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I want to give an example of how great Mantra Pro is, on the weekend I beat the best player in our league. Well, I have never taken even a set off him. He used to be a national team gravy player but even now he is still on that level. From 40 singles matches no one has beaten him so far. So you...

I suppose the most advantage of older ESN rubbers have is they are not boosted. Or at least G-1 and Barracuda and Vega Pro are not. I assume it's the same with the others too. So their playing characteristics don't drastically change after one or two months. They don't particularly shrink...

Yes, very sure it's M- on the sponge.

Hmmmmmmm, I got myself a Moon 12 Blue in M- hardness for BH since why not. I didn't particularly like the H-, especially not on BH side. It's also a bit heavy for BH, and since the sponge was hard it was hard to use it. What I liked in it was the insensitiveness to incoming spin, which is not a...

Maybe Gewo Nexxus XT

I tried the Volant 2, I am 100% sure it has the Qiji spin sponge with the Volant topsheet. I did not like it at all. H3-50 is much better and the Qiji too so I think skip.

I don't want you any other way 😘

Hahh, what a poor choice of words. Worth it's its weight in gold... More like worth its weight in needles sticking in your toes. But your point is well conveyed in a weird and obscure way. The price of Sueke No2 is ~10EUR per 260ML SHIPPED, TAXED to EU... that is an insane deal. For 10EUR you...

I think hard rubbers are also less reactive in the very fast and spinny game which is why probably pros prefer them, since higher-level players hit as hard or as spinny as possible.

Sueke No2 is pretty much the perfect glue. I am still waiting for the No1 to arrive so I will test that too. Somewhere I read that Sueke No1 makes the rubber faster but as always I am open-minded but doubtful. I tried a lot, No15, Finezip as Stiga Attach, Revo normal and high viscosity, German...

I don't see him stating harder is better.

Only need good grip and stability. Some shoes/soles work better on different surfaces.

Yet to find anything that is better and easier to use. I really fail to find any weakness in this rubber.

I saw many HKer and Chinese used DG on FH side, even choppers. On BH I saw no one use it, but I tried C2 on BH it's usable just not my thing. I think in China DG makes a lot of sense since it's around 200RMB on TB, even if one needs to replace it every 2 months it's not like Dignics that costs...

That is weird. I would suggest the other way around Dragon Grip for FH and Mantra Pro M for BH, but I would rather just tell you to use Mantra Pro XH for FH instead of the Dragon Grip. I never played with Dragon Grip but I bet it's pretty much the same thing as Donic Bluegrip C2(which I used) so...

Some good matches against Kenta Matsudaira who back in the day used to be the sheet. I quite enjoy this kind of style playing against 2 winged attackers. It's very entertaining if one knows what is going on.

Nexy Etika and Etika Pro, Nittaku Hammond Z2, Neottec X5, Mizuno Q Quality, Q Power, Q1, Mantra Pros, Mantra Control, Mantra Spin, Juic has some veeeeeeeery obscure rubbers. I don't know about short pips or long pips, that is a shitfest anyway.

D Did you boost that D05? It just looks boosted with the pips being so visible. The problem is the booster is kind of a glue solvent so if the glue doesn't endure the booster it can get liquidy and detach. I guess you need to change glue and reglue the rubber. DHS No15, Sueke No2 are very good...

Thinner sponged rubbers have a harder feel. So a 2.1mm Dignics or whatever will feel softer than a 1.9mm or 1.7mm of the same rubber. A thinner sponge can absorb less energy, so if you get a slow but very spinny ball it will react less to the spin, that could be considered beneficial if someone...

Well yes I agree it defeats the purpose. I genuinely don't advise anyone to buy the German made glues unless they glue their rubber once and only remove once they are worn.