Friendship/729 Battle II Provincial (Battle 2 Provincial)

Tried this in 40 deg, red on a Yinhe MC-4 carbon blade. Comparing to H3N 41 deg, 2.15mm. Very domed when unboxed. I think that this is the rubber that has come closest to my H3N in all ways. The sponge really seems a bit softer than the H3N, so I feel that flatter hits benefit from this, making them more controlled. The speed when brush looping is a tad slower, but in return you feel a bit more control when looping. Short game is good, and easier to spin the ball than H3N. Really nice rubber over all. Tackiness is a bit more than H3N. Weight uncut: 71g and cut: 53g, so a bit on the heavy side. ***Update*** I used this this weekend in a competition, and it works really fine. Don't know what else to say. The floor was a hard wooden floor, and my H3N 41deg felt a bit fast, so I switched to B2 instead, and it worked like a charm. Of course the sponge is 40deg, so perhaps this made the softer more controlled feel, but this rubber is really sweet.

Light( uncut 57gr.) rubber that comes in 37 to 40 degree sponge hardness. So far this is an excellent Chinese rubber for plastic ball. The battle ll provincial is slightly faster than the normal version, produces heavy spin on plastic ball and is my favourite rubber for FH.

It is consistence with the normal Battle II, but the orange sponge give a little bit extra speed & spin. The blue sponge is the best.

Powerful fh rubber if you can swing fast. For this kind of rubber you need to be always on the right position because is not forgiving. I paired with an hard carbon blade, maybe it will work better with a flex blade. Short short is good. Service Is very efficient opponent underestimate the rotation and service returns are dangerous. Conclusions: Service 10/10, Receive: 9.5/10, Topspin 9/10, Block 8/10, Smash: 7/10

Very good forhend rubber. Im using it for more then 10years now. Perfect for spinny spins serves and tackiness helps with service return. Some time when opponest have tricky service i swivel it to my backend and chop it good. Only downfall si pasive speed. Boosting and modern carbon helps with that.