Nittaku fastarc G-1 is a good rubber? if yes is better for fh or bh?

[BlopChock]

5 or 7 plies?
What's the brand and model of your blade?

Hello says the Donic Epox Topspeed on his profile.

 

[Tyce]

but unfortunatly (because I am 16 years old) i can't work. And yes i searched for smaller jobs but nothing

Search harder. I had side jobs since I was 13. Paid for every single piece of TT equipment myself.
Doesn't have to be an official job, you can go to neighbours and ask for chores for cash, babysitting, walking dogs, mowing lawn, getting groceries etc etc

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

you're right i need to be someone. I opened recently my youtube tt channel (@GrazianoCocoTT), my dream is to create a big youtube channel for young people like me, if you can subscribe pls do it www.youtube.com/@GrazianoCocoTT you can help me a lot

i think first get to 3000 or 5000 subs before asking for partnerships
I am 1500 and my channel is a baby
www.youtube.com/tonystabletennis

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

but unfortunatly (because I am 16 years old) i can't work. And yes i searched for smaller jobs but nothing

and thats because I need peoples that can help me economically (A SPONSOR)

Well, you old enough to help yourself. I hope you didn't send any emails to any brands as you would likely just get blacklisted.

there are many that are younger than you in the same position or worse and either you beg for money from your circle (which is 10 times better than begging a brand to donate), or maybe ask your parents or family for some small jobs here or there, or use cheaper gears.

I deal with many poor kids from Africa, they have nothing compare to you and they don't beg. they use old stuff for years, and until maybe someone gives them some old equipment and they are really happy and cherish everything they receive in life - including someone buying them a meal.

 

[Tyce]

Well, you old enough to help yourself. I hope you didn't send any emails to any brands as you would likely just get blacklisted.

there are many that are younger than you in the same position or worse and either you beg for money from your circle (which is 10 times better than begging a brand to donate), or maybe ask your parents or family for some small jobs here or there, or use cheaper gears.

I deal with many poor kids from Africa, they have nothing compare to you and they don't beg. they use old stuff for years, and until maybe someone gives them some old equipment and they are really happy and cherish everything they receive in life - including someone buying them a meal.

I'm a privileged person in comparison here, but yeah I used to play with the same rubbers for 2, sometimes 2.5 years. And I bought the cheapest option that was close to what I had before. And if I couldn't, I got something even cheaper.
Can't say that it held me back from playing and enjoying table tennis.

Now, I'm a privileged middle aged guy and I *can* buy whatever I want. But I still don't want to spend hundreds of euros. And I sure as hell don't want to be asking for financial support unless it's paid labour.

 

[Graziano Coco | TT]

5 or 7 plies?
What's the brand and model of your blade?

5 and the model is donic epox topspeed

 

[WadaWada]

g-1 is better on the side that is your strongest, so if ur fh is stronger then use it on fh, if you bh is stronger use it on bh

 

[merlin el mago]

5 and the model is donic epox topspeed

Weight?

 

[Graziano Coco | TT]

Weight?

I don't know

 

[Graziano Coco | TT]

Weight?

the ufficial site says 90g

 

[Graziano Coco | TT]

Guy I have an update, I buyed two Mercury II, a rubber that cost less than 5 euros, I will try it and send to you a little review

 

[Grumms]

I find G1 2,0mm the least controllable rubber I have ever tested. And I consider myself having a very good backhand, and I tested 30 or 40 different rubbers the last 18 months, from very soft ESN to boosted chinese hard rubbers.

And its behaviour is unpredictable sometimes. I got weird bounces, leading to many faults. C1 is much better for me.

 

[Nash77]

I find G1 2,0mm the least controllable rubber I have ever tested. And I consider myself having a very good backhand, and I tested 30 or 40 different rubbers the last 18 months, from very soft ESN to boosted chinese hard rubbers.

And its behaviour is unpredictable sometimes. I got weird bounces, leading to many faults. C1 is much better for me.

If you don't mind me asking - This means you're changing rubber every couple of weeks :

1. Why changing so much?
2. Can you even get used to a new rubber so fast?
3. what are the best and worst you tried in your opinon?


Im using the G1 (FH) and C1 (BH) combo and find them to be very easy to use, fun to play with, not limiting my game in any aspect and allow me to improve at a good rate. And that's basically what I want from my Rubbers.

 

[Sriver1]

G-1 in one of the best rubbers. High throw, very spinny and linear. If you need more speed, boost it.
It's also very durable.

 

[Grumms]

If you don't mind me asking - This means you're changing rubber every couple of weeks :

1. Why changing so much?
2. Can you even get used to a new rubber so fast?
3. what are the best and worst you tried in your opinon?


Im using the G1 (FH) and C1 (BH) combo and find them to be very easy to use, fun to play with, not limiting my game in any aspect and allow me to improve at a good rate. And that's basically what I want from my Rubbers.

Testing does not mean changing. On my Backhand, I used, in competition, 5 rubbers. Here's the story :
- Played TT since 1993
- Stopped training in 2000
- Stopped playing in 2010
- Resumed playing in 2023


I resumed with a very similar racquet from what I was playing with in 2010, all wood blade, ESN very soft rubbers. I was very less strong than 13 years before, but I am now way more into sport than I was younger. Thus, I improved a lot the last 2 years, my game changed a lot, and my needs changed too. I sticked 6 months to the first racquet. Then I wanted to test things and discovered AliExpress thanks to my brother. I tested chinese rubbers, and harder ESN rubbers. So I tested a lot, but played only a few in competition. On the BH, in the order :
- Gewo EL Pro 38° : 6 months
- Gewo Superselect 48° : 9 months
- Stiga Mantra Pro M : only once
- Gewo Codexx 52° : 2 months
- Loki Telson 100 : 6 months

Defining a favorite is difficult. The most efficient for me now is the Telson 100 boosted. But it's not the most pleasing one. I think that the most pleasing is the Gewo Superselect, I loved it's feeling. And there were no bad rubbers really. In spite of its great reputation, Fastarc G1 is the one I had the most difficulty with. It's really super fast, I do so many errors with it, it's insane.

And then I tried a Fastarc C1 yesterday out of curiosity, and I found it close to my Loki Telson in its behaviour, arc, spin and speed. And I hit insane balls with it.

Maybe trying the G1 in 1,8mm would be worth it.

 

[Tyce]

I think I can understand where @Grumms is coming from. G-1 is a rubber with a firm topsheet, and it tends to change character depending on the conditions (warm/cold, humid/dry) as well as the bat it's on.
I found Rakza 7 to have similar changes, but much less pronounced. Probably due to the topsheet being a little softer.
With G-1, I have to be more committed to the ball contact to make a controlled shot. It's good in blocking, then becomes a bit more difficult to control in low-medium effort shots, but becomes easier again in high effort shots.

On a sidenote: G-1 is sometimes said to be a Tenergy-lite... Now that I actually have a bat with T05 to compare, I can say I don't agree. Even if G-1 is probably a good step between something like a Vega Europe and a Tenergy, both the other rubbers give a much softer feeling. I would put C-1 closer to T05 in terms of that soft feeling, except T05 has much better energy return, is more springy.

 

[merlin el mago]

the ufficial site says 90g

I think the weight it's enough to attack with G-1 and if your blade is Off or Off+ it's also enough with this terrible big ball.

 

[MORTtheORT]

Nittaku fastarc G-1 is a good rubber? if yes is better for fh or bh?

G1 is great on both FH and BH. People tend to have weaker BH so they might jump to the T05 as an example to get that little extra power they might lack in the smaller stroke action of the BH. Just think of the G1 as a user-friendly version of the T05.

Your current setup is also good. My mate plays with the same rubbers. Can play a very mixed style of game with them, but can be overpowered if you get driven back from the table.

 

[Table10Ice]

I find G1 2,0mm the least controllable rubber I have ever tested. And I consider myself having a very good backhand, and I tested 30 or 40 different rubbers the last 18 months, from very soft ESN to boosted chinese hard rubbers.

And its behaviour is unpredictable sometimes. I got weird bounces, leading to many faults. C1 is much better for me.

Would you say C1 is a low throw rubber? For my personal taste, C1 borders on a bit too low throw.
In a bit of panic I had to use it as a replacement BH rubber for one of my blades, Yasaka Falck Carbon. Just had to replace Sanwei Gear Hyper as BH rubber, since I really, really hate low throw on BH. Rubbers I like on BH with "normal" to high throw are Xiom Vega Korea and Yinhe Blue moon.

Also, I'm curious about Loki Germany on BH. If it's low throw, it's no option for me.

 

[Marvinn8686]

Would you say C1 is a low throw rubber? For my personal taste, C1 borders on a bit too low throw.
In a bit of panic I had to use it as a replacement BH rubber for one of my blades, Yasaka Falck Carbon. Just had to replace Sanwei Gear Hyper as BH rubber, since I really, really hate low throw on BH. Rubbers I like on BH with "normal" to high throw are Xiom Vega Korea and Yinhe Blue moon.

Also, I'm curious about Loki Germany on BH. If it's low throw, it's no option for me.

I am testing now Loki Telson Germany and for me it is not low throw, at least not lower than Sanwei Gear Hyper what I consider medium-enough throw for BH. Very linear and good spin, enough speed.