Yinhe Big Dipper V vs Yinhe Big Dipper

[raihandmu]

Hello,

I am considering buying the Yinhe Big Dipper for my forehand, and I stumbled upon the new Yinhe Big Dipper 5 or Yinhe Big Dipper V (whatever you call it). Has anyone tried it? And how does it compare to the original Big Dipper and/or other popular rubbers?

Thanks

 

[mocker88]

Hi. I heard from Yinhe that the Big Dipper 5/V is replacing the original Big Dipper now, as it's out of production. My feel is that BD is a bit more bouncy and easy to play with. The BD5 is a bit more tacky. Similar difference between these two as between DHS Hurricane 3 and the NEO version.

 

[Marvinn8686]

I ordered recently both versions, but unfortunately both sellers sent me new Big Dipper V. I tried it, but never played with old version so I can't compare them against. For me it is a little tacky. "Little tacky" for me it means it is tacky enough that rubber prottector with no glue still attaches to the surface and stays on it nice, but surely less tacky than i.e. Jupiter 3 or other rubbers what collects dust quite fast. I tired it on my BH and I was unhappy with this bouncy feeling, not like normal linear bouncy, but kind of tensor effect. Not a fan of it on BH, maybe people normally playing with tensor rubbers would like it. Normally I use 729 Battle III H38/39 on BH what is little bouncy, but much more controllable for me and I also get much better topspin with it.

 

[CPH_Tiny]

Hey!.
I heard the same thing from the fabric as Mocker. BD is been discontinued and BDV is the actual new version (II, III and IV weren't actual succesors, more like different products aimed to different regions). And as he said, it seems to be similar but a bit more tacky.