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I want to try a more forgiven soft rubber on bh side. Is Donic vario soft a good choice or is a sriver fx better?
Both VERY old rubbers. Not sure how they're gonna fare with the new balls now though, which in itself is more forgiving than the old balls.
If I am to name a forgiving BH rubber right now I am gonna go with Nittaku Fastarc G-1. High throw angle and high grip, with a low sensitivity to spin.
Quite expensive and heavy though.
 
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Gotta be hundreds if not more suitable BH rubbers. In General, many shakehand players go for a medium to medium fast (top end speed) modern Euro/Japanese rubber that is around medium softish. These are the Sound, Spin, FX, and Soft versions of their normal rubbers.

Out of all that lot I go with an older technology allround medium speed rubber that is ridiculous inexpensive. I use it on every blade I test on BH wing because it works on most blades and I know what I am getting.

If I can ever get back into a TT situation where I can play or train seriously more than once a month, then maybe I should write a blog about how to crack 2000 in under $10.
 
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Maybe a euro/chinese hybrid rubber like Stiga Neos Tacky can work. I played it for a long time on my backhand, because it's tacky and very controlled on blocks and short play with the medium-hard sponge. To play aggressive you have to use a lot of energy or the ball won't be very fast. But even if you put a lot of energy it's still slow compared to tension rubbers.
It has a very direct feeling to it so the feedback is very good.
 
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Maybe a euro/chinese hybrid rubber like Stiga Neos Tacky can work. I played it for a long time on my backhand, because it's tacky and very controlled on blocks and short play with the medium-hard sponge. To play aggressive you have to use a lot of energy or the ball won't be very fast. But even if you put a lot of energy it's still slow compared to tension rubbers.
It has a very direct feeling to it so the feedback is very good.

Agree, Neos tacky can be a very good alternative.
 
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