Reviews by dprsspins

Balanced and linear but pricey
Pros
  • Balanced
  • Linear
  • Hard to bottom out
  • Durable topsheet
  • Grippy and spinny
Cons
  • Not exceptionally good in any aspect
  • Bad for transfering regluing
  • Quite pricey
I love linear rubbers, so this rubber is a good one for me. It does it's job well without high catapult. It's quite a hard rubber, so it can go fast as long as you hit through it. It can also play short, chop and spin pretty well. It is balanced, but it does nothing exceptionally well, and it's price is quite high for what it is giving. There are other rubbers out there that have a higher value, but you cannot go wrong with this rubber. One thing bad about this rubber, the bottomsheet is badly affected by regluing. The Glayzer's spring sponge is durable AS LONG AS you keep it on the blade you glued on when it was new. If you reglue it, it'll crater like the moon.
Speed
8
Spin
8.5
Durability
8
Control
8.5
Good balanced rubber
Pros
  • Linear
  • Hard to bottom out
  • Durable topsheet
  • Good grip
  • Balanced
Cons
  • Bad to reglue
  • High price to performance ratio.
  • Not exceptional in any areas
I love linear rubbers, so this rubber is a good one for me. It does it's job well without high catapult. It's quite a hard rubber, so it can go fast as long as you hit through it. It can also play short, chop and spin pretty well. It is balanced, but it does nothing exceptionally well, and it's price is quite high for what it is giving. There are other rubbers out there that have a higher value, but you cannot go wrong with this rubber. One thing bad about this rubber, the bottomsheet is badly affected by regluing. The Glayzer's spring sponge is durable AS LONG AS you keep it on the blade you glued on when it was new. If you reglue it, it'll crater like the moon.
Speed
8
Spin
8
Durability
8
Control
9
  • Haha
Reactions: Topspinslinger
Speed and Control
Pros
  • Fast for an Inner carbon
  • Good control
  • Great feeling
  • Butterfly quality
  • Good dwell
Cons
  • Heavy
  • Not beginner friendly
This blade is to me the Innerforce ALC improved. It is a little heavy so that might be a negative for some but it increases its overall power. It's speed is pretty close to outer carbons but has the control and dwell of inner carbons and even comparable to wood blades. It's soft outer limba layers let me spin and loop confidently, as well as play the short games nicely. Blocking with this blade is as good as it's looping games. When I want speed, I just need to dig a tad bit harder and it gives me all the speed I need with added control.

But enough about performance specs. I've always prioritized the feel of the blade in my hand when searching for the right blade, and this blade does not disappoint. The soft Limba outerply gives the initial impact a very warm and broad feeling. These soft outer layers just begs to be deformed by a strong swing though, as when it is done so, the inner ALC kicks in, giving the softer outer plies stability and power, with a metallic crisp similar to the Viscaria, but muted by soft outer plies. Combined, the soft and the stiff form to give great feedback to the hand, and speed is not compromised at all.
Speed
8.5
Control
9.1
Hardness
7.5
Durability
9
  • Like
Reactions: rbtitco and sebi
Exceptional Balance
Pros
  • Superbly balanced
  • Linear response
  • Very durable
  • FH or BH workable
  • Great performance to price ratio
  • Grippy surface
Cons
  • Little side chipping
This is the rubber with the best balance between usable catapult and linearity. This rubber does almost everything well, from looping to short work, from flat smashing to chopping. I have been on the market searching high and low for rubbers with not too extreme catapult, but not dead either. Having tested both extremes, ultra fast catapults like T05 and hard tacky Chinese rubbers, I have concluded that I preferred a blend of both. Not necessarily tacky, but medium/low catapult with good grip. I would rank this alongside Rakza Z and Dignics09C as one of the top 'linear' rubbers out there, and the G1 is the best one among the three when it comes to price to performance ratio. Serves and receiving serves are great as the linearity helps with overshooting and the grip helps with spin insensitivity. In short, my EJ syndrome has been put to an end with this rubber for my forehand. When my backhand gets better, this'll also go to my backhand.
Speed
8.5
Spin
9
Durability
9
Control
8
Top