Tibhar Vari Spin

Good allround rubber for beginners, allrounders and defenders depending on thickness. Excellent for this old codger who needs to slow down rampant youths/blades.

This rubber is, in my opinion, way slower than the ''8.1 speed'' it currently is rated. (For example, Donic Desto F3 Big Slam has 7.7 speed and is way faster than this vari spin). It is a good & controlling rubber and blocking/backspin goes very well with it (though I think it has not that much spin, certainly not 9.3). Looping goes OK too, but when you are ready to generate loops with more speed, I would recommend a more speedy rubber. In conclusion I would recommend this rubber for a backhand/forehand that is controlling and not so much an aggressive attacker that needs speedy loops. (Personally I use this rubber for my backhand, with which I don't attack that often) As of my experience, this rubber is durable.

8.0 speed is a joke. 5.5-6.0 would be more accurate. I'm parsing some rubbers here and... Yes, the given data seems to be not reliable

As a beginner, I used this on my bh. At the time I didn't have a very good bh and didn't like playing on that side very much, but sometimes I go back to this bat and the rubber is surprisingly good, it still has very good spin and control. Not a fast rubber, but that's a good thing for beginners. Overall I think this would be a pretty good rubber to have on either side of a beginners bat. UPDATE: after becoming a coaching learning more about beginners equipment, I would not recommend soft rubbers to beginners, I'd recommend tacky, Chinese, Friendship 729 rubbers like Super FX or Geospin Tacky. It's not that this is a bad rubber, just I wouldn't recommend soft rubbers to any type of player.

After a premade blade, it was my first rubbers in 1.8mm with stiga all around classic. I really liked it and i had a good feeling with it, it was nice to learn the strokes. For my level at the time, I didn't felt that it was especially slow. If i had to do it again now, maybe i'll try directly acuda S3 1.8mm (my 2sd rubbers) on the FH and vari spin 1.8mm on the BH. It would be a good way to directly try tensor rubber and if the acuda is too fast, then downgrade back to vari spin on the FH. To conclude it's a great idea to play with not so fast rubbers like this one because you can use your full body without hesitation. With some faster rubber i tried at a beginner level (like Mark V), i wasn't comfortable to do it. (and finally i downgrade back to vari spin)