Hey guys, there are people in my club that play with:
- Joola X-Plode
- Donic Coppa X1 (Gold)
- Donic X1 Turbo (Platin)
- Donic Coppa J.O (Platin, Gold, Silver)
How are these in comparison with the Tenergy's? (I'm using Tenergy 05 ^^)
None of them are close to tenergy rubbers. I would almost say that the donic rubbers are rubbish. Poor quality, poor durability, not much spin, some of them have good speed but thats about it.
The joola x-plode sensitive is a pretty decent rubber. Got good speed and spin, durability is ok too but not like tenergy. He doesnt have the real feeling of tenergy but I think no rubber does. Joola has pretty good rubbers so if you want to try a decent rubber, you can try the joola x plode.
But I still stick to my rubbers, which I think comes the closest to tenergy: Xiom omega 4 europe. Its a pretty hard rubber, not like a chinese rubber and if you want to play with an even harder rubber you can try the Asian version of xiom.
Xiom rubbers have lots of spin, I think even more than tenergy. durability is awesome, control is great, looping is easy, short game is easy. The only downside might be its really fast, but I think you just need to get used to it. Got my rubbers for almost 4 + months and im playing about 3 times a week now, normally i play 4 times a week but now its off season.
My list of decent rubbers
Joola rubbers like the xpress series, the energy soft series if you like softer rubbers and of course the xplode sensitive.
Stiga Boost rubbers are pretty decent.
Xiom rubbers.
P.S: I wouldnt try anything of Donic. They change their rubbers every year and a half or something, like the coppa series. Then you need to find a new rubber and get used to it again.
Stiga, tibhar, joola, xiom keep their rubbers for a much longer time.