Top 10 FH/BH Rubbers

[mahomedy13]

Forehand(not in order):
1-Butterfly Tenergy05/05fx
3-Mark V
4-Rakza 9/7
6-DHS Hurricane 3 neo/skyline tg 2 neo
8-tenergy 80fx
9-Stiga Cobra made by Yasaka
10-stiga Airoc(still to try,but looks good)

Backhand(not in order)
1-Mark v
2-Rakza 7 soft
3-Tenergy64
4-Tenergy80fx
5-donic Bluefire
6-tenergy 05fx
7-dhs hurricane 3-50
8-Mark v hps soft
9-tenergy 25fx
10-Stiga Calibra Tour m

 

[tabletennis11.com]

Impossible to choose for us! Every rubber is perfect for someone so we appreciate the merits of them all!

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Impossible to choose for us! Every rubber is perfect for someone so we appreciate the merits of them all!

Agree, it is impossible to choose

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Forehand(not in order):
1-Butterfly Tenergy05/05fx
3-Mark V
4-Rakza 9/7
6-DHS Hurricane 3 neo/skyline tg 2 neo
8-tenergy 80fx
9-Stiga Cobra made by Yasaka
10-stiga Airoc(still to try,but looks good)

Backhand(not in order)
1-Mark v
2-Rakza 7 soft
3-Tenergy64
4-Tenergy80fx
5-donic Bluefire
6-tenergy 05fx
7-dhs hurricane 3-50
8-Mark v hps soft
9-tenergy 25fx
10-Stiga Calibra Tour m

Wow, so besides Airoc, you have physically tested all other rubbers?

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

I haven't used much, but here's my list out of everything I've used thus far.


FH Rubber:
Butterfly Tenergy 05FX
Yasaka Rakza 7
Butterfly Sriver Series
DHS Hurricane Neo 3
Xiom Omega IV Pro
Yasaka Mark V

BH Rubber:
Butterfly Tenergy 64
Yasaka Rakza 7
Yasaka Xtend
Butterfly Sriver Series
Yasaka Mark V

It's a work in progress... I wish I had all of the money in the world to try out every rubber/blade combination.

Interesting list.
of course blade has got to do a lot, but interesting to see you mix up hard/soft rubbers on FH/BH

 

[mahomedy13]

Wow, so besides Airoc, you have physically tested all other rubbers?

No.i have not tested all,but if i had the funds...

 

[Knuckle Ball]

I noticed many Acuda s2 but no s3. What do you all like about the s2 that you don't like about the s3?

Forehand
1. Tibhar 1Q
2. Tibhar 5Q
3. Stiga Magna TX II
4. Killerspin Blast
5. Yasaka Mark V
6. Stiga Calibra
7. 802 Mystery III

Backhand
1. Sriver G2 FX
2. Sriver L
3. Double Fish 1615 Ox
4. 802 Mystery III
5. Sriver Killer
6. SuperAnti

Updating my list with current new setup:
Forehand
1. Tibhar 1Q
2. Andro Hexer HD
3. Tibhar 5Q
4. Stiga Magna TX II
5. Killerspin Blast
6. Yasaka Mark V
7. Tenergy 05
8. Tenergy 05 FX
9. Stiga Calibra
10 802 Mystery III

Backhand
1. Sriver G2 FX
2. Sriver L
3. Double Fish 1615 Ox
4. Nittaku Moristo DF
5. 802 Mystery III
6. Sriver Killer
7. SuperAnti
I may need to update this list next week as I'll be testing 4 new DHS rubbers:H3 Neo, TG3 Neo, Dragonow and 651.

 

[mahomedy13]

Wow, so besides Airoc, you have physically tested all other rubbers?

I have used most,but the rest are judgements based on reveiws by people as well as popularity

 

[Knuckle Ball]

I noticed many Acuda s2 but no s3. What do you all like about the s2 that you don't like about the s3?

+1 I am also very curious about the S2s, a lot of good and backhand oriented players use S2. I have tried playing S2 on several occasions, but have not used it long enough to find out the qualities that make it a good BH rubber. I would like to know more about S2s as I am a bit choosy when it comes to BH rubbers.

 

[Christian Adrian Aniceta]

Does any of you can recommend a tensor/euro rubber for c-pen blade (forehand).
I am currently using a chinese rubber.
I wish to upgrade to a new blade xiom stradivarius cpen.
my choice of rpb is xiom vega euroupe.
as for fh... I don't know if I should go to vega pro

 

[yoass]

I've played with quite a few rubbers, but didn't like all of them. What I think is notable that first impressions often lie: among the rubbers I really, really like there are a few that I really didn't like at first. So I'm listing rubbers that I've had sufficient time with.

BH:
1. Xiom Vega Pro
2. Stiga Mantra H
3. Andro Rasanter V47
4. Yasaka Rakza 7
5. Butterfly Rozena
6. Butterfly Tenergy 80
7. Friendship Super FX (blue sponge)

FH:
1. Xiom Vega Pro
2. Tibhar Evolution EL-S
3. Stiga Genesis M
4. Butterfly Rozena
5. Andro Rasanter V47
6. Butterfly Tenergy 05
7. Yasaka Rakza 7

Somehow using wildly different stuff on BH and FH confuses me; my brain seems unable to cope all that well with different feedback on identical ball contact. No twiddling that grass for me! So in practice I keep FH and BH close, or even identical. Sometimes with a slightly thicker sponge on FH, but I haven't even been doing that lately.

 

[Suga D]

Here's my list of favourite rubbers i've played with extensively:
(just my favourites, the ones i didn't like aren't mentioned)
FH:
1. DHS H3Neo nat. blue sponge
2. DHS H3Neo prov. blue sponge
3. DHS H3Neo nat. orange sponge
4. DHS H3Neo prov. orange sponge
5. Nittaku/DHS H3Neo
6. DHS H3 nat. blue sponge
7. DHS H3 prov. blue sponge
8. Nittaku/DHS H3
9. Butterfly Spin Art
10. Soulspin P16 st (blue sponge)

BH list is way shorter:
1. Butterfly Tenergy 05
2. DHS H3Neo nat. 37°
3. Rasant Grip
4. Donic Bluefire M2

Three rubbers i still want to try:
BH: Butterfly Rozena (BH)
FH: Yasaka Shining Dragon
FH: Stiga Genesis M (would prefer Genesis H, but it just doesn't seem to be available anywhere)

 

[bobpuls]

For me is just short... I have tried many rubbers, but only this one's are the only ones that going with me and my blades.
FH :
1. Dhs TG 2 NATIONAL BS
2.
3.
4.
5. STIGA GENESIS M
6. DHS TG3-60
7. ANDRO RASANTER R42

BH :
1. STIGA GENESIS M, S
2. DHS TG3-60
3. ANDRO RASANTER R38, 42
4. TSP VENTUS SPIN

 

[anchorschmidt]

Haven't tried that many rubbers but here is my list:


Forehand:

1. Xiom Vega Pro (by far)
2. DHS Tin Arc (before they had production problems)
3. Palio Amigo Biotech (semi-tacky)
4. Palio Amigo
5. Tenergy 64
6. Yasaka Mark V
7. Donic Baracuda Big Slam
8. Tenergy 80
9. Xiom Vega Europe DF


Backhand:
1. Tenergy 64
2. Spinlord Tiger
3. Xiom Vega Europe DF
4. Yasaka Rakza 9
5. Donic Baracuda Big Slam
6. Joola Samba Plus
7. Yasaka Mark V

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

you have the REAL survey here

sales ranking in Japan, updated every month...

http://world-tt.com/ps_goods/goods_ranking.php

 

[Suga D]

you have the REAL survey here

sales ranking in Japan, updated every month...

http://world-tt.com/ps_goods/goods_ranking.php

Interesting. 6 out of 10 are ESN-Rubbers.

 

[Knuckle Ball]

Forehand
1. Tibhar 1Q
2. Tibhar 5Q
3. Stiga Magna TX II
4. Killerspin Blast
5. Yasaka Mark V
6. Stiga Calibra
7. 802 Mystery III

Backhand
1. Sriver G2 FX
2. Sriver L
3. Double Fish 1615 Ox
4. 802 Mystery III
5. Sriver Killer
6. SuperAnti

After 3 years an update
FH
1. Tenergy 05
2. Andro Hexer HD
3. Tibhar 5Q
4. Tibhar 1Q
5. Tenergy 64
6. MX-P
BH
1. Tenergy 05
2. Nittaku Moristo DF
3. Butterfly Bryce Speed
4. Andro Hexer HD
5. Tibhar 5Q
6. Tibhar 1Q
7. Sriver G2 FX
My game must have evolved much through the years affecting my choice of rubbers specially the BH

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

FH
1. Mark V
2. Mark V GPS
3. Roundell
4. Tenergy80

BH
1.Sriver
2.Tackiness-C
3.SpinArt

This is not my ranking. In 30 years playing this game, i have used only those rubbers... in that order... LOL
i can't even make it 5

 

[ajtatosmano2]

Only those I owned. But I tried a LOT of rubbers for 1-2 session or for a week by borrowing it. Somewhere I couldn't decide between two or three, so I thought it's the most fair if I rank them together. I bought only the MX-P and the Hurricane twice, some was used both on BH and FH. 11 rubber at all (I didn't count the Friendship rubbers which are a different league.) For 4 years of playing the amount of rubbers seems natural for me. Now I playing more and I have to change more often the rubbers.
FH
1/2/3. Tenergy 05 / MX-P / Hurricane 3 Neo
4. Omega IV Asia
5/6/7. Vega Pro / Skyline 2 / Bluefire M1

BH
((expectation 1.) V>15 Extra)
1/2. T64 / MX-P
3. Omega IV Asia
4. Vega Pro

 

[yoass]

Agree, it is impossible to choose

Yet the only choice that is not available is not to choose. Such is the basic tenet of existentialism: there is no escaping choice.