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Fair enough. I Probably should have been more clear or made my abbreviations correct in making my point. But H3 National did come come up in discussion & comparison to Battle 2. But your note is spot on. Yeah I guess it's possible. To me that seems foolish but that's just my opinion. I stand...

How did this thread get turned into comparing H3N, which is a $100+ rubber, to battle 2 which can be purchased for around $20? The OP was dipping his toe in the water with trying tacky rubbers and somehow H3N came into the discussion. That's like saying "I'm thinking of purchasing my first car...

Cole & Zeropong will ship out the rubbers for a dollar. Last I remembered from Megaspin, it's 5.99 which to me just doesn't make them competitive given the rubbers are the same price. Only reason to order rubbers from them is if you're wanting more expensive euro tuned stuff that Coles or...

My buddy who had it. I was able to check it out for a few minutes. Crazy tacky. As much a H3. Battle 2 is on a pretty firm sponge. Litzy, For sure you can get stuff cheaper if you order from China. I Mainly use ttnpp if I'm willing to wait 3 weeks. Otherwise, I like to support local as...

Good luck finding Battle 2. I contacted Zeropong to find out whey they don't carry it anymore and they told me that they were having some serious quality control issues with Battle 2 so they don't carry it anymore. Megaspin doesn't carry it anymore. It's virtually gone. To the OP, I don't know...

More expensive doesn't necessarily mean better. Some of the biggest priced rubbers I've tried have been the most disappointing. I'm not suggesting all expensive rubbers are overrated. Don't get me wrong. But don't believe that the $50 rubber is automatically better than the one at 1/2 the...

Nice. I wouldn't worry about the loss when you were experimenting. That's what practice is for. If you have someone to practice with and feed you those type of balls over & over to practice, great. Then there are other players who just want to play matches. While this is good for testing...

Had a tournament last weekend and I've got to say, it was my personal best. So normally in the open singles you play a prelims where you try to qualify for the highest division you can get. The organizer, because we were pressed for time, decided to just place us by rating so we could play best...

+1 I think there's value in playing new people because as long as they can keep the ball on the table okay, in my experience they're usually people who hit fast enough but with very little spin. Hitting against these type of balls I just don't feel like you get to practice against all that...

I've bought H3 regular, H2 Neo once, and maybe one other? I can't remember. Both bubbled within a week. And a buddy gave me his year old H3 Neo which i was amazed how good it was after that time tackyness wise. That one hasn't bubbled on me. Tackyness was amazing on all of them. I just seem to...

This is where my love & hate happens with DHS H3. I have a buddy who gave me a probably year old plus H3 neo and its tackness was just as strong as anything I had brand new. I love the grip & spin you can get out of it. IMO nothing compares to the grip and tackness of a H3 topsheet. But... Of...

same topsheet so it shouldn't matter right?

I'd like to use this post to personally thank a lot of the forum members who took the time to watch either of my two videos and offer advice. That's quite the time commitment to not only have to watch all those videos but to type out thoughts. Putting yourself out there is always hard because...

yeah just have to wear down those fingers. This is why i love rubber cement. :) Nothing left over on the blade or sponge when you're done. Sure it's not ITTF legal but i don't play in any ITTF events anyways. (the events around here that I play in are non-sanctioned) I also kinda like it...

Nah it's just sanding. Nothing complicated. I like beveled edges around all sides of my blade but some people just primarily do the side that the pointer finger rests on. Just sand some. Check it out. If it's still not all that comfortable, sand some more. I've used a small drimmel to speed...

Just messing around. When you play a weird twiddling style, you brainstorm all sorts of things. I mainly use it when kinda goofing off. For me at least it's much easier & more reliable to just twiddle real quick and then hit a normal FH. There actually is a good player featured here who plays...

Good point. I will fully admit I don't read his side/top serve very well. Particularly to my BH down the line serve. Every now & then I kinda punch or block those serves and put them in the net and I don't know why. But I will go back and look at the ones I popped up. Try to better determine...

Good point. I will try to slow down between points and in my service setup. Probably give me more time to gather myself. My plan. If nothing else, maybe it could help with some of those careless service errors. I started out playing shakehand years ago in my 20s. I played lightly. Nothing...

Well I hope this helps the OP. I think it's going to help me. I like this video The part about reset & footwork really start at 6:03 if that helps. I think it's important to reset and get in the habit of reset or shuffling slightly after every hit. Speaking form experience, if you hit the...

I would recommend to the OP they go with the traditional penhold grip. Basically what Song David pictured there. I have a video talking penhold grip where I advocate a more cured finger grip at the time. And I still prefer that grip for twiddling but if you're not doing that and you're playing...