Yasaka Rakza Series.

[Dman]

I’m a big fan of Yasaka rubbers and I would like to know which Rakza would be best for the following categories.
Looping:
Serving:
Blocking:
Driving:
Chopping:
Far from table loop:

 

[KM1976]

Please understand Without seeing you play, only a personal opinion can be provided. I believe that Rakza 7 is very good rubber which has good life and suits the criteria mentioned by you. I say this because I have tried Rakza7 in the past.

 

[goodhand]

Yasaka came out with Rakza Z and Rakza Z Extra Hard a few months ago, which according to their own advertisement and some subjective reviews, are the fastest and spinniest rubbers in the Yasaka family.

 

[Gwenved]

Hi all,

Nobody plays only with a rubber, your bat is a combo with 1 or 2 rubbers and a blade and both counts. The same rubber in different blades give different results. You just need to look the butterfly's table about tenergy series to see how different they are, then if add the blade it change another time.
What Yasaka has to do is publishing a sort of document like Butterfly and explaining where are the differences in the rakza serie.
What's sure, the rubber who does everything perfect doesn't exist.

Regards

 

[simios]

If you really want to try out the Rakza 7, it is best to read this table tennis review beforehand. You should especially stand on rubbers with a catapult.

 

[Dman]

Ive narrowed it down to 2 ones. Rakza 7 and Rakza x. I’m using an Andro Novacell all round blade. I mostly play mid distance looping and occasionally chopping with my forehand. Out of these 2, which would be better?

 

[yogi_bear]

Rakza 7 is a safe choice.

 

[fbuezas]

Ive narrowed it down to 2 ones. Rakza 7 and Rakza x. I’m using an Andro Novacell all round blade. I mostly play mid distance looping and occasionally chopping with my forehand. Out of these 2, which would be better?

I am using Rakza 7 on the backhand and Rakza X on the forehand on a Donic Waldner Senso Carbon blade. The difference between these two rubbers is really very subtle. I often flip the paddle over to see if I can notice what difference they have, and I confess that I find them almost identical. In the short game over the table, they are identical for me (I'm not sure if the loops are a bit higher with the 7, as some mention); only in strong shots from mid-distance or far from the table does the Rakza X seem to have an edge. When I change these rubbers, I will put two Rakza X

 

[Love_TT]

For me, RX is very good, linear feeling, last long performance, suitable for BH
RZ is good at spin, but too heavy, power cannot compare with other hybrid rubber.

 

[vanjr]

Also a big fan of the Rakza series-I know this is an old thread, but in this day of 120 USD rubbers, I think they generally provide good value. Per the original post:

Looping: for spin, rakza 7
Serving: rakza Z
Blocking: not sure, 7 or X
Driving: rakza X (very linear)
Chopping: these are not chopping rubbers, but probably rakza Z or Z extra hard
Far from table loop: rakza XX

I like different ones for different shots-overall I like X the best. The only rakza I do not like is 9 and I am not sure why.

an additional catagory:
Backhand: I think I like rakza X soft in thinner sponge, but still working on this

 

[Topspinslinger]

Blocking, rakza x
Chopping, rakza 7 soft

 

[steve888]

Also a big fan of the Rakza series-I know this is an old thread, but in this day of 120 USD rubbers, I think they generally provide good value. Per the original post:

Looping: for spin, rakza 7
Serving: rakza Z
Blocking: not sure, 7 or X
Driving: rakza X (very linear)
Chopping: these are not chopping rubbers, but probably rakza Z or Z extra hard
Far from table loop: rakza XX

I like different ones for different shots-overall I like X the best. The only rakza I do not like is 9 and I am not sure why.

an additional catagory:
Backhand: I think I like rakza X soft in thinner sponge, but still working on this

Agree with the above - Used most to razka rubbers (I have Razka 7 soft, 7, x, z, tried briefly xx and 9).

9 is the fastest but harder to control in short game as catapult and bouncy
7/7 soft is one of the slowest (allrounder) and easiest to control,
x is quite low throw but very linear and one of the most balanced rubbers,
xx is slightly faster and slightly higher throw than x - slightly less control,
z is very spinny and heavy and highest throw (alternate to dignics 09c but slower).
I like x and xx the best, 7 is great allrounder but I feel slow on a wood blade - seems to be better on a faster carbon blade . Z is not spin sensitive but must put on right blade (works well on yinhe pro 1, timoboll- on stiff carbon blades with heaps of control). On wrong blade it can be very high throw (FZD)- over shoot the table. On the right blade its great. Hope that helps .

 

[Hurricane AON]

XX can do all things

 

[navuzor]

Agree with the above - Used most to razka rubbers (I have Razka 7 soft, 7, x, z, tried briefly xx and 9).

9 is the fastest but harder to control in short game as catapult and bouncy
7/7 soft is one of the slowest (allrounder) and easiest to control,
x is quite low throw but very linear and one of the most balanced rubbers,
xx is slightly faster and slightly higher throw than x - slightly less control,
z is very spinny and heavy and highest throw (alternate to dignics 09c but slower).
I like x and xx the best, 7 is great allrounder but I feel slow on a wood blade - seems to be better on a faster carbon blade . Z is not spin sensitive but must put on right blade (works well on yinhe pro 1, timoboll- on stiff carbon blades with heaps of control). On wrong blade it can be very high throw (FZD)- over shoot the table. On the right blade its great. Hope that helps .

I played Rakza 7 for a while when I was learning, considered upgrading to rakza X but must people reports it has a much lower throw than rakza 7, which seems to contradict rakza's own material. Eventually I upgraded to G1, which feels a lot harder than R7 but it softens up after a while but has much higher throw. I'm still puzzled by most people reporting RX having low throw.

 

[vanjr]

I have used RX the most and R7 less so. On my blades RX is not a low throw. I find RX to be very similar to G1 in terms of feel.

 

[Lazer]

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I played Rakza 7 for a while when I was learning, considered upgrading to rakza X but must people reports it has a much lower throw than rakza 7, which seems to contradict rakza's own material. Eventually I upgraded to G1, which feels a lot harder than R7 but it softens up after a while but has much higher throw. I'm still puzzled by most people reporting RX having low throw,

Depend mostly on 2 factors. Speed and spin (grip).

Higher speed = flatter throw.
Higher spin = higher throw.

What they are trying to say (I believe) is that Rakza X has higher spin than Rakza 7.
Since it also is faster the throw will be low on flatter hits,

Cheers
L-zr

 

[navuzor]

Depend mostly on 2 factors. Speed and spin (grip).

Higher speed = flatter throw.
Higher spin = higher throw.

What they are trying to say (I believe) is that Rakza X has higher spin than Rakza 7.
Since it also is faster the throw will be low on flatter hits,

Cheers
L-zr

but you can also have high speed high spin rubber too right? Like T05 everyone says it shoots cannon balls and the throw is very high. I have never tried one myself tho, but seems to contradict that rule.
I just played with my old rakza 7 on both sides on a YSE before I gifted it to my sister. I forgot how good that setup is. Then I remembered I never upgraded to the rakza X because 90% of the reports say it has much lower throw and that the Rakza 7 was more solid overall. I feel the Rakza X was mostly overlooked, there must be a good reason for that.

 

[Lazer]

but you can also have high speed high spin rubber too right? Like T05 everyone says it shoots cannon balls and the throw is very high. I have never tried one myself tho, but seems to contradict that rule.
I just played with my old rakza 7 on both sides on a YSE before I gifted it to my sister. I forgot how good that setup is. Then I remembered I never upgraded to the rakza X because 90% of the reports say it has much lower throw and that the Rakza 7 was more solid overall. I feel the Rakza X was mostly overlooked, there must be a good reason for that.

High throw with highspeed rubbers happens when the sponge is engaged.
Lower throw happens when brushing.

Some rubbers are good sponge engagers, some are good brushers and some are both. T05 is great sponge engager,
Rakza X is faster and harder than Rakza 7 therefore it will appear to have a lower throw. However if You engage the sponge in very hard hard hit the throw will probably appear to be high. When driving with not too much topspin Rakza X will get a straighter curve (thus lower throw) than a Rakza 7.

When going from Rakza 7 to Rakza X most players will hit long in the beginning.

Cheers
L-zr