Xiom Omega V Pro

My current backhand rubber. I love the black sponge; it looks cool. I could write pages about this rubber, but to put it short and simple, this is a really good T05 alternative.

It is slower than the T05 but faster than the T05 FX. It feels harder and less springy than the T05. Otherwise, it’s the same. For its price, it is an outstanding rubber.

Very good rubber.

I use it on my backhand and it fits perfectly. It generates huge spin and offers nice control. I highly recommend it.

Comparing to the Xiom Vega Pro, which is one rubber still my favourite replacement for Tenergy 05, the Xiom Omega V Pro is the same beast with a slightly softer feel yet still a medium hard sponge. Also, it’s more durable rubber overall and kept its performance much longer than Vega Pro. Then again, you’re paying more money for Omega V Pro. It takes a few hours to unleash its full characteristics, so don’t be disappointed at first. Truly a worthy upgrade.

Great rubber! It’s one of the best forehand rubbers I’ve ever used. The only downside is that it’s a bit heavy, but overall it’s a perfect rubber for me.

Nice control rubber for the backhand side of a two-wing attacking player. It is able to generate speed and spin for power loops but also provides a lot of control for blocking and the short game.

Omega V Pro Rubber Review

The Omega V Pro is notably softer than the Omega V Tour but slightly firmer than Andro’s Rasant Grip (~45 degrees hardness on the European scale). When cut to fit my 157 mm x 150 mm blade, it weighed 48 grams.

The Omega V Pro plays significantly softer than the V Asia and V Tour, and it also has a more pronounced catapult effect. As a player with a fast forearm who generates considerable power in FH shots, I initially struggled to control the length of flat FH hits, as many balls flew off the table. This caused me to lose confidence in my FH shots. However, FH drives and loops felt better and were accompanied by a loud click and ample safety over the net.

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Tenergy 05 vs. Xiom Omega V Pro

For the past six months, I’ve been using Tenergy 05 on a Nittaku Violin blade, playing multiple times a week at an 1800 level. Xiom Omega V Pro addresses the shortcomings I experienced with Tenergy 05.

Bounciness and Catapult
T05 is notorious for its excessive bounciness on soft contacts near the net. Omega V Pro, in contrast, demonstrates exceptional control, akin to Bluefire M2. T05’s catapult effect on heavy backspin serves results in the ball traveling higher and longer than intended. OVP generates more spin with similar serves, but its lack of catapult allows the ball to remain closer to the net.

Looping
T05 produces high-spin, arcing loops that dip sharply near the baseline. OVP closely approximates this arc, but its trajectory is slightly lower and its depth on the opponent’s side is not as pronounced.

Smashing
T05’s all-out smashes have a low probability of success, with the ball likely to hit the net or go long. OVP, on the other hand, inspires more confidence in smashing high balls.

Sponge Thickness
I’ve used OVP with a 2mm sponge thickness and compared it to T05 with a 2.1mm sponge. Players who primarily stay within 4 feet from the table are advised to use 2mm, while 2.2mm is recommended for those who serve or return from further back.

Weight
Despite concerns raised about the weight, I’ve not encountered any issues. While heavier than Acuda S3, it is comparable to other popular rubbers. My arm fatigue is no different from when using Bluefire, TG3 Neo, or Tenergy.

This review is based on using this rubber for almost two months, transitioning from Xiom Vega Pro on my forehand.

After a hiatus from table tennis, Vega Pro greatly assisted in regaining my forehand skills. After a few months, I sought a more potent rubber, opting for Omega V Pro, which indeed provided more power.

However, the throw angle presents a challenge. To harness the rubber’s full potential, it’s essential to be near the table. Otherwise, the trajectory becomes indirect, leading to either missed shots or shoulder strain.

While this rubber may not align with my technique, requiring significant adaptation, I was satisfied with the higher arc produced by Vega Pro.

Apart from the throw angle, this rubber excels in all other aspects. Xiom has demonstrated impressive craftsmanship in its rubbers, offering consistency, speed, and spin.

I recommend using this rubber on the backhand if its spin is lacking, allowing for effective flicks and smashes.

Keep spinning…

Review:

Great rubber that provides a slight advantage when playing with 40+ balls. The surface is non-tacky, yet provides excellent grip. I have been using it as my FH rubber in 2.0 mm thickness, and it performs exceptionally well for topspin, blocking, and even chopping. In my opinion, it is suitable for a wide range of players, excluding absolute beginners.

This is amazing rubber! I’m coming from Omega V Tour. I have had three sets from the Tour version and thought that it was the best rubber.

When I tested the Pro version from my friend, I decided to purchase 2.2 and 2.0 sponge. The Pro is definitely the fastest rubber from the line. According to Xiom’s graphic, the Tour and Pro versions have the same speed. However, I found the Pro to be faster than the Tour.

The Pro has a more direct and sharp feeling, which I really like. It has a huge catapult effect, and the whole energy transfer is in one direction. If you have good skills, this is a monster. The rubber has many gears. It has the same good grip as other rubbers from the line.

Great rubber for my forehand. When paired with a Donic Waldner Senso Carbon blade, it provides amazing control, is not bouncy, and is not very reactive to incoming spin. It loops very well, both when brushing and driving. I agree with Xsponge - this rubber has the ability to suck up a fast incoming drive and pop back a slow, short loop. There are no real weaknesses; it is a true “do it all” rubber. Well done, Xiom.

Slow at lower speeds, allows for some soft touches. But it gets fast when you start to hit harder (smash kills, etc.), definitely a lot of gears here.

Control is definitely good both at low speeds and at high speeds. Had to adjust my passive blocks though, they kept falling short of the net, had to add a little push.

Spin on serves is around Yasaka 7 Soft (9.3) or slightly higher. Spins on loops are very high, you can loop very hard and the ball will still hit the table with tons of topspin. Spin on loops rating around the same as Adidas P7 or slightly lower.

Looping underspins is decent, easier with Adidas P7 though.

Weight is heavy, 48g after cutting onto a shakehand blade.

Ratings across the board aren’t that high, but it’s the gears and overall package that makes the rubber really nice to play with.

Fantastic rubber! Precision, spin, speed, control - everything’s there. You can loop with heavy spin, putting your opponent in trouble, or you can hit flat with the same effectiveness. It provides a lot of spin on serves, giving your opponents more difficulty returning them.

Where this rubber truly excels is in the short game, offering much better control than other recent rubbers. You can simply touch the ball or push with a lot of spin, and it won’t pop high like with the tenergy series. While its speed may not be as lightning-fast as the rasant, it’s still fast enough, making it ideal for controlled attacking. The throw angle is medium, and the rubber is not lightweight, but it’s still lighter than tenergy, rasant, and other top rubbers.

Great rubber. The top sheet is clearly soft, and the pips (column) are quite slim. Both of these features give a nice feeling. The sponge is medium in my opinion. The sponge pore is small, similar to classical Japanese rubbers, which feels very unique and makes you confident with your stroke.

Many gears definitely. The speed is fast but not super fast, which is good for hard and fast blades.

The throw angle is medium, not too high like the Tenergy series. But it could loop very well thank the quality top sheet and good sponge.

The only thing I want to correct is its weight: this rubber is NOT average weight, it IS heavy! The cut weight on a typical Cpen blade is 46-47g!!! just a little lighter than T05, Sigma II pro and most of DHS H3 rubbers.

After Omega IV pro, V pro is my favorite rubber for FH, since my blade is very hard and fast. Some fans could use this on your backhand if you do not mind the weight. Mine is max, but next time I will try 2.0mm, that will be interesting.

I’ve had four sessions with this rubber on the FH of a Rossi Emotion blade. It’s an excellent rubber, providing a great feeling of grabbing the ball for topspin.

It’s not as fast as previous generations of Xiom rubbers — noticeably a notch slower than Omega 4 Pro, for example. However, the trade-off is that you gain an incredible sense of security in the short game.

For a rubber with such good attacking potential, the service return is good. The sponge effectively absorbs the pace out of the ball at soft contact speeds. The topsheet (mine was black) is a wonder — it offers so much grip on any substantial stroke, and the arc for looping is high. This makes it great for recovery strokes when on the run.

I struggle to find any negatives with this rubber. It smashes and blocks well too. The throw is on the high side, so it may not suit my BH, but that’s a personal preference. It’s too early to comment on durability.

If you’ve tried recent tensors and felt they lack topsheet grip compared to some other rubbers, this is worth considering.

I started to use the Omega V Pro on BH on my Xiom Vega Pro blade. I previously used Sigma II Euro, which I really loved for its wicked spin and control. My frustration was that I never found a good technique to generate quite enough spin on high-speed contacts. At low speed, you can generate a surprising amount of spin, but at high speed, the soft sponge bottoms out. You get good speed and control, but a diminishing amount of spin.

Enter the harder Omega V! In comparison to the relatively bouncy Sigma II Euro, you have to put in a lot more effort, but for sure, the speed is there. Not quite as spiny though, but rather than disappearing, the spin cranks up at higher speeds. Great for loopers.

Chops are effortless if done immediately after the ball bounce. I liked that this rubber was not unduly sensitive to incoming spin. It has many gears - better than anything I’ve ever used.

The surprise to me was how easy it is to slow the ball down and drop it just behind the net. On the other side of the net, of course! :-) It’s something I never fully mastered with the Yasaka Antipower (which I did not like and ditched), but I found it easy to do with the Omega.

When new, the Omega V Pro is not wild or anything, but it does become a bit more predictable after a mercifully short break-in period. That’s something the Sigma II Euro didn’t seem to need much - it’s what it is from the start. On the other hand, another Xiom, the Vega Elite, is just plain crazy for the first few hours of play.

I see hours of fun coming up with the Omega V Pro!

I switched to this rubber from IV Asia for BH. The control of this rubber is excellent; I can loop, push, chop, and serve well with a good variety of spin. The throw is medium-medium high. Blocking is good, not quite as good as IV Asia, which has a harder sponge, lower throw, but is less forgiving. This is a very good BH rubber for an offensive or aggressive all-around game, depending on the blade and thickness. It is very slightly softer and with a bit more control than Omega V Tour.

I changed Nitaku p1 on my BH for this rubber. I needed more feeling on my BH to start BH topspin. I chose this rubber because I think it is softer but has a more springy sponge. I feel it is more difficult to receive serves and leave short balls, but it is really easy to dig the ball into the rubber and create really good spins. I love it for my BH. It’s a good quality rubber. Awesome product from Xiom.

This is a HOT rubber… Until you get dialed in, blocks will go long or into the net, but once you get it dialed in, it’s laser sharp and quick. My usual practice partner was getting frustrated by the extra spin and speed, until I told him I had new rubber… He’s catching up, but it’s a sharp, hot rubber. Still room to grow for me, and I’m really enjoying it.

Originally took it for the left side, but everything kept flying off the table, started playing with it on the right side, seems fine. Nothing special, the 4th generation has much “nastier” spin and arc.

Good quality product.

Great value rubber that lasts a long time.

Decent spin, excellent for loops and serves, not so good for blocking.

Great rubber. Suits my playing style.

It has a very good balance of speed and control. Great price from tt11. I would buy again in the future from tt11. Great company, exceptional service.

I love this rubber, only it doesn’t last long. If you’re in a tournament, try the new one. 100% very satisfying rubber.

I bought this rubber repeatedly for my backhand. This is a powerful rubber for looping and smashing even though it requires some practice to gain good blocking.

I’ve been using this rubber for several years and I find it versatile. Both spin and speed are good with enough tolerance for my 80-year-old game!

I’ve been using this rubber for quite a while, and I find it is versatile. Fast, yet will impart considerable spin. I use it on a soft balsa bat for some opponents and on a fast fiberglass bat for others.

Glued both rubbers on BH and FH on Stiga Carbonado 145. A bit on the heavy side as a result. Performance is well above average; backhand spin, loops, and flicks are easy to execute with power at will. Forehand is much better in terms of power coming from Vega Asia but almost similar to Vega Pro. Tried these rubbers on Xiom Zetro Quad blade - it’s okay but better on Carbonado in terms of feel. I play loops mostly and am happy with this setup. Highly recommended.

Быстрые и жёсткие, немного тяжеловатые.

Good control and spin. Good price!! Thank you tabletennis11.com.

I found this blade to have excellent control, better than I expected. It suits the forehand of an RPB-style player really well. It is a quite forgiving rubber, so it also suits beginners and intermediate players. Buy it if you like to play close to mid-range from the table and are looking to increase your shot precision.
TT11 service was excellent as usual!

Using it for my BH, amazing feel and an excellent product.

Put the Omega V Pro (Max thickness) on my Xiom Hayabusa ZXi and beat a couple of guys rated 200 points higher than me for the first time!

Originally, I had Omega V Pro on my backhand and Omega V Tour on the F/H. My coach told me to switch to the quicker rubber on my F/H. I found this suited my attacking style much better. So, I then bought Omega Pro V (Max thickness) so I didn’t have to worry about which side was on my F/H or B/H.

It is very fast with a lot of spin (to me anyway). I had the Tour and Pro on my Xiom Hayabusa ZXi for about 5 months and I didn’t notice any drop-off in performance!

For average players…

The rubber is not too fast with a medium sponge that is neither too hard nor too soft. Suitable for average players. I wish the rubber were a bit more tacky.

For the backhand, yes.

Tour version had a bit more consistency, but this alone is a great rubber as well.

I have this rubber on my FH. Very reliable rubber for offensive play. Good lift when playing underspins. My FH loop and smash have improved. Has a lot of grip. The dwell time is more, as it helps in generating more spin on the ball. The block is very effective.

Really enjoy playing this on my forehand. Keep it going XIOM.

It’s a great rubber for forehands and backhands, so I give it 5 stars.

It’s great for forehands and backhands too. 5 stars for it.

It’s a reliable rubber for offensive play on both forehand and backhand. Can lift the ball quite easily against underspin. Lasts a lot!

Брал не для себя, но, по словам друга, накладка отличная.

Very high-quality rubber. I use it for my forehand and it works very well for me. Lots of grip.

Speed is fast, solid, moderate friction, suitable for forehand, especially European play style.

It grips the ball nicely, dwell time is good, which helps generate spin. Slow, spinny loops are easy with this rubber. A bit bouncy for my taste coming from a Chinese rubber, but then again, it is a tensor rubber so it was expected. In my case, I would use it as a BH rubber.

Really enjoying this on my forehand. Good price. Arrived a little later than I expected, but it wasn’t a huge concern.

Essa é uma das melhores borrachas que eu já joguei. Eu recomendo.

Good product and excellent service.

I received the rubber last night and tried it for some games. It is the best BH rubber I have ever used. High dwell time, very good topspin, excellent in defense, and it reverts the ball almost above and near the net. Despite being a rather slow rubber, it is a very good one for near to mid distance from the table.

New rubber was very grippy, fast, and spinny. After 2 months (about 50 hrs of playing) it has lost speed and grip significantly. Very expensive for such a short-lived rubber. Better to add some money and buy T05.

Fast yet controllable… I’m still getting used to it… I love it!

It is a very good rubber, very quick, and takes a little getting used to, but I am very happy with it.

I was surprised at how different this rubber is compared to Omega IV.
The spin is perfect; it doesn’t need any explanation.
The speed is slower, so you need faster arm movements for the same result.
On the other hand, when you would hold your hand back to keep control with OIV, you can go for the winner with OV. You can still control it with faster strikes too.
If you decide to give it a try, don’t throw it away after the first training; you probably need some time to get used to it.

Put it on the M.Maze OFF … first impression: it takes time to understand this rubber. But immediately feel the potential for attack, speed, and spin …

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Basically, the work is done. But in my humble opinion, it could be a little bit thinner.

Speed 9+/10, control 9+/10, Spin 9/10. Many gears, slightly tacky.

This rubber is like the rubbers from Donic. It is similar to the Bluefire range of rubbers. Fast, nice control, and great spin.

Really top rubber with a lot of catapult effect and more power and spin than before, but it doesn’t lose control of short play. Pro-level rubber.

I took advantage of the promotion for the second time, though not for myself, but for a friend. He is absolutely thrilled. Before, he played with a counterfeit from China (which was actually decent), now his topspin shots are flying with a crazy trajectory, it’s simply impossible to return them, especially since he’s left-handed. On the other side of the table is Rakza, also amazing, but Xiom offers better control and speed despite having the same thickness.

Удобные…легкие!

Отличная накладка, зацепка, скорость, контроль. Все на высшем уровне!

Good rubber with speed and control.

In my opinion, the OmegaV Rubber is the best on the market. No other rubber grips the ball better.

The “Pro” version is a little softer than the “Tour” version, so it is better for slow, spinny Topspins. Some people prefer soft rubbers for their backhand for more control.

Anyway, it is surely worth a try and you won’t be disappointed by the quality. Give it a try!