Sanwei target national new version

[JJ Ng]

Seems to be pretty good.
Slight deviations but you can find that with ESN rubbers too so.

I concur. The quality control is good enough for STN blue sponge.

As an aside, one time I bought a sheet of Sanwei Target provincial version blue sponge (not to make things more confusing for everyone) for $15 a sheet and the top sheet fell off from the sponge after I just glued the brand new rubber on my blade. Never happened to me before with ANY rubber. Needless to say, I am just sticking with Sanwei Target National blue sponge. Not tempted to try the provincial version ever again.

 

[doppelmoral]

Okay I just got a sheet off Aliexpress, lets see how the STN will compare to H3N BS

 

[doppelmoral]

By the way, should I boost with a layer of haifu?

cheers

 

[Zwill]

By the way, should I boost with a layer of haifu?

cheers

I advise that you don't for the first time. If you find the rubber too hard or something then you can boost later.
It will be easy to glue the sheet back on your racket since the booster will expand the rubber.

Personally I don't think it needs to be boosted.

 

[doppelmoral]

Its not slow without booster? with H3 BS spin and speed are easily accessible only after boosting. its not the same with STN ?

 

[Zwill]

Well not speed demon, but I don't feel the need of booster it's fast enough and the spin is there.
Since the sponge eats the ball so well (or maybe it's because of their claimed topsheet to sponge bonding technology) the ball really sinks in and can generate great spin without any boosting.
The speed is also not an issue since if you hit harder it will hit down on the wood and at that point it's fast as heck.

 

[doppelmoral]

Interesting. So it is designed by Sanwei to be like a chinese rubber that doesnt need any boosting?

I didnt read much about STN, just trusting on the positive reviews from you guys. Similar to H3 BS and no need for boosting almost sounds too good to be true.

Also, it was only 10€ on Aliexpress (due to some special discount), so might aswell try for that price

 

[Zwill]

You have a link to that store? For 10Eur I'd order a lot. I can sell these in local clubs easly 😂

 

[doppelmoral]

No, it was a one time thing. First product was like 30-50% off, then second sheet of STN would have cost me 20€. some kind of event until 7th october

 

[JJ Ng]

No, it was a one time thing. First product was like 30-50% off, then second sheet of STN would have cost me 20€. some kind of event until 7th october

Yes you mean Aliexpress choice day is here and it expires 11:59pm on Oct 7th?

I would also start STN without boosting. It plays fine. When you are used to it, you can boost it maybe a month down the road and see how you like it?

I used to boost STN. Just the recent batch I made a decision not to boost and so far so good. Once these rubbers wear down a bit, I will boost them to get more life out of it.

You don't have to boost H3 BS either. However my current batch was boosted and now I am onto the two boosting for my set of H3 BS that are sitting on my blades.

 

[doppelmoral]

Well I dont really mind putting on a light layer of boost, so the thing that matters to me is, does it play better after I boost with a layer of haifu or is the difference negligible.

Imo, for H3, the difference is very noticeable boosted vs unboosted. You CAN use H3 BS unboosted, and it plays okay, but I dont see the point. What about STN?

 

[yepyepcool]

What is the difference between target nation and target 3 nation.Target nation is one hardness, target 3 nation have medium - and medium +.Is there any difference between them .I'm thinking of buying the medium-.should I get this one or the normal target national?

 

[andfadevarga]

I bought a Sanwei Target National 37 degree, let's see how it behaves. The first impression is that it is very sticky and has no catapult.

 

[doppelmoral]

Any thoughts on STN on backhand?

especially medium soft hardness in red (silver package), and target soft (37 degree version with white package )

 

[JJ Ng]

Any thoughts on STN on backhand?

especially medium soft hardness in red (silver package), and target soft (37 degree version with white package )

You might like it if you are used to Chinese rubber on the backhand side.

I tried DHS Hurricane 9 pink on the backhand side but I could not get used to it so I am back at using ESN rubber on the backhand side.

 

[Netbounce]

Hi,
I just tried Target soft (white package). Could be what andfadevarga assembled in October.

It’s 51 grams on a smallish blade (Sanwei V5 pro), quite a lot for a soft sponge. Tacky and lots of spin, although a step below Hurricanes and Skylines. No catapult and very slow in short game. It answers a bit to power input, but it’s still slow, even compared to for example 729 Super fx. The only thing I could use it for were chops. If I ever decide to go defensive, I’ll give it a go.

Stay loose!

 

[andfadevarga]

Hi,
I just tried Target soft (white package). Could be what andfadevarga assembled in October. View attachment 34007View attachment 34007

It’s 51 grams on a smallish blade (Sanwei V5 pro), quite a lot for a soft sponge. Tacky and lots of spin, although a step below Hurricanes and Skylines. No catapult and very slow in short game. It answers a bit to power input, but it’s still slow, even compared to for example 729 Super fx. The only thing I could use it for were chops. If I ever decide to go defensive, I’ll give it a go.

Stay loose!

yeah, it's very slow. I ended up giving up using it on my backhand. I found out I need a bit of catapult there.