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I went into the Rozena for my backhand which is weaker and slow than my forehand as my first racket. It worked for a while until I got better and more experienced like when in training I was training for chopping and blocking, it lacked the spin and speed that I wanted. I would personally recommend just saving up some extra money for a more expensive rubbers in maybe the Tenergy series.

I have been using the Stiga Cybershape Carbon for a little while now pairing it with a slow and medium speed level with the National Hurricane 3 Neo on forehand and Tenergy 80 on the backhand. The hardness of the Cybershape help boost the speed of the Hurricane by a bit and is holding pretty well. The only draw back I found was how heavy the head was and the CWT did its job and helped a lot.

I have been using the Stiga Cybershape Carbon for a little while now pairing it with a slow and medium speed level with the National Hurricane 3 Neo on forehand and Tenergy 80 on the backhand. The hardness of the Cybershape help boost the speed of the Hurricane by a bit and is holding pretty well. The only draw back I found was how heavy the head was and the CWT did its job and helped a lot.

So recently I got two powerplay x rubbers and a xuperman s1 blade with some degree of high expectation from the stuff I bought. Damm, it was worth it. The rubbers not that tacky, no smell and just great for looping. Sidespin and backspin servers were generally better and spin in all, was great. Good choice if you want to get it and I recommend it.

77.5g DONIC blade + 2x Mercury II (old) = 159.9g (incl. Yinhe glue)
62.4g SANWEI blade + 2x Mercury II (new) = 152.0g (incl. German glue)

The above 2 fully assembled rackets include different glues plus edge tape, so the below numbers contain these components too:

41.2g is the average assembled weight of one installed Mercury II Soft rubber, cherry-picked light samples.
44.8g is the average assembled weight of one installed Mercury II Soft rubber, cherry-picked heavy samples.

In other words, if i had cherry-picked lighter production units, my racket would be lighter by 7.2g, this is good to know. On the flipside, heavier sheets mean that they are thicker, delivering a better performance. That's exactly why i paired my lighter blade with heavier sheets, and my heavier blade with lighter sheets. Because in the end we not only want the lightest racket but also a beautiful ALL+/OFF- performer. The thicker the sheet, the more beautiful its performance.

Yes, the Mercury II Soft is a slow rubber, with absolutely no catapult, no tensor effect but i compensate this similar to badminton, namely with a snappy fast racket movement thx to the light weight. For learners, consolidating coordination and shot variations, it's the perfect rubber, highly enjoyable.

Nobody ever claimed that this rubber one of the best club-level quality rubbers, but so many on the internets do claim that it has the highest performance-price ratio that mankind has seen . For 3$, it's the very best rubber you could buy (best value).

Highly recommended for learners, beginners, in their club and league play.

I like the reviews but i dont find any shop with this rubber

I just tried this blade. Stiga Dynasty Carbon.
It has the best feeling blade for me..I have tried lots of blades from T5000, SZLC, ZLC, ALC, W968, 5 PLY, 7 PLY WOOD, 1 Ply wood. But this one, it feels easier to use with most kind of basic strokes. Great feel too, on most of strokes. Drive, topspin, loop, block. I am enjoying this blade as well as the sound. Controlled short game too if you practice it. I am hoping I will end my equipment junkie virus because of this.

This was a really interesting racket to use and I liked it a lot. I used the cpen handle version of this blade. It's a very fast blade which suits an unrelenting continuous-attack style, while still having relatively good touch and control in the short game. The feeling is extremely crisp, and it excels in driving and smashing rather than looping.

Players who like to chop-block or suddenly change the pace of the game would be better off with the Rosewood NCT V or similarly-constructed blade such as Ma Lin Extra Offensive.

I will compare this blade to the Rosewood NCT V, which I have used for the past year as my main blade. They share a lot of similarities but also a few differences. The NCT V and NCT VII differ not only in the number of plies, but also in the composition of the plies.

The Rosewood NCT V is a 5-ply blade with a composition of
Rosewood - Spruce - Ayous - Spruce - Rosewood.
This composition pattern is standard amongst outer hardwood blades, where Rosewood is often substituted for another hardwood. For example, the well-known Ma Lin Extra Offensive blade has a composition of
Walnut - Spruce - Ayous - Spruce - Walnut.

The Rosewood NCT VII is a 7-ply blade and it does not have any Spruce layers -- its composition is
Rosewood - Ayous - Ayous - Ayous - Ayous - Ayous - Rosewood.
This makes it similar to the well-known Clipper blade, whose composition substitutes Rosewood for Limba. I think that the absence of a Spruce layer in the NCT VII also significantly effects the playing properties of this blade.

My setup for testing this blade was:
Xuperman Powerplay-X FH
Skyline 2 BH
lightly boosted with Haifu Seamoon Black

These are the same rubbers (like literally the exact same pair of rubbers) which I previously had on my Rosewood NCT V, so all of the differences I felt were due to the blade.

The NCT VII is substantially stiffer than the NCT V, which comes with both benefits and drawbacks. Low- and medium-power shots travel much faster, because no energy is lost to blade flex. This is good for attacking players, since their attacks will have more speed with less effort. Attacking the ball directly after the bounce feels very nice, and you can do it without a big windup because the blade is so powerful. With 5-ply blades like Ma Lin EO and Rosewood NCT V, attacking the ball off the bounce requires much more effort.

However, this power comes at the price of control -- it is substantially harder to touch the ball softly and drop it close to the net. Smashing is very fast, but also harder to control. Medium-power attacking hits are the forte of this blade, as they produce high speed with relatively high control.

The lack of a Spruce layer in the NCT VII seems to have an effect on the feeling and properties of the blade as well. As far as I can tell, the Spruce layer serves as kind of a springy shock-absorbing buffer between the outer hardwood layer and the inner ayous layer. It allows the player to "roll" the ball on the outer layer without fully gripping or biting into the blade. This gives the NCT V a very significant advantage in chop-blocks and drop-shots, since touching the ball lightly will not engage the grip of the Ayous core of the racket.

Even when hitting hard with the NCT V, there is a brief moment of "rolling" on the Spruce layer before biting into the Ayous layer. This brief moment is enough for the player to gain some feedback from the racket and make minor adjustments if necessary. It also gives the sense of "grabbing" and "throwing" the ball instead of hitting it. The NCT V feels kind of like playing with low-tension tennis strings, if that is a helpful analogy -- the Spruce layer gives a bit of a trampoline effect.

In contrast, because the NCT VII has no Spruce layer, this means that the Ayous wood is instantly engaged. The ball bites the blade immediately, making it much more sensitive to incoming spin. Looping requires more precision, but simply driving through the ball is enough to produce a significant amount of spin (with my setup at least) because the ball bites as soon as you touch it. Because of this, you can counterattack pretty effortlessly.

The NCT VII has a very different feel compared to the NCT V when looping. The NCT VII has a higher throw angle and doesn't flex as much as the NCT V, so contact time is less. The NCT VII doesn't "pop" as much as the NCT V either; it's much more linear in terms of power response. I would not say that looping is a strength of this blade -- most of the time that I try to create spinny power loops (as I would with the NCT V) the ball goes out. I've had much better success hitting through the ball more flatly, and it still produces a good amount of spin.

Lobbing feels amazing with this blade -- I would say it's even better at lobbing than the NCT V. Because the ball bites the blade as soon as you touch it, you can redirect incoming spin without much effort, giving you very spinny lobs. With the NCT V you have to put more effort into producing your own spin.

While it's not as good as the NCT V or Ma Lin Extra Offensive at touch shots, the NCT VII still has pretty good touch.

Flicking is somehow not as good as NCT V or Ma Lin Extra Offensive; I suspect this is because the ball bites the racket immediately and is thus more sensitive to spin. When playing with this blade I mostly just replaced flicks with drives, and the effect was pretty similar (but less deceptive).

All in all, I think I prefer the NCT V a bit more, since I really like to chop-block and change the pace of the game. But I'll keep this blade in my rotation and maybe someday it will become my primary blade.

Tried them on Andro Inizio OFF blade (wanted to build a economic racket for my brother).

In my normal combo i am using bty rozena and xiom vega euro df, compared to that this rubber has more direct tracectory, good spin and adequate speed.

One of the weird things I encountered is I ordered both of the rubbers in soft hardness but black one is a touch softer compared to the red rubber, I guess different batch.

If you're in a search for affordable equipment i really recommend this as a contestant.

Playing for 6 months now and for the first time I tried a rubber that can lift the ball. So nice feeling to play with! I have tried a few different european and hybrid rubbers, but Mercury 2 in black and soft sponge seems like a perfect fit on my forehand. I can push, chop and above all top-side-spin the ball wonderfully with it. I wish it came with a thinner sponge, that way I could recommend it for every beginner regardless of age. Still - this rubber should probably be on every beginners bat!

The wood is one of my favorites. It has a direct and harder touch, but a softer feel due to the gluing. The ball contact time is very high. It plays quite close to a solid blade for a carbon blade, but much stiffer and with less vibration.

I tried the commercil version a while back and it had been my fav rubber at the time. I am currently using the provincial version. It is a really good rubber to learn with. Helps you rely on your body for power instead of relying on the rubber for power which is a bad thing to do. It might not be easy for players who use esn rubber to use this rubber.

Honestly one of the better forehand rubbers I've used, it's very forgiving if compared to the likes of the Hurricane 3 Neo. I have also used this for my BH, but it hindered my development, so I switched to a Vega Korea instead. Anyways, it's bouncy and grippy nature means that it doesn't require strong and firm strokes, a simple push or pull helps get the job done, often done well too. FH was effortless, in fact was more preferred by other people I've lent the racket to. Tested and used on a 729 Blue 7. Mine did chip after only 2 months of use, so be aware!

Great rubber, comparing this to a Provincial Blue Version and a Bluefire M1, all unboosted. Plays really well, could hold the ball, good dwell time, and were quite hard for my opponent to deal with. Loops and powerloops were fairly fatal at first, but started to degrade a little after months of use, still very strong though. Tackier than the H3N BS, but falls short in every other aspect in comparison, not bad in any way though. Required more power and longer stroke than the M1, but i found the spin higher on the H3N for some reason, could be my technique. Use slow/short stroke, ball is slow. Use fast/longer stroke, ball becomes fast, faster than the M1 at 70% . Really good rubber, I used this for my beginner game.

Famous for being one of the if not the most popular rubbers for beginner and intermediate players in Asia. Affordable price plus variety of sponge hardness and many types of rubbers in the fastarc series, p-1, g-1, c-1, s-1. Good for basically everything, and easy to play with. Can be used to build the good techniques before advancing to other more pro level rubbers (tenergy and dignics, for example)

For the price point, which i purchased mine at, $37, I can't really say what is bad about it, besides that it isn't the best at the outright power in forehand, and requires some effort in the stroke. It's like a semi between tensor and tacky rubbers, needing the effort in the stroke with it being slightly tacky and spinny, in conjunction where it requires a more European style of stroke, with a high throw angle unlike traditional Chinese tacky rubbers.

Also I've found it prone to chipping, so please put edge tape, and take care of it.

Too fast but great quality

A super durable, controllable, and with great feeling, this blade is 100% worth it!

When testing this racket, I could feel the vibrations so clearly! The feeling and control is peak in this blade!

This rubber is extremely fast and good for counterhits and drives. The only part where it truly struggles in is control, but it's easily overpowered by the amount of speed you can add onto the ball!

Ok firstly with price in Hong Kong it's only around $64 USD. I know it's more expensive in other countries. Also it's a beautiful rubber that has a beautiful grippy crisp feeling when touch. Very fast, bouncy, and grippy. Honestly much better than Tenergy series except the Tenergy 05 Hard which I like the same amount. The hardness gives it a crisp feeling making up for the lack of grip. Also I'm not saying Tenergy isn't grippy, it's a great rubber! Just not really as good as Dignics. I personally like Dignics much more. Also the spin is very amazing (of course not as good as tacky rubbers like Hurricane 3), and the arc is quite high for people like you guys but I'm used to high arc rubbers because that's what I've been using since I was like 7 and now I'm 15