Longevity of boosters - any difference?

[Snek]

I have a bottle of Falco Tempo booster. I am curious about trying boosted h3 of some sort. My bottle says that the boost effect is efficient 2-4 weeks. They market falco tempo long with "efficient 8 to 12 weeks". Is the difference really that big? What booster has longest effect? What is the best price to performance ratio booster?

 

[Aizen]

I have a bottle of Falco Tempo booster. I am curious about trying boosted h3 of some sort. My bottle says that the boost effect is efficient 2-4 weeks. They market falco tempo long with "efficient 8 to 12 weeks". Is the difference really that big? What booster has longest effect? What is the best price to performance ratio booster?

I’ve used both but I think there is no significant difference as 3 times between two.
But I haven’t measured them, maybe there could be.

Currently I’m using seamoon, It feels better than both (very little margin), but applying is harder than falco, seamoon is very thick like the slime.

 

[joshmak10]

For best value for price and performance, Haifu Seamoon regular or Kailin. I want to try kailin once my Seamoon is finished as I have heard numerous good things about Kailin

 

[JJ Ng]

I have used mostly falco tempo long and Seamoon regular. I have used both of them to boost H3. I don't see much difference between those two.

Nowadays I boost H3 with Seamoon regular and I boost ESN with falco tempo long. Why? People said that way is the best way. That's all. I am trying to use up my large stocks of Seamoon regular falco tempo long so I have no desire to try other boosters at this point in time.

On a side note, I did buy a bottle of Seamoon National Yellow a while back. Did it work? Yes. Was it worth the extra price? No. It did what it needed to do and nothing more and nothing less.

 

[Angerer]

I have a bottle of Falco Tempo booster. I am curious about trying boosted h3 of some sort. My bottle says that the boost effect is efficient 2-4 weeks. They market falco tempo long with "efficient 8 to 12 weeks". Is the difference really that big? What booster has longest effect? What is the best price to performance ratio booster?

I think the selection of a booster is a personal thing that must suit your playstyle. Personally, I use Falco Tempo Long and for me it's excellent, but I know people who benefit more from Haifu or Kailin. I have 3 rubbers (Jupiter 3 38/39 and H3N Blue National) boosted with 2 layers of each different booster, so my experience is:

1) Falco Tempo Long - the package says it lasts 8-12 weeks. Personally, I haven't seen drop in rubber performance even in 3 months. Maybe that's because it deforms the rubber forever or maybe because the drop fades so slowly that I can't see the difference. Also, the speed boost is moderate while the spin boost is excellent, and as a player who tries to win points via placement and heavy spin, I prefer Falco Tempo Long the most.
2) Sea Moon Haifu National - for me, the booster effect faded in about a month. The speed increase is noticeably bigger than of Falco, the spin is about the same. The only difference in spin is that the ease of creating spin is better with Falco, while the top-end spin is higher with Sea Moon.
3) Kailin - for me, it's Sea Moon on steroids. The effect fades away even faster, probably in a couple of weeks, the nominal spin is about the same as with the other 2 boosters, while the speed and top-end spin are crazy. It's like an F1 racing car for me and a bit too much.

In conclusion for me, Falco Tempo Long is a clear winner in every category: lasts longer/forever, makes spin easier, costs less (€)/ml, and speed is manageable. But it's a very personal choice, and I am sure most professional players would prefer Haifu or Kailin.

 

[disaster3]

About Kailin I heard (this is not my experience) that is as above mentioned SeaMoon on steroids and it suits for style, boost it once when new and it impacts so much sponge that after evaporating, rubber is suitable to throw to basket.
Meaning it is not suitable for reboosting, so it meets suggestions spread by scrubsplayer (or however he is spelled).
SeaMoon regular is gentler what he does and that's why is more often used by amateurs who used to reboost and Kailin for pros, who never re-boosts, and use always new rubbers.

 

[Angerer]

About Kailin I heard (this is not my experience) that is as above mentioned SeaMoon on steroids and it suits for style, boost it once when new and it impacts so much sponge that after evaporating, rubber is suitable to throw to basket.
Meaning it is not suitable for reboosting, so it meets suggestions spread by scrubsplayer (or however he is spelled).
SeaMoon regular is gentler what he does and that's why is more often used by amateurs who used to reboost and Kailin for pros, who never re-boosts, and use always new rubbers.

Oh yes, I am also curious how my H3N will sustain after Kailin evaporates, gotta see how it changes.

Forgot to mention the throw angle differences. While Falco Tempo Long almost doesn't change it for me, Sea Moon surely increases the throw angle, while Kailin raises it to the extreme. I prefer low-to-medium throw angle, and with Kailin I have to "close" my racket to such extreme angles that I sometimes think I will hit with the edge. Because otherwise the ball just goes behind the table.

 

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[FaguoLong]

About Kailin I heard (this is not my experience) that is as above mentioned SeaMoon on steroids and it suits for style, boost it once when new and it impacts so much sponge that after evaporating, rubber is suitable to throw to basket.
Meaning it is not suitable for reboosting, so it meets suggestions spread by scrubsplayer (or however he is spelled).
SeaMoon regular is gentler what he does and that's why is more often used by amateurs who used to reboost and Kailin for pros, who never re-boosts, and use always new rubbers.

I've been using Kailin for more than 6 months now since my time in Shanghai, where I learned how to use it properly at the store and club where I played. I can confirm from what I was told there and my own experience, that an H3N BS (40d hardness in my experience) can be reboosted 3 times, but only if you apply EXTREMELY THIN layers (2 when gluing the brand new rubber and 1 after 6 to 8 weeks - for a player playing 6 hours/week). I was very surprised by how little booster was applied by the club players and store sellers compared to what we see in Europe with Seamoon. I always prime my rubber with a layer of glue when reboosting.

The result is a topsheet that becomes elastic and generates huuuuge amount of spin, a slightly softened sponge which engages quicker, an easiest access to power but channeled by the sticky topsheet, a great CLICK sound, and a fantastic feeling (compared to an unboosted H3). It's like feeling the ball impact in the palm of your hand, not anymore in 480p but in 4K 120 FPS.

I won't contradict this post about the power of the booster; indeed, I've recently applied too much during a second reboosting, and the sponge appears completely soft and inert. If the layers are very thin (so thin that you need to brush the entire sponge well to spread evenly the oil), the sensations are perfect and differ very little from the first boost.

 

[greenbeanmachine]

I'm not a huge fan of booster, but if I boost my rubbers I use falco tempo long.

I hear some people saying that falco is not a "real" booster. I've tried haifu seamoon and the rubber felt really out of control for me.

Falco tempo long works great for me and I have no complaints about it.

 

[Kolev]

I use FTL and regular Seamoon. FTL seems to have stronger and longer lasting effect. What surprises me is that in my last two bottles of FTL the smell is gone. I guess they have changed the formula