Worst names of table tennis rubbers?

[d3nium]

My vote is for Glayzer, because I'm an MUFC fan, and for that reason, I will never use it 😉

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

we all agree... TT rubber maker are bunch of hopeless marketeers. I am not even sure if they even have a marketing dept.

 

[Tyce]

Tbh I think Tenergy is a cringe name. But it's not bad-bad.
Butterfly codes are the crappiest part of their names though. These things are development codes for a reason: because they aren't commercial product names.

Tenergy Spin
Tenergy Power
Tenergy Omni (or Balance or whatever)
Tenergy Arc

Make product names! And give them different initials, so people can shorten it.
If I can do it in 5 minutes, someone who gets paid for this can surely do it in a week.

 

[NetProphet]

Its even goofier when you realize that the name is based off of the old Rasant rubber that was introduced pre-poly ball. I think it was like 2011 or 2012. Still Rasant, just Rasant-er 😂

The one thing to say for Rasant is that the name derives from German where it means Rapid.
Not knowing that maybe makes it goofier but given that Andro are a German company it kinda makes sense then.

Personally I've never even considered Victas. I had a look yrs ago and couldn't figure what might be suitable and the names just annoyed me! 😂

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

The product name should mean something to the end-user. Not some random gibberish thought up by the R&D people. 🤬

Gozo Smash, Gozo Loop and Gozo Far Table automatically mean something to the users.

 

[zeio]

Have always wanted to write about this but didn't have a chance.

According to Nakamura in an interview with Table Tennis World back in 2018:
Victas = Victory + asu (tomorrow in Japanese)
V = Victas
S = Sticky
O = Out-pips
e.g.
V>01 = First rubber released by Victas
V>15 = Inverted rubber released by Victas in 2015
V>20 = Inverted rubber released in 2020

XX (2 digits) = Inverted
10X = Pips
30X = For 44mm ball
40X = Tacky
> = Victas products will exceed your expectations

http://www.dku51.com/article-9939.html

对话VICTAS与TSP乒乓球品牌：VICTAS套胶底板介绍

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TTW：能具体解释下VICTAS乒乓球套胶产品名的含义吗?例如V>01，V是什么意思？01是什么意思？再比如VO>101，0是什么意思？VS>401,S是什么意思？

Nakamura：“V”自然就代表着“VICTAS",“S"是“Sticky”的意思，也就是说VS即为“VICTAS的粘性套胶”，而“0”则是“Out pips”的意思，也就是说VO即为“VICTAS的颗粒套胶”。套胶后面的数字也有独特的含义，例如V>01，是ICTAS所生产的第一块套胶，而V〉15则是VICTAS在2015年生产的反胶，也许2020年生产的套胶就命名为V〉20了。

为了让消费者方便区分，2位数为反胶，10X（一百零几）是颗粒胶，在日本市场还有30X（三百零几）是针对超大球（44mm）研发的研发的套胶，而40X（四百零几）则是粘性套胶，小道消息，目前我们正在开发403型号。至于“〉”号，那是我们觉得，VICTAS的产品会超出你的期望。

 

[longle]

The best is the tenergy (tension - energy) but I'm not sure which is the worst.

Also I really dislike lineup naming rather than individual names, like donic blue-xxx which serie is newer, which is faster.

My vote would be victas, probably I couldn't remember my rubber's name.
second worst could be Joola like Dynaryz ZGX wtf is that?

Dynamic + rhythm + ez ?

 

[latej]

We need a law that prohibits the names... Just "company t h r d s H"
- t = top-sheet thickness
- h = pimple height
- r = pimple radius
- d = pimple distance
- s = sponge height
- H = sponge hardness

 

[Aizen]

Dynamic + rhythm + ez ?

That sounds not bad but I mean ZGX, ZGR, CMD, AGR, ACC? It looks hard to remember.

 

[rbtitco]

How has no one said Andro nzun or whatever it is. Wtf is that?
The pip guys have the best names, like evil monkey, the tormenter stuff like that.

 

[Migzkulit]

Victas Swat Spin
They literally named a rubber from a blade. It's a new rubber on LARC.

 

[Angerer]

Absolute worst:
1) Victas — the naming is totally confusing, and the models sound bad. I bet even the brand fans can get confused about their product line.
2) Donic — unless you deliberately study their product names, you can't tell these apart, let alone know their qualities.
3) Joola — their addiction to acronyms and horrible made-up names are tearing my brain apart.

Absolute best:
1) Andro — until recently, I adored their V, R, and C line-ups which were easily understandable + the sponge handness included in the name. I know they recently released N U Z N... but at least they have sponge hardness included in the name.
2) Yinhe — God bless a person who invented adding Super Soft, Soft, Medium, Hard, and Super Hard in the rubber names. Plus, I appreciate their Galaxy-like naming, which makes naming consistent.
3) Butterfly — although you must first learn 05, 19, 64, and 80 names and what they mean, I appreciate how smoothly they transitioned from Tenergy to Dignics and the numbers stayed the same. And although Tenergy sounds better than Dignics (sounds like someone from Joola made it), the names are still good.

 

[mikeytt]

not bad names per say but i always wondered what the reasoning was behind xioms country rubbers - vega europe, asia, japan, china, korea.

european = stereotypically a more spin orientated game so the rubber is softer
china = hard sticky rubber

the rest just confuses me, what makes the vega korea good for koreans 😅

 

[Aizen]

not bad names per say but i always wondered what the reasoning was behind xioms country rubbers - vega europe, asia, japan, china, korea.

european = stereotypically a more spin orientated game so the rubber is softer
china = hard sticky rubber

the rest just confuses me, what makes the vega korea good for koreans 😅

I'm not sure but as I remember, they released started with europe, asia, pro, elite.
china, japan, korea, tour, intro etc have been added in later generations.
probably china is more stressed out version of asia they're more marketing names,
although Xiom may place in top 5 in naming.

 

[riemsesy]

Me Gozo is no brute Ork who only likes to smash things. Me Gozo went to University too. Me did one module on Business Marketing in University.

If Gozo makes rubber, me give easy to remember funky name. Players easy remember, no difikult name like Dynacircus or Dynasomeshit!

Gozo Noob ( 35' ), Gozo Not so Noob ( 37.5' ), Gozo Hobby Player (42.5' ), Gozo Awesome Hobby Player ( 45' ) and Gozo Pro ( 47.5' ). Anything else it will be custom made. Regular OB players can't handle anything above 47.5.

Then there will be Gozo Smash where pimples are large and short for your smashing needs.
Gozo Looper where the pimples are long and thin for looping to your heart content.
Then there is Gozo Far Table where the sponge are thicker and the top-sheet are thin.

Simple. Not Komplikated. You know what to buy by just the name.

Then me make nice matrix chart like Butterfly. Make nice ball flight path pretty pictures like Donic. Me hire beautiful people make Tik-Tok video explain all Gozo product in under one minute.

NB: All rubber will come in Lime Green offering. Promise! Cross my heart and hope to die!

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you forget the thicknesses.
Gozo rubbers: underweight 1.5mm, thin 1.8mm, normal 2.0mm, thick 2.1mm, fat 2.15mm, obese 2.2mm and morbid = max

 

[turbozed]

My vote is for Glayzer, because I'm an MUFC fan, and for that reason, I will never use it 😉

"Glayzer? I barely know her!"

 

[Imperfecto]

Not really a "worse name" but in spanish the victas P2V or w/e its called is pronounced "P-DOS" and well... you can tell what that sounds like haha

 

[haggisv]

Have always wanted to write about this but didn't have a chance.

According to Nakamura in an interview with Table Tennis World back in 2018:
Victas = Victory + asu (tomorrow in Japanese)
V = Victas
S = Sticky
O = Out-pips
e.g.
V>01 = First rubber released by Victas
V>15 = Inverted rubber released by Victas in 2015
V>20 = Inverted rubber released in 2020

XX (2 digits) = Inverted
10X = Pips
30X = For 44mm ball
40X = Tacky
> = Victas products will exceed your expectations

A great summary, thank you!

I still think those labels should be used most for internal use, and they should give them more meaningful names for market them better. Especially all the numbers mean very little.

 

[Peter93]

 

[rbtitco]

You win lol