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If they stay true to previous alternatives of the R3, most likely they are further experiments / variations of the same pimple structure, but with different top sheet densities and different sponge.

For what it's worth, I can tell you there's only two ways to make a rubber tacky: either give it a tacky coating after manufacture, or else use lower viscosity rubber that is not fully cured. With tacky coatings you find they tend to wear out / wear off after a while -- the original 729 rubbers...

It IS very tacky... Or at least mine is - I use it as a test rubber on one of my faster 5-ply all wood blades. I can still lift a ball with it for about a second before it falls - that's after three to six months of regular use. I've fitted or sold at least a dozen of them in the last few...

Natural composite fibers are woefully under-represented amongst TT blades... unfairly so, as the mechanical strength-to-weight properties of natural fiber composites is impressive. Natural composite fiber panels have been used in car manufacture for example since 2010. Ford, Volvo and Mercedes...

As an alternative to all the above, perhaps consider a blade made with natural composite fibers. They are hard to find commercially, but they do deliver the playing feel you are looking for. They have slightly greater lateral / torsional stiffness than a typical 5-ply to 7-ply all-wood blade...

Well I have the succulent young lady all sorted ...it's the money that's the issue though. 😂😂

Smoking dried camel snot?? Really??? Hmmm... 🤔🤔 "Hey Mr Tambourine man, blow your nose for me..." ...yeah - doesn't have quite the same ring to it does it? 😂😂 I suppose if the camel had a coke habit it might be worth trying.

It may well be rubbish I'm sorry to say. Basically with Loki rubbers, in my experience the only ones worth buying are those that are sold as a rubber sheet only ie: WITHOUT a blade attached. These are their proper competition rubbers, made with premium materials, and are usually an excellent...

Yes I agree - Loki rubbers can be very confusing 😂 ... especially all the Rxton 3 variants, as they all have similar names, but there's huge variation between the individual rubbers. There are actually four (4) different Rxton 3 variants that I personally know of (there maybe several others...

The R3Blue is right on the border with FH vs BH. If you hit your BH shots/drives/loops pretty hard, it's just springy enough to act as a BH rubber, even when new (it's more BH friendly once it's played in). If however you lack a bit of power on your BH, then you'd probably prefer it on FH, as to...

729 Focus 3 Snipe (now just called the Focus 3) fits that bill. It's a high quality, euro-style, non tacky rubber with linear bounce, and is the closest thing to a regular Mark V I've found anywhere, ...with the possible exception of a Joola Energy Xtra (Green Power) with 2.0mm sponge. The...

Are you sure you're not thinking of the Rxton 3 TOP (which has darkish blue sponge), as opposed to the Rxton 3 BLUE (which has an electric blue topsheet)? I ask because the Rxton 3 BLUE is definitely very tacky, and I currently have it fitted to one of my spare blades. I also have a brand...

Nope... or not as far as the R3 Blue and pink versions are concerned -- they're just great rubbers IMO. Been using the Rxton 3 Blue quite a bit and I really like it. After about 50 hours playing time, all the playing characteristics I reported have stood up over time pretty well... Still fast...

Loki Rxton 3 with either blue or pink topsheet will also do the job... Extremely tacky, quite bouncy, and very fast (they have a different topsheet material compared to the black and red versions). Only place they may fall down is throw angle - you want a medium high throw, whereas these two...

Try a really good one ply. Never fails to get me motivated. (Full Disclosure: In my case, that involves making a new one ply -- which also helps enormously -- but can also lead to other problems of it's own... like for example, asking yourself "gee, I wonder what rubber will go best with...

While it's slower and softer than either the T05 or MX-P, a mate of mine introduced me recently to the Joola Energy X-tra, which to my mind at least feels similar to an MX-P (Full Disclosure: I loved the MX- P the last time I tried it, but that was also a while ago, so my mind may be playing...

Right now it's a Rxton 3 red / black in Max on one blade, a R3 black / blue combo on another, and the T3 black & red on a third. Want to try the Arthur series next, see how we go. So far I'm a fan of the regular R3 rubbers (black & red), a HUGE fan of the R3Blue& pink (really they are whole...

Getting back to the OP, I'm hearing good things about the 729 Dragon (not getting back into the whole 729 thing again I promise) It's got a tacky Chinese topsheet with lively sponge. Yet ANOTHER rubber I'd like to try... And probably will do one of these days, once I've worked my way through...

Sadly no... and trust me, I've looked. Apparently my friends are now laying bets on exactly what type of blade will be torn from my cold dead fingers after I'm dead. I'm told the short odds favorite is a Wakkibat one-ply boasting MX-Ps front and back Those idiots!! Clearly they haven't seen...

Gotchya. :) So WHY don't I bring some in? Well it's the classic conundrum of ALL equipment junkies really - "Which of the several dozen rubbers I am currently curious about THIS week , do I buy and try-out first?" :ROFLMAO: Anybody who wishes to lament about the perils of being a TT equipment...