Hi everyone, I am interested in your personal experience with Chinese rubbers at 39 sponge hardness nominally, UNBOOSTED (factory tuning is allowed, like ITTF rules), and rank them in the order of how hard it feels to you. If possible, please also state what blades you put them on!
Well, I tested a lot over the years.
If just recent, I tested the whole H9 range, i think 39 and 38 (for the 80#)
I've used H3 in 41.5 ~ 39, both in neo/non neo.
I tried H2 many years ago (can't remember the hardness, but i think it is 39 or 40)
I tried a lot of Yinhe, from Mars/Moon/Sun in the 39s (and others), the BD1/3/4, J3 etc (i know I am leaving off a lot, as i can't remember everything in the past 10 years)
and recently the Loki full range (R1, R3, R1 Special, T3 are the 39)
I tested a lot of 729/LKT over the years, I'm not going to attempt to name them or remember the sponge hardness.
In terms of how hard it feels, the yinhe are all very bouncy
So I think you need to give a better definition on what do you mean by hard? is it lack of bounce?
Loki, the quality on sponge and topsheet between the entry level R1 for example and the others are just so different.
R1 has little bounce for example
In terms of DHS, the H9 doesn't have tacky topsheet, so the topsheet is bouncier on 39 versus say a H3
blades:
YEO/Intensity
Viscaria/ 5+2alc