Is my H3 (non-Neo) BS National legit?

[isaacdl]

Yesterday, someone in the forum posted that Global Sports Store send him a fake H3 rubber. So today I got my H3 BS National sponge (not Neo) and I found the sponge differs from my old provincial H3 BS (NEO, this is important). As you can see, the Neo has some lane structure, but the Non Neo has some a porous one. Can anyone compare with their legit rubbers if this is a Neo-Non Neo difference, or might be my provincial was fake, or the National I received today is fake?

Thanks!

 

[Conehead]

Yesterday, someone in the forum posted that Global Sports Store send him a fake H3 rubber.

Where? Can you share the post?

 

[mocker88]

Check your code here to see if it's legit http://www.dhs-sports.com/search.shtml

 

[Jslick89]

Where? Can you share the post?

Ive bought from global sports store and they were legit. code worked.

 

[Conehead]

Ive bought from global sports store and they were legit. code worked.

That is why I asked the thread starter. Till now I made good experience with Global Sports Store.

 

[lodro]

That is why I asked the thread starter. Till now I made good experience with Global Sports Store.

Probably nothing wrong with Global Sport Store but I have tried to communicate with them and had absolutely no success = no business then 😫

 

[Conehead]

Probably nothing wrong with Global Sport Store but I have tried to communicate with them and had absolutely no success = no business then 😫

Strange. Till now he was always very responsive to me in all aspects.

 

[isaacdl]

Sorry guys for not replying, as someone might know we had a electricity shortage yesterday in Spain/Portugal so people run out of batteries.

Check your code here to see if it's legit http://www.dhs-sports.com/search.shtml
View attachment 36109

Yeah, I was about to do it before batteries ran out. I did it with a orange sponge h3 national and it was legit, so I suspect the BS its also legit.
The guy who had a bad experienced:

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/experience-with-some-other-loki-rubbers-arthur-china-gtx-pro-inc.26965/page-128

So the difference in sponge is normal? By further reading I realized neo and non neo BS use different sponges.

 

[zeio]

Neo and non-Neo should have the same sponge. Those unique lines/grooves (from the sponge slicing) are a trademark of DHS. The digital printing looks a little off (could be due to the camera or doming).

 

[isaacdl]

Neo and non-Neo should have the same sponge. Those unique lines/grooves (from the sponge slicing) are a trademark of DHS. The digital printing looks a little off (could be due to the camera or doming).

Yeah, the provincial digital printing looks off because I removed glue several times from the sponge.
About having the same sponge, I can say after reading in this forum that this is not totally true. I need a second opinion of someone who have had both rubbers to check this!

 

[zeio]

Do you have a picture of the the topsheet, specifically either side of the lower corners, like the following?

https://www.douyin.com/zhuanti/7225793827158722615

 

[boretennis]

Do you have a picture of the the topsheet, specifically either side of the lower corners, like the following?

https://www.douyin.com/zhuanti/7225793827158722615

interesting, never noticed that tiny DHS logo in the corners.
so far i only ordered 8-80 from Global Sports Store, but every time the code checked out and topsheet / sponge looked unsuspicious and as they should.

 

[GOAT 🐐]

From a long time h3 National user, that is either fake or a really bad one. If you look at the layer of pre-applied glue on the sponge, it is very uneven and scaled which shouldn’t happen to National hurricane. Also sponge color is slightly off, should be darker.

 

[ttarc]

Nittaku DHS H3Neo OS (NR-8701)
Ripple direction is the same as e.g.
https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=WangchuqinFH but https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=fzd has the same as the BS from isaacdl... Hmm... can't remember if I ever had different ripple directions...

 

[Zwill]

Nittaku DHS H3Neo OS (NR-8701) View attachment 36118
Ripple direction is the same as e.g.
https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=WangchuqinFH but https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=fzd has the same as the BS from isaacdl... Hmm... can't remember if I ever had different ripple directions...

Do I spy some lovely German glue + booster there?

 

[isaacdl]

From a long time h3 National user, that is either fake or a really bad one. If you look at the layer of pre-applied glue on the sponge, it is very uneven and scaled which shouldn’t happen to National hurricane. Also sponge color is slightly off, should be darker.

But my H3 BS Non Neo didnt have any preglued layer. Does your H3 Non Neo has stripped or rippled structure?

 

[isaacdl]

Nittaku DHS H3Neo OS (NR-8701) View attachment 36118
Ripple direction is the same as e.g.
https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=WangchuqinFH but https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=fzd has the same as the BS from isaacdl... Hmm... can't remember if I ever had different ripple directions...

Interesing, so my theory it has ripples --> neo is not true. Today, I requested a training partner to bring his H3 OS National from tabletennis11 to compare with mine (also bought in global sports store). Ill also after training check authenticity of my BS H3 Non Neo with code and check the DHS mini logos.

I checked my H3 Non Neo National BS and the sponge looks exactly as mine:

PROTT

 

[zeio]

Below is one from a Hong Kong store that's been around for a long time. The sponge has the curved grooves.

http://www.sunnywise.com.hk/hur3_national_blue.htm

 

[ttarc]

Do I spy some lovely German glue + booster there?

Just trying to revive my last tacky H3N a bit...

Interesing, so my theory it has ripples --> neo is not true. Today, I requested a training partner to bring his H3 OS National from tabletennis11 to compare with mine (also bought in global sports store). Ill also after training check authenticity of my BS H3 Non Neo with code and check the DHS mini logos.

It depends...

Ripples parallel to printing/rubber stamp
Wang Chuqin https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=WangchuqinFH
Sun Yingsha https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=sru
Liang Jinkun https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=LiangJinkunFH
Wang Manyu https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=WangManyuFH
Chen Meng https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=cmh33

Ripples not parallel
Ma Long https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=MaLongH3
FZD https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=fzd

I have no idea if this is just a random finding or something else...

 

[isaacdl]

Below is one from a Hong Kong store that's been around for a long time. The sponge has the curved grooves.

http://www.sunnywise.com.hk/hur3_national_blue.htm

Ok, from what I can tell from PROTT, thats the previous model to 2018, the new one has not any ripples.
Source:

PROTT

Just trying to revive my last tacky H3N a bit...



It depends...

Ripples parallel to printing/rubber stamp
Wang Chuqin https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=WangchuqinFH
Sun Yingsha https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=sru
Liang Jinkun https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=LiangJinkunFH
Wang Manyu https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=WangManyuFH
Chen Meng https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=cmh33

Ripples not parallel
Ma Long https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=MaLongH3
FZD https://www.prott.vip/Product-Details.aspx?productcode=fzd

I have no idea if this is just a random finding or something else...

Thanks, maybe position of the ripples shows position of rubber cut from main rubber plate? If the cut is close to the center, we can see curved ripples, if its in the outskirts, it softens the curvature and the ripples are completely parallel? I'm just digressing, dont take me seriously haha