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I've had a couple of hours with both Glayzers on my VCI. Initial online feedback was mixed so I was a bit sceptical on the way in to trying them out.
The good news I think is that they both compare very favourably to Rozena. I like Rozena, good price, decent speed, average spin generation, makes a good utilitarian rubber for direct styles. Both Glayzers have better spin generation than Rozena, nice.
Compared to Dignics, both rubbers feel tighter in low gears, less catapult. G09C feels almost catatonic. Supreme over the table control, but playing actively becomes a must. Middle gears for both Gs are impressive, excellent consistency and decent performance. Reliable, dependable. Medium effort brush looping with G09C is a standout, real feeling of "can't miss" with solid levels of spin. Allows high levels of accuracy and placement.
High gears are where you pay the price for these rubbers IMO. I couldn't generate the threat levels of any Dignics when the pace heats up. Heavy, full-stroke bush looping with G09C just doesn't trouble my opponent in the way that D09C does. Which is fine, G is around half the price of D and we're not talking half the performance....
But let's compare with ESN. I think regular Glayzer compares well to medium-grade ESN fare like Hexer Powergrip. G09C has a harder job here though, it's a lot slower and lacks top-end performance than something like Rakza Z. For my game it gets nowhere near the performance I expect from Rasanter C53, which for me is very close to D09C spin wise. There are a lot of ESN rubbers available around the £45 price point if you shop around and the Glayzers just aren't matching them, but of course it depends very much on what you're looking for and what you choose to compare with. This doesn't consider boosting or the potential extra durability the Glayzers might offer (bit early to say).
Following the reports on this thread I'll try them on a harder/faster blade next. I don't think they're bad rubbers by any means, but they're shaping up to not be a fit for me personally.
The good news I think is that they both compare very favourably to Rozena. I like Rozena, good price, decent speed, average spin generation, makes a good utilitarian rubber for direct styles. Both Glayzers have better spin generation than Rozena, nice.
Compared to Dignics, both rubbers feel tighter in low gears, less catapult. G09C feels almost catatonic. Supreme over the table control, but playing actively becomes a must. Middle gears for both Gs are impressive, excellent consistency and decent performance. Reliable, dependable. Medium effort brush looping with G09C is a standout, real feeling of "can't miss" with solid levels of spin. Allows high levels of accuracy and placement.
High gears are where you pay the price for these rubbers IMO. I couldn't generate the threat levels of any Dignics when the pace heats up. Heavy, full-stroke bush looping with G09C just doesn't trouble my opponent in the way that D09C does. Which is fine, G is around half the price of D and we're not talking half the performance....
But let's compare with ESN. I think regular Glayzer compares well to medium-grade ESN fare like Hexer Powergrip. G09C has a harder job here though, it's a lot slower and lacks top-end performance than something like Rakza Z. For my game it gets nowhere near the performance I expect from Rasanter C53, which for me is very close to D09C spin wise. There are a lot of ESN rubbers available around the £45 price point if you shop around and the Glayzers just aren't matching them, but of course it depends very much on what you're looking for and what you choose to compare with. This doesn't consider boosting or the potential extra durability the Glayzers might offer (bit early to say).
Following the reports on this thread I'll try them on a harder/faster blade next. I don't think they're bad rubbers by any means, but they're shaping up to not be a fit for me personally.