Depends how much of a shock you want! D.tecs is generally regarded as the most difficult to use lp, but the hardest for opponents to handle. So going from inverted to d.tecs will take a lot of adjustments!
If you can mentally tolerate that, I'd say go with d.tecs or if you want slightly less extreme... dr. N troublemaker, joola cwx, or sauer hellfire
Hello LordPippington. Thank you for the input which I greatly value is coming from your experience. Something that I do not have with long pips.
I have been looking at the stats for the 3 rubbers that you have suggested as preferable alternatives to D.Tecs as follows:
Trouble Maker is for the plastic ball and ideal for close to the table blocking & chop blocking, and according to my supplier has a speed of rating of
41 and control of
72.
Joola CWX is also for the plastic ball and also ideal for close to the table blocking & chop blocking, and according to my supplier has a speed of rating of
58 and control of
68.
Hellfire was a pre-plastic ball rubber and it states that the OX version is good for close to the table blocking & chop blocking, and according to my supplier has a speed of rating of
41 and control of
70.
D.Tecs is for the plastic ball and is ideal for close to the table blocking & chop blocking, and according to my supplier has a speed of rating of
60 and control of
70.
As a matter of interest, when buying the Phenomenon blade from Dr Neubauer I asked them what rubber they suggested for my requirements using that blade and they suggested the Allround Premium 2 which I note has almost the same properties as Troublemaker with a speed of rating of
38 and control of
75. IE. very slightly slower with resulting slightly higher control. Do you have any knowledge of this rubber?
A couple of questions please:
Would using D.Tecs with say 0.9mm sponge tame it that little bit to give more control or would that compromise close to the table performance blocking/chop blocking?
For the three rubbers that you suggested, would you recommend all of these as the OX versions?
Do you have a preference among the three D.Tecs alternatives?
Many thanks again.