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Xiom Tau

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Rubber type : inverted
A combination of a sticky surface top sheet with extremely hard sponges has been a key weapon in China’s domination of the modern world of table tennis. World-renowned TENSOR BIOS technology softens the hard rubber without the addition of boosters. This rubber has great accuracy in short game and blocking. First topspin attack is extremely spiny thus creating lots difficulties for the opponents. Performing loop-to-loop close to the table is quite an easy task for sticky Tau.

Customer Reviews

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15/12/2014 好东西 Review by LIU
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好东西!
13/02/2014 Xiom Tau I Review by Charles Cavernelis
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Well, having used Sigma Pro I&II, it is rock hard and even after three layers of Falco Long Booster. Non tacky but grippy and a bit on the slow side compared to Sigma range. if I have to say I think this rubber needs more R&D as it is incomplete and the Sigma range is far superior in all areas, nevertheless its good but not great .........yet.
17/01/2014 dynamic rubber Review by Xavier CUSTOS
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It's quite a good rubber ….. So dynamic , no need to use booster. It,s like haifu whale 2 ..little bit heavy.. Use it for FH.angle throw médium .less tacky than hurricane 3.
14/09/2013 The best Chinese style forehand rubber available Review by George Latterman
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I've had extensive use of Palio Thor's and Xiom Vega China and have reviewed both of them. They both are excellent rubbers. I'm here now to tell you that Xiom Tau I is even better.

Having said that, I'm not saying there is nothing negative about this rubber. Xiom Tau is NOT a high control rubber and I also find it to be quite sensitive to incoming spin. Choppers and allrounders please stay away from Tau. This is a rubber that is meant for pure forehand offensiveness. Tau is fast, really fast. The first 48 hours it was Tenergy 64 fast. After that point it plateaus at something a little faster than Tenergy 05.

The topsheet is a little tackier than Vega China. I would say about as tacky as H3 Neo's topsheet. It's capable of lifting the ball for at least 1 second where Vega China could lift it about half a second.

Serves are excellent. It's really very good at being able to provide dead ball serves that look like backspin. Of course serves can be really spinny also. What I'm trying to say is that serving offers a ton of variability with slight alterations. Really great.

Smashes are great for a Chinese rubber but of course Eurojap rubbers are better at it.

Drives to me are interesting. I find flat driving a little difficult to keep consistent. However, simply add a little spin to your driving and the effect is superb.

Looping backspin is fantastic. Even against decent backspin, with a fast enough arm motion I'm able to loop it consistently and can keep it low with tons of spin that shoots forwards.

Counter-looping is unparalleled. Here is it's specialty (and the reason most people are looking for Chinese style tensors). Xiom Tau is THE best counterlooping Chinese style rubber ever produced as of the time of this writing. It is equal to a speedglued H3 Neo provincial/national and you don't have to reglue it all the time. I can't even imagine how amazing it would play speed glued for those who do that. While counterlooping, despite the extremely hard sponge (probably at least 42 degrees DHS scale), when engaged there is this almost "sinking" feeling to it that feels oh so good.

Side-spin looping with Tau is perfect. When I used Palio Thor's I really enjoyed it's tremendous side-spin and I was a little disappointed when Vega China seemed to have lost that. Xiom Tau has brought it back. The trajectory it provides is wicked and very difficult for your opponent to predict.

Blocking was pretty good. Again, it is sensitive to spin but that sinking feeling with the sponge comes into play during blocks which seems to help provide a little more quality to them. Active blocking works best, so make sure to have a more forward motion when blocking with Tau.

In a nutshell, Xiom Tau I is H3 Neo Provincial/National speedglued with just as much spin and at least as much speed. I would even recommend it above H3 because the sheets are more consistent and you don't have to constantly speed glue.

Xiom Tau is an excellent sequel to tacky tensors. I'll compare it to the way software is released.

Palio Thor's is the alpha, Xiom Vega China is the improved beta, and Xiom Tau is the final product.

Each iteration has improved and seems to have built off from the last. I Hope Tau II and Tau III do not screw up the formula. I don't think they will but only time will tell.
28/06/2013 excelente producto Review by Joseph Santiago Betancourt Ruiz
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un producto que ha tenido una gran acogida por su tecnologia y precio.
29/05/2013 GOOD Review by Juan Lorca
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I BROUGHT THIS FOR A FRIEND AND HE IS VERY HAPPY WITH IT
21/03/2013 Great rubber for forehand Review by Jie Liu
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So far it is my favorite rubber for forehand. It has the similar harding feel compared with DHS Hurrican, and it also got enough speed and spin. I would recommend this rubber for any player who likes hard sponge for forehand. If you use Butterfly rubbers for your forehand, this might not fit your playing style
21/03/2013 Quality Product Review by ikenna nwaogu
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this rubber is seriously grippy. it is not much tacky. i love it on my back hand. the sponge is very hard like chinese sponge but the top sheet is soft like european top sheet.
12/03/2013 Sticky tensor rubber Review by Yin Loo Tan
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This rubber is a bit like Palio Thors. It is sticky and has a hard and powerful sponge. However, it has the same weakness as Thor. The 2nd speed of the ball when looping is not enough. Therefore in this area, it is a bit different from chinese rubber. Chinese rubber has slow first speed but fast 2nd speed. good 2nd speed makes it difficult to defend as the defender will feel the spin and the power when trying to block the ball.
19/02/2013 spinny rubber Review by extra7
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Quite hard rubber, but very spinny. Easy to play against defenders (both back spin and no spin balls). Tau does not have that strong throw as other Xiom rubber, but I like it, as I can play more precise.
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