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Is very light for 52 degrees hardness, so I expect it to be slower. I am reading bad reviews for another high-thickness rubber, Apollo II. But let's see, I will test TUTTLE 25 this weekend.

TUTTLE 25 is on my table. Real 2.5mm sponge 😄. It comes in a vacuum sealed package, 63.3g without foil, 166x167mm square, factory boosted with a small dome. The sponge is 52 degrees shore O, with some life in it, but not as tensors. The surface has hint of tackiness and sliding the ball...

Waiting for the 52.5, red, 2mm. Hoping for H3 alternative for the hot summer. Vega China is just too different.

I have Haifu White 2, tried it on H3 and several other rubbers. The boosting effect is stronger than FP, but after 2 weeks is gone completely. So, if the goal is one week top performance, boosting with haifu will make sense. FP is weak but doesn't evaporate at all. Whatever effect it has will be...

I buyed my G09C second hand in very good condition. I put it on fast blade and don't like it much. After that I put 1 layer of Falco Platinum, the hardness drop to 48 degrees and the dynamics impruved, unfortunately the mushy feeling remain on hard hits and was too jumpy on low. Only the middle...

Spinlord Ultra Carbon DEF - limba, koto, thin carbon, ayous core. There is non def version with normal head size. The speed is off-, very balanced and linear. Yinhe 980 Ultra, never played with it, but on paper it looks similar.

Every pips has some level of unpredictability. My experience is that stiff and dense pips are more stable. Consider Ilius S, the sponge is hard, damping, and can be used on faster blades.

I am using it with 1mm sponge on a def blade. Pips are soft and gripy, without a mushy or springy feeling. P3aV is even easier, with slightly thinner pips. Can you specify what is difficult with P3V? I will drop my table with various LP and MP:

Sponged LP that I like the most are P3V and Ilius S/B. P3V for easy allaround/defensive play, Ilius B for blocking and nasty counters and Ilius S is something in between. Butterfly claims that Ilius is more durable than Faint Long, and sounds logical due to the harder nature of the pips.

G09C was too springy and too high throw for me. Spin was lower than H3. If you like it, consider LAC as a cheaper equivalent. Again, I am not a fan of it, but many ppl like it.

729 BB has a lower throw than H3 at the same hardness. That can be an issue on stiffer blades. I played with a defensive blade that had more flex than inner carbon and the rubber was manageable. With W968 will require some effort, but at that price it is worth trying. TG3 topsheet is made from...

Am I the only one that observed a drop in the spin capabilities of B3 / B3 Purple in the hot Summer? Under the same conditions, H3 BS remains spiny as before, or even more. Dragging the ball along B3 surface feels oily and slippery. B3 is next to new and cleaned only with water. Same story with...

Try Falco Platinum.

I played with commercial TG2 10 years ago. It was too sticky and inconsistent. I never played again. If the stickiness is lower, I will consider the provincial version. TG3 BS has the same or a little bit more stickiness than H3 BS. The topseet is thicker, weight more, speed and throw are...

And these €3++ will go straight for support of regional businesses... right? Right? Anyway, let's buy chinese stuff from amazon.

TDE has soft topsheet with hard sponge. The level of stickiness is extreme — can hold the ball for more than 20s. The sponge is factory boosted and after a month becomes a brick that requires boosting. Throw angle is lower than H3. H3 is rubber that wins points from services without any...

Sory, I was reading topsheet like NUZN, but did not read that you are not looking for hybrids.

Doric Slice CS, around 47 degrees, non sticky, very spiny, but with a fragile sponge, glue removing leaves craters. Spinlord Marder 2, half sticky, thin fragile topsheet with long pips, the sponge is similar to Mark V, with better spin and control. Dr Neubauer Dominance Spin Hard, sticky like...

Sticky sheets make your defensive blade a tiny bit faster, stiffer and with a bigger sweet spot. The difference is small but measurable. I use my slowest and most flexible blade, Innershield ZLF and 2 Nittaku sticky sheets. Here are the results in frequency, weight and stiffness coefficient...