn't recommend it for the close player or anyone below strong intermediate in skill.

The control and spin is good for me. As long as I hit a quality stroke, Vega Pro delivers. I wouldn't call it forgiving, but not too strict either. And you can spin the ball like crazy.

They say on the specs at the top of this page (as of this writing) that Vega Pro is not a tensor rubber. It IS a tensor rubber, says so on the front of the package.

Great rubber, 9/10 for me. But it's for a very narrow group: fast, spinny, more advanced attacking players. Others will find themselves knocking holes in the walls.

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