Yasaka Zap Biotech 36-38

A good rubber for the price. best at serving, pushing, flicking and brush looping. the surface is hard (and durable), not very elastic, slightly tacky and very grippy when the ball grips. but like other cheap chinese rubbers, the grip is failing sometimes and to often. Sometimes happens in mid-distance-attack, serving and pushing. You need to get it into the sponge to grip it right. Because the surface is hard and not very elastic. But the hybrid between slightly tacky and grippy rubber is giving me a lot of spin-posibilties. That's very effective in serves and serve-returns. One sheet can be tackier than the other (even for the same color). But that's a common issue for chinese rubbers. I've found it more durable than the srivers. to me a sriver rubber gets to bouncy after 3 months with only a couple of practice hours a week (5 years ago). A sriver loses it's grip to quickly. But zap seems to last much longer. I've tried sriver fx and el on a Donic Persson Powerplay. But that doesn't say anything about the bouncing on the surface of a rubber. I even tried it on a much slower blade without a better result. The rubber was just used up. I've tried Zap 36-38 biotech on a Blue Thunder 550 and 555.

Very Good Rubber.I Use It on FH and I Don't Think of Changing It.

Easy to use, more control.

Nothing special here. You get what you pay for. Rubber is totally ok for training (robot or drills). Not something one would want to use in games. It has medium hard feel, with some grip on the top sheet. Sponge is marked 36-38 Biotech (made by Palio) but feels sort of harder. Top sheet is also hard, nothing like CJ8000. Smell is fairly strong when taken out of the vacuum bag. In terms of spin, speed this is not the rubber to compare with modern rubbers. You have to work relatively hard to get speed or spin out of it. Quality control is hmmm somewhat not there, which is in my opinion typical of Palio produced rubbers. People complain about DHS and their quality control but for me personally Palio is miles behind from DHS. Sometimes I could see pips together or too far apart (on red sheet only because cant see trough black), sponge thickness issues and so on.... Rubber also looses its grip sort of fast. Do not want to trash this rubber totally. It is ok rubber for the price. Good for training, cheap, last about a month (sometimes less). Ok for a first paddle or training paddle. Have fun, enjoy TT :).

I tried to use this to learn backhand rubber. He said the rubber is very good for building patterns in the backhand.