Experience with some other Loki rubbers - Arthur China, GTX Pro (inc)

[longle]

here comes my 2nd sheet.. wish me luck 🤣

 

[lodro]

here comes my 2nd sheet.. wish me luck 🤣

View attachment 25755looks boosted !

Does it come like that or did you boost it ?

 

[longle]

Does it come like that or did you boost it ?

I use it unboosted. Just had a training session an hour ago, it was great

 

[lodro]

I use it unboosted. Just had a training session an hour ago, it was great

You know of course why i had to ask, because on your photo one can see the pimples shining through the top, normally a sign of boosting.
Glad it works for you

 

[Attitude]

You know of course why i had to ask, because on your photo one can see the pimples shining through the top, normally a sign of boosting.
Glad it works for you

Yeah i thought that too. It is the same with your other sheet. Do you stretch the rubber while glueing?
Besides that, i have no clue how you manage to make the rubber look like that^^

 

[longle]

@Attitude @lodro no I just placed the rubber on the blade, then used a roller, did not apply any force nor try to stretch it. Maybe because the topsheet is a bit thin ?

 

[lodro]

@Attitude @lodro no I just placed the rubber on the blade, then used a roller, did not apply any force nor try to stretch it. Maybe because the topsheet is a bit thin ?

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looks good to me.
Talkin about thin top rubber, I got that Rxton5 Micky Mouse sheet, red with blue sponge. The sponge is as hard as leather and the top cover as thin as a condom,weirdest rubber i ever seen and behaved weird too but 3 layers of seamoon fixed that. 😁

 

[Attitude]

@Attitude @lodro no I just placed the rubber on the blade, then used a roller, did not apply any force nor try to stretch it. Maybe because the topsheet is a bit thin ?

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It looks exactly as all of my sheets. Still weird your pimples show up that well.

Then i hope that was a onetimer for you that this sheet bubbled up.

Im still kicking with both sides LAC and improving fast. Especially bh is amazing. As long as i dont try to flick in slowmo the rubber grabs the ball and sends it flying in a beautiful arc. Yesterday i limit tested counter topspins with my bh and counter looping from full distance.
The first shot close to the table countering, made me feel like FZD. Sheesh my opponent full looped into my bh and i just shat on that ball. Still way to risky for a usual shot but freaking satisfying whatsoever.
The other shot were actually even harder getting used to. Simple counter wrist motions were too weak and all the shots landed into the net.
The moment i full swing+wrist into the opponents volley i finally succeedes several times counterlooping from a distance.


So all in all everything seems possible with a decent to great quality with this rubber.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

my LAC is still under oil spa.
can't glue yet.
Regarding pips showing, I do feel camera + light + angle does play a role.

 

[fore.n.back]

Rxton 5 is also very Chinese.

Compared to H3, Target Pro 3, 729 Battle 2, Rxton 5 still feels like a hybrid, less spinny and much bouncier than them

 

[Zwill]

I ordered one earlier and I think it will arrive tomorrow. I'm thinking which blade to glue it on. Sanwei PBO or W968. I am leaning towards W968 as it seems to be a faster rubber. Hmmmmmmmmmm

 

[TensorBackhand]

Compared to H3, Target Pro 3, 729 Battle 2, Rxton 5 still feels like a hybrid, less spinny and much bouncier than them

I do agree with you on the former 3 rubbers. For me, Rxton 5 is still closer to the former rubbers than it is to hybrid rubbers like GTX, Jupiter 3, Big Dipper. But it is indeed slightly bouncier than the former 3.

 

[longle]

It looks exactly as all of my sheets. Still weird your pimples show up that well.

Then i hope that was a onetimer for you that this sheet bubbled up.

Im still kicking with both sides LAC and improving fast. Especially bh is amazing. As long as i dont try to flick in slowmo the rubber grabs the ball and sends it flying in a beautiful arc. Yesterday i limit tested counter topspins with my bh and counter looping from full distance.
The first shot close to the table countering, made me feel like FZD. Sheesh my opponent full looped into my bh and i just shat on that ball. Still way to risky for a usual shot but freaking satisfying whatsoever.
The other shot were actually even harder getting used to. Simple counter wrist motions were too weak and all the shots landed into the net.
The moment i full swing+wrist into the opponents volley i finally succeedes several times counterlooping from a distance.


So all in all everything seems possible with a decent to great quality with this rubber.

that sounds interesting ! I'm gonna try if LAC can replace Glayer09c on my BH, I also feel that they are quite similar (G09c is a bit softer)

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Compared to H3, Target Pro 3, 729 Battle 2, Rxton 5 still feels like a hybrid, less spinny and much bouncier than them

I have not found a rubber more spinnier than H3 out of all the ones that try to copy H3

 

[WingTT]

I have not found a rubber more spinnier than H3 out of all the ones that try to copy H3

Unless we can test it with a slo-mo camera measuring rev/min, it may simply seem like H3 is the spinniest because it is slower. It may be the spin to speed ratio we are feeling rather than absolute spin.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Unless we can test it with a slo-mo camera measuring rev/min, it may simply seem like H3 is the spinniest because it is slower. It may be the spin to speed ratio we are feeling rather than absolute spin.

My H3 is not slow

The kick with heavy spin from my H3 is way higher than any other rubber I have tested.

That is not just my feeling, but the blockers feeling too.

There is just something in that topsheet + sponge that all these brands still cant copy right and if they can’t come up with something that has equal or more spin, H3 will still be dominant in pro FH market in Asia. Every brand is trying to take on H3

 

[TensorBackhand]

Unless we can test it with a slo-mo camera measuring rev/min, it may simply seem like H3 is the spinniest because it is slower. It may be the spin to speed ratio we are feeling rather than absolute spin.

This might indeed to be true. I'm never actually certain. I really like using H3 on the FH because of the great control, but also because of the spin.

But I'm not certain that it objectively generates more spin than other tacky rubbers, or whether it just puts me into a spin-focused mindset.

 

[Zwill]

Got mine today, I'm glueing it. On the sponge it says it's 41deg.

I measured 72g weight with the foil on and the size is 165*165mm. It's on the heavier side.

 

[hclnnkhg]

Got mine today, I'm glueing it. On the sponge it says it's 41deg.

I measured 72g weight with the foil on and the size is 165*165mm. It's on the heavier side.

My experience with Loki rubbers is that their hardness is roughly 2 deg lower than normal DHS scale. I am going to test the Rxton 5 tonight, also nominally 41 degrees.

 

[Zwill]

My experience with Loki rubbers is that their hardness is roughly 2 deg lower than normal DHS scale. I am going to test the Rxton 5 tonight, also nominally 41 degrees.

Just by pinching it doesn't feel hard as DHS for sure. It has pores so no wonder.

BTW I really don't like how the site rejects pics based on the size. Can't it just do a rescale on the fly...? I really don't want to use my macro camera just for taking pics. Macro cameras are garbage.


Just by unpacking and touching it and whatever it reminds me a lot of the Sanwei Gear Hyper.