Avoid tacky rubbers because they are dust magnets?

[yamagata]

Custom Table Tennis told me to avoid tacky rubbers because they collect dust and thus loose their good qualities. Is this a problem for you? It is not good if my rubbers are okay at the beginning of a match but let me down at the end. And some halls are very dirty…

 

[Tyce]

Honestly the information they present in their videos always feels quite biased to me. Not on purpose per se, but like someone stuck in his own bubble of what is right and wrong (and everything unknown is then, by definition, not right).

 

[mihalichtheone]

Is this a problem for you? I

no

 

[Haito]

Custom Table Tennis told me to avoid tacky rubbers because they collect dust and thus loose their good qualities. Is this a problem for you? It is not good if my rubbers are okay at the beginning of a match but let me down at the end. And some halls are very dirty…

How about you just clean the rubber after playing?

 

[Haito]

The only issue I can report with tacky rubbers is when they are cold, they suck.

 

[Lazer]

Custom Table Tennis told me to avoid tacky rubbers because they collect dust and thus loose their good qualities. Is this a problem for you? It is not good if my rubbers are okay at the beginning of a match but let me down at the end. And some halls are very dirty…

No problem whatsoever,
You can even clean between sessions and matches. I keep a small damp sponge in my pocket...

And make sure to clean properly at home and ALWAYS use protected sheets...

Cheers
L-zr

 

[lodro]

............as above and when you pick up a ball from the floor give it a bit of a wipe on your shirt or trousers. Also before you start playing make sure that the table gets a good wipe down.

 

[nablaz]

Agree with others, this is basically a non issue... you can just wipe them regularly and it won't be a problem.
They are affected by "extreme" conditions though: they tend to be bricky and difficult to engage in the cold, while in hot and humid halls they tend to get slippery. But this is true for most rubbers, you just have to deal with it...

 

[mocker88]

No problem at all. Sometimes I clean the rubber between sets as well, but mostly only between games. I need super grip

 

[Snek]

It's very dusty where I play. I have a problem with H3 with the dustiness but it's not a big deal. I just have to clean it more and with wet sponge (breath and palm combo just spreads the dust.) But it is very dusty in our club( cars are driving there regularly).

 

[passifid]

Played at a club Friday which was kind of dusty. If I cleaned it once an hour it's no issue but after two and a half hour it was a bit less tacky. But still worked ok