Most hardest sponge with tackiest top sheet Chinese rubber in your experience

[TT Lover]

Good day to all TTD members.

Curious to know, what is the most hardest sponge with tackiest top sheet Chinese rubber in your experience.

Please be kind to sharing your experience.

Thank you sir.
Best regards,

 

[zeio]

Globe 999 with DHS #22 Yunhai sponge in the 90s.

 

[victormanriquey]

As far as I know, most likely the hurricane 3 national blue sponge 42 fits that description well. Whether it is the hardest or tackiest I'm not 100% sure but will get close.

Why do you want to know?

 

[canonFH]

Victas TDE. Tackier than H3 and very hard sponge. Not sure if the sponge is chinese or not.

 

[willyum]

Nittaku Hurricane Pro 3 Turbo Blue not even the pros can even use it

 

[MORTtheORT]

Nittaku Hurricane Pro 3 Turbo Blue not even the pros can even use it

Apparently is is also super heavy

 

[merlin el mago]

Nittaku Hurricane Pro 3 Turbo Blue is very good but weight a ton.

 

[Grumms]

I had a Bloom Power several degrees harder than a H3 BS 40º.

 

[belllfador]

Victas TDE - 57 shore o, can lift the ball for 30 seconds. Softest topsheet with hard sponge. It needs to be boosted to be playable after the first 2-3 weeks. 52 degrees with 2 layers falco platinum.

Fake Tenergy 05 black, sticky, can lift the ball for 20 seconds, 57 degrees shore o. Again, it needs to be boosted to be playable. 54 degrees with 2 layers.

Battle III 40 red, 57 shore o.

Vega China black - 57 shore o.

TG3 BS 40 black, measured 59 shore o. 57-58 with one layer of falco platinum. Spiniest rubber that I know.

 

[Lazer]

I had a Bloom Power several degrees harder than a H3 BS 40º.

Yea a hard bloom power is like a rock, pretty tacky too.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[myl_nathxn]

Good day to all TTD members.

Curious to know, what is the most hardest sponge with tackiest top sheet Chinese rubber in your experience.

Please be kind to sharing your experience.

Thank you sir.
Best regards,

hurricane 3 national blue sponge 42 degrees might be the absolute limit

 

[igorponger]

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[Colestt]

There was a yasaka DO that was hard and tacky for Japanese. Otherwise maybe old pf4

 

[ShakehandJpenCpenEnjoyer]

In my experience: the og H8

 

[lodro]

hard sponge and sticky is a difficult combo to get these days when most chines manufacturers reduce the stickiness. What came to my mind though are 2 candidates from Rxton namely LAC and R9 some of these blue sponges were more like a slice of leather than an actual sponge

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

I don't think its manufactured anymore, but the RITC SST with God Favored sponge

 

[Wakkibatty]

H3 in 42 degrees is the only one that springs to mind. 🤔 The Xiom Tau 2 is hugely tacky and is a great rubber frankly, but isn't that hard. The original Friendship 729 also fits the bill but nobody really plays with it anymore -- The Friendship 729 Super FX is also pretty damn hard, but not really that tacky... not the way the original 729 rubber was/is anyway.

 

[Wakkibatty]

hard sponge and sticky is a difficult combo to get these days when most chines manufacturers reduce the stickiness. What came to my mind though are 2 candidates from Rxton namely LAC and R9 some of these blue sponges were more like a slice of leather than an actual sponge

The R9 in 40.5 degrees is a cracker of a rubber for the money... Not hugely hard though 😎

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Xiom Omega 7 Ying:
Tacky with 60 degree sponge hardness in ESN scale.
Don't know who else is this crazy.
Xiom, my hats off to you for having big balls!

 

[lodro]

The R9 in 40.5 degrees is a cracker of a rubber for the money... Not hugely hard though 😎

You seem to have forgotten the horrible quality control of Loki. R9 had many version and as many punters that loved this rubber (like yourself) there are equally as many who just binned them.