5 Reviews for Stiga Arctic Wood

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External Review for Stiga Arctic Wood on October 25, 2024

PSA: seal, 2 coats on playing surfaces and around the edge. The outer veneer is extremely hard but brittle.

I have 2. Flexy in that I feel like I can catapult the ball but very hard surface. With soft sponges is has a pronounced high pitched crack when smashing and does not feel nice. I like it with aggressive rubbers. Blocks in particular are great for me with this for some reason. The most balanced feel in my hand, best since my andro temper tech all+.

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External Review for Stiga Arctic Wood on September 9, 2024

Super flexy so it is super spinny, put rakza 7 you will love it

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External Review for Stiga Arctic Wood on April 19, 2021

What a balanced blade. You have a lot of flex that can produce heavy topspin, yet it have a quite hard orter veneer so you still have speed to kill the ball. Paired well with hard Rubber. Using Rakza Z EH om forhand and it works fine.

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External Review for Stiga Arctic Wood on May 17, 2019

I'm sorry , but I just don't get on with this blade ..... It feels slow and ill balance in penhold form , like the blade is actually too big ...... It just doesn't feel 'right' to me somehow . My main blade is a DHS Ma Long V and backup is a soft carbon Yasaka Ma Lin ... both feel much better balanced and the Long is quite a bit faster ..... I've tried both Chinese and European rubber on it too but it made very little difference ..... Sorry but not for me !

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External Review for Stiga Arctic Wood on March 16, 2019

I have been playing with this blade for about a year and have also used Stiga CL, Offensive Wood NCT, and Allround NCT. Hence, having experienced both extreme ends of Stiga blade (Quick Attack styled CL and Loop styled OC NCT), I would say this Arctic Wood blade is somehow the most balanced offensive blade I ever had with Stiga. The weight of this blade is generally 80-85g for PH grip and 85-90g for SH grip.

Nonetheless, being very balanced is sometimes not a good thing for all playing styles. This blade is definitely designed for those that focus more on the details of ball control, rhythm & close-to-far table transition.

Due to the stiffness and medium hardness, it could easily mix either tacky or tensor rubber (I have used DHS TG3 Nittaku, DHS Gold Arch 5 and Xiom Vega China VM for FH and Butterfly Rozena 2.1 & 1.9 for BH). After trying this blade out, some of my friends even thought it was a 7-plyer or carbon blade. I personally felt that this blade performs very differently at low & high power. At low power, it is definitely felt like a 7 plyer (easy for short serves, short DSpin return serve and quick hits), whilst at high power, it could grip the ball well during looping.

Unfortunately, in other words, this means the blade is not very tolerant for BH flip shots/close-table loop if your footwork/motion is not accurate. Also, it cannot generate the extremely crazy spin during far table looping (like Stiga 245). Luckily, it has a rather throw angle and is stiff enough to maintain the low & curve during the rally, and the stiff surface makes most defensive returns faster than most wood blade (if you position well).

Lastly, on RPB, it has a more than average sized sweet spot (longer), so I have not the paradox of having either a shallower grip or missing the sweet spot

Like most Stiga blades, it has the same issue of wood peels during rubber removal. The diamond touch only made it slightly better. Hence, be VERY careful as you peel off the rubber!

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