Curious case of Joola ZGR's to ZGX's

[TensorBackhand]

I'd like to discuss my experience with 4 Joola hybrid rubbers: Dynaryz ZGR, Dynaryz ZGX, Rhyzen ZGR (now Tronix), and Rhyzen ZGX.

Dynaryz ZGR - I suppose this is meant to be Joola's premium flagship hybrid rubber. Overall it is good and does everything I want. It is slightly tacky, very hard, and has good speed with strong power. I like the purple sponge. I feel its a bit harder to engage than Stiga Dragon Grip. DG feels faster and easier to activate. I feel DG is easy to use on both FH and BH, but Dynaryz ZGR really is just for FH.

Dynaryz ZGX - Joola's premium 53d hybrid rubber. It is good all-around with some speed, grip, spin. I think it is similar to K3. It feels slower than standard tensors, but its fun to input more of your own power with it. Also I find that there is little reaction from booster. I boosted it, but it really didn't add much rebound.

Rhyzen ZGR - Here's the really magic. Rhyzen ZGR has one of the most unique responses to booster of any rubber I have seen. The topsheet of Rhyzen ZGR seems similar to Dynaryz, its a bit tacky and feels high quality. But it has a tremendous reaction to booster. The catapult becomes very pronounced. It is easy to use on FH or BH and really produces crazy power. Also, the throw angle becomes higher than any other rubber I have seen. My shots land really deep on the table with this. I love this feature because I sometimes feel my bh shot has a tendency to fall into the net. To me, this is really the standout rubber from Joola. I'm surprised that Joola doesn't market this feature for one, but also I'm surprised that other brands don't use the same sponge. If I was Nittaku, I would say to ESN "give me a rubber with the same balance sponge" and I would market it as a booster monster. As far as I know, this rubber is totally unique among ESN brands.

Rhyzen ZGX - I find this rubber is harder and denser than Dynaryz, but otherwise performs similar to the Rhyzen ZGR. It is also very hard, but with good rebound and spin. I feel it doesn't quite reach the same heights as Rhyzen ZGR boosted, but its reasonably close.

 

[SlowPower]

Rhyzen ZGR and ZGX are supposed to be the same. At least they use the same hardness in contrast to dynaryz where the zgx is softer.

I must admit I only played the zgx and still playing it. It's hard to find a combo with blade and bh rubber cause it adds 10g of weight to the setup...

 

[TensorBackhand]

@Matt Hetherington

Hi Matt, @Cadoia was asking me if Rhyzen ZGR and Tronix ZGR are identical. Can you clarify the situation of these 2 rubbers?

 

[vossi39]

We had a debate about Rhyzen ZGR, ZGX and Tronix ZGR with Mat.
Too me they are identical. Rhyzen ZGR is discontinued and Tronix ZGR is the successor. This leaves us with the question, if Tronix ZGR vs. Rhyzen ZGX is worth the price difference. I would go for the Rhyzen, if I would play again with the Joolas, but have for next season switched to DHS.
Maybe I need to return to Joola, if the Hurricanes wear off to quickly.

 

[Robin0910]

I don’t see the point of Rhyzen ZGX even after an extended period of use.
When unboosted it‘s heavy and compared to H3 it’s less spinny, is worse at short game and the rebound speed is quicker because it’s not as tacky (actually, it’s rather more grippy than tacky), but even if you activate the dense sponge it’s not that “catapulty“ but still faster than unboosted H3.

When you boost it, it becomes even heavier (heavier than any rubber I’ve played with), will not get more spinny, and will only get marginally quicker whereas boosted hurricane is just as fast if not faster, spinnier, lighter and is still better at short game or away the table.

The pros are that it’s not that spin sensitive and relatively good for serving. (Still worse than H3)

I haven’t played the Rhyzen or Tronix ZGR but it can only be better. So if u wanna play Joola hybrids that are still available go for the dynaryz series cause those are truly good.
I believe the Rhyzen series are not worth it, unless you can buy them directly in China but even then I’d rather buy a prov H3 Neo OS for the same price.

i used 2 layers of yellow seamoon on this and the H3 as well.

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Tronix ZGR is a rebrand of Rhyzen ZGR yes, the Rhyzen series is typically a third tier rubber series for developing players and they felt that Rhyzen ZGR was a rubber that didn't belong in that series so it was elevated up. It seems a few more JOOLA players have begun to favour Tronix ZGR on the forehand recently.

 

[KM1976]

Tronix ZGR is a rebrand of Rhyzen ZGR yes, the Rhyzen series is typically a third tier rubber series for developing players and they felt that Rhyzen ZGR was a rubber that didn't belong in that series so it was elevated up. It seems a few more JOOLA players have begun to favour Tronix ZGR on the forehand recently.

Hi Matt, hope you are well. Please can you let me know which Joola rubbers in the current line up will be closest to Rhyzm-P and Golden Tango.
Many thanks for your kind help and valuable time.

 

[TensorBackhand]

Tronix ZGR is a rebrand of Rhyzen ZGR yes, the Rhyzen series is typically a third tier rubber series for developing players and they felt that Rhyzen ZGR was a rubber that didn't belong in that series so it was elevated up. It seems a few more JOOLA players have begun to favour Tronix ZGR on the forehand recently.

Did the Joola players explain why they switched to Tronix Zgr?

Did they mention the response to booster?

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Did the Joola players explain why they switched to Tronix Zgr?

Did they mention the response to booster?

I'm not sure I haven't asked them, the players in Europe are managed by JOOLA Germany so they are the main point of contact. Honestly I think for pro players the harder sponge does make more sense with that type of topsheet especially with the plastic ball.

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Hi Matt, hope you are well. Please can you let me know which Joola rubbers in the current line up will be closest to Rhyzm-P and Golden Tango.
Many thanks for your kind help and valuable time.

Honestly there isn't really an alternative to Golden Tango. I'm personally interested in re-launching the golden tango style of rubber which is a bit tackier on the topsheet. I used that rubber for quite a while. The Tronix ZGR is probably the *closest* alternative, but it's definitely not the same style as Golden Tango.

As for Rhyzm-P I would say Tronix ACC is probably the closest to that one.

 

[KM1976]

Honestly there isn't really an alternative to Golden Tango. I'm personally interested in re-launching the golden tango style of rubber which is a bit tackier on the topsheet. I used that rubber for quite a while. The Tronix ZGR is probably the *closest* alternative, but it's definitely not the same style as Golden Tango.

As for Rhyzm-P I would say Tronix ACC is probably the closest to that one.

Thank you Matt. Really appreciate your inputs.