What Are Hybrid Table Tennis Rubbers and Why Are They So Popular Nowadays?

[Crillo]

For me 100h is the minimum to at least play one season with it, lower than that I don't go for, but sponsored players or if you can get cheap rubbers is a different storry

If you want more then 100h out of a rubber I think Dignics 09C is the way to go or maybe Chines hybrids but I don´t have any experience with Chines hybrids at all.

 

[Crillo]

Wow, great. That's about as much as I play so I might have similar results.

What about the sponge? Has it weakened at all?

No the sponge lasts as well. I know a few players who have tried MX-S Infinity and they say its a great BH rubber.

 

[victormanriquey]

ESN Hybrid has av very short life span if you ask me. One my friends have MX-S Infinity on BH now for over a month and the top sheet looks like new. He trains 10-15 hours a week. But it´s not a Hybrid. MX-P Infinity have a very strong top sheet as well.

Yes not all of them but it's a common issue, it's getting better though with new releases, I think the new joola trinitys and the Donic J1 are good examples of this

 

[Grumms]

Good morning all,

First post of September! And this time I'm making a simple and amateur friendly 101 guide on hybrid rubbers. I very much like them and I often get (and see them here too) questions about them, so I thought to answer those and see if other questions pop up.

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So in this blogpost I tried my best to explain the following in an understandable way:

- What is a hybrid rubber?
- Why are hybrids so popular nowadays?
- What are the different types of hybrid rubbers?
- Should you change to hybrid rubbers?
- And which hybrid rubbers fit what kind of players

You can read the whole blogpost here: https://www.tabletennisequipmenthelp.com/blog/hybrid-table-tennis-rubbers

And if you just want the summary, the TL;DR of this all is that hybrid rubbers combine the best of both worlds, tensor and tacky, and by doing that they allow you to have more possibilities in the different game situations.

Hope you enjoy the read and thanks for your time and feedback as always, please let me know if you have any questions!

Victor

Do you have a list of what you tested ? I'm curious about your opinion about the Genextion V2C. For NUZN, 45 and 48 are known ot have a different sponge than 50/55, so I wonder if they can be called hybrid.

For my SDC Blades to come, I plan to test Dignics 05 and Helix Hybrid/Not Hybrid.

 

[victormanriquey]

Do you have a list of what you tested ? I'm curious about your opinion about the Genextion V2C. For NUZN, 45 and 48 are known ot have a different sponge than 50/55, so I wonder if they can be called hybrid.

For my SDC Blades to come, I plan to test Dignics 05 and Helix Hybrid/Not Hybrid.

yes sir! with comparison filters as well and links to the reviews

Table Tennis Rubber Database, Ratings From 35+ Hours of Testing

A living table tennis rubber database: hardness, spin, speed, throw, gears and durability ratings from 35-40 hours of real testing per rubber on the same blade.

www.tabletennisequipmenthelp.com

V2C is in the backlog will come soonish, I have it at home waiting for a test, Nuzn 50 and 55 are tensor hybrids like MK, there is some hybridness to them but mostly they are linear tensors.

Oh nice SDC blade!! D05 is very powerful but very nice, same with helix hybrid, you will have a lot of power, jjst watch our for that only

 

[Grumms]

yes sir! with comparison filters as well and links to the reviews

Table Tennis Rubber Database, Ratings From 35+ Hours of Testing

A living table tennis rubber database: hardness, spin, speed, throw, gears and durability ratings from 35-40 hours of real testing per rubber on the same blade.

www.tabletennisequipmenthelp.com

V2C is in the backlog will come soonish, I have it at home waiting for a test, Nuzn 50 and 55 are tensor hybrids like MK, there is some hybridness to them but mostly they are linear tensors.

Oh nice SDC blade!! D05 is very powerful but very nice, same with helix hybrid, you will have a lot of power, jjst watch our for that only

Thanks for the link ! Will you try every Loki/Yinhe rubbers unboosted ? Big Dipper V would deserve a "boosted" test.

 

[victormanriquey]

Thanks for the link ! Will you try every Loki/Yinhe rubbers unboosted ? Big Dipper V would deserve a "boosted" test.

Depends a bit yes! Rxton 5 and LAC i tried boosted and unboosted but never really got to a full in depth review (pity) but I still have gtx pro at home and likely will continue at some point with Rxton 9 and so

A lot to test still in the world of rubbers and I want to do more blades as well, so I ll keep going!

 

[kindof99]

If you want more then 100h out of a rubber I think Dignics 09C is the way to go or maybe Chines hybrids but I don´t have any experience with Chines hybrids at all.

Donic C2 is pretty durable, not sure about 100 hours, but much better than other hybrids like DNA hybrid.

 

[piligrim]

Depends a bit yes! Rxton 5 and LAC i tried boosted and unboosted but never really got to a full in depth review (pity) but I still have gtx pro at home and likely will continue at some point with Rxton 9 and so

A lot to test still in the world of rubbers and I want to do more blades as well, so I ll keep going!

When you play if you testing all the time )))

 

[victormanriquey]

When you play if you testing all the time )))

hahaha I play and I test that's the trick! I just play normally but pay attention to what I test and make notes, it's a lot of fun ))

 

[JediJesseS]

The new Opera rubbers and Joola Trinity Hybrid could be interesting if the longevity is there.

 

[latej]

The Joola Dynaryz ZGR - excellent, I really enjoy this rubber a lot... I can't put everything in here, anyway, I like Tronix ZGR, a have it on my first SDC blade, really good rubber, and I'm glad I tried it, really... I played with H3, R9 rubbers mostly, in H41, 40.5 (R9) and I like them a lot, but I dislike the behavior change when the boosting evaporates, and then you think, OK, one more week, or not, and then boost again and reglue... hmm... anyway, I really loved the Xiom C55, but the duration was so poor that I returned to the H3/R9 with all the objections I described above... Actually now, I don't give a s... about the durability... If the Dynaryz ZGR durability shows poorer than C55 - I really doubt that - then I'll try the Xiom C57, otherwise I stay with the Dynaryz ZGR, really good for me... Speaking about FH.

I used to play with Andro Chintac 575, I had it on the TTD Duesseldorf meeting organized by Nick, and I am really happy a friend of mine asked for it... I was decided to play with it until it is used, but he wanted to try, which gave the impuls for me to put the Dynaryz ZGR (from Kuba Hajto), and I love it... The thing is, my friend likes the Chintac, he tried it, and at the end bought the 525 new... You see - it's absolutely personal... But for me, the ZGR is much better... Truth be told, I also bought the Chintac 525 for my friend in Germany and he has hard time adjusting from Glayzer G09C and from R9 39... This rubber is more for defenders, imo...

For the BH, I really enjoy the Nuzn 48 so far... Cheers. ... and sorry about the confusion about friends and what they play with, LOL.