Nittaku Hurricane 2 (H2) Pro

Way too slow to be useful for a modern game! Beginners rubber. Not even tuning speeds up this rubber maximum 2. 1 sponge!

Was using DHS H2 for BH & FH. My H2 pro came with #20 39Deg +-2, 2.2mm orange sponge. Found it heavier than regular H2. But over all I think this Pro version is better than H2. Better control, easier to loop under spin, and is very well made. For me I found it a touch slower than H2, which was a good thing for me as it helped me get more balls in. You must engage the rubber and sponge well to get the most out of it. Not really suited for flat shots but I rarely do them anyway. Down side. You have to be technically sound with all your strokes or the rubber will punish you. You cannot have half baked indecisive shots and strokes. Use the rubber like a good player or a pro would play and it'll reward you well. You must know how to counter all forms of spin or the rubber will be too unforgiving for beginner to intermediate levels. Not good for passively blocking, you need to do punch block or a push block. But it gives good control for BH side spin fade block. Overall, you have good strokes, active-attacking style and athletic (good footwork like the chinese) to make this rubber shine. If you have euro style or jap style of play and strokes this rubber is not for you.

I found this to be a bit slower and more spinny and controllable than a Double Happiness plain Hurricane 2. It even seemed a bit dead when passively blocking heavy topspin drives: my coach remarked how much more life there was in my blocks when I flipped my racket over to the side with Yasaka Pryde on it. I like this one quite a bit, though I think I prefer Skyline 2. Also, although this may be my imagination, I feel that the tackiness and spinniness fades out pretty quickly.