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Banda China TS
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Butterfly Tenergy 80
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Review of Butterfly Tenergy 80Certainly the best rubbers for most of the attackers. With T80 and BTY Zhang Jike, the feeling is just amazing, i feel the blade in every hit, thats just amazing.Combine the qualities of T05 and T64, can be played close to table as well as mid range. I commend this rubber on Arylat-carbon blades. Edit : I tester this rubber on Innerforce AL, the rubber feels absolutely dead, no speed at all. This rubber doesn't shows his speed with a flexible blade, it becomes a slow rubber and unpredictable on my FH topspins. I sticked with IF AL, i kept T80 on BH, good control and rather slow, but on FH i switch to faster and more powerfull : Calibra Tour M (which i didnt liked at all on Zhang Jike blade because the combination was ultra low throw and ultra short dwell time, but tour M is awesome with IF AL which is a high throw and flexible offensive blade). Jan 19, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||

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Donic Bluefire M1 Turbo
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Review of Donic Bluefire M1 TurboPlayed this rubber on Xiom Vega Tour blade. Really good rubber, speed is decent but there is a lot of faster rubbers. It ia slower than Omega V tour rubber but it is so much more predictable. This is the value of this rubber : the rubber is really prediuctable, it is so easy to adjust to this rubber and almost immediately you will feel very confident with it.The feel of the rubber is hard, it's like "artificial" feeling, I'm not a fan of it but who cares......my game improved a lot since I use it on me FH. The best speed/control ratio you can get. I could even suggest this rubber for developping players in 1.8mm tickness on an allwood blade, you can even improve your technic with it unlike most off+ rubbers because this one has so many gears and such easy short play. Speed : 8, Spin (tested with celluloid balls) : 9, Control : 9 I suspect this rubber to be also very good with plastic ball (because of the hardness and the medium-hard topsheed), but I have not tested it with P-ball yet (in France the celluloid ball is still used for 15-16 season). Sep 13, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||

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Friendship/729 Super FX Blue Sponge
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Review of Friendship/729 Super FX Blue SpongeBlue Sponge is meant to be tuned. I think this rubber, tuned; is better than any H3 neo except H3 national version (blue sponge).Once tuned, the rubber plays pretty well, good feeling (softer feeling), pretty good speed with good control and amazing spin. I use 5-6 layers of X-treme booster, the result is great. If you use it and don't use booster on it, you didn't understood the purpose of this rubber. Apr 16, 2015 | |||

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Gewo Flexxon
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Review of Gewo FlexxonTried it tonight on my backhand and with an allwood Joola K5 (limba-lima-ayou-limba-limba) I use as test blade (same composition as my Innerforces AL blades without the arylate).And the rubber was just......amazing (1.7mm tickness). Was able to top spin far better than usual (tested Calibra Tour M, T80, Evolution MX-P, Vega Japan, Omega V euro......). Blocs were really easy and the power was amazing despite an all wood K5 and the 1.7mm tickness. I'll continue the tests, but after the Nanoflex FT48 which is my new FH rubber (feels like a speed glued Sriver), Flexxon will probably be my next BH rubber. Need to check if the rubber keeps his control on faster blades without Limba outer like Viscaria. Mar 30, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gewo NanoFlex FT48
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Review of Gewo NanoFlex FT48The Fastest Tensor I tried so far. Comes only in 2.1 tickness.The sponge will remind you the sponges of Bluefire M1 Turbo and Evolution MX-P, with very very big bubbles.....and the sponge is ceetainly the same as those two. Unlike Evo MX-P and M1turbo, the topsheet is softer, more elastic, and that make this rubber so fast, emulated the old speed glued sriver like no other rubber. Extrem speed glue feeling and it really plays like a speed glued rubber.......so fast that you migh consider to get back to your slower blade, before the speed glue ban. I commend this rubber espascially on limba outer blades. Tested with Joola K5, Waldner Dicon and Waldner Senso Carbon...........every time it was amazing and I bet it will still be on a Clipper Wood (limba outer) or any Innerforce blade. Requires a good technic to control its extrem speed. Mar 30, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||

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Stiga Calibra Tour M
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Review of Stiga Calibra Tour MThe topsheet looks like an antispin tosheet by it does provide monstruous spin........I have never seen such an incredible topsheet. Its far less sensitive to incomming spin than any other off+ backside but still the topsheet provides tons of spin on serves, top spins, pushes.......I commend Calibra Tour M on your strong side (forehand usually) in combination with a flexible blade (i use Bty Innerforce AL), you need a blade with good flex, high throw and high dwell time to fully enjoy Calibra tour M amazing feeling and potential. I tried Tour M and Tour H with harder and stiffer blades like Joola Rossi Emotion, Walder Legend Carbon, Mizutani Jun ZLC, none is a good combination, dwell time is ultra low, throw angle ultra low, no feeling at all. Tour M 1.7mm is faster and more powerfull than my previous FH rubber T80 1.9mm on my IF AL, throw is lower, trajectory longer. BTW i would gladly appreciate if someone tested Calibra Tour topsheet with the Polyalls ? Does this special topsheet still "work" with Polyballs ? I wonder...... edit : after playing with intensively for about 2 weeks, I can say that the rubber is just playing better and better. still like new, and when I say this I mean REALLY like a brand new. First rubber with "speed glue effect" to be still ok after 2 weeks of my tranning. Jan 28, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stiga Airoc M
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Review of Stiga Airoc MThis rubber kinda disappointed me. Love Stiga Calibras Series, espscially the Tour M. I've tried this rubber on same blade (innerforce AL) with a Tour M on the oversideAiroc is clearly slower that Tour M, Airoc M don't have the insane speed of Calibras LT&Tour. Spin is good, first top spin is really easy. But this rubbers doesn't provide as much power as calibras. Its still a predictable rubber, very linear but clearly lacking the top speed of Calibras. I commend this rubber on stiff blades like Stiga Emerald VPS. Also, the durability isn't as great as the Tour M, the topsheet shows signs of degradation quite fast, after 20 hours of training is already looks "used", but it is still "above average". Just like Tenergies, the rubber remains grippy a long time but the speed is dropping dramatically after 4 weeks maximum. Tested booster on it to gave it a second life but booster looks like doesn't working on it......I wonder why. Jan 27, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||

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Tibhar Genius+ Optimum Sound
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Tibhar Evolution MX-P
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Review of Tibhar Evolution MX-POne of the best rubber ever made, will compare it with T80 which I've been played for more than a year now. Plays like a boosted T80. Unlike T80, this rubber shows all its power even on flexible blades. T80 plays very well on stiff blades like Viscaria but feels dead on flexible blades like innerforce AL.In fact, MX-P so much faster that IF AL + MX-P is still faster than Viscaria + T80. The only MAJOR issue for me with MX-P is its weight. That rubber is heavy, I mean realy heavy, even Tenergies are far lighter. But still if you are playing with ALC blade like Viscaria/TBS and seeks more power than non boosted Tenergies, you can boost your Tenergies of course.....but you can also go for MX-P. A boosted T80 with 2 layers is about the same weight as MX-P. I'm training 18 hours per weeks, and a competition every 2 weeks. So concerning the durability compared to T80. With T80, after 4 weeks I can already feel the lose of performances, but its quite brutal, the performance lose is huge and after 6 weeks the rubber is like not having "spring sponge" anymore, despite keeping a very good grip....the spped is no more. I change the rubber after 6 weeks maximum because its unlayable unless I boost the rubber. T05 and T64 are keeping there speed far better over time. With MX-P, there is also a drop of performances after 4 weeks but it impacts only spin and not much speed. The drop of performances is more linear than T80. Change the rubber also after 6 weeks maxium but a 6 weeks MX-P is still playable while a T80 is realy inert. If you love to engage your body on power top spins, this rubber (outside of boosted rubbers) is the more powerfull you can get. Jan 27, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||

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Xiom Vega Japan
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Xiom Sigma II Pro
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Xiom Omega V Tour
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