Tibhar Aurus Select

Revised review! - I think the overall rating for this rubber is an understatement!!! ... the rubber can't hold the ball, but it has decent grip. Years ago (2021) I was searching for a rubber with a 45 degree sponge hardness and so I found a test/review about the Tibhar Aurus Select in a German TT-Blog. By chance I had a few days later a Butterfly Zhang Jike TAMCA 5000, with two 1.7 mm AURUS Select, in my hand. ... Crazy !!! ;-P - what a wonderful direct and save game feeling. ( ... a few weeks later I bought this rubber! ) Facts: red rubber with 1,7 mm sponge and a 45 degree sponge hardness. According to "Spin & Speed Germany ;-P, the total hardness of the rubber is 50 degrees !!! (... together with the medium-hard upper rubber.) Weight incl. package 85 g. , uncut 60 g. and at last 43 g. (157 x 150 mm) Glued on my STUOR Nobilis ZLC Hinoki blade, I had to recognize, that this rubber is too soft for me here. The wonderfully direct and save feeling, which I had on the "Z.JK. TAMCA 5000", was away. (... which is why I "had" to buy this blade a few weeks later! ;-P ) - despite all this, I was soon able to get used to the rubber (with 1.7 mm) as a really good BH rubber !!! Conclusion: The Aurus Select is very controlled and forgiving rubber with above-average spin properties and a higher trajectory. ... best for players of (almost) all classes, as FH or BH rubber. Only the so-called "angular play" is easier with some other rubbers! For all those who would like to have more feedback: https://www.tt-spin.de/tibhar-aurus-select/

Personally I did not like the feeling of this rubber on an all-wood blade.

Used on bh, max and 2.0 red, nice rubber to control and counterattack, isn’t an offensive rubber like mx-p its more like a snipe rubber, good for developing players

Excellent rubber - Fantasy feeling... Good speed, good spin and great control. It´s easy to looping backspin. I use Tibhar Aurus Select 2.1 in my BH on a Donic Balsa Carbo Fleece blade...

All-in-all this is a nice, controlled, and forgiving rubber for the loop-oriented player, which also has a lot of potential as a BH looping rubber due to its softer nature. However, I found myself longing for higher spin values on high impact shots. The closest parallel that I can think of for Aurus Select is a less spinny version of Tibhar's Evolution EL-S or Xiom's Omega V Tour. Due to its controlled and forgiving nature, I could see a broad base of players use this rubber, including intermediate and advanced players, as well as kids. Read our full review here: http://blog.tabletennis11.com/tibhar-aurus-prime-and-aurus-select-review