Boosted Hurricane 3 Neo OS or BS?

[Yxoons]

Orange sponge is less dense, and require less boosting. If you don't want to boost, you can go for 39 degree orange sponge, but if you get blue, definitely need to boost, otherwise it will feel too hard and dead due to the dense sponge.

Since blue sponge is more dense, it also benefits more from boosting.

Orange sponge also has less gears than blue, whereas blue basically has infinite gears.

Generally if it's your first time buying Hurricane 3 Neo, try a provincial 39 degree orange sponge. If you like the tackiness/dwell time, you can later go for a blue sponge and boost it.
You could also stretching the rubber slightly when applying with the roller if you don't boost, which would also help it become more elastic (one of the effects boosting does too)

 

[ber]

Orange sponge is less dense, and require less boosting. If you don't want to boost, you can go for 39 degree orange sponge, but if you get blue, definitely need to boost, otherwise it will feel too hard and dead due to the dense sponge.

Since blue sponge is more dense, it also benefits more from boosting.

Orange sponge also has less gears than blue, whereas blue basically has infinite gears.

Generally if it's your first time buying Hurricane 3 Neo, try a provincial 39 degree orange sponge. If you like the tackiness/dwell time, you can later go for a blue sponge and boost it.
You could also stretching the rubber slightly when applying with the roller if you don't boost, which would also help it become more elastic (one of the effects boosting does too)

Haifu Seamoon booster is good right

 

[Faker]

Haifu Seamoon booster is good right

Best...

 

[ber]

Best...

I'm convinced you are sales guy selling the haifu seamoon.

Just kidding hahaha😂

 

[Conehead]

Yep.

Not exactly; NEO is also pre-glued.

 

[ber]

Not exactly; NEO is also pre-glued.

Do i need to remove the glue or it doesn't really matter? Also why did DHS add glue to it

 

[Conehead]

oh yea the OS and BS thing what should i choose?

Depends on your playing style.

 

[ber]

Depends on your playing style.

What do you mean by that?

 

[Conehead]

Do i need to remove the glue or it doesn't really matter?

You can leave the glue.

Also why did DHS add glue to it

I don't kow for sure. However, I believe it is meant for kind of protecting the pre-boost; it could also be done for a quicker change of rubbers.

 

[ber]

You can leave the glue.


I don't kow for sure. However, I believe it is meant for kind of protecting the pre-boost; it could also be done for a quicker change of rubbers.

Ah i see

 

[Conehead]

What do you mean by that?

Well, as I said. Noone knows how you play. Are you FH oriented or BH oriented. Do you prefer higher arcs or lower arcs while looping. Do you loop at all? Do you play more with speed or with spin, and tons of other questions.

Noone can give you rubber recommendations out of the blue without knowing your playing style; and the blade that you're using.

 

[Yxoons]

Ah i see

Don’t listen to him, he’s talking complete nonsense. H3N is not playable straight out the plastic without any extra gluing or booster.

 

[Yxoons]

Don’t listen to him, he’s talking complete nonsense. H3N is not playable straight out the plastic without any extra gluing or booster.

While it's true there is a factory layer of tuning on it, doesn't mean it's meant to be played with just that.

 

[Conehead]

H3N is not playable straight out the plastic without any extra gluing or booster.

There are many folks in this forum that play H3N unboosted and I am sure they can beat the sh*t out of players that boost their H3N.
What you don't understand is that boosting is not a must. If someone boosts or not depends on how someone plays. It's not a rule to boost.

 

[Yxoons]

There are many folks in this forum that play H3N unboosted and I am sure they can beat the shit out of players that boost their H3N.
What you don't understand is that boosting is not a must. If someone boosts or not depends on how someone plays. It's not a rule to boost.

Yes booster is not required, it's only recommended, what my issue was that you said neither boosting OR glue is required, as it comes pre-boosted and pre-glued, which is just nonsense.

 

[ber]

Well, as I said. Noone knows how you play. Are you FH oriented or BH oriented. Do you prefer higher arcs or lower arcs while looping. Do you loop at all? Do you play more with speed or with spin, and tons of other questions.

Noone can give you rubber recommendations out of the blue without knowing your playing style; and the blade that you're using.

Fh oriented, high arc loop, speed n spin

 

[Lazer]

Yes booster is not required, it's only recommended, what my issue was that you said neither boosting OR glue is required, as it comes pre-boosted and pre-glued, which is just nonsense.

I asked ChatGPT if the Neo and non Neo sponges were different...
Newer saw any point in using the NEO version...

Cheers
L-zr

For the provincial versions, the answer is still: probably not exactly the same sponge, even beyond the factory tuning, but the distinction is much smaller and more debated than with commercial H3.
What experienced Hurricane users generally agree on:

• Provincial H3 and Provincial H3 Neo use the same topsheet.
• Both are available with the same sponge families (orange sponge and blue sponge).
• Neo adds the factory tuning layer and glue sheet.
• Whether the underlying sponge itself is literally identical is where opinions diverge.

You'll find two main camps:

1. "Same sponge + factory boost" camp
   • Many advanced players believe Provincial H3 Neo is essentially Provincial H3 with DHS's factory tuning.
   • If you heavily boost a non-Neo Provincial, they say it becomes extremely close to a Neo Provincial.
2. "Neo sponge is slightly different" camp
   • Others report that even after the Neo tuning fades, Neo versions remain a bit more elastic and responsive.
   • They argue DHS modified the sponge structure in addition to adding the factory treatment.

For the provincial blue sponge versions, most high-level users I see discussing this today treat the relationship as:

Provincial H3 Neo Blue Sponge ≈ Provincial H3 Blue Sponge + factory tuning, with possible minor sponge formulation differences that are difficult to separate from the tuning effect.

In practical play:

• A boosted non-Neo Provincial Blue Sponge can get very close to a Neo Provincial Blue Sponge.
• Few players can reliably identify which is which in a blind test once both are properly boosted and broken in.
• The bigger differences usually come from sheet-to-sheet variation, hardness (39/40/41°), orange vs blue sponge, boosting amount, and QC, rather than Neo vs non-Neo alone.

So if your question is:

"If I remove the factory tuning from Provincial Neo, is it fundamentally the same sponge as Provincial non-Neo?"

The most accurate answer is:
Nobody outside DHS can verify that with certainty, but among knowledgeable Hurricane users the prevailing view is that they're either the same sponge or extremely close relatives. Any intrinsic sponge difference is much smaller than the effect of the Neo tuning itself.

 

[Kilogramme]

Fh oriented, high arc loop, speed n spin

Start with orange sponge anyway. 39° NEO. As a first entry to the Hurricane family it is good. Later, you can try blue sponge. As I said somewhere, read @victormanriquey article on H3.

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Also DHS states that Blue #22 sponge is firmer and produce lower and longer trajectory. It is faster, but needs more force to generate speend? Yet OS #20 and BS #22 sponge are very similar. Orange has higher Throw, with more "catapult".

 

[Kilogramme]

I asked ChatGPT if the Neo and non Neo sponges were different...
Newer saw any point in using the NEO version...

Cheers
L-zr

For the provincial versions, the answer is still: probably not exactly the same sponge, even beyond the factory tuning, but the distinction is much smaller and more debated than with commercial H3.
What experienced Hurricane users generally agree on:

• Provincial H3 and Provincial H3 Neo use the same topsheet.
• Both are available with the same sponge families (orange sponge and blue sponge).
• Neo adds the factory tuning layer and glue sheet.
• Whether the underlying sponge itself is literally identical is where opinions diverge.

You'll find two main camps:

1. "Same sponge + factory boost" camp
   • Many advanced players believe Provincial H3 Neo is essentially Provincial H3 with DHS's factory tuning.
   • If you heavily boost a non-Neo Provincial, they say it becomes extremely close to a Neo Provincial.
2. "Neo sponge is slightly different" camp
   • Others report that even after the Neo tuning fades, Neo versions remain a bit more elastic and responsive.
   • They argue DHS modified the sponge structure in addition to adding the factory treatment.

For the provincial blue sponge versions, most high-level users I see discussing this today treat the relationship as:

In practical play:

• A boosted non-Neo Provincial Blue Sponge can get very close to a Neo Provincial Blue Sponge.
• Few players can reliably identify which is which in a blind test once both are properly boosted and broken in.
• The bigger differences usually come from sheet-to-sheet variation, hardness (39/40/41°), orange vs blue sponge, boosting amount, and QC, rather than Neo vs non-Neo alone.

So if your question is:

The most accurate answer is:
Nobody outside DHS can verify that with certainty, but among knowledgeable Hurricane users the prevailing view is that they're either the same sponge or extremely close relatives. Any intrinsic sponge difference is much smaller than the effect of the Neo tuning itself.

Actually DHS stated the difference. Same sponge, but treated. (unofficially the NEO absorb better the booster)

 

[Conehead]

Fh oriented, high arc loop, speed n spin

Then you should put the OS sponge better on your FH.