Nitaku P50 or Yasaka Z

[mat]

Hi, anyone tried both?
Whats the difference between them?
I did not have hybrid so far, currently I have Andro R42. Whats difference between all three?

 

[Kovacs75]

I use PK50 for BH and love it, but it’s discontinued 😢. I tried Rakza Z only 2-3 times it’s slower and with high throw angle but a good rubber.

I’ve just received a sheet of Stiga Hybrid H maybe a substitute for PK50…

 

[mat]

What do you mean with discontinued - that production of these rubbers will stop?
On website of Nitaku there is still option ti buy it:

Rubbers

Große Auswahl an Tischtennis-Belägen des japanischen Herstellers zu günstigen Preisen im Online-Shop von NITTAKU Deutschland. Wir bestellen direkt in Japan für Sie.

nittaku.tt

Any other opinion about this?

 

[Kovacs75]

Yes, I think it’s out of production, on Nittaku Japan website the rubber is not in the catalogue and some site sell it with high discount.

 

[mat]

I received email from NItaku Germany that they still have a plan to produce PK50 in the future - also on Germany's website is available. Why is not in Japan, I don't know.

 

[jk1980]

I received email from NItaku Germany that they still have a plan to produce PK50 in the future - also on Germany's website is available. Why is not in Japan, I don't know.

Probably down to it being produced in Germany anyways and there might not be much benefit shipping it from Germany to japan

 

[Amit Mehta]

I have played with both. PK50 is an excellent forehand rubber for a short period and then the grip fades away drastically and it starts to behave quite hard and without any feel, i.e. you would have to put a lot of effort to engage the sponge, but this deadness is quite different (and not in a good way) than the hard Chinese tacky rubbers such as Hurricane and Battle 2 (I have played with them for quite a while), I bought three sheets of PK50 one after another because I really really liked the first few weeks with it (I play perhaps 4-6 hours a week) so i kept trying, hoping that it was one of those bad batch, but unfortunately all three of them showed this characteristics. In another word, I would say, don't bother this rubber, pick something else, such as Rasanter c48, a very nice rubber with a little less rotation.

I had one pair of Rakza Z, which I used with a carbon blade (Andro trieber CI Off), I felt I could not control the ball so well anymore, So i did not used it for very long and moved on to slower setup. Now I feel that, I should have tried it on an all wood blade (same blade, which I used for PK50) to compare it better,