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

[JJ Ng]

The problem is one buys 3 sheets in 2 weeks and now you are in the territory that "should I have bought a sheet of K3 or D09c"?

Lol, that's why I stick with my hurricane......

 

[TensorBackhand]

The LAC when unboxed is already curled in a bit like this: - make it a bit hard to glue the rubber on the blade

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Also can you post a picture of the sponge's printing, because I saw a review and they have different printing to mine - this is mine:

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Strange, on the spec sheet that Matt provided, it's listed as H41.

 

[TensorBackhand]

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.
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This one says 41H.

That is bizarre that yours is 40h

 

[longle]

This one says 41H.

That is bizarre that yours is 40h

I found this in the review section in another trusted shop - they have different printing

 

[TensorBackhand]

Weird, look at the review here. This guy somehow got a green package for LAC

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802966086344.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.3.5466585fWeZ0O7&algo_pvid=e27fcb2c-6c01-4530-87ec-7eebe77873a9&algo_exp_id=e27fcb2c-6c01-4530-87ec-7eebe77873a9-1&pdp_npi=3%40dis%21USD%2147.12%2123.56%21%21%21%21%21%40212240a316884435549128040d072e%2112000024380876256%21sea%21US%211644340096&curPageLogUid=qLGE5OSH3dub

 

[longle]

Weird, look at the review here. This guy somehow got a green package for LAC

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802966086344.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.3.5466585fWeZ0O7&algo_pvid=e27fcb2c-6c01-4530-87ec-7eebe77873a9&algo_exp_id=e27fcb2c-6c01-4530-87ec-7eebe77873a9-1&pdp_npi=3%40dis%21USD%2147.12%2123.56%21%21%21%21%21%40212240a316884435549128040d072e%2112000024380876256%21sea%21US%211644340096&curPageLogUid=qLGE5OSH3dub

in the product description

I don't understand what he said in the feedback

 

[TensorBackhand]

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I don't understand what he said in the feedbackView attachment 25812

Oh, interesting new packaging.

I think he is saying that the throw angle is too high. And the sponge is fragile, it breaks off little pieces when you remove it from the blade.

 

[lodro]

They say that the new and old package will be send out randomly.
This reminds me of the time when Loki changed the package on the
Rxton5 "Package is new - rubber is the same" and it sure as hell was not the same.

I will never be surprised anymore when I order rubbers, it can be just about anything.
Very sticky turns into not so sticky, quite rough surface turns into near glossy finish.
As far as hardness is concerned, at least Loki makes no promises at all 🤣

I just hope and pray that all you girls who spend megabucks on very expensive brand rubbers get the better consistency.

 

[TensorBackhand]

They say that the new and old package will be send out randomly.
This reminds me of the time when Loki changed the package on the
Rxton5 "Package is new - rubber is the same" and it sure as hell was not the same.

I will never be surprised anymore when I order rubbers, it can be just about anything.
Very sticky turns into not so sticky, quite rough surface turns into near glossy finish.
As far as hardness is concerned, at least Loki makes no promises at all 🤣

I just hope and pray that all you girls who spend megabucks on very expensive brand rubbers get the better consistency.

Dont scare me. I just ordered a new sheet of Rxton 5. If its not very hard, im gonna be disappointed

 

[longle]

Yeah the Rxton3 Pink has arrived today ! beautiful rubber, feels kinda hard on BH, 39d but almost as hard as LAC.

The bubble is my glueing error, not rubber's fault

 

[TensorBackhand]

Yeah the Rxton3 Pink has arrived today ! beautiful rubber, feels kinda hard on BH, 39d but almost as hard as LAC.

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The bubble is my glueing error, not rubber's fault
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How is rxton 3? It looks interesting, but I saw some Japanese reviewers say the rubber is slow.

 

[longle]

How is rxton 3? It looks interesting, but I saw some Japanese reviewers say the rubber is slow.

I'm gonna try it in 6 hours. They say the Pink/Blue is a totally different rubber to normal Rxton3 - harder, stickier with the Blue being 40d and Pink 39d

 

[turbozed]

I've played about 7 hours of Loki Rxton 3 Blue. Tackiness wise, It's not very tacky at all for a 'semi-tacky' rubber. On a scale of stickiness, I'd go Rxton 3 Blue < Rxton 5 < Battle 2 < Mercury 2.

It took a while for the sponge to break in but after it did, I didn't find it slow at all. It's faster than Rxton 5 and Mercury 2, maybe around same speed as Battle 2.

The feel is what makes it different from the other Chinese FH rubber I've tried. It's very crisp feeling and even the sound it makes is more poppy and high pitched. I think it encourages hitting more than brushing, even though it's grippy enough to do what you want with it.

I measured it at 52d Shore O from the topsheet and 51d from the sponge. So it's too hard for me as a beginner on the BH. And since I'm working on developing more brushing contact on my FH, I've switched to Battle 2 Pro. But I'm looking forward to get back to using it since it produced the best drives with my suboptimal technique.

 

[JJ Ng]

I've played about 7 hours of Loki Rxton 3 Blue. Tackiness wise, It's not very tacky at all for a 'semi-tacky' rubber. On a scale of stickiness, I'd go Rxton 3 Blue < Rxton 5 < Battle 2 < Mercury 2.

It took a while for the sponge to break in but after it did, I didn't find it slow at all. It's faster than Rxton 5 and Mercury 2, maybe around same speed as Battle 2.

The feel is what makes it different from the other Chinese FH rubber I've tried. It's very crisp feeling and even the sound it makes is more poppy and high pitched. I think it encourages hitting more than brushing, even though it's grippy enough to do what you want with it.

I measured it at 52d Shore O from the topsheet and 51d from the sponge. So it's too hard for me as a beginner on the BH. And since I'm working on developing more brushing contact on my FH, I've switched to Battle 2 Pro. But I'm looking forward to get back to using it since it produced the best drives with my suboptimal technique.

I have Mercury II on my carbon blades. Mercury is tacky tacky! About the same as hurricane tacky.

I have Rxton 1, Rxton 3 blue, Rxton 3 pink and Rxton on my old 5-ply wood blade. All of them are not that tacky. I feel that they are more like hybrid rubbers than traditional chinese rubber, if you know what I mean. I grew up playing friendship 729. That's the tackiness I want on my forehand side.

People say a lot of good things about friendship battleship and powre bloom. I will try them some time. But I am distracted by my other projects right now.

 

[mocker88]

The LAC when unboxed is already curled in a bit like this: - make it a bit hard to glue the rubber on the blade

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Also can you post a picture of the sponge's printing, because I saw a review and they have different printing to mine - this is mine:

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Mine had a marking like this. This rubber is over a year old now.

 

[lodro]

The LAC when unboxed is already curled in a bit like this: - make it a bit hard to glue the rubber on the blade

That is where a little bottle like this comes in so handy, I have one in the fridge for these cases exactly. 1 thin layer of it and your rubber is as flat as a pancake. Effect only lasts a few hours so one applies it a few minutes before glueing.

 

[Zwill]

I somewhat lack your logic here. So he should rather buy rubbers that cost three times of lac just because he got bad luck or what other reason there might be, why he got bubbles on his rubbers.
And you should especially put that garbage K3 out of the equation. I mean that rubber itself has a usage time that is simply a joke for its pricetag.

It was a joke. I chose the two most expensive rubbers on purpose. But if I was him on my 3rd rubber... something among these thoughts would cross my mind.

I found this in the review section in another trusted shop - they have different printing

Chinese manufacturers do this a lot. They change the printing. I had a Hovering Dragon and they had printed text on the sponge but mine had laser engraved how BTY does it. And the packaging had different stickers too...
One cannot be sure if there is any difference between the rubbers with different printing.

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Maybe it means that the rubber was torn when he removed it from the blade? Too strong glue or badly removed... And it has a high "throw-angle"?


My girlfriend already called Glayzer GAYzer, so no pink rubbers on my racket.

 

[lodro]

My girlfriend already called Glayzer GAYzer, so no pink rubbers on my racket.

Ohhh C'mon ....now that is a cop-out . Be brave 🤣🤣🤣

 

[hclnnkhg]

Dont scare me. I just ordered a new sheet of Rxton 5. If its not very hard, im gonna be disappointed

My Rxton 5 doesn't feel very hard despite being marked as 41 degrees, and I seem to have the new package. Brace yourself...

 

[longle]

Mine had a marking like this. This rubber is over a year old now.

yeah it looks the same with the review I found, maybe it's a different batch. Let's see the rubber I

It was a joke. I chose the two most expensive rubbers on purpose. But if I was him on my 3rd rubber... something among these thoughts would cross my mind.



Chinese manufacturers do this a lot. They change the printing. I had a Hovering Dragon and they had printed text on the sponge but mine had laser engraved how BTY does it. And the packaging had different stickers too...
One cannot be sure if there is any difference between the rubbers with different printing.

Maybe it means that the rubber was torn when he removed it from the blade? Too strong glue or badly removed... And it has a high "throw-angle"?


My girlfriend already called Glayzer GAYzer, so no pink rubbers on my racket.

yeah I just want to find a replacement for Dragon Grip... the best hybrid rubber I've used, but for some reasons it's very hard to get a black sheet, all the stores are out of stock, only red