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I use 39 degrees. Can't think of a reason to go with the harder ones.

Yeap, that one. Haven't tried the national versions. This one seems good enough.

I've been using the Big Dipper Pro Blue Sponge without booster for around a year (I've changed it once) and I would say it's the best rubber I've used. I get a lot of consistency and more than enough speed. And I'm using it on a 7-ply all wood blade, so it's not the blade that's giving me the speed.

I found Moon Speed 53 harder in general, but faster. It's a little more difficult to engage and have slow loops, so I like it more for the forehand. But it's pretty nice there.

Hey!. I heard the same thing from the fabric as Mocker. BD is been discontinued and BDV is the actual new version (II, III and IV weren't actual succesors, more like different products aimed to different regions). And as he said, it seems to be similar but a bit more tacky.

Japan must certainly be a special market. Their suppliers even have others brand make custom products for them. Yinhe has special products only available for Japanese distributors like the Sun Pro and Jupiter with 0.7mm sponges. They seem to be a fun thing based on the video reviews. But I...

This thread was like someone going to a Cannabis convention to say he thinks beer is better.

This is a fun topic. I want in, so here's my two cents. What I think is that this sport has a peculiarity over many others. You can start playing (and it happens often) when you are "old". And with age, comes adult money. So my guess is that the forums (which is not exactly where the younger...

Mars III is faster. Altough, I'm with Tyce. If you are comfortable with what you have, you should probably keep the same.

Not really familiar with Palio to give any advice. Not sure on your level, but as an RPB player I can say that I used Mars for a while and it's preaty easy to use. Not the fastest, though.

Ohhh. In that case, they are completely different rubbers. Jupiter 3 is a DHS Hurricane 3 style rubber. Pretty hard rubber but spinny and rewarding when engaged correctly. Mars 3 is a pseudo euro rubber. It behaves very closely to a slow ESN rubber. Super controlable. Mercury 3 is kind of...

I understand you are asking in comparison to the "II" version. They are basically different rubbers. The main change is the sponge. It's most notable in the Mars and Mercury, not that much in the Jupiter. Jupiter II was discontinued, though. So the "III Euro/Asia" would be a (faster)...

My vote is for the Mercury 2. Pretty sure you can buy in bulk to get an even better price. And it's far better than any pre-made.

Naa, they are just different. MS53 is definitely harder and it shows when you hit. I like it better for forehand. M12 is softer and allows for easier engagement of the topsheet. But it's not worlds apart, they are on the "same scale", I would say.

My understanding is that there's no difference, it's just a "We sell the Asia in China and Europe in the rest of the world" thing. I might be wrong, though. Regarding the OP question, I think MS53 is pretty much its own thing in the Yinhe catalogue. They still haven't used that sponge on...

Just jumping in, I'll give my two cents. I've been playing TT for over 15 years at this point and consider myself an "above average, yet mediocre" player. I've lately been playing padel for fun, too. I agree with some of the aspects mentioned in the post as to why TT can't explode the same as...

Naaaaaa, I've never boosted. Only thinking about investing more than 20 minutes in gluing a rubber annoys me to no end.

I'm using Big Dipper Pro, blue sponge and can say I'm very happy with it. Kind of works like Hurricane, that Pro is the provincial version. BD IV it's not really the best, it's just different. IIRC, it's a rubber from a different factory that they bought and rebranded. You can try the normal...

What I gather is that he could have a "custom rubber" still on production. There were some variants for the Japanese market (I remember a Jupiter with 0.7mm sponge). And cheers!!! I'll have a Ferne' to honour the greetings =)

Jupiter 2 has been discontinued by the factory. If you can buy one, it's an old rubber and I wouldn't really recomment that. I haven't tried LAA, but I did tried Jupiter 8 Tour in M+ and M-. The M- version is barely tacky and honestly seems nice as a BH rubber. But personally, I would go with...