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What are the thickness of everyone's FH and BH rubber?
I feel like I've been biased to choose thicker rubber but I also feel like this really isn't necessary and might even be worse for me. For example, when you try to do some research on tenergy 05, you will come across comments like "there is no point in using T05 unless you go with max thickness."
I'm currently using Fastarc G1 and Rakza 7 for my FH and BH, both in 2.0mm. I have several reasons why maybe going for thinner rubbers will be better for me, at least for my BH. The first reason is the amount of weight reduction you get from thinner rubbers. Most of my blades weigh 85-90g so weight reduction can only be achieved from rubbers. Second, my backhand is no way as strong to utilize such thick rubber. I often win points with my BH from the spin I generate from flicks. For this reason, I think a thinner rubber like 1.8mm will be more than sufficient, while allowing weight reduction. I might even try softer rubber too for further weight reduction.
On FH, I'm a bit on the fence. I can be fairly powerful with my FH but I still have a feeling that I won't sacrifice much power from going to 1.8-1.9mm while benefiting from weight reduction.
So folks, what are your thoughts? Are people generally biased to use thick rubbers at the detriment of their performance?
I feel like I've been biased to choose thicker rubber but I also feel like this really isn't necessary and might even be worse for me. For example, when you try to do some research on tenergy 05, you will come across comments like "there is no point in using T05 unless you go with max thickness."
I'm currently using Fastarc G1 and Rakza 7 for my FH and BH, both in 2.0mm. I have several reasons why maybe going for thinner rubbers will be better for me, at least for my BH. The first reason is the amount of weight reduction you get from thinner rubbers. Most of my blades weigh 85-90g so weight reduction can only be achieved from rubbers. Second, my backhand is no way as strong to utilize such thick rubber. I often win points with my BH from the spin I generate from flicks. For this reason, I think a thinner rubber like 1.8mm will be more than sufficient, while allowing weight reduction. I might even try softer rubber too for further weight reduction.
On FH, I'm a bit on the fence. I can be fairly powerful with my FH but I still have a feeling that I won't sacrifice much power from going to 1.8-1.9mm while benefiting from weight reduction.
So folks, what are your thoughts? Are people generally biased to use thick rubbers at the detriment of their performance?