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Maybe a bit off topic, but I remember in the early 90s I played with a Donic hybrid rubber called "Shangri La". The topsheet was just as tacky as any Chinese rubber I have tested in recent years. You could pick up a ball with it for several seconds. I can't remember what the sponge was like, but...

Nittaku has approached the hybrid rubber topic from every angle it seems. There are the H3turbo organge & blue rubbers, which, as you say, are very close to Chinese rubbers and on the other hand there is the Sieger PK50, which has a tacky top sheet but has a more European feel. There is...

Hello everybody, I have already posted some comments and even a thread here on this forum, so I think it's time now to introduce myself. I'm 48 years old and I live in Hamburg. I started playing tt when I was 8 years old and trained really seriously (4 to 5 times a week) up until I was 24/25...

Read Patricks reviews of Hurricane 3 and Skyline rubbers on the TT11 blog. Best reviews on both and very detailed! A really good read. https://blog.tabletennis11.com/dhs-hurricane3-neo-3-50-provincial-review https://blog.tabletennis11.com/dhs-skyline-3-neo-3-60-review...

I wouldn't buy it. All these "special items", players rubbers, blades etc. are fake if you ask me. On the other hand the regular stuff is genuin and shipping is also quite fast. H3N 37 degrees is used by many players as a bh rubber, so is H8 because it has a softer sponge (but mind you it's...

A question out of curiosity (maybe a bit off topic). Does Prott also ship from the Netherlands? Just received two rubbers really quickly just a week or so after ordering (which is really nice, don't get me wrong). The address of the sender indicates that it was sent from the Netherlands not from...

I have two set ups: Darker 5P 2A FH: H3Neo Provincial OS (39 degrees) BH: Stiga Mantra M Darker 5P 2A FH: Sanwei Target National BH: Nittaku Fastarc G-1

I have just put rubbers on it and tried it out. The one with the lighter handle (the new one) transmits slightly less vibration, not much, but you can tell. Now that's interesting.

"Music&Ping" just stated that the wood grain influences the feeling transmitted by that wood. That's a good point I haven't thought about, quite logical.

I don't have any, I'm afraid. ;) I might put some rubbers on it and see how the feeling compares in both blades.

Interesting point!

Yes, you're right. As I said above, it doesn't make much difference to me either. I was just surprised and didn't know what to make of it. I'm looking forward to trying out the new blade once we're allowed to get back at the tables.

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I think you made a good point there. It's not that I think the handle is ugly or that it makes a great difference. I was just surprised that Darker doesn't seem to care much about the consistency of the designs of their blades. I know that all Darker blades are...

In the late 80s I bought the Tibhar Georg Böhm Off which is a 7ply allwood blade made out of, I think, 4 walnut plys (two outer plys and two next to the core) and three other plys which I can't identify (see pictures). I still own this blade and its also still in quite good shape. What I can say...

I'm not so sure if I should find that cool or uncool to be honest. The idea was to have two identical blades which is, in a way, not the case now. Of course the playing properties will still be similar (weight only differs by one gr).

Hi there, I have just received a second Darker 5P-2A blade and was quite astonished that the color of the handle differed significantly from my first one. Whereas the first blade has a chocolate brown handle this one has a sand colored one (see picture). They almost look like two different...

I use the (softer) 36 degree version as a backhand rubber on my DHS H301 blade. It does the job perfectly well. It's very spinny and quite fast. Perfect for loops, flicks and for the short game. I'm very satisfied. I really like hybrid rubbers on my bh. I also play with Skyline 3-60 which is...