Hey out there.
Hope you can help.
I want new rubbers.
I wonder to much about equipment and change it to much.
I want:
Nothing faster than classic rubbers like Sriver and Mark V. But not much slower.
No cheap chinese rubbers. I've tried a lot of them and they tend to fail their grip somtimes and to often.
Medium to medium-hard sponge hardness.
Medium throw-angle.
Something in between slightly-tacky and half-tacky surface. At least for the forehand. Backhand can be non-tacky or slightly-tacky.
Something that lasts long. I practice 8 hours a week.
I've tried:
Sriver fx (Forehand and backhand max) and el (Forehand 2.1). They where good for pushing, serve-returns and backhandstrokes. Very good placements. But only giving me descent spin for serves and forehand topspin.
Did only last 3-4 months with 2 hours of training a week (5-6 years ago). It lost the grip and got too bouncy for me. The ball flied of the table and into the net the most of the time. The rubber brokes very easely when hitting the edge of the table compared to hard chinese rubbers. Used on Donic Persson Powerplay.
729 Super fx. Great spin. Too hard and to slow. Too tacky. Not consistent and controllable enough. Used on Donic Persson Powerplay (Backhand 2.0) and Donic Waldner Allplay (Backhand and forehand 2.0).
DHS G888. Great spin. Too hard and to slow. Too tacky. Not consistent and controllable enough. To lowthrow The ball flied into the net the most of the time. Used on Avalox Blue Thunder 555 (Forehand 2.1)
Gewo Thunderball. Great spin, control and feel. Too tacky. Not fast enough. Used on Tibhar Samsonov Premium contact (Backhand 2.0)
Donic Gallardo Power Sound. Good placement. Too hard. Too fast. Not much spin. No tack. Falled of the blade all the time. Used on Tibhar Samsonov Premium Contact (Forehand 2.1)
Yinhe/Galaxy/Milky Way - Apollo. The same as 729 Super fx. But more bounce. Used on Donic Waldner Allplay (Forehand 2.1).
Tibhar Rapid Soft. Fine but not good spin and sometimes the grip failed. Too mushy Maybe a bad setup on a Donic Waldner Allplay (Backhand 1.8)
Xu ShaoFa 999 LSZ factory tuned - Hurricane. Great rubber. Nice arcs. But a little too hard and a little too tacky. A little bit lack of spin. Used on Avalox Blue thunder 555 (Forehand 2.2 black with purple sponge)
Xiom Vega Elite. Great spin and Great far from table. But way too bouncy for me. No tack. Used on Avalox Blue Thunder 550 (Forehand 2.1) and 555 (Backhand 2.1)
729 Cream Transcend. Too slow. Not spinny enough. Little too tacky. Grip fails very often. Used on Blue Thunder 550 (Forehand)
Yasaka Zap 36-38 Biotech. Great rubber. Something between slightly tacky and medium tacky. Medium-hard sponge. A lot like the srivers but less elastic and more durable and spin. Grips good when it grips. Perfekt speed. But sometimes and too often the grip failes like every other chinese rubber. Used on Blue Thunder 550 (Forehand and backhand 2.2) and 555 (Backhand 2.2)
I want to use the Blue thunder blades.
I've ordered a sheet of Armstrong seifuku ss 42 degrees 1.8. I would try to use it as a backhand rubber on bt 550. But maybe it's too soft for that blade and better on bt 555. But i don't know if it got any tackiness on it. maybe it will be ideal for both backhand and forehand.
Anyone who knows anything about this sheet?
Thanks
Hope you can help.
I want new rubbers.
I wonder to much about equipment and change it to much.
I want:
Nothing faster than classic rubbers like Sriver and Mark V. But not much slower.
No cheap chinese rubbers. I've tried a lot of them and they tend to fail their grip somtimes and to often.
Medium to medium-hard sponge hardness.
Medium throw-angle.
Something in between slightly-tacky and half-tacky surface. At least for the forehand. Backhand can be non-tacky or slightly-tacky.
Something that lasts long. I practice 8 hours a week.
I've tried:
Sriver fx (Forehand and backhand max) and el (Forehand 2.1). They where good for pushing, serve-returns and backhandstrokes. Very good placements. But only giving me descent spin for serves and forehand topspin.
Did only last 3-4 months with 2 hours of training a week (5-6 years ago). It lost the grip and got too bouncy for me. The ball flied of the table and into the net the most of the time. The rubber brokes very easely when hitting the edge of the table compared to hard chinese rubbers. Used on Donic Persson Powerplay.
729 Super fx. Great spin. Too hard and to slow. Too tacky. Not consistent and controllable enough. Used on Donic Persson Powerplay (Backhand 2.0) and Donic Waldner Allplay (Backhand and forehand 2.0).
DHS G888. Great spin. Too hard and to slow. Too tacky. Not consistent and controllable enough. To lowthrow The ball flied into the net the most of the time. Used on Avalox Blue Thunder 555 (Forehand 2.1)
Gewo Thunderball. Great spin, control and feel. Too tacky. Not fast enough. Used on Tibhar Samsonov Premium contact (Backhand 2.0)
Donic Gallardo Power Sound. Good placement. Too hard. Too fast. Not much spin. No tack. Falled of the blade all the time. Used on Tibhar Samsonov Premium Contact (Forehand 2.1)
Yinhe/Galaxy/Milky Way - Apollo. The same as 729 Super fx. But more bounce. Used on Donic Waldner Allplay (Forehand 2.1).
Tibhar Rapid Soft. Fine but not good spin and sometimes the grip failed. Too mushy Maybe a bad setup on a Donic Waldner Allplay (Backhand 1.8)
Xu ShaoFa 999 LSZ factory tuned - Hurricane. Great rubber. Nice arcs. But a little too hard and a little too tacky. A little bit lack of spin. Used on Avalox Blue thunder 555 (Forehand 2.2 black with purple sponge)
Xiom Vega Elite. Great spin and Great far from table. But way too bouncy for me. No tack. Used on Avalox Blue Thunder 550 (Forehand 2.1) and 555 (Backhand 2.1)
729 Cream Transcend. Too slow. Not spinny enough. Little too tacky. Grip fails very often. Used on Blue Thunder 550 (Forehand)
Yasaka Zap 36-38 Biotech. Great rubber. Something between slightly tacky and medium tacky. Medium-hard sponge. A lot like the srivers but less elastic and more durable and spin. Grips good when it grips. Perfekt speed. But sometimes and too often the grip failes like every other chinese rubber. Used on Blue Thunder 550 (Forehand and backhand 2.2) and 555 (Backhand 2.2)
I want to use the Blue thunder blades.
I've ordered a sheet of Armstrong seifuku ss 42 degrees 1.8. I would try to use it as a backhand rubber on bt 550. But maybe it's too soft for that blade and better on bt 555. But i don't know if it got any tackiness on it. maybe it will be ideal for both backhand and forehand.
Anyone who knows anything about this sheet?
Thanks
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