Backhand rubber vega x ?

[Yevad]

hi i am using xiom offensive s blade with vega europe on the bh and vega x on the fh. Has anybody used vega x on the bh .My lv is intermediate and style is all round attack with strong blocking. vega Europe is just a little bouncy.

 

[nicedream]

Just turn the racket and try it.

 

[SFF_lib]

It’s a great BH rubber. Comparable to D05 with less clarity and feel. Other than that I like Vega x on bh.

 

[Kuba Hajto]

Ma dude. Are you aware that you can just twiddle the racket you have and play YOUR own Vega X on YOUR own blade to experimentally check if Vega X is good for YOUR backhand?

 

[jk1980]

Vega X is one of the bounciest rubbers there is in that hardness range. If that is an issue, better go for something less bouncy like G-1 or even rakza Z, Joola GTPS or Nittaku PK 50 Sieger.
The list is sorted by bounciness (later being less bouncy)

 

[Yevad]

yes i have twiddled just looking for other feedback thanks ma dude

 

[Yevad]

just got omega vii euro for back hand feels much better than vega euro its faster but greater feel and more gears not bottoming out on harder blocks

 

[S-Pin]

Vega X is one of the bounciest rubbers there is in that hardness range. If that is an issue, better go for something less bouncy like G-1 or even rakza Z, Joola GTPS or Nittaku PK 50 Sieger.
The list is sorted by bounciness (later being less bouncy)

I have Vega X and Rakza Z on one of my rackets, that I sometimes train with, and these two rubbers are worlds apart, to a degree that it gets uncomfortable. RZ is much slower and you have to generate speed, and this transition is not easy to me when your FH rubber is so fast and has so much catapult. It's almost like having T5 on FH and H3 on BH.
I'd rather suggest 47.5 GoldArc 8 on BH, it is much closer to Vega X, similar speed and grip, a bit less bouncy, higher arc and more control. It's an excellent BH rubber. G1 would be OK as well probably, but I prefer GA8 on BH, especially over the table, it doesn't slip on thin brushes like G1, you don't need to always engage the sponge. (Then again, I like GA8 on FH as well, so I might be biased).

 

[latej]

FWIW, I just glued Vega X on my blade and Tibhar MXP on friend's blade and measured the hardness. The Vega X was consistenly 47,5 and the MXP was 45. I must say I'm pretty happy that Vega X doesn't get super positive reviews. It makes the price good. But I guess this is just the sign of our current times, there is so many rubbers, that it is very easy to find excellent rubbers, which happen to be non-mainstream