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  1. Post your latest EJ purchase

    The short answer is: YES. I think it's only worth trying them if you want to have fun instead of improving the game. The only cheap Chinese rubber I miss is Saturn Pro from Yinhe (medium, soft, or super-soft), its peak user-friendliness was really something.
  2. Post your latest EJ purchase

    As someone who relies on heavy spin, I always believed it's better to reach for the maximum spin potential of H3. Plus it elevated my atrocious short game and spurred playing very aggressively as there is no block to fall back to. I still believe that when you're at your 100% best, H3 makes you...
  3. Who has the best push game?

    Ma Long, Truls, and Felix are the obvious choices. I would also add Dang Qui, Patrick Franziska, and Kristian Karlsson. I think their short game is a bit underrated.
  4. Post your latest EJ purchase

    Tibhar Evolution MX-P - backhand Tibhar MK Hybrid - forehand Decided to switch from Chinese rubbers to faster EU rubbers without any hope and... The results went up dramatically, like 2 levels above I had before. I just began destroying my peers and people I used to lose against. Why haven't I...
  5. Upgrage from Yinhe Big Dipper

    Then LAC is pretty good, but it has way less spin than Big Dipper, although it's pretty good on flat hits. And its block is way better than of Big Dipper. However, the feeling of LAC is very different to Big Dipper, especially when it comes to topsheet--Big Dipper is much more elastic. Jupiters...
  6. Upgrage from Yinhe Big Dipper

    Imo, Big Dipper 38 is already a spinny rubber on its own. Maybe it's the SALC blade that is heading the setup to more speed-oriented rather than spin-oriented play? B2G and LAC are very different in their feeling to Big Dipper, I would say their topsheet is way stiffer and are more suited to...
  7. Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

    Nothing was ever close to the same venomous ball that a boosted H3 produces (trajectory dive and acceleration). But in terms of speed, Jupiter 3 Tour and Battle 2 Gold were the fastest and playable without boosting. Also, the spin was decent right outside of the box.
  8. I have to choose a cheap chinese rubber. H3 NEO, 729 Bloom series, 729 Battle 2s, STN.

    No doubt about that, H3 is the best. However, the author is looking for an H3 replacement because it's too demanding to play.
  9. I have to choose a cheap chinese rubber. H3 NEO, 729 Bloom series, 729 Battle 2s, STN.

    J3A 38-39° is the best match considering your description. But as someone who tried everything from your list (and more), I found out nothing can replace boosted H3.
  10. Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

    I played a full training (3.5 hours) and a tournament (3.5 hours) during the weekend. Indeed, for the first couple of hours, the rubber felt almost as dead as H3N Commercial 40-degree unboosted (I can't forget that dead feeling). But after the initial couple of hours, it became much livelier and...
  11. Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

    It needs to be boosted as well, unfortunately. From my experience, it's probably the rubber that benefits from boosting the most. In general, J3A is similar to LAC in many ways. J3A is surely spinnier but it also reacts to incoming spin more than LAC. J3A produces excellent slow (spinny)...
  12. Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

    Finally tested the LAC on two viscaroids: DHS PG6X (harder) and FZD ALC (softer): 1) Short game - good. The rubber is more 'linear' than H3 Neo, it's a bit less dead on touches, but it's fine because any extra effort logically transfers into speed increasement (which isn't high), so it's easy...
  13. Post your latest EJ purchase

    Experiment to replace Hurricane 3 Neo number 657.
  14. Reviewing big batch of rubbers

    Feels like this bunch costs twice as little as a single sheet of Dignics :D
  15. I TESTED MA LONG’S ACTUAL TABLE TENNIS BAT!

    Oh yes, 100% guaranteed he is not boosting, for sure.
  16. I TESTED MA LONG’S ACTUAL TABLE TENNIS BAT!

    Please, review the boosted Hurricane 3 Neo (blue national/personal version) paired with W968. We are craving for the video!
  17. Which Hurricane 3 version?

    For this specific case: change the booster to the slower one. If your current booster is similar to Kailin, then the short game will suffer no matter which degree you choose.
  18. Which Hurricane 3 version?

    Imo, regular H3 isn't worth trying. The amount of efforts you need to invest into every shot is extreme, plus it has an even lower trajectory. I would say only pro players have the power to benefit from the regular H3, but then again, literally nobody uses it (link), it's H3N all the way. H3 is...
  19. Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

    What is the regular LAC spin compared to H3N (blue or orange)? I mean both the ease of spin creation, max spin, and spin during easy brushes.
  20. Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

    Well, I at least purchased the rubber in the same packaging from the same vendor that my friend used (who praised LAC). I wish to abandon boosting forever, if only LAC could be the one <3
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