Bro, may I ask what is your current weapon of choice?

This post has been edited by ufaiq: Feb 6 2015, 11:08 AM

Hi, I also recently developed the interest to play TT seriously and in the market to look for a serious blade that is suited to my budget and playing style. After doing extensive research I discovered that there are two varieties of blade, it's either 5 or 7 plies. On top of that, there's the traditional all wood plies or the current wood and carbon combo.

I have decided to actually settle for a Stiga Carbo 7.6 which is a combo blade.

I hope we could perhaps continue this discussion further and I am happy to give my opinion on the matter.

Thank you bro, that is a very impressive list of blades you've tried. What is EJ? Can I have your thoughts on the Stiga Carbo 7.6..

I'm a newbie to TT, already in my 30's and considering taking TT as a hobby and will try my best to join local tourney. Planning to join practice at UM every weekend to improve my game.

Good on you bro, bit by the TT bug too. Just got my custom made blade and it is awesome!

A colleague of mine mentioned that there's a shop in main part of Ampang that sells sports equipment including a selection of blades and rubber. You feel like traveling a little further to checkout equipments go to tenryu (subang), q-sports (petaling jaya), PJ Union (paramount, PJ) or amcorp mall

Good way of making a decision, I walked into PJ union last Saturday and got myself a Donic Epox Carbotec with Donic Liga forehand and Baxter backhand. Can't wait to play it later this evening

My relative also did mention this shop in pertama complex but for me the issue going there is parking and the traffic.. In term of prices, my relative said that most of his officemates buy equipment from this shop

I'm 100 percent sure that all small traders are closed during CNY,but forget about amcorp dude because they only carry tibhar blades and 2 or 3 butterflies. Best is go to PJ union after CNY

For sharing purposes, before purchasing my blade I had several sites I visited for notes:
www.tabletennisdb.com
http://www.presports.com/
http://www.q-sports.asia/
http://www.tenryu.com.my/store/

Goodluck, do share drills of the new bat once you bought it

Hi steve, noticed that you play at PJ Union. Can I join your session the next time you're there?

Dear Steve and Sze,

Say after CNY, would you be interested in joining me and my colleague to form a small group to play at PJUNION? There's also a chance that my wife will join too for the TT session. If you guys are up for it, I'll PM you my number so we could easily coordinate meets there.

Catch up with you guys later, take care

That's great news, don't worry buddy we're pretty much at the same level of fitness. I could no longer play basketball because my knees could not take it, so have taken the liking to play TT and I do agree it is a lot safer than other sports.

To recap head count, we have more or less about 5 to 6 players will join PJUNION once it opens after CNY. Appreciate everyone to PM me their numbers so we could start a whatsapp group for easy arrangement.

Hope everyone is ok that we play on Mondays from 7-10, will definitely wait for further feedback. Cheers!

Yes, if you're interested please join us. Our session are Monday nights, 7.45 onwards. If interested, PM me your mobile number and will add you to our whatsapp group.

Chong, thanks for informing Leon about our group. Still can't join tonight but will definitely rejoin group next Monday. Have a good session tonight with Eric. Have fun!

Interested in joining? If you are, you can PM me your mobile number and will add you to the whatsapp group

At the moment Monday, I'd love to have a round on Friday. Interested? PM me your mobile number, will add you to our whatsapp group as well

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This post has been edited by ufaiq: Mar 20 2015, 09:46 AM

Some chubby dude in his mid 40's.

As reference for other forumers, I visited Star Elite Table Tennis Centre SETTC in Puchong (next to the Perodua showroom along Jalan Kenari 4) and to directly compare the two shops I visited this weekend, the experience was completely different. The personnel there was very helpful and friendly, immediately just standing outside of the glass door, the lady coach welcomed me in and ushered me into the pro shop.

Whilst there, I gathered that they are now the official distributor for the Butterfly brand and funnily the previous shop (Lucky Sports Trading) got their distributorship revoked by Mulpha, the main imported of the brand. After the whole visit, I left the shop with a set of poly balls, cellulose balls and a DHS 104 net.

Overall, I would recommend this shop if anyone is in the market for a Butterfly

Perhaps next session before playing we need to warm up and stretch. It was nice meeting you and @acidburn711, Monday's session was good and fun. Definitely look forward in seeing everyone soon. Take care and speedy recovery


We played at PJUnion on Monday, hope you can join us anytime soon in the future.

This post has been edited by ufaiq: Mar 18 2015, 10:44 AM

In brief, this is an input of my experience visiting Presports.com yesterday at Jaya One. Firstly, I find that their prices are quite fair for certain brands like Stiga, Xiom and Friendship equipments. The shop looks very nice and the items they carry are very well displayed for viewing. The shelves are arrange in such that anything below the eye level are the rubbers and the blades are placed above eye level making it a little difficult for viewing the top shelf.

I'm very sure that the shop expects their customer to make orders online and they expect less walk-ins but my experience there overall was pretty pleasant. If you expect to go there asking questions, I doubt that the staffs there would have vast knowledge of the items they carry. So before visiting presports make sure you do some homework and know exactly what you are looking for.

Hope this review of this shop helps for the forumers. Have a good day, cheers!

A few hours before visiting presports I visited Tenryu in Subang USJ to purchase an item. The location for the shop wasn't that difficult to locate and it is quite nestled in the shop rows there. Conveniently, the shop has a special parking space for their customers and visitors don't have to bother about paying the parking meter.

All the items are displayed neatly on the rack, with rubbers occupying the bottom two shelves and above the two are the blades. The person that handled the shop is very knowledgeable about their products and very welcoming with questions. If ever you are in the area and in the market for anything related to table tennis do give this shop a go.

The only thing the shop lacks are better lighting to brighten up the display area. Okay have fun guys, cheers!

Hi Sean,

I'm not sure where to play in KL but if you don't mind driving over to PJ on Mondays, we have a small group playing TT at PJUnion. If you're interested, PM me your mobile number and we'll add you to the whatsapp group. FYI, PJUnion opens their facilities to the public on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7-10pm. You need to pay a small fee of RM10 per session or become a member for RM40.

Our group consist of mainly beginners but we have one of our colleague who is pretty advance. Another place with good facilities would be Star Elite in Puchong and they open to public from Tuesday to Friday from 6-10pm and the fee is RM10 as well.

If you need any other information like equipment advise feel free to post more stuff here. Goodluck with your TT quest, cheers!

Since @Sean.Ng mentioned Avenue K, did some googling and found two pictures of the table there and an advert

http://www.avenuek.com.my/news-events/2494/
https://batrouney.wordpress.com/page/2/

Chong, why not we open up our own business?

Hey Sean,

Just propose the time and day, there's a chance people maybe interested in joining you. I suggest Saturday morning, as soon as the mall opens.

Sean,

I remember a while back you asked where's the best place to look for table tennis equipment, may i ask what did you get after that discussion? Eager to know what you bought, cheers!