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Well, you can always get used to a blades playing characteristics but if you don't like grip tape you have no way of fixing a small handle. Unless you are a master carpenter. Or can afford one.

My hands are about the same size (length) and I do have a problem with finding handles that does not feel to small. Most are to thin and almost all are too short. Seems like a trend to stop producing the relatively bigger handles as well.

Ok. It was just an older version of the "butterfly rubber matrix". A bit different from the latest. Alla the Tenergies have the same spin as the corresponding FX-versions for instance. And Tackiness are on the same spin level as Tenergies. There are several versions, just google. Obviously more...

Used to look like this:

Don't know about Nittaku H3 but aren't the ESN options typically heavier than the Hurricanes? Another option for you might be Hurricane 8-80. It is somewhat similar to Rakza Z. Different feel but easy transition. The red 8-80:s seems to be out of stock in most shops though....

Joola Tango PS = ESN-bouncy sponge with chinese tacky topsheet. Rakza Z = sponge halfway between modern bouncy and chinese hard, topsheet normal european topsheet with some added tackiness. The result is similar but approach to hybridness different.

G1 is cheaper than most of the comparable alteratives. Not the other fadtarcs but the rest.

How did you find the rubbers playing characteristics? :)

Yes. Exactly.

I've only seriously tried Rozena on forehand where I'm used to Tenergies (and their ESN-counterparts) or tacky hybrids. Since the Rozena topsheet has much less grip than those I had a hard time looping/driving. The arc is very long. Closing the racquet just a little too much sends a rocket into...

The Matrix is wrong. Rozena is fast but it is not a spinny rubber. As Lazer says above, noooo way it as spinny as T05fx. No matter how you hit, it is going to be less spinny.

Well, its just the same manufacturer. They don't have to play similar at all. I did like the Mantras. The Mantra M was a very good Tenergy 05-clone. Until the sponge died....

Some months in, how is the durability of the Z2? The original Stiga Mantra came from the same factory and were very good but only for a few weeks. Now there are new Mantras and this rubber. The Z2 have been getting raving reviews. Still?

The "yinhe-grip" is a good idea but they are a bit too thick. The edges must be sanded, otherwise it is irritating.

That chart is off. There is no stroke that produces more spin with Rozena than any Tenergy. Even Sriver is more spinny than Rozena. Rozena is a lot faster though.

12-10 win for Dima. But the best of luck to you Dan!

Very soft rubbers benefit from max thickness but hard rubbers...? The weird thing is that modern hard rubbers are really hard to find in below 2.0 mm thickness. Most of us never engage the whole sponge in a 53 degree rubber, why not make them in 1.5 or something like that? Besides Nittaku Z2...

Receiving serves and such, low impact shots - very sensitive. Blocking and smashing - not so sensitive. Modern sticky/tacky hard rubbers are the opposite. My experience.

Are there any of these available with thinner sponge than 1.9/2.0? I really like the Rakza Z but would like a thinner (and lighter) sponge for my backhand. Any suggestions? A Rakza Z 1.7 or something like that would be ideal.

So the handle really is different? I've read about it on more than one review but the measurements on the butterfly site is the same as for the Viscaria. A Viscaria with bigger handle would be a dream come true. Almost anyway. :)