Do you replace your FH rubber more frequently?

[XpingpingpongpongX]

This is the first time I play with the same rubber (Fast Arc G1) on both sides. Black on FH; red on BH. I play like 3 to 5 hours per week. now after 3 to 4 months, I just tried playing the red side on FH, it feels different. I didn't compare them when they were new. But now the black side is about 10% grip and 20% bounce less than the red side. The black side is still functional, but it obviously deteriorates faster. Next time when I get new rubbers, I will rotate once in a while.

So I just wonder, do you replace FH rubbers more frequently? I always replace both at the same time.

 

[greenbeanmachine]

I definitely replace my fh more often. I'm very forehand dominant, so my fh rubber gets worn out quicker and also I care more about it being fresh. I imagine you're pretty forehand dominant too?

For me, backhand is mostly reserved for smashes and loop-kills, sometimes I go entire sets without using my bh rubber

 

[XpingpingpongpongX]

sometimes I go entire sets without using my bh rubber

Sounds like you are very FH dominant! For me, I will just rotate my rubbers. It's the advantage of playing with the same rubber on both sides.

 

[lodro]

BH oriented player. However my BH rubber is hard and tough so no specific rule, when they need replacing i do

 

[KM1976]

For me, Forehand lasts for 2.5 - 3 months, backhand lasts for 6-8 months

 

[MORTtheORT]

Sounds like you are very FH dominant! For me, I will just rotate my rubbers. It's the advantage of playing with the same rubber on both sides.

Do you find the factory boosting on the G1 can vary alot? I have noticed out of the pack some are rather flat when others are very curved and generally noticed red seem more curved.

 

[Hurricane AON]

Yes, FH 3-4 months and BH 6 months

 

[jfolsen]

Yes, it's about 2 FH replacement to 1 BH.

 

[XpingpingpongpongX]

Do you find the factory boosting on the G1 can vary alot? I have noticed out of the pack some are rather flat when others are very curved and generally noticed red seem more curved.

Didn't know G1 is factory boosted. I went through 3 sheets. All are flat, maybe just mildly curved.

 

[MORTtheORT]

Didn't know G1 is factory boosted. I went through 3 sheets. All are flat, maybe just mildly curved.

The ones I have been putting on for other people all have a bit of a curve out of the packet but always different amount of curve. I think factory "tunning" is fairly common across a lot of the European made rubbers these days with the heavier ball etc.

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

The ones I have been putting on for other people all have a bit of a curve out of the packet but always different amount of curve. I think factory "tunning" is fairly common across a lot of the European made rubbers these days with the heavier ball etc.

I've never received a G1 that has had a regular dome like a properly boosted rubber, they've only had mild reverse dome out of the pack (doming towards the sponge side). Which is to say I don't think they are necessarily boosted, or at least not as much as more modern generation rubbers like Evolution or Bluestorm. I will say on nearly all my G1 after removal from blade after about month or longer, develop a strong reverse dome indicating that the sponge has indeed shrunk, so there is definitely something in the sponge that dissipates with time and use, but rubbers that are well known to be (more strongly) factory boosted tend to shrink both in topsheet and sponge in ex Rasanter and Bluestorm, where G1 and other rubbers from a similar generation such as Baracuda, R7, Vega Pro mainly shrink from the sponge which develops the reverse dome

 

[nablaz]

I've never received a G1 that has had a regular dome like a properly boosted rubber, they've only had mild reverse dome out of the pack (doming towards the sponge side). Which is to say I don't think they are necessarily boosted, or at least not as much as more modern generation rubbers like Evolution or Bluestorm. I will say on nearly all my G1 after removal from blade after about month or longer, develop a strong reverse dome indicating that the sponge has indeed shrunk, so there is definitely something in the sponge that dissipates with time and use, but rubbers that are well known to be (more strongly) factory boosted tend to shrink both in topsheet and sponge in ex Rasanter and Bluestorm, where G1 and other rubbers from a similar generation such as Baracuda, R7, Vega Pro mainly shrink from the sponge which develops the reverse dome

The original Tibhar Evolution series was released in 2013, whereas Fastarc G-1 was released in late 2010 (if my memory is correct). I don't think there is a massive generational difference between them, although the properties and characteristics are definitely distinct between G-1 and, say, MX-P.

That said, I completely agree that G-1 feels somewhat less boosted than MX-P or Bluestorm Z1. I also have never encountered a new G-1 sheet that was clearly domed (expanded sponge).
This, however, might be caused by G-1's "unusual" topsheet as well. The reverse dome effect after some time is probably also due to G-1's tougher/stiffer and very resistant topsheet: when the sponge shrinks, the topsheet keeps its shape and dimensions leading to a doming effect (opposite as to what happens when one boosts/expands the sponge). With a softer and/or more elastic topsheet, this is more likely to result in overall shrinkage in size, as opposed to a reverse dome, like in the case of Rasanters and Bluestorms.

 

[Kenspin]

This is the first time I play with the same rubber (Fast Arc G1) on both sides. Black on FH; red on BH. I play like 3 to 5 hours per week. now after 3 to 4 months, I just tried playing the red side on FH, it feels different. I didn't compare them when they were new. But now the black side is about 10% grip and 20% bounce less than the red side. The black side is still functional, but it obviously deteriorates faster. Next time when I get new rubbers, I will rotate once in a while.

So I just wonder, do you replace FH rubbers more frequently? I always replace both at the same time.

If you serve more with your FH, that's not surprising.