Tacky European rubber to replace Chinese / boosting

[SawDen]

I used to play with Mercury2 for a long time and recently switched to battle 2 gold and dhs 3 neo 40 both commercial. Battle 2 is much better, good tackiness. Want to change backhand dhs 3 neo commercial to something European to avoid boosting. Just don't like boosting procedure. Already tried cheap loki rxton 5 with small tensor effect but don't like how they play. Less tacky and I need to change technics of my strokes. Also noticed how difficult to block, because when i play with same level players all my blocks fly away because of the tensor, don't know how much time i need to spend to adjust to this effect, but i like speed that can be given with small hit, so i believe i need to give a try for beginner friendly tensor but better tacky one.

Any recommendations for tacky European rubber with tackiness near b2gold?

Already read a bit about rakza Z, Fastarc g1, Tibhar k2, donic c1 and Xiom china(people write that it loses tackiness pretty fast) but don't know which one to chose. 30-40 euro ok price but i want just to glue it and forgive till it ends. Better to spend time on trainings)

 

[Grumms]

Gewo Codexx is available from 33€ on AliExpress : https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005...bmoV6Uii&utparam-url=scene:search|query_from:

 

[vossi39]

A grippier version of Fastarc G1 (if you liked the hardness) would be DHS 8-80. Not as tacky as H3 but close and if ordered via AliExpress the price is perfect.

 

[SawDen]

Gewo Codexx is available from 33€ on AliExpress : https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005005499284339.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.3.140f362cOXyiVr&algo_pvid=8f5b29af-33b7-4d07-bbb6-cc24c8f39900&algo_exp_id=8f5b29af-33b7-4d07-bbb6-cc24c8f39900-1&pdp_npi=4@dis!EUR!33.79!33.79!!!256.57!256.57!@211b61d017283135984348704e2d0e!12000033322181739!sea!FR!1875069988!X&curPageLogUid=ef1DbmoV6Uii&utparam-url=scene:search|query_from:

Gewo Codexx compare to rakza Z, Fastarc g1, Tibhar k2, donic c1 is stickier? No need to use booster also?

 

[SawDen]

A grippier version of Fastarc G1 (if you liked the hardness) would be DHS 8-80. Not as tacky as H3 but close and if ordered via AliExpress the price is perfect.

It's not problem to order even another b2, but all this rubbers needs booster, maybe not from begging but after few month for sure. That's what I read so far

 

[Grumms]

Gewo Codexx compare to rakza Z, Fastarc g1, Tibhar k2, donic c1 is stickier? No need to use booster also?

I tested none of those other rubbers, so I would not dare answer your 1st question. For the booster, I guess it depends on your level. I don't need to boost it, since my BH is skilled enough 😁

 

[mocker88]

Pimplepark - Epos. Tacky, but quite soft. Mild catapult.

 

[Lazer]

A grippier version of Fastarc G1 (if you liked the hardness) would be DHS 8-80. Not as tacky as H3 but close and if ordered via AliExpress the price is perfect.

H8-80 would be a great rubber if it didn’t weigh a ton…

Cheers
L-zr

 

[chinacurious]

My Red 37° H8-80 was 48g cut to regular sized blade. All my Rakza Z, Vega Pro H, Sanwei Target National, Dragon F, Bloom Spin were heavier.

 

[vossi39]

It's not problem to order even another b2, but all this rubbers needs booster, maybe not from begging but after few month for sure. That's what I read so far

Never needed to boost DHS 8-80. The sponge is responsive enough and last around 3 months with 5h of training + 2 match games a week. That is my experience in my environment (3 players, that are now using them)

 

[ttarc]

Gewo Codexx compare to rakza Z, Fastarc g1, Tibhar k2, donic c1 is stickier? No need to use booster also?

FastArc G-1 is a normal tensor rubber. Not tacky at all.
Codexx was quite tacky and needed less adaptation coming from boosted H3 than other tacky ESN rubbers like Rakza Z.
Usually Codexx EL Pro 52 (that's around 39°/40° DHS) are quite heavy >50g cut compared to 43g to 48g for H3 37° - 40°.
Battle 3 38° could also be an option on BH. Close to H3 Neo but even unboosted faster.
Loki RXTon 7 Pro 37 could also work

 

[Zwill]

You could also look at something like Yasaka Shining or Rising Dragon (2).

 

[Brozi]

Xiom Jeckyll and Hyde C55

 

[kapahoo]

Never needed to boost DHS 8-80. The sponge is responsive enough and last around 3 months with 5h of training + 2 match games a week. That is my experience in my environment (3 players, that are now using them)

Problem is that the next time you buy a H 8-80 it will be significantly heavier… or lighter…. or about the same weight. Great rubber but poor quality contol.