Is there such as a thing as a brand new "dead" rubber?

[FrenchFrog33]

I received a new sheet of Stiga Platinum S rubber. I glued it to my blade a few days ago. I used it for the first time today. Every fh went into the net. I made angle adjustments, but the ball went in all directions. I flipped the blade and used my bh Stiga Platinum S on the fh and shots went over the net. So, I went back to the new rubber and kept having the same issue.
I went to my bag and grabbed an old paddle and had no issues. This is the strangest thing!

 

[mocker88]

These sponges have really large pores. It could be that you didn't use enough glue on that side. I should re-glue and try again

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Brand new dead rubber would normally mean a new "anti spin" rubber. lol

Did you buy from authorized resellers?

But since you have a normal rubber. The only thing I can think of is the glue job.
I suggest removing the rubber and reglue to see if the problem persists.
If it does, contact your seller and query about it (I hope it is an authorized party)

I have heard of problems of similar problems of grey imported stocks before from my customers who experienced it.
For example: where the stock I sell is normal, while the other seller's stock (which bought from 3rd parties = aka grey importing) also went into nets, or the bounce was different). My customer actually came to me to buy (normal price) and compared with his grey purchase (cheaper) and he notice a big difference.
He returned to the seller saying it doesn't play normal, and the seller exchanged it for him without even testing. The replacement had the same issue. My customer didn't mention he was testing with a normal one from an authorized seller. That was the last time that customer contacted that seller.
So I hope your stock is from an authorized seller.

However, majority of the time, it is normally glue job issue. So I hope that is just it.

 

[TheLimpUnicorn98]

Brand new dead rubber would normally mean a new "anti spin" rubber. lol

Did you buy from authorized resellers?

But since you have a normal rubber. The only thing I can think of is the glue job.
I suggest removing the rubber and reglue to see if the problem persists.
If it does, contact your seller and query about it (I hope it is an authorized party)

I have heard of problems of similar problems of grey imported stocks before from my customers who experienced it.
For example: where the stock I sell is normal, while the other seller's stock (which bought from 3rd parties = aka grey importing) also went into nets, or the bounce was different). My customer actually came to me to buy (normal price) and compared with his grey purchase (cheaper) and he notice a big difference.
He returned to the seller saying it doesn't play normal, and the seller exchanged it for him without even testing. The replacement had the same issue. My customer didn't mention he was testing with a normal one from an authorized seller. That was the last time that customer contacted that seller.
So I hope your stock is from an authorized seller.

However, majority of the time, it is normally glue job issue. So I hope that is just it.

I know it’s an old thread but I grey import Tenergy/Dignics myself as well as other blades and rubbers from Japan from Amazon.co.jp and because their market is so much larger than ours I know that I get much fresher and better stock compared to if I buy from an authorised dealer locally, not discounting the old rumours that Butterfly keeps its best stock in Japan. If it’s a less popular rubber locally which could’ve been sitting warehoused for longer the difference becomes a lot more noticeable. So yeah sometimes a grey import can be superior to what you can get from a local dealer.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I know it’s an old thread but I grey import Tenergy/Dignics myself as well as other blades and rubbers from Japan from Amazon.co.jp and because their market is so much larger than ours I know that I get much fresher and better stock compared to if I buy from an authorised dealer locally, not discounting the old rumours that Butterfly keeps its best stock in Japan. If it’s a less popular rubber locally which could’ve been sitting warehoused for longer the difference becomes a lot more noticeable. So yeah sometimes a grey import can be superior to what you can get from a local dealer.

its all about the credibility of the seller when comes to grey importing.

I once even saw a tenergy 05 with a topsheet film, and it was a tacky topsheet too

 

[Sherpa]

A guy in our club buys Tenergy 05 from China and it plays sort of OK but it certainly isn't the real thing even though the packaging and rubber look identical to the real thing

 

[TheLimpUnicorn98]

its all about the credibility of the seller when comes to grey importing.

I once even saw a tenergy 05 with a topsheet film, and it was a tacky topsheet too

Yeah that’s definitely true but the only way to be certain of the quality is to do the importing for yourself in bulk to spread the shipping cost. This tacky Tenergy 05 with a film is a Taobao/Xiaohongshu fake that you can get for very cheap (around 55 yuan).

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Glayzer 09C.

 

[TheLimpUnicorn98]

A guy in our club buys Tenergy 05 from China and it plays sort of OK but it certainly isn't the real thing even though the packaging and rubber look identical to the real thing

If it looks identical then it’s real, you can always tell a fake from a real one if you have the rubber in hand. In China you can get it for about 400 Yuan from the big table tennis Taobao sellers and that’s genuine. In Japan it’s even cheaper at 6670 yen.