Nittaku Narucross EX Soft

Narucross ex soft is a very good backhand rubber. I always choose black ones and 1,8 mm thickness. It blocks very well because of its low throw, but still you can loop really very well with it, even opening loops are very easy. Serving and short game are superb, it is not overly springy like ESN rubbers which I cannot stand on my backhand. I used to play Hammond pro beta on my backhand but this is a little better. Also, it is very light (38-39g when cut) and does not shrink after glueing if you use voc-free glue (recommend Donic Blue Contact because it is very easy to use and idiot proof). On top of that, smashing and straight hitting are a dream with this rubber. The only problem is really that I cannot get them here in Germany, which is why I order them from Japan.

I like Narucross EX a lot! I use 2.1 on both BH and FH, and I am on my 3rd pair of sheets. I loop, hit and block both FH and BH. Pretty normal aggressive style. I use a ALL+ wood blade, 5 ply. Narucross EX feels like Mark V with speed glue. The sponge has that pillow like puffyness and softness that speed glue used to give me. It also makes that 'clock noise that I used to get. I get about 6 months of play out it. The top sheet seems very durable, but the sponge goes dead eventually. I used to play with Barracuda, but found it too hard to control. It felt great in practice, but lost in games. I found I don't like a high throw angle. Narucross gives me the speed and spin, but keeps it on table.

Actually this rubber so great for BH ,suit on any blade. beside spinny,this rubber good for flat hitting also.