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I wouldn't put it past Butterfly to price hike, they have done so in the past, and they know they can get away with it

https://www.butterfly-global.com/en/products/detail/37441.html?fbclid=PAZnRzaAUypGRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAmZkaWQWUP2zr2_ccXD27DKkyIOtMHUmnJ1Iy3NydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABpxKg-yE3X8wIc5I6bb7k7efjD5xxHiRfo-PPBULqWKD4PGC8bpedFNxLkDe0_aem_3RakDLVo5c5TOcgU5Ox2wA Outer ply looks like ayous...

Pro H and N50 are different pathways from G1. N50 is like a semi-hybrid, it is deader and a bit more sensitive to spin on passive contact, but it has excellent grip/spin and is very predictable imo. Pro H is nontacky and very conventionally Japanese style, it has less grip and less dwell than...

Comparing the composition of Aura to VCI, they are visually indistinguishable. I can take pics when I get home from work. I think they play very similarly as well but I cannot make too direct a comparison because my Aura is Cybershape. They both play like thick core style inner ALC blades, if...

Matsushita Pro Special

I struggled with D05 on fh but I had an easier time using Nexxus Superselect 50 and V>22 DoubleExtra, even though they are also lower arc type rubbers. I just felt that SS50 and V22 were more forgiving when it came to getting clearance over the net, with D05 I felt like I had to pay more...

SZLC is indeed visibly denser than normal ZLC but you can still clearly see the ZL fibers in a SZLC blade:

Victas Swat Carbon (158x151mm) comes to mind Also, have you tried the Harimoto SALC or SZLC?

Both blades are supposed to be 5.9mm but my VCI measures out at 6mm (my IFALC measures at a hair under 5.9mm). Picture to show how both blades use different thicknesses for surface plies and core

If you want to try Mantra Pro I suggest the H version, I felt XH was noticeably more difficult to play with, especially because I felt G1 topsheet gave me more grip and arc safety even over the M version. XH is also heavier than M and H which are relatively lighter in weight I don't think...

Nuzn55

Not very similar rubbers imo, first and foremost Nuzn50 is an almost-hybrid and V22DE is a purebred Euro style rubber N50 is more comparable to V15Sticky, but I think it is even slower than V15Sticky. The grip and arc generation of N50 is better than both V22DE and V15S but it felt like N50...

If you're looking for a Dignics-lite you should consider Glayzer, Rozena is more like nerfed Tenergy

I am curious if it would be any different for the player edition versions. Sure they are more expensive but tbh I don't mind as much when the boost dies so long as the topsheet remains shiny and sticky, it takes a lot to kill a good H3 topsheet and I don't hit anywhere near hard enough...

I didn't know you could still get Sriver S, I thought they stopped selling it more than a decade ago to solely produce the L version

Interesting that your rubber trimmings curled back on itself, I didn't keep mine and have only reglued my sheet once after the first session- it was curling but nothing I couldn't handle coming from rubbers like Baracuda and AK47 which curled very aggressively towards the sponge after some use...

I think its a good rubber, but I have the 39 degree on a 980XX (flexible 5 ply wood). Writing off a rubber because you couldn't adjust to it after an hour seems hasty to me, I'd probably have the same experience playing an extra hard Chinese style rubber on a stiff blade. What blade did you try...

Pretty normal for new formulation Hurricane topsheets, unfortunately. Nothing you can really do about it, it's really just luck of the draw wether you get a good topsheet or not imo

Even with thin layers, he is still using 3 layers of boost, and applying within 12 hours of the last layer. What matters when going for the stretched topsheet appearance is how strongly the rubber is doming and how heavily you roll the rubber on, if you wait for the rubber to relax from the dome...

Helix M is pretty medium in hardness, definitely a tic softer than G1 but it's not that soft. And it really depends on what you want- Harimoto will produce a shorter higher arc than the Ovtcharov, but I don't think Ovtcharov is a difficult blade either. Try the rubbers on Korbel first, it its...