TTDNA renders its own neutral topsheet visualisation for this brand, generated from verified construction data.
SANWEI · Pistol · Inverted
Pistol
A tacky sheet on SANWEI's orange sponge. It sits between the Target and Gear families: tacky on contact, but with a clear catapult once the sponge engages.
Official SANWEI specifications
Official SANWEI models collected from the current manufacturer catalogue: the Target inverted family, the Gear and T88 families, the Pistol sheet and the 388 pips families.
- Series
- Pistol
- Category
- Inverted
- Official sponge degree
- 40° ±2
- Hardness scale
- Official SANWEI sponge degree (Chinese scale, no named standard)
- Published thicknesses
- 2.0 mm · 2.1 mm · MAX
- Published colours
- Red · Black
- Technologies
- TACKY CHINESE TOP SHEET · ORANGE SPONGE
- Country of manufacture
- China
- Sponge description
- Orange tension sponge
- Topsheet description
- Tacky Chinese top sheet
- Lifecycle status
- Active
- Last verified
- 1 August 2026
Sponge degrees are published by SANWEI on the Chinese degree scale without a named laboratory standard. TTDNA stores them exactly as published, with the published tolerance, and never relabels them Shore A, Shore C or ESN.
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are analytical 0 scores derived from official specifications, construction and verified category data. They are never official SANWEI ratings and are never shown as manufacturer values.
Physical characteristics
Playing characteristics
Variants and configurations
6 variantsColour, thickness and configuration are variants of one model — never separate products. Colour never changes a rating, MAX and OX stay qualitative labels, and OX carries no sponge hardness.
Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 40° ±2
Speed 79 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Red · 2.1 mm
Standard · Sponged · 40° ±2
Speed 82 · Spin 91 · Control 88
Red · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 40° ±2
Speed 85 · Spin 92 · Control 85
Black · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 40° ±2
Speed 79 · Spin 89 · Control 90
Black · 2.1 mm
Standard · Sponged · 40° ±2
Speed 82 · Spin 91 · Control 88
Black · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 40° ±2
Speed 85 · Spin 92 · Control 85
Surface classification
Tacky
Surface classification (grippy, hybrid, tacky, very tacky) is a TTDNA editorial classification, not an official SANWEI metric.
Price
- List price
- Varies by retailer
No verified official SANWEI price snapshot is stored in this import, so prices are shown as varying by retailer. CNY and EUR prices are never converted into each other.
Playing characteristics
- Skill levels
- Intermediate · Advanced
- Play styles
- Topspin offense · Counter topspin · Close to table
- Aliases
- SANWEI Pistol · Pistol Orange Sponge
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Known users
Offensive club and league players who want a spin-first inverted sheet on the forehand or backhand.
SANWEI publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.