DHS H8-80 37 degree

⭐ First impressions​

First surprise: despite being a 37° Chinese rubber, it feels quite firm. Honestly, it even feels firmer than a Tenergy 19 to me. You can immediately tell it's not a soft rubber.


The topsheet is properly tacky, exactly what I was looking for.

🚀 Speed and dynamics​

With 2 layers of Haifu National White, the rubber is clearly boosted and it shows.


It has a good level of dynamism for a tacky rubber. Still slower than a Tenergy 19 overall, but once I engage into the ball, it can produce a lot of speed. Paired with the Long 5 Golden, there's more than enough power to finish points.


What I really like is the linear and predictable feeling compared to tensor rubbers.

🔄 Spin and opening loops​

This is the biggest highlight for me.


Opening against backspin is very easy. I can brush the ball very thinly without necessarily engaging deep into the sponge, and the ball still lifts with a lot of spin and safety.


This is exactly what I was looking for. Compared to Tenergy-style rubbers, where you really need to engage the sponge to avoid the ball slipping, here the tackiness gives a much safer grip on the ball.


Less effort, more spin.

💥 Ball quality​

Even after just one session, I noticed opponents struggling on my opening loops.


The ball carries a lot of spin, kicks after the bounce, and tends to surprise them. I got several weak returns and mistakes on loops that didn’t feel very fast from my side.


The combination of tackiness + booster effect seems to create a heavy and slightly “jumpy” ball.

🛡️ Blocking and passive play​

The throw angle is lower than Tenergy that is really high 19. It still feels fairly high, but compared to T19 I felt more comfortable. I felt that I had to open the racket in blocks and counters. I know it is still cloased, but way less than before.


However, one important point: the rubber is quite sensitive when passive.

• Against topspin, if I’m not active enough, I absorb a lot of spin and the ball can go long
• Against backspin, if I don’t engage, it tends to drop into the net

So it clearly rewards active play. But don't worry, no need to generate lot of input there.


That said, in faster rallies with lots of incoming spin, I actually found it very manageable.

🎯 Control​

Control is probably the biggest positive along with the easy opening game.


Even during this first session, I felt more secure than with Tenergy 19. Even when timing wasn’t perfect, the ball still stayed on the table.


I had some difficulty placing balls very precisely in drills, but no real outright mistakes. That’s more likely just adjustment time with new equipment.

✋ Short game​

I will definitely need some time to adjust on touch shots like flips and chop-blocks.


The feeling is quite different from tensor rubbers, so some recalibration is needed.


Still, the first impressions are very positive, and I think these shots could become strengths once fully adapted.

✅ Preliminary conclusion​

After just one session, I’m genuinely happy with the Hurricane 8-80 37° boosted with 2 layers of Haifu National White.


It gives me exactly what I was looking for:


✔ Lots of spin
✔ Very easy opening against backspin
✔ Strong control
✔ Heavy and disruptive ball quality
✔ Sufficient speed once boosted


Now I need to see how it evolves after a few more sessions, once it’s fully broken in and the booster effect settles.

H8-80 37 degree version.
Used by many as a BH rubber, but the 37 degree version shouldn’t be considered ‘ONLY’ a BH rubber. For many people this would be a good FH rubber as well.
In the right hands this rubber is capable of high spin levels. Serves are very spinny.
Speed is not fast but it has more than enough speed to put balls away.
As with many tacky rubbers, short game control is good. On harder strokes the sponge kicks in, but for short pushes etc this rubber is very good.
looping on both FH & BH is very good, slow topspin v backspin can be loaded with spin.
blocking is solid, crisp.
mid distance play is good, long distance is OK you still have to put more effort in than with a tensor/spring sponge rubber, but no more than playing with H3 Neo or similar.
DHS has various rubbers with 37 degree sponge hardness these days, targeted as BH rubbers. This sponge hardness gives you more ‘easy’ power availability on the BH wing.
Many will say that 37 degree is ‘too soft’ for FH, but at the end of the day this is just personal preference.
Many will say it still needs boosting, again personal preference. For myself it doesn’t need any boosting, my preference!!!
If you just can’t be bothered with having to boost Chinese style rubbers then give H8-80 a go!!