Need help with this new DHS Blade

[maxyguy]

Hi! Just a quick background, I'm new to TTD but I have played table tennis since I was little. I became a varsity player for my school when I was in Highschool and College, and won multiple golds/trophies in the process.. Even though I'm no longer that young now (I'm 34), I still play almost daily with youngsters who compete regionally/nationally (because they love to hangout in my place) and I regularly join all kinds of TT tournaments as well because I enjoy the thrill so much. My skills/level, I would say, is not anything special, but I have my fair share of experience so I think I know a thing or two about the game. I just need your help regarding this new blade that I've recently come across. The DHS Power-G PG5X.
I ordered this online just several days ago without realizing that this is not the normal ALC blade. It was already too late (it has already been delivered to me) when I found out that it's supposed to be slower in particular scenarios because of it being like an Innerforce ALC blade (correct me if I'm wrong) which works differently than the normal ALC.

My question for the advanced players here is: What rubbers should I use?

I'm just a simple player who doesn't want to spend too much on rubbers that I can't handle but I'm impulsive when I get drunk so I also just randomly buy rubbers for the sake of buying them lol. My previous two blades were Donic Waldner Legend Carbon and Yinhe T-8S. I no longer have these blades with me because I gave them away recently to gradeschool nephews who are eager to learn, but I loved using both of those blades.. Now I have 4 brand new rubbers lying around though, bought this some time ago but I forgot I had them lol.

These are the rubbers that I have (they haven't been opened yet):

Rhyzen ICE
Friendship 729 Battle 2 National Blue Sponge 39
Friendship 729 Battle 3 40
Nittaku Fastarc C-1

I also have some already used rubbers lying around, which are Rakza Z Extra Hard, and DHS H3 Neo 39, but I would rather try new rubbers and enjoy the process. I guess my followup questions are:

Are any of these rubbers a good fit for this PG5X somewhat innerforce blade? If yes, which one and which side?
Is this new blade any good at all? If not, should I just ditch it and buy a different one? Which one?

I would really appreciate your inputs here. Please take it easy on me guys... Thank you..

 

[joshmak10]

Battle 2 BS for FH and C1 for BH

 

[maxyguy]

Battle 2 BS for FH and C1 for BH

OMG I thought I'd never hear from anybody in this website.. Thank you so much! I was actually thinking that same build.. But I was contemplating between battle 2 and battle 3 for the forehand. May I know the reason behind your suggestion? Is it because of the hardness of Battle 2? Thanks again!

 

[joshmak10]

OMG I thought I'd never hear from anybody in this website.. Thank you so much! I was actually thinking that same build.. But I was contemplating between battle 2 and battle 3 for the forehand. May I know the reason behind your suggestion? Is it because of the hardness of Battle 2? Thanks again!

Any kind of blue sponge is best for forehand. I’m assuming ur battle 3 is orange sponge which u could use but I like blue sponges for forehand better (I use H3N Blue sponge for my forehand so I’m biased )

 

[maxyguy]

Any kind of blue sponge is best for forehand. I’m assuming ur battle 3 is orange sponge which u could use but I like blue sponges for forehand better (I use H3N Blue sponge for my forehand so I’m biased )

Hahaha gotcha. Thank you so much for your input. That helped me make up my mind. B2 National lets goooo

 

[impluse101]

+1 on rubber BS 2 NBS (fh) then C1 (bh).

rhyzen ice would be good bh too, but it feels softer, safer, more passive than C1.
If I reckon correctly, not 100% on this, pg5x is an inner alc ~ kinda like budget b2x so to speak

 

[JJ Ng]

I will be the third person to say Battle II (or III) on the forehand and C-1 on the backhand.

Rhyzen ICE is Joola's version of beginner's rubber. I think it will be too slow for you.

As for, if you like C-1 on the backhand side, there are rubbers that are more catapulty if you want to upgrade later. If you want one step up in terms of speed, you cannot go wrong with either Rakza 7 soft or Donic Barracuda or Acuda S-2. Then after that, if you want to upgrade more speed, then go for Tibhar EL-S/EL-P/EL-D.

I am currently back to using C-1 on my backhand. It feels just fine. I just rotate between various soft ESN rubbers on my backhand right now.