Most of these pips come without sponge (ox) because it allows me to customize to the specs of each order. If I tried to carry every possible permutation of sponge under each pip I'd go mad. The dawei lightning pip is what used to be called cannon, and even it is at least the quality of sponge as what any of these factory versions would carry if I ordered them preassembled, and mostly better. I have a button below to make it a $4 upcharge using cannon/lightning sponge (38-40deg).

Or if you want to consider some of the higher quality sponges, look on the tops/sponge page. To be honest, at 1.0 and lower I don't really think it matters WHAT sponge you pick. I can't tell the difference when it's that thin anyway. I'll assemble the top to the sponge for you, which by the way is no easy task with some of these thin-backed chinese pips, so please forgive me if it's not quite factory perfect at times. It will be close enough or I'll start over and do it again. I just got in some ultrasoft 30deg sponge I'm calling "dawei butter" that would offer great control with short pips.

Also, I carry a lot of odd pips that I don't have room to list here, so if you have a request, shoot me an email and maybe I have it. Currently I'm carrying galaxy pluto, uranus, neptune, 955, palio 561, dfish 802a, dawei regular 388d1 and c1, just off the top of my head. Most of those are $5 or below without sponge. C1 is a softer medium pip that you can actually chop with a bit that sells pretty well.

For those of you who are "combination players," that is you use inverted on the forehand and some type of "junk" rubber on the backhand, a good friend of mine is putting on an online clinic on the techniques involved in that style of play. If you're interested, check out this link: Greg's Online Coaching Program

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Thickness

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Air Panamera Short Pips - SALE $18
Price: $20 Color RedBlack Thickness 1.51.82.0 This is a very "hot" short pip with max spin and speed.

AIR UPUPUP - SALE $20
Price: $25 Color RedBlack Type U5 SoftUQ MediumUS Combination A top quality long pip popular with those that follow the forums. Currently I have only the U5 (the softest) which replaces se7en block, UQ which is a firmer pip, and US which has a soft pip but a hardened tip for more reversal. I will put sponge on this at no charge.

Seven Long Pips - SALE $7
Price: $7 Color RedBlack Type PowerControlBlock It looks like this brand will be illegal starting Jan 1st, 2010. SO I'm selling out stock at $10. If you like it, it will be replaced with a new brand, "air," from the same manufacturer. OUT OF STOCK 2.0 RED

Seven Short Pips
Price: SALE PRICE $8 Color RedBlack Thickness 1.51.82.0 It looks like this brand will be illegal starting Jan 1st, 2010. SO I'm selling out stock at $10. If you like it, it will be replaced with a new brand, "air," from the same manufacturer. EMAIL FOR AVAILIBILITY BEFORE PLACING ORDER

Dawei 388d-1 Quattro - OUT OF STOCK RED

Price: $10 Color RedBlack Long pips Dawei's newest long pips. They claim it's an improvement over the SavigaV pips, which are by most accounts pretty good. Dawei says there's more reversal yet more control. I'm not sure this is possible, but they do hint at a difference in surface texture between the tips and the sides of the pips. This makes for trickier guessing on the amount of reversal, depending on how deep the ball sinks into the pips. My designated testor came up with this conclusion independently, so it's probably true. OX (no sponge) price is $10. With sponge is 14.

SavigaV Long Pips - OUT OF STOCK RED
Price: $10 SavigaV RedBlack Long pips This same long pip topsheet is sold by another brand for $45! Aggressive long pips with more reversal than other pips made for hitting. Choose no sponge, 0.6, or 1.0 soft cannon. Cost with sponge is $14. Topsheet only sells for $10.

Bomb Talent
Price: $13.00 Color RedBlack Long pips Another tricky long pips that I've been requested to carry.

XiYing 979
Price: $10.00 Color RedBlack Long pips I'm carrying this pips because two good long pips players have told me this is the slowest pip they know of. So if your aim is to take as much off the ball as possible, this should be a good choice.

Meteor 8512

Price: $8.00 Color RedBlack Long pips Meteor makes a lot of junky premades and stuff, but for some reason they make one of the best long pips coming out of china. This one is max funky for non-treated and still hits well. It was out of production for a while and a lot of people were sad that it was. As soon as it came back, I definitely wanted to carry it. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS TOPSHEET, I AM CURRENTLY NOT ABLE TO PUT THIS ONTO SPONGE FOR CUSTOMERS...SORRY.

Dr Evil

Price: $10 Color RedBlack Short pips A short pip made of an less spinny material to give a bit of reversal like a long pips. Despite not being as funky as most lp rubbers, this rubber is still quite tricky. You can put on your own spin, block back a dead knuckle, or send back quite a bit of backspin if you cut very thinly when you chop. It chops excellently actually. It returns serve extremely well. Many people have tried to put this topsheet on sponge and by all accounts it's terrible. This topsheet was made for OX use and it should not be combined with sponge. Gluing this topsheet onto the blade is very easy compared with most of my other pips ox sheets.

Peacekeeper OX

Price: $8 Color RedBlack Short pips Just a little more evil than the Doctor, this is a new med/short pip made for Gambler in the image of DrEvil (by the same company) but with a slightly longer, harder pip, gearing it just a bit more toward reversal effect but still offering way more hitting control than long pips. Made especially for hardbat with a thicker base sheet than the standard version found on sponge. Like Dr Evil, this is made for OX play. Initial reports on this are very good.

RITC 802
Price: $5.50 Color RedBlack Short pips This is a very short pip rubber. Fast and fairly firm. I stock the topsheets by themselves, so can put them custom onto your sponge of choice. I recommend the 1.8 dawei lightning. I'm also keeping one each red and black of 802-1 on hand as well.

799
Price: $5.50 Color RedBlack Medium-short pips This pip is just a little taller than 802. It feels a bit softer as a result. Makes a great hardbat pip although currently not on the short list approved by hardbat committee.

563
Price: $5.50 Color RedBlack Medium pips 563 is a medium pip. Not reversing like a long pip, but more like an anti. It kills the spin and makes kind of a knuckle. Drives with this rubber kind of dip and are dead and very hard to lift.

837
Price: $5.50 Color RedBlack Long pips 837 is one of the least funky, lowest reversing pips on the market. But it's also one of the easiest to attack with. It's considered the easiest pip to learn long pips with.

755
Price: $5.50 Color RedBlack Long pips 755 long pips are more reversing than 837 but also maintain good attacking properties. Deng Yaping, the best woman ever to pick up a racket, used this rubber on her backhand. And she DIDN'T chop with it.

Doublefish 1615
Price: $8.00 Color RedBlack Long pips A "hitting" long pips with a loyal fan base.