Unboosted Hurricane 3

[DaveNewbie]

Recently,I've been using an unboosted commercial H3, 39 degrees, on my FH. I just wanted to try how an unboosted H3 felt, I expected a completely dead rubber, but I really like it. I feel it's powerful enough when you use a whole-body FH technique, really spinny and with a lot of control, and it doesn't lack speed. Maybe is it because it is the new version of H3, much less tacky? Or because it's on an outer carbon blade, a Yinhe V-14 pro? Anyone has had the same feeling with unboosted H3 and is actually playing with it? Any experience with blue sponge versions of harder orange ones?

I guess that blue sponge H3 would be very hard to play without boosting, but the orange one is an option unboosted if you don't need a very very fast rubber.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

faster blades does help with unboosted
and if you using the neo, there is more bounce than non neo

 

[Stella]

Yes, the orange sponge is more brittle, and although it has a lower ceiling than the blue, it's friendlier to amateur power. Most amateurs like to use 2.1 orange sponge 38-39 for forehands like this and without oil.

 

[BaRanchik]

I've tried unboosted H3 39deg on an OFF- blade, and it was fine, just too slow for me. Definitely playable though.

 

[TareqPhoto]

What about H3 NEO National BS 39 degree 2.1mm on a fast carbon blade, need boosting?

 

[lodro]

What about H3 NEO National BS 39 degree 2.1mm on a fast carbon blade, need boosting?

Buy a sheet and try it unboosted on a fast blade. Then if you feel it is way too slow for you = boost it. You can't loose and amateur TT does not really need high speed but spin and placing of the ball and heaps of variation.

 

[TareqPhoto]

Buy a sheet and try it unboosted on a fast blade. Then if you feel it is way too slow for you = boost it. You can't loose and amateur TT does not really need high speed but spin and placing of the ball and heaps of variation.

I can do that, but i prefer to boost it even one layer at least if not two, so no matter what the boosting won't make it worse from what i hear.

 

[JeffM]

Before changing to D09c, I have always used H3neo, and despite getting a bottle of booster, I never committed to boosting (cannot be bothered enough). I did like playing with H3neo unboosted, but it could also be that I have never played with boosted version.

 

[SFF_lib]

What’s the colour of the number 3 on the package? A red 3 indicates the new topsheet - almost non tacky.

If a black 3, might be the old or the new one.

It’s down to personal preference really.

Some people prefer a style like Ma Lin, he plays extremely soft short game as well as explosive loop. This style suits really hard unboosted tacky rubber.

Others prefer a speed game. It looks like this is your style.

 

[lodro]

I can do that, but i prefer to boost it even one layer at least if not two, so no matter what the boosting won't make it worse from what i hear.

Why ask ???? are you just bored ??? 😂😂😂

 

[TareqPhoto]

Why ask ???? are you just bored ??? 😂😂😂

Bored yes, i just ask to be sure or out of curiosity or to correct an information or to learn something, or bored 😂😜

 

[lodro]

Bored yes, i just ask to be sure or out of curiosity or to correct an information or to learn something, or bored 😂😜

it's a free world .............. 🤣

 

[Topspinslinger]

What about H3 NEO National BS 39 degree 2.1mm on a fast carbon blade, need boosting?

Friend of mine uses it on Cybershape carbon, it doesn't. Whatever is your preference.

 

[netdriver]

What’s the colour of the number 3 on the package? A red 3 indicates the new topsheet - almost non tacky.

If a black 3, might be the old or the new one.

It’s down to personal preference really.

Some people prefer a style like Ma Lin, he plays extremely soft short game as well as explosive loop. This style suits really hard unboosted tacky rubber.

Others prefer a speed game. It looks like this is your style.

ma lin uses his skyline 2 unboosted?

 

[lodro]

Dingtian Blue sponge is the only rubber I never boosted.

 

[superbackhand]

if you think unboosted H3 is useable:
either you’re super strong or your level is pretty low

 

[superbackhand]

I usually use prov blue bought from tt11 and doublehappinessusa - they’re not really tacky as of recently.

this week my friend brought back a sheet from China. What a difference in tackiness.

The rubber feels a bit slower - not a lot but the counter game is so so so much better due to the capability of “holding” the ball.

and yes, i boost 3 thin layers with Seamoon

 

[SFF_lib]

ma lin uses his skyline 2 unboosted?

He boosted it. But Skyline 2 is so hard it feels dead even boosted. Excellent for drop shot and short game

 

[TareqPhoto]

it's a free world .............. 🤣

Exactly except we are paying a lot in this free world

 

[TareqPhoto]

Friend of mine uses it on Cybershape carbon, it doesn't. Whatever is your preference.

Yesterday i was in a club and i saw one Chinese using H3 rubber both sides on his Penhold Viscaria blade, maybe because of the language we didn't understand each other, but from what he said as long he understood my English he said he didn't boost both H3 rubbers on his blade, FH is Blue sponge version so it could be Prov or National not sure, and not sure which hardness degree, so i decided just to give the coach both of my BS H3 [National and Prov] to glue it on my blades without boosting.