Any reviews of Hexer Power Grip and Hexer Grip?

[FrenchFrog33]

Are Hexer Grip and Power Grip good for lower level players? Any Hexer users give their opinions on these rubbers?
How is the durability? (The Andro Bype experiment was a failure)
I am considering Power Grip on fh and Hexer Grip on bh???

 

[TensorBackhand]

Are Hexer Grip and Power Grip good for lower level players? Any Hexer users give their opinions on these rubbers?
How is the durability? (The Andro Bype experiment was a failure)
I am considering Power Grip on fh and Hexer Grip on bh???

Pretty standard ESN rubber. Nothing special

 

[Tyce]

I don't understand what's going on here. You've been asking for opinions on maybe 10 rubbers in the past 2 months and honestly I don't think you've actually done anything with the answers given to you. Instead you're wasting your time shooting your attention from rubber to rubber, seemingly random ones too.

Unsolicited advice, just get a something standard, from the brand that's most used where you play. If you don't play anywhere, just pick one brand and get its standard intermediate rubber.

 

[FrenchFrog33]

I don't understand what's going on here. You've been asking for opinions on maybe 10 rubbers in the past 2 months and honestly I don't think you've actually done anything with the answers given to you. Instead you're wasting your time shooting your attention from rubber to rubber, seemingly random ones too.

Unsolicited advice, just get a something standard, from the brand that's most used where you play. If you don't play anywhere, just pick one brand and get its standard intermediate rubber.

I read all opinions (even the negative ones geared towards me). I even try rubber sheets recommended on this site. I even switched from a carbon blade to a 5-ply wood blade based on advice here.
Some of my questions are just based on curiosity, some questions are based on what equipment best suits me. I apologize if I am annoying you. I'm just trying to find the perfect fit. (though I am thinking that there is no such thing as a perfect fit).

 

[ThePongCommenter]

I read all opinions (even the negative ones geared towards me). I even try rubber sheets recommended on this site. I even switched from a carbon blade to a 5-ply wood blade based on advice here.
Some of my questions are just based on curiosity, some questions are based on what equipment best suits me. I apologize if I am annoying you. I'm just trying to find the perfect fit. (though I am thinking that there is no such thing as a perfect fit).

There is rarely a perfect fit for people if they are amateur players who have big weaknesses that no equipment can fix. Equipment reviews online are pretty useless unless you know the reviewers playing level and style, which you rarely do on this forum. And your thread spam just comes across as being too lazy to Google/forum search rather than just curiosity, as most of the threads are asking questions that could be pretty easily answered by looking at past threads covering those rubbers/blades.

 

[TensorBackhand]

I read all opinions (even the negative ones geared towards me). I even try rubber sheets recommended on this site. I even switched from a carbon blade to a 5-ply wood blade based on advice here.
Some of my questions are just based on curiosity, some questions are based on what equipment best suits me. I apologize if I am annoying you. I'm just trying to find the perfect fit. (though I am thinking that there is no such thing as a perfect fit).

I think basically among esn rubber, there is tensor and hybrid. There is not much difference within the category

 

[ThePongCommenter]

So in just the last few weeks you have asked about rubber types than span the entire spectrum, from beginner friendly safe rubbers such as Bype and Rozena, to rubbers geared for advanced players, to medium offensive rubbers like C1 and G1 and Rasanter R45 and MX-D, to hybrids like NUZN, Bluegrip and Bluestar, Rakza Z, to full-on Chinese rubbers like H3, you've asked for the best sticky rubber, you've asked for the best non-sticky rubber, you've asked about classic offensive Euro rubbers like DNA Platinum, you've asked about ALC blades, you've asked about ZLC blades, you've asked about inner carbon blades, you've asked about all wood blades, you've asked about medium soft rubbers....so what on earth are you actually looking for?

 

[Tyce]

Not necessarily annoying, more that I have no idea how to answer the question because it's completely unclear what you're looking for by now...

 

[yamagata]

I understand the curiosity. As a beginner myself I was overwhelmed with the vastness of table tennis, including equipment, and needed guidance. And on forums such as this most people know what they are talking about, so why not ask.

I tried the Andro Hexer Grip SFX after playing for three months. It was a revelation, a big sensation, feeling, control and lightyears better rubbers compared to YINHE Moon 12 and Joola Rhyzen ICE. I could even flick with Andro rubber! When I played alone.

At the club I realized it did not really matter what equipment I play with. The advice is valid, use whatever beginner friendly equipment any brand offers. No shortcuts. There will be a time further down the line, maybe a couple of years or longer, when equipment will be more important. But not yet. Learn to play first.

Jack Nicholson once screamed to Tom Cruise that he can’t handle the truth. Maybe you can’t handle powergrip or carbonblades. I for sure can’t.

 

[KM1976]

I have been using Hexer Powergrip and Powergrip SFX for close to 1 year now. The durability and spin generation is pretty good in my opinion which would be close to 4-5 months with 4-6 hours play every week. Throw angle for Powergrip would be medium to medium high and for SFX version would be medium high. If you are still learning then Hexer Grip or Powergrip SFX would be a great pick for you.

 

[Dr Evil]

Are Hexer Grip and Power Grip good for lower level players?

Excellent choice in my opinion. Soft topsheet makes it easy to get effective brushing contact. A little slower than typical midrange rubber, which I think is a great advantage for developing players.

 

[TampaBayTableTennis]

I’ve seen these rubbers recommended fairly often so they must be a decent choice.

For your general equipment curiosity, I recommend watching lots of TTD equipment review videos with Tom and Dan from over the years.

 

[yamagata]

Tried and compared my Andro Hexer Grip SFX with Palio CJ8000 today. On a cheap 5 ply wood blade from Haitian. Playing against the board. Actually, the cheaper Palio rubber makes it easier for me both to chop and drive. I don't doubt that the Andro rubber is "better", it definately is with better technique. But for me (9 month beginner) the Palio rubber feels better.

But the difference don't feel that big. Maybe this is the thing, I am not good enough yet to really know what is better or not for me. But I would trust my initial feeling.

Play whatever gives you a good feeling! If that is the color of the sponge, go for it! And stick with it for quite some time

 

[Tyce]

Cj8000 comes in a lot of variants, but in general it's a relatively soft, semi-tacky rubber which should be very controlled.
If you didn't boost it or buy the biotech version, there's also zero tensor effect, which gives rubbers like the Hexer its bouncy response.

I wonder which one feels easier for you to get a spinny topspin out of, though.