Lightweight rubber

Aaron Yeo · Aug 27, 2015

Hi im new to this forum and am looking for a lightweight rubber with good control and spin.
Im currently using tenergy 05 for bh and r7 for fh on a TSP black balsa 05 blade
The blade is light but rubbers are heavy
Im thinking of trying cornilleau target sound 37,5.
Has anyone tried it? Or does anyone any good lightweight rubber to recommend?
Many thanks

Liten · Aug 27, 2015

In my search for lighter rubbers (due to a heavy blade) I found no benefit from the factors that makes a rubber lighter.
A thinner or more pourus sponge affects play to much imo, making those few extra grams not worth the tradeoff.

Id go with what works on the blade and try to balance the blade with a beast-mod (serch this forum) if the head becomes to heavy with the rubbers you like. But that is just me..

Hitting the gym also helps!

Hope you find what your looking for!

Kaizoku · Aug 27, 2015

I would say Adidas P7. Though those will be out of stock somwhere in 2016 probs.
But listen to Liten [emoji14]

Liten · Aug 27, 2015

Only rubbers that ive found to be "avarage weight" and still have nice performance are The Stiga Boost series and the Rakza 7 series.. no weightgain from choosing eather of them imo.. With Rakza beeing more what your looking for, spin and control..

CroneOne · Aug 27, 2015

I started with rakza 7 soft which is nice and light hen moved on to xiom vega Europe which is now my favorite light rubber.
Great control and doesn't weigh you down like the fast rubbers do.

Mardosta · Aug 27, 2015

tenergy FX

Hi

try 05 FX Tenergy is lighter

Aaron Yeo said:
Hi im new to this forum and am looking for a lightweight rubber with good control and spin.
Im currently using tenergy 05 for bh and r7 for fh on a TSP black balsa 05 blade
The blade is light but rubbers are heavy
Im thinking of trying cornilleau target sound 37,5.
Has anyone tried it? Or does anyone any good lightweight rubber to recommend?
Many thanks

Aaron Yeo · Aug 28, 2015

Thanks everyone for your replies. I really like tenergy 05 and rakza 7 cos they have good spin and high throw angles, but my wrist is weak due to a disability (im a para athelete) so im looking to reduce the weight of the rubbers. I mostly play close to the table so need good control as well. Thanks once again

Liten · Aug 28, 2015

Id go with thinner Yasaka rubbers. Rakza 7 or even the old Mark V's if weight was the key. Those mark v in 1.8-2.0 are still decent performers and they are light imo!

countrybread · Aug 29, 2015

I've always felt Gambler Six Shooter (cream sponge) is a really nice, light rubber. Its not especially bouncy or blazingly fast, but its made for the poly ball, has good spin, good control, and dirt cheap. $15 a sheet.

Tinykin · Aug 29, 2015

What overall weight is the OP aiming for?

My TBS with T05 and T25FX is 182g. With 2x T05 I would expect that to increase by no more than a couple of grams.
Mark you, that missing patch is probably good for 2 grams or so.

JulienB · Aug 29, 2015

Xiom vega Europe is definitely a lightweight rubber with great performance.

Hanamichi_Jon · Aug 30, 2015

Have you tried Joola express 1 and 2 they are very light rubbers. Also if you want a light bat you also need to change your blade to a light one with a small
Head Size.

Just a suggestion

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Aaron Yeo · Aug 30, 2015

Thanks for all the suggestions. Im currently using TSP black balsa 05 all+. It weighs 68g so its very light but with the rubbers the total weight is 170g. I dont have a specific overall weight in mind just want lighter rubbers without compromising performance so that the bat wouldnt be so top heavy.
Xiom vega europe seems to be highly recommended.
Thanks all once again.

Topspinner · Aug 30, 2015

What hardness are you looking for? There are plenty of soft light weighted tensored rubbers. Between med-soft and hard it's more difficult to find what u like.

russell · Jun 3, 2019

I've played with Rakza 7, Rakza 7 soft and Xiom Vega Europe all of which I like but the lightest I've played with is definitely TSP Ventus soft and I find it every bit as good as the others and with more control and spin.

langel · Jun 3, 2019

Aaron Yeo said:
Thanks for all the suggestions. Im currently using TSP black balsa 05 all+. It weighs 68g so its very light but with the rubbers the total weight is 170g. I dont have a specific overall weight in mind just want lighter rubbers without compromising performance so that the bat wouldnt be so top heavy.
Xiom vega europe seems to be highly recommended.
Thanks all once again.

With Palio AK47 Blue your bat will be 148 gr.
Rakza 7 FH + AK47 BH about 160 gr.

yogi_bear · Jun 3, 2019

Actually 170 grams is still light. It probably is just head heavy.

Simas · Jun 3, 2019

langel said:
With Palio AK47 Blue your bat will be 148 gr.
Rakza 7 FH + AK47 BH about 160 gr.

Confirmed. I've tried Palio Ak47, so it's at least 5gr of savings per side. Two sides, depending on your previous rubbers -minimum 10 gr

langel · Jun 3, 2019

OMG, omg, OMG!

Russell carouseled us on the time machine!
ha-haaah

Tommy16 · Jun 3, 2019

I had a issues with my wrist too and I was forced to play with balsa blade.... until I changed my handle from st to fl and blade to Maze alc which isn`t head heavy at all. So i suggest that you try to find an even balnaced blade and you don’t need to worry so much about rubber weight. Head heavyness is worst thing when it comes to a wrist issues. But if you do need to play with light weight set up I would go for Stiga boost TC.

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