2.9 mm sponge thickness... Why?

[SorryForTheEdge]

Hi everyone,

I am curious to know why Der Materialspezialist released three new TTR Hunter Extrem Soft, Medium and Hard rubbers in 2.6 and 2.9mm thickness.

Are they just making it thicker for marketing purposes to get more sales or is there a benefit to such thick sponges?

I am currently playing with Dignics 64 in 2.1mm thickness and already feel more than enough catapult and ball length playing away from the table. What would adding extra 0.8 mm do to it?

Also tried Zyre 03 in 2.5 mm and some other hard rubbers in 2.15 - 2.3 mm thickness. Fun to play away from the table so you don't fatigue from long distance rallies, but the short game is very difficult.

Are these thick-sponge rubbers meant for Adam Bobrow's playstyle?

Are there particular blade types that work best with these fat sponges? 2.9 * 2 that's 5.8 (core thickness of viscaria lol)

Let's assemble these fat rubbers with a thick Dr. Neubauer balsa blade and play 25 meters away from the table.

 

[Conehead]

It's not only the thickness that counts but also the nature of the sponge per se; i.e. is it porous, is it maybe softer and so on.

 

[SorryForTheEdge]

It's not only the thickness that counts but also the nature of the sponge per se; i.e. is it porous, is it maybe softer and so on.

Imagine playing 2.9 mm unboosted Hurricane 3 41 degrees

 

[Conehead]

Imagine playing 2.9 mm unboosted Hurricane 3 41 degrees

One of the straightest trajectories ever.

 

[Zwill]

The TTR-Hunter is like a faster anti, no? Maybe more sponge is for dampening? Or actually maybe the top rubber is super unelastic and they compensate with springer sponge?
Just my ideas I have no idea.

 

[merlin el mago]

The nice thing is that you can choose 3 different sponge hardness not like Zyre-03, also the max. hardness is 47.5 ESN scale so not so hard like Zyre-03, so it's interesting for me because I like hadrness 47.5-50 ESN scale and for me Zyre-03 no matter the thickness was too much hard the sponge.

 

[Haito]

The TTR-Hunter is like a faster anti, no? Maybe more sponge is for dampening? Or actually maybe the top rubber is super unelastic and they compensate with springer sponge?
Just my ideas I have no idea.

Welp, I saw some demos on the net, and it was a spinny grippy thingy. It had a weird arc, but looked like heavy spin.

 

[Haito]

 

[Sherpa]

Doesn't it just mean the topsheet is thinner as you can't exceed 4mm overall thickness.

 

[SorryForTheEdge]

The TTR-Hunter is like a faster anti, no? Maybe more sponge is for dampening? Or actually maybe the top rubber is super unelastic and they compensate with springer sponge?
Just my ideas I have no idea.

From the description it's an inverted rubber that tries to be a thiccer competitor to Zyre.

Product description
With the TTR-HUNTER EXTREM MEDIUM, der-materialspezialist presents the world's first table tennis rubber with a gigantic 2.90 mm thick power sponge.
Until today we are the only manufacturer worldwide capable of producing and offering such a superlative table tennis rubber in accordance with ITTF rules.
The powerful medium-hard sponge delivers brutal catapult-like action and groundbreaking speed records in table tennis.
The topsheet of the TTR-HUNTER EXTREM MEDIUM features a unique, inward-facing pimple structure with a newly developed, grippy rubber compound, offering the perfect balance of power, spin, and control.
der-materialspezialist TTR-HUNTER EXTREM MEDIUM: brutal power, innovative sponge technology, perfect spin with high control.

Future prediction: Rubbers with 3.5 mm sponge and 0.4mm topsheet with nanopimples.

 

[Haito]

Doesn't it just mean the topsheet is thinner as you can't exceed 4mm overall thickness.

it does. The rubber with 2.3mm sponge max seem to wear out fast, cannot imagine how fast the super thin top sheets will die.

 

[Zwill]

From the description it's an inverted rubber that tries to be a thiccer competitor to Zyre.

Product description
With the TTR-HUNTER EXTREM MEDIUM, der-materialspezialist presents the world's first table tennis rubber with a gigantic 2.90 mm thick power sponge.
Until today we are the only manufacturer worldwide capable of producing and offering such a superlative table tennis rubber in accordance with ITTF rules.
The powerful medium-hard sponge delivers brutal catapult-like action and groundbreaking speed records in table tennis.
The topsheet of the TTR-HUNTER EXTREM MEDIUM features a unique, inward-facing pimple structure with a newly developed, grippy rubber compound, offering the perfect balance of power, spin, and control.
der-materialspezialist TTR-HUNTER EXTREM MEDIUM: brutal power, innovative sponge technology, perfect spin with high control.

Future prediction: Rubbers with 3.5 mm sponge and 0.4mm topsheet with nanopimples.

Ohhhh, I got confused. The anti is TTR-Killer.
Stupid naming

 

[Haito]

Ohhhh, I got confused. The anti is TTR-Killer.
Stupid naming

welp, I think its a reference to the ranking system. If you are climbing TTR and face an ANTI it might kill your will to live.

 

[Zwill]

I know, but TTR killer is anti and TTR Hunter is normal rubber, TTR Hunter name made me think it's the TTR Killer, like I didn't even think there's 2 different rubber.