Australian discount Avalox Dealer / retailer

Adelaide based One of a Kind Trading has become fully authorised dealer / distributor of Avalox table tennis equipment in Australia. Although the full range is not stocked at the moment, discounted prices are offered for exactly the same products you may be paying full retail for. The Avalox range will continue to be expanded as more products are released and the shop becomes better known as an Avalox dealer.

 Avalox brand blade are some of the most highly regarded blades, and are fully made in Sweden. These blades seem to be particularly popular among the top Chinese players, such as Kong Linghui, Wang Nan, Wang Tao, Liu Guoliang, Ma Lin, Ma Wen Ge to name just a few, all of which use (or at least used for a considerable time) Avalox blades.  The P500 & P700 series blades are the same blades used by Kong Ling Hui,Wang Nan & others in the previous World Championship. The Blue Thunder 550 is the best seller for US & Europe.  One of a Kind Trading also stocks a wide range of other table tennis products, including a huge range of quality Chinese products like 729, DHS, Globe, Berenger Falco and Galaxy / Yin-He, and some of the top Japanese table tennis brands like TSP and JUIC. 

So for Avalox table tennis equipment check out One of a Kind Trading as a new Avalox retailer for Australia.

New water based SPINMAX – enhance the grip of your rubber!

Spinmax has come up with a new VOC free alternative to their popular Spinmax cleaner – Spinmax Aqueous! Free of solvents but still more spin. The new Spinmax Aqueous tunes the rubber and increases the durability of the rubber by enhancing and maintaining the tacky surface. Spinmax Aqueous can be applied shortly before the game without any problems and without contravening the new speed glueing regulations.

See Spinmax Aqueous for more information

Australian discount DONIC dealer / retailer

As of July 2007, Adelaide based One of a Kind Trading became fully authorised dealer of DONIC table tennis equipment in Australia. Although the full range is not stocked at the moment, discounted prices are offered for exactly the same products you may be paying full retail for. The DONIC range will continue to be expanded as more products are released and the shop becomes better known as a DONIC dealer. One of a Kind Trading also stocks a wide range of other table tennis products, including a huge range of quality Chinese products like 729, DHS, Globe and Galaxy / Yin-He, and some of the top Japanese table tennis brands like TSP and JUIC.

So it worth checking out One of a Kind Trading as a new Donic retailer for Australia

Table tennis videos

There are some top YouTube table tennis videos on the webpage below… they are quite entertaining;

Table tennis videos

Table tennis Speed glue and normal glue VOC free alternatives

As all the VOC glues and speed glues are now officially banned (although they cannot actually test for them till next year after the Sept 08 Olympics), people need to look not just for new VOC free speed glues, but also for VOC free normal glues, for attaching rubbers to your blade.

Berenger International is one of the main table tennis glue suppliers in the world, and have released a range of VOC free glues for both the speed glue alternatives and for those that simply want to attach the rubbers to their blade.

The Berrenger International Falco glue range is summarised here:

Falco Tempo and Falco Water Glue range

JUIC table tennis equipment

JUIC is a Japanese based company, producing a wide range of professional table tennis equipment to suit the needs of players at all skill levels. Although the JUIC brand is not as well known as some of the other big Japanese brands, their product range and quality is right up there among the best of them. They have also shown some true innovation over the years in the design and manufacturing of new products, some of which were true breakthroughs in technology. For a brief description of the most hihgly regarded JUIC products see the link here: JUIC table tennis equipment

One of a Kind Trading is Australian JUIC distributor for their tennis tennis equipment.

Giving your rubbers a boost by priming

Many see the process of gluing rubbers to a blade as meaningless procedure simply to attach the rubbers. These people will also often find that rubbers take a long to time be ‘worn in’, meaning it takes quite a number of sessions for the rubber to reach peak performance. However with the application of glue and the right procedure, you can get the best performance out of your rubber in the least amount of time, and may well give you performance that you did not think possible.

Ultimate guide to priming and gluing

Falco Tempo Unlimited Speed Glue

“Falco Tempo Unlimited” speed glue is one of the first VOC free glues on the market.

“The ITTF has recently announced that glues containing volatile organic
compounds (VOCs) will be banned as of January 1, 2008, in ITTF junior events and
as of September 1, 2008, in all other ITTF events (ITTF Announcement).

So people need to find a VOC free alternative. Read here about the procedure and review of the new glue Falco Tempo Unlimited review

NOTE: This is a LONG LASTING speed glue, the effects are reported to last between 1 to 3 WEEKS!

Gluing table tennis rubber onto your bat

For those of you wanting to take your game a step further, and willing to invest in a professional bat, where you purchase the rubbers and blade seperately, you’ll need to know how to cut and attach the rubbers to your blade. Here is a simple procedure for doing this, requiring only a the table tennis glue, a pen, a knife, a roller or bottle and some heavy books:

Gluing table tennis rubber onto your bat

JUIC ECOLO EXPANDER II

This is a fairly new product by JUIC Japan, which will no doubt become more popular as the speed glue ban  takes effect. Treatment of rubbers with this liquid offer a permanent increase in speed, and also makes the sheet more dynamic and flexible. It has many similarities to speed glue (although it’s not actually a glue), but not as strong an effect.

See the JUIC Ecolo Expander II description for more details, or read commnets from those that have used them in this table tennis forum. The Ecolo expander II can be purchased here: Buy JUIC Ecolo Expander II