Friendship/729 rubbers for post-speedglue era

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Hi all,

Which rubbers from Friendship/729 are for post-speedglue era? I know that 729-08, 729-05, and 729-08 ES are.

Thanks in advance,

Best regards,
Eduardo Bagarrão
 
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Battle II is the best tacky chinese style rubber currently available. It's kinda like H3 but a lot faster and great for drives too, while being tackier also.
 
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Battle II is surprisingly good. Tackier than h3 national blue sponge. I find speed is about the same. Throw is slightly higher than h3. Very cheap but very good quality n consistent play. Provincial version battle II is only about 20USD

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Battle II is surprisingly good. Tackier than h3 national blue sponge. I find speed is about the same. Throw is slightly higher than h3. Very cheap but very good quality n consistent play. Provincial version battle II is only about 20USD

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Where can I buy provincial version? I only find on ebay but they only have 38° sponge available

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Going to try one on my spare clipper cr, but have no idea what hardness should i choose: 38 or 39. Can you compare 39 deg w/ e.g. vega pro or any other popular rubber? Maybe yinhe's old deg scale?
 
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I wonder why you can't find the blue sponge version of battle II on aliexpress.

Anyway I haven't tried any special edition of it, the normal version of the rubber is extremely good and very consistent. I've opened up 6 sheets so far I think, maybe 7, and never had one that's less than super tacky, nor did I ever have a 'bad rubber' like I would very often get with DHS products.
You can play with it unboosted perfectly well. The topsheet, it seems, never wears out (if you clean it always and cover tight with plastic sheet), so you can break it in without fear of losing performance. In fact it gets better and better over about a month or two.
 
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I have an old Primorac (5-ply OFF-). I launch a lot of FH power loop. What degree of Battle II would go well with it?

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If you are playing with Skyline 2, you might want to try 40 degree hardness for Battle II. Skyline 2 is one of the hardest topsheet from DHS and it comes in 39 or 40 degree hardness sponge. I don't think Battle II's topsheet is as hard as Skyline 2, so you should be fine with 40 degree Battle II.
 
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