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Giant Dragon (2)

Giant Dragon Guard

Speed	7.5
Spin	0.5
Control	7.0
Weight	2.0
Gears	4.0

Tackiness	0.0
Throw Angle	0.0
Consistency	5.0
Overall	8.0

Review of Giant Dragon Guard

Tested the 0.4mm red version and I bought 3 pieces in a roll. Very grippy and spin-sensitive when new, but after put the rubber on the dash board of your car, leave it under sunlight for a few weeks, Bang! Got a completely no-grip slick top sheet which is as slick as those German brand posh antis.
IMO the top sheet is quite hard after the treatment, press into the rubber would not make dents that remains for a long time, and the top sheet would not absorb much energy from the incoming ball, blocking and flat hitting with this rubber feels like doing it on a naked wood blade, the speed and control depends on the wood blade rather than on the rubber. When glued on a 8mm balsa core blade that offers mid-low catapult effect, blocking and hitting is almost as fast as an offensive pips in rubber, control was just ok and was hard to do short blocks at close range, balls go into the net or over the table sometimes if the blade is not at the right angle. But while glued on an ALL- blade, control was much better and was able to do short block easier, more chance of the ball to go to the position that I am looking for (greater margin of error is allowed).
Spin reversal issue is funny: works well on old 40mm ball, no good on 40+ plastic ball, only a little bit of back spin is sent back to the opponent when blocking against looped ball, and the ball is much more like a no spin dead ball.
For quality, like many Chinese rubber, after stored for a while, even unopened in original package, the sponge shrinks and makes the rubber curvy like a tensioned pips in rubber (the 3 Guards I got a 2011 and 2012 date stamp on the sponge). Also, some of the rubbers comes with edge which are not in a straight line .
In conclusion, this is a grippy attacking anti good at close range attacking and lifting back spinned ball. The full potential of this rubber is reached only with treatment.

May 10, 2016

Giant Dragon Guard Special

Speed	6.8
Spin	0.0
Control	8.0
Weight	2.0
Gears	4.0

Tackiness	0.0
Throw Angle	0.0
Sponge Hardness	5.0
Consistency	5.0
Overall	9.0

Review of Giant Dragon Guard Special

Tested the red 0.6mm version on a Nimatsu Tsunami Def Light blade. The 0.6mm mid-soft sponge added more control to the rubber compare to the 0.4mm normal Guard and gave some damping effect when blocking, which is a must when pairing thin sponge rubber on hard/strong catapult effect blade, or the ball will fly into the net or over the table in a straight line easily when the incoming ball is very fast. Here is my rating:
Speed: 6.8/10 (depends on the blade since the sponge is thin)
Spin: 0/10 (the rubber surface is very slick when fully oxidized)
Control: 8/10 (good control even on a blade with mid-strong catapult effect)
Strength: driving against driving gives good spin reversal, the opponent needs to open the blade or the ball will sink into the net. Drive smash against slow top spin or block against fast top spin is excellent, able to return a moderately back spin ball to the opponent, force the opponent to loop again. But as the previous member said, it is not easy for the opponent to loop a few times in a roll, particularly the ball flies to the opponent with decent speed. Roll-loop/smash against back spin (similar to the short pips style) is easy to perform with decent speed.
Weakness: chopping is the only option when playing far from the table as the rubber has no grip.
Thus the quality of the rubber was in question, the Guard Special I bought comes with dirt/mark between the sponge and the top sheet, which I could spot it through the slightly translucent top sheet, some of the edges were slightly serrated (although it is not a big problem when the rubber is glued and cut). Moreover, when rubbers are expected to have flat surface like a mirror when glued, the Guard Special I got came with a spot slightly dented when glued (luckily the spot was not near the sweet spot and didn't affect my play)

May 10, 2016

Hallmark (1)

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Hallmark Mirage

Speed	7.0
Spin	0.0
Control	9.0
Weight	8.0
Gears	4.0

Tackiness	0.0
Throw Angle	0.0
Sponge Hardness	10.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	9.0

Review of Hallmark Mirage

Bought a Mirage with 1.0mm sponge, the sponge is white coloured and is dead hard which does not bounce at all. Top sheet is hard and not flexible with some grip. Then I removed the top sheet from the sponge (which is easy to do so without leaving residuals on the top sheet), put it under UV light for a week, the grip has gone completely and the top sheet is as slick as the plastic lid of a microwave-able plastic box.

Glued the sheet on a 0.5mm no-bounce sponge and attached the rubber to the FH of a Juic Exacta blade (speed=ALL), hitting and driving is excellent, ball sinks into the opponent's side quickly with almost flat throw angle, completely spin insensitive, good spin reversal against top spin, roll-lift/loop back spin ball with ease. Haven't tested blocking, but chopping is good with excellent control (depends on the blade since the sponge is thin)

ps. sweet wood-hitting sound to hit with this rubber with thin sponge

Overall I rate:
Speed: 7/10 (depends on the sponge/blade)
Control: 9/10 (depends on the sponge/blade)
Spin: 0/10 (depends on the incoming spin)
Spin reversal 9/10 (depends on the sponge/blade)
(I have not tested the rubber with its original sponge and grip but I guess the manufacturer's setting aims at producing no spin dead ball when blocking/hitting with no/not much spin reversal)
Update: Tried the Mirage (fully oxidized and very slick surface) with its factory 1.0mm sponge (indeed, it is made of EVA, the material for some shoe insole or energy absorbing floor mattress) on the forehand of a Donier defensive blade (speed is about Def+), the ball wobbled a bit and sank crazily into the opponent's side of the table when driving at close game, felt like around 80% similar to the effect of long pimp. Blocking was excellent in terms of control and disturbing effect, the EVA absorbed the power of incoming ball well, did not feel spin reversal and control was retarded by the existence of the sponge.

May 10, 2016

Juic (1)

Juic Neo Anti (Anti-spin)

Speed	4.5
Spin	3.0
Control	8.0
Weight	4.0
Gears	4.0

Tackiness	0.0
Throw Angle	0.0
Sponge Hardness	0.0
Overall	8.0

Review of Juic Neo Anti (Anti-spin)

Review based on 1.8mm red version. It is a tricky modern anti spin rubber, the surface is slick when using the finger to wipe it slightly, but when press down the rubber a bit and rub it, the rubber become slightly grippy. When flat hit an incoming ball, the ball returns to the other side with no spin, but if you try to dig into the ball by twisting the blade a bit forward and upward after hitting the ball, it will be loaded with a little bit of top spin. The amount of top spin helps to add speed to the ball and confuse the opponent.

The downside of this rubber is: although it is not sensitive to top spin, the small grip on the rubber surface makes it slightly sensitive to side spin. Thus forget about spin reversal on this anti since it is not that slick

Sep 08, 2015

Tuttle (1)

Tuttle King Of Anti Spin

Speed	7.0
Spin	6.0
Control	8.0
Weight	6.0

Tackiness	0.0
Throw Angle	4.0
Sponge Hardness	5.0
Overall	1.5

Review of Tuttle King Of Anti Spin

The rubber surface is not tacky but is quite grippy, like a worn inverted rubber that allows you to serve medium spin ball. Completely sensitive to incoming spin and the sponge hardness is about medium, which has no damping effect to slow down the ball, so it is bad for passive blocking.

When attacking, balls hit by this rubber comes with top spin and flies like normal top spin ball, unlike other antis in which the balls sinks quickly with no spin.

In conclusion, this rubber has no difference to normal inverted rubber. It fails to do what an anti rubber should do in both defense and attack. IMO buying this is a waste of money for those who want a true anti. (I threw this rubber away after a 1-minute trial)

Sep 08, 2015

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