What is hardest sponge Chinese's rubber.

[TT Lover]

Good day to all TTD members.

Curious to know what is the hardest sponge Chinese's rubber in your experience.

Thank you for all the sharing experience and opinions.

Best regards,

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Nitakku H3 Pro Turbo Blue Sponge around 42 degree. It is expected to be boosted.

 

[belllfador]

TG3 BS 61 degrees shore O.

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

TG3 BS 61 degrees shore O.

WTF!

 

[belllfador]

WTF!

Mark as 39 degrees shore A. My H3s BS 39 are 54 shore O, but the TG3 BS is harder.

 

[Coolsta Connor]

43º h3 and big dipper no longer available, pro versions prob even harder.

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Mark as 39 degrees shore A. My H3s BS 39 are 54 shore O, but the TG3 BS is harder.

Ah! Only 39degree which is classify as mid hard by DHS standard. As far as I know, the hardest commercially available rubber is Nitakku Pro H3 Turbo Blue Sponge which is IIRC, either 41.5 or 42 degree hardness. The key word here is commercially available aka common stock; not special player edition.

On the tensor side, the winner would be Xiom Omega 7 Ying sitting at 60 degree ESN scale hardness. Not sure how much it would be if converted to DHS scale.

 

[latej]

NH3PTB perhaps is not the hardest, but at least the heaviest ;-)

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

NH3PTB perhaps is not the hardest, but at least the heaviest ;-)

Then do you have a candidate for the hardest… the masochist in me wanna find out.

 

[golden_son]

On the tensor side, the winner would be Xiom Omega 7 Ying sitting at 60 degree ESN scale hardness. Not sure how much it would be if converted to DHS scale.

I just glue sheet rock to my paddle. I think it's a little softer. 🙃

 

[latej]

Then do you have a candidate for the hardest… the masochist in me wanna find out.

It is hard but doesn't feel super hard... As @belllfador said, perhaps the TG3 is harder... and I can't tell because I didn't try it...

Regarding trying/masochism... I said to myself, I have enough of H3, R9, these things are slow, and worse after 2 months you need to reboost and reglue... F... that. So I'm trying hard tensor, the Tronix ZGR... And look, it definitely is faster, it has fantastic control for blocking, it doesn't bottom out (hardness is OK), but, but, it simply doesn't have that spin, or spin/speed ratio... Today I tried with my friend following, I play FH from the BH-side cross-court to his BH and he returns back, only cross-court, and we count to 10. I put all my power to my topspins, and we have long exchanges, and he wins 10:8, and I am totally exhausted ;-)... He blocks all of them, even when I try changing rhytm... So, that much about masochism ;-)... I'll soon try the Andro Chintac, let's see there...