What's the cheapest euro-style tensor rubber?

thomas.pong said:

Thanks anjoooo, that might be a very good option for me for blade testing.

I've seen Kokutaku's rubbers before but couldn't really tell which are euro-style and which are chinese-style.

Do you know the hardness of the one you recommended and which other rubbers of theirs is euro-style?

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I would say these are euro-style. However, they're definitely less bouncy than the Rasanters I'm using now. Unfortunately I'm not familiar with their other rubbers. I would say that the hardness of this rubber is medium-soft. I don't know the exact hardness degree.

What is your budget? The Yasaka Rigan is about 30usd

Checkout Zeropong, they have several low cost options, great customer service. You may be able to find something there.

Youre welcome. Read the description on each individual rubbers, I think they have all styles. Check Gambler Aces and Sevens on zeropong. If you select Aces from the assembled bat replacement section it is $10. Let us know what you pick eventually.

What do you say is the main difference between Euro v Chinese? Tackiness? Hardness? May be a complicated answer but if you have to give a short answer what would you say? I dont know a lot about these differences, learning here.

Yinhe Moonspeed, try to check that

thomas.pong said:

Salut, bonne idée on the Neottec rubbers! Will do.

Could you name a few of the Euro-style Chinese rubbers you know?

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I am no EJ and never actually used Chinese rubbers, but this should be handy, especially the posts from Tony:
https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/showthread.php?14591-Euro-style-Chinese-Rubbers-for-testing

Palio AK47 Red for FH, AK47 for BH. Ultra cheap chinese made euro style rubber. Completely non tacky. Best bang for the buck, period!

thomas.pong said:

Thanks MDP, I've considered the Vega Europe DF (37.5 deg) before but this is purely for testing a bunch of blades side-by-side so something cheaper will do. There's the Vega Intro which is the cheapest of the Vega series but it's too hard (47.5 deg surprisingly).

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Then get the ORIGINAL Vega Europe. A bit cheaper than the shiny new DF version.

thomas.pong said:

Thanks MDP, I've considered the Vega Europe DF (37.5 deg) before but this is purely for testing a bunch of blades side-by-side so something cheaper will do. There's the Vega Intro which is the cheapest of the Vega series but it's too hard (47.5 deg surprisingly).

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Vega Intro is 43 deg., not 47.5 deg., and is just a little bit harder than the very soft Vega Europe. Not a big difference in hardness, but is different in play. The soft tensors have a very well expresed trampoline effect with softer touches and mid-strength hits. As Vega Intro is designed for beginners, this strong trampoline effect is diminihed a little bit with the little bit harder sponge. Thus, without being faster, the Intro is more precise and contoleble and provides better feel of the quality of the stroke. Plus that the Intro has more linear feef at different distances from the net to mid distance.
So because of all these I think that the Intro may be the very best "blind" rubber for testing several blades simultaniously, especially if the tests are intended to provide general information about how a blade would act with tensors /and tenergy/.
About "tensor-like rubbers' - I find only tenergy to be tensor-like, and vice-versa.