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Pros
  • cheap
  • round
Cons
  • slow
  • nondurable
  • low spin
Had a bad experience with these DHS balls. They're considerably slower and hard to spin. The balls break frequently.
Roundness
5.5
Hardness
4.9
Speed
3.6
Durability
3.6
Pros
  • Great control
  • Perfect speed
  • Perfect flex
Cons
  • Expensive
This blade is the perfect blade for players who attack close to mid from the table.
The speed is fast enough to win you point on third ball attack, but not godly fast that makes you lost control.
The ALC makes the blade vibrate a little when hitting, which I really like.
Superb blade for blocking, really easy to return crazy fast ball loaded with spins as long as you get it on the center of the blade.

My viscaria weighs 88gr. I use it with H3 NEO on forehand, and I can loop underspin ball easily.
Counter looping against topspin feels so great. I can produce high amount of spin, resulting my shots are often in.

The only con is it's expensive. I bought it around 95 USD... but well, you live only once :)
Speed
8.5
Control
10
Hardness
6
Durability
10
Pros
  • Control
  • Speed
  • Spin
Cons
  • Too Expensive
  • Durability
The Tenergy 05-FX is a great backhand rubber, but with a high price.

Speed:
Tenergy 05-FX offers a high amount of speed with out the ball flying off the table.

Control:
It has excellent control. I can block with ease and direct the ball anywhere.

Spin:
This rubber offers great spin. I can create slow spinny backhand loops with fly off my opponents bat because of the underestimated spin.

Overall the best rubber for backhand, only downside is the price and durability. My favorite rubber for backhand period.
Speed
9.2
Spin
9
Durability
8.7
Control
8.8
Pros
  • Great Speed
  • Great Control
  • Good Design
Cons
  • Too Expensive
  • Weak top ply
I have been using this blade for the past year, and so far I'm impressed. It has a very large sweet spot.

Speed:
The Hurricane Long 3 offers great speed. There is no more need for me to loop with full power when wanting to kill the ball, as the blade provides great assistance in this category.
Control:
Although the blade is marked OFF++ it is still very controllable. It offers me high speed only when I need it so my touch shots don't suffer. I can block with ease and can position the ball to pretty much anywhere i want it to go. When I play I occasionally chop to add variety to a fast attacking rally, this blade offers me excellent control when I need to chop, the ball never bounces off the bat and past the table, even when chopping a fast loop.

Overall the Hurricane Long 3 blade is a excellent blade for both all out attackers and all-round players. Offering the user great speed along with control. It has a very nice looking design. The only downside to this blade is its huge cost and weak top ply. The blade splinters easily when peeling off rubbers. Varnishing the blade is still only optional because if you pull off your rubbers with enough care, then it will remain like new.
Speed
9.1
Control
8.9
Hardness
8
Durability
8.3
Pros
  • Spinny
  • Controllable
  • Price
Cons
  • Need Breaking In
The Hurricane 3 Neo Provincial is a very tacky Chinese rubber. When new, this rubber is spinny as hell, it is also a very controllable rubber compared to Tenergy 05 because it is less bouncy. Close to table counter hitting and counter looping is very precise and very easy points can be won by one counter-attack. The only downside to this rubber is that it needs breaking in time. After 1-2 weeks the rubber will play quite differently from when it was new.
Over all it is a great rubber for beginners to intermediate players and is a rubber that I would recommend for players with a Chinese styled forehand.
Speed
8.5
Spin
9.3
Control
9.2
Pros
  • very spinny
  • little tacky
  • very durable
Cons
  • tensor effect
I play very often with the Rakza 7, and I don't understand why so few people play with it.
It's a very spinny rubber : enough for good serves, efficient topspins.
It's a little tacky : I like this especially for playing short game
It has quite a high throw : Not as high as a T05, but enough for feeling very safe in first attack on backspin for example, or playing away from the table.
It's not a linear rubber, you can feel a tensor effect.. especially with thick sponge. That's why I like to play with only 1.8mmm on my backhand.
I think that Rakza7 might be considered as the successor of the Mak V.
Speed
8
Spin
8
Durability
8
Control
7
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Pros
  • Controllable
  • Spinny
  • Backhand rubber
I use the acuda s2 as my personal backhand rubber cause of a better control than the acuda s1 on looping and blocking. Spinny and fast enough.
Speed
8
Spin
9
Durability
8
Control
8.5
Pros
  • Fast
  • Spinny
  • Controllable
I love the acuda s1 on the forehand, fast, aggressive topspins, spinny topspins, short pushes... and all that controllable also in max.
Speed
9
Spin
9
Durability
8
Control
8.5
Pros
  • good control
  • enough speed
  • good spin
I think the donic exclusive off is good for offensive players who want to have good control over their shots. Looping on both wings, counterlooping, blocking with control, (short) pushes... everything is possible with that blade which is very cheap. I like it :)
Speed
8
Control
9
Hardness
7
Durability
9
Pros
  • Very good feel
  • Excellent touch
  • Great speed
I am playing this blade for 2 years now. For that price I think that is the best I could get!
The blade is really fast, so if you are not fast on your feet you better not choose it.
The touch is pretty good, I can feel the ball and its easy to play.
For me this blade is excellent!
Speed
9.6
Control
9.2
Durability
9.8
Pros
  • very fast
  • passive block
  • loop drive
Cons
  • price
  • adv lvl
It is very fast blade.Passive block is awesome.Serve , loop , smash , drive are very good.
This is awesome blade for higher level and professional player.very expensive.
Speed
9.4
Control
8.6
Hardness
6.7
Durability
9.6
Pros
  • Woody feel
  • perfect control
  • manual gear
Cons
  • price
Innerforce ALC is excellent blade. It has woody feel. The blade shines mid or away from table. It is rocket with GPS at mid or far distance.
Speed
8.9
Control
9.4
Hardness
5.5
Durability
9.4
Pros
  • Spinny
  • High arc
  • Controlable
Good arc for spooning against chop but difficult to counter spin. Control and speed has the perfect match. Also, has a lot of gears.
Speed
7.7
Spin
9.4
Durability
8.5
Control
8.3
Pros
  • Starter blade
  • Control
  • Cheap
Cons
  • Not for attacker
  • Speed
Good as a starter blade but not for advanced attackers. Use to improve technical game but not advanced level. It is a cheap blade with lots of control.
Speed
5.2
Control
9.1
Hardness
4.9
Durability
8.4
Pros
  • Lasts longer
Cons
  • Very springy
Lasts very long and can't notice the difference between the celluloid 3 stars apart from serving you need to take the ball lower.
Roundness
9.6
Hardness
7.9
Speed
7.3
Durability
10
Pros
  • Control
  • Comfortable
  • Price
Cons
  • Very large
During my tt life this blade I could name the best.There is few reasons for this. First of all it's about control. Here it is amazing, especially with Butterfly rubbers tackiness and feint long.I recommend this series of rubbers for defence alpha. Second reason is trust ability, with the defence alpha I am certain with my technique and movement. Here is one of my test on my channel with this blade.

Nice watching:)

Speed
3.5
Control
8.7
Hardness
4.1
Durability
6.8
Pros
  • heavy spin and
  • good speed at a
  • cheaper cost
Cons
  • tears off
  • quickly
yasaka rakza 7 soft gives good speed and spin,i use it on fh on my friendship 729 two speed carbon ply
Speed
8.1
Spin
8.9
Durability
7.1
Control
7.8
Pros
  • it generates hea
  • vy spin as it ha
  • s a soft sponge
Cons
  • tears off quickl
  • y,the rubber has
  • less speed
it suits on friendship 729 two speed carbon,as it is a hard and stiff ply,generates good spin on bh
Speed
5
Spin
10
Durability
6
Control
7
Pros
  • Great Balance
  • Powerful
  • Great Spin
Cons
  • Price
I've used Tenergy05 on both sides now for the past 2 years and I haven't felt any sudden urges to change, this rubber is reliable and a perfect attacking rubber. In my opinion T05 is the market leader in offensive rubbers!
Speed
8.5
Spin
9
Durability
7.5
Control
8
Pros
  • Less expensive
  • Texture
  • Bright color
Cons
  • Slow
  • Fragile
I bought it because it's the most common and affordable, and I wanted to see how are we going to play in the future.

The Pros: Basically is the most affordable ball that I could find at the moment I purchased it. From the physical point of view the ball has a smoother texture that keeps it more clean, by this, I mean that less dust/sweat sticks to it, also the color is a brighter white that doesn't fade too much.

The Cons: Like many have stated it before the ball is slower, having said that, is better for my style of play since I haven't been able to adjust to the Pro rubbers that I've been using. The slower ball makes it easy to serve, trading spin for better placement on the other side of the table.

Of course the lack of spin and speed will upset the players that like to engage in fast rallies, also the ball is more fragile than the celluloid version, so if you're a heavy hitter you'll be cracking a few more often.

So far I found it easier to play than Stiga optimum 40+, but it doesn't compare to polyballs by Kingnik and XuShaoFa

I just hope in the future for a quality improvement, and a lower price.
Roundness
9
Hardness
7
Speed
7
Durability
5.5
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