True. You correctly say this by itself and it is true.
My comments were in the context of the same player P operating rubber X on blade A vs operating Aurus on same blade A with the view of articulating how easy or difficult it is to do the common shots Player P does.
My definition of control is how easy or difficult it is to do something.
The same player operating Aurus on the same blade doing the same shots will likely find it easier to do those shots vs using rubber X on the same blade A.
This is ultimately discovered during dynamic testing, which is a method Dan correctly does.
NONE of us on the forums can afford to buy and try every gear know to mankind that is manufactured and sold.
We sometimes have to rely on others' opinions from their testing... that can be accurate or misleading, depending on who did what and what who is looking for what.
Agree.
Also we all play a bit differently. I am now testing Big Dipper and Sanwei Target National (and finally transferred both to carbon blades now so I can test it out more later this week). I do like both rubbers. They are just not as tacky as H3 neo. People rave about them being good hybrid rubber. And if that's what they are looking for (hybrid rubber), then their price to performance ratio is very high compared to say Rakza Z, Stiga DragonGrip, Joola Tango, etc.
But to me, I have an inkling I will be going back to H3 neo still. The tackiness and the bounciness of H3 neo to me is very unique.
So a lot of the testing also depends what the tester's background is. What does he use for his regular equipment? What types of shots does the tester use?
I believe on Dan's or TT11's YouTube vidoe, people do leave comment about asking what the testers' regular blade and rubber combinations are, and I think that's a fair question to ask.
What I like about TT11 is that on its video, one of the co-owners seems to be a chopper so it is interesting to hear what he has to say about rubber from his perspective. they have at least 4 people testing each time.
And at the end of the day, I think good enough is good enough. I am testing various Gambler carbon blades right now. They are fast but not THAT fast (i.e. not Viscaria and Acoustic carbon fast) but that's what I love about them, after upgrading from 5-ply all wood and 7-ply all wood.. So I am able to switch from blade to blade each practice session to figure out what I like the most without much of a glitch. As a result, I have various ESN rubbers stuck on the backhand side and so far going from Rakza 7 soft to T05 fx to EL-S to MX-S has not been a huge adjustment.
So I think sometimes people do make too big of a fuss about "this is the perfect rubber/blade for me." I am not so sure about that statement anymore after EJing for a year or so. I think there is a "general group of blade and rubber" that is best for your style and your current playing level but that's pretty much it. No need to test every blade and every rubber under the sun.
