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I don't know. You can keep on boosting it until it dies. No worries. And at some point, unfortunately, you do need to take out a brand new sheet and boost that one instead. Just let your hand decide when it is time to ditch the rubber. I still have some old rubbers that I use to test new...

You need to reboost it. The initial boost is always just ok. That's why I got very upset that H3 neo is not as tacky as before anymore. When it was tacky and the tackiness did not wear off very quickly, you get to boost is several times before you have to throw the rubber away. Those old H3 just...

I have one too and I don't like it very much either. It is sitting there without any rubber on it. Mine is just way toooo slow. Oh well. It did not cost much so I don't care.

Get the same blade because a) you have a budget limit and Ma Lin carbon is very good bang for the bucks and b) you are changing the rubber on one side so you should not change multiple things all at once.

I agree. My club coach is very biased toward Butterfly. But I grew up playing 729. My current club coach only sells Butterfly stuff (Tenergy, Dignics, etc.) but I choose my own equipment. Everyone plays differently and feels the ball differently. I don't think you should change your rubber...

Thank you for your reply. Now I feel better about boosting my ESN rubber and Butterfly rubber too! Lol. I often buy a set of rubbers and literally won't take them out to be put on like a year later. I always feel a layer of booster makes me feel better to make the rubber be more lively. Well, I...

Hi Tony, so looking at this, would you say players also boost ESN and Butterfly rubbers? DHS is not the only type of rubber to be boosted? Looking at the list makes it even more imperative for players and their coaches to have the equipment to measure their own thickness before each match. And...

Nay, Harimoto should switch to double short pips, AKA Johnny Huang from the 1990's!!!!

I know some people in the thread do not like Sanwei Target National. I don't know why. It is tacky. It has low throw. It's blue sponge is not as lively as DHS' blue sponge but close enough. I have two paddles, same blade. One has Sanwei Target National on the FH and Rozena on the BH (double...

I use Spinfire SP on my backhand. It is fast but not super fast, meaning not Tenergy type of fast. I mean, I have watched those Japanese videos. I even tried a couple techniques from the videos in real life but it is not that easy to unlock the power of Spinfire. I am still working on it. I...

A few things about flat hitting and short pips: 1) speed is more important than spin. When you block with inverted, even if you do NOT want to put any spin on it, some of the kinetic energy gets transferred into spin anyway. You can see the ball going back to the opponent with some curve. So if...

I think it is behind firewall now that all the action is centered on table 1. In the US, you can watch it via ESPN3. Go to ESPN website and type in table tennis to pull it up. I just finished watching Hong Kong dispatching the Chinese Taipei's women team after 3 hours and 45 minutes. Obviously...

I think USATT's argument is pretty weak. After all, the said player could have re-boosted the sponge in between matches and inspection. I don't know why USATT's coaches and/or players don't have their own equipment to measure the thickness before the matches. The next day, some of the...

According to DHS, Ma Long version forehand black hurricane 3 comes in 2.1mm thickness only. If we believe that to be true, then Ma Long is not going to flirt with thickness issue with his personal equipment. I don't know why anyone including the said player from the US would flirt with...

Hurricane 3 neo commercial orange sponge after 30% off bulk discount is $18.70 from TT11. I probably reboost every 3 months? It is VERY economical. I have not found any hybrid rubber that I like. I love the low throw of H3 neo. I have moved onto Hurricane 3 neo provincial blue sponge. Yeah it...

I like Rozena on the BH side of my double inverted blades. I tried my other blade with Fastarc C1 on the BH the other day; they feel about the same. Lots of control. Relatively spin insensitive. I have Tenergy 05 and Tenergy 05 fx that are not attached to any blades right now because I find...

Sanwei Target National. STN. It is tacky enough for my taste. My opponents still eat my serves on a regular basis.

Ok, I just read through this thread. I recently switched from Hurricane commercial orange sponge to Hurricane provincial blue sponge. It took me some time to get adjusted to the blue sponge. After all at the same degree of hardness (39) for both orange sponge and blue sponge, the blue sponge...

I have played with, out of that list, Rakza 7, Vega Pro, Nittaku G1, Vega X, and Victas Ventus Extra. Honestly very little difference. Choose the older generations and their more affordable prices. I have been tempted to try Bluestar from Donic since JO Waldner and Persson have been advertising...

I second that. Nothing wrong with cheap chinese rubber for developing players. I always get suspicious when coaches give young players Tenergy. Yesterday I played a kid with Viscaria and Tenergy 05 on both side. He is about USATT 1250 level player. I really really think he will do much better...