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DHS (3) 
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DHS Hurricane 8-80
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Review of DHS Hurricane 8-80Search for backhand rubber is finally over. Rubbers I've tried: Stiga DNA Pro 50, DHS Gold Arc 8 47.5, DHS Hurricane 3 H37, DHS Hurricane 3-50 H35, Yinhe Jupiter 3 Asia H37, Sanwei Target National Soft, Sanwei Gear Hyper, Loki Telson 100. Some of those were quite good and if my backhand technique was better I would have probably chosen a tensor to compensate for speed or something like a Hurricane 3 H37 that is also faster and has significantly more spin but the 8-80 makes any shot much easier. I was particularly struggling with topspin return of backspin serves but with this rubber I got it from the first go. It's very spin insensitive and the softer sponge really helps with dwell time and as a result accuracy. It's not fast especially with flat shots but put some topspin and you'd be able to generate decent speed. For the foreseeable future I'm sticking with the 8-80 until I can get my technique improved. I might try the 3-50 in H37 but given it uses the same top sheet as the H3 I doubt it would be much different to H3 with H37 sponge.Edit: Even though I still believe this has spin only second to H3 and amazing control, now that I've improved my BH a bit it it lacks speed making especially serve returns easy to attack for your opponents. Even if your technique is perfect and you can execute fast swings to compensate for this - you'll never get good blocks with this rubber which is an issue for my game style. I use my BH mostly if I can't hit a good FH so mostly I just need to either return a serve or keep the ball on the table whilst ensuring my opponent doesn't get a chance at attacking it. I really want to try H3 H37 Provincial as I think it might be faster whilst maintaining all the good characteristics of 8-80. I will update my review when I do. For now I can recommend Loki Telson 100 as a better alternative if you don't want a tensor. At the moment I've settled on a tensor rubber for my BH at least until I try the H3 H37 Pro Sep 03, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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DHS Gold Arc 8
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Review of DHS Gold Arc 8Great around rubber. Plays well with any blade - all wood or carbon. I've tried on Butterfly Korbel (all wood 5 ply), DHS Long 5 (inner carbon), and Butterfly Viscaria (outer carbon). I liked it the most with Korbel because it compensates speed very nicely whilst still maintaining really good control - this combination is my go to at the moment for table tennis club I have at work because we play in tight spaces where away from the table game isn't possible and it's very easy to do fast loops in close to the table game because the arc is quite high yet short. For speed I give it a solid 9 - my benchmark for 10 is Stiga DNA Platinum H or XH and Stiga DNA Pro H is 9.5 for me. For control I give it a 9 - definitely the most controlled tensor I've tried, my 10 would be DHS Hurricane 8 and 8-80, and 9.5 DHS Hurricane 3 National and 729 battle 3. I rate spin also at 9 - my 10 pic is DHS Hurricane 3 National. This is seriously impressive tensor even though it's quite old at this point it does everything well and it's the only tensor I can actually play FH with effectively.Sep 06, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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DHS Gold Arc 9
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Review of DHS Gold Arc 9I feel this rubber is overrated here - no way this has 9.6 spin and 9.2 speed. Imo this is a pretty average non-tacky Chinese rubber, even though it's marketed as a tensor, it doesn't really play like one. The top sheet is very elastic but that's about it. To generate good speed compared to tensors you need to loop everything. You can play flat but I felt like my flat shots with this rubber were quite easy to hit back by my opponents. Same with blocking - like pretty much with most other Chinese rubbers you need to push the ball a bit to get good speed. Overall if you're after a tensor just get the gold arc 8 instead - it's better in every single way (as a tensor).Sep 07, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Loki (1)
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Loki N80
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Review of Loki N80Tried this rubber for 3 hours today. I was pleasantly surprised to the extent I am now considering switching to this rubber on my BH. On FH it's ok - very safe and controlled but lacks the spin and speed of H3 blue sponge. The throw angle is low but again not as low as H3. If your game revolves around spin this rubber has more than enough of speed but flat shots are pretty bad like with other chinese rubbers. In terms of sponge hardness it's kinda hard to tell. I felt like it is definitely harder than H3 H37 that I've tried before and overall it is definitely faster than H3 H37 or something like H8-80. The top sheet is very soft though, great ball pocketing making flicks and topspins quite easy. It's also great away from the table. It's definitely slower than tensors that I'm currently using on BH but it has much more spin and control but you absolutely have to be active all the time. Blocking is probably the worst aspect of this rubber - it's easy to block but it's also very easy for your opponents to attack that block. For the price of around $20 definitely worth a try on BH. For FH I feel like there are better options like Loki Rxton 9 or H3 or Battle 2/3Sep 28, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Stiga (2)
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Stiga DNA Platinum H
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Review of Stiga DNA Platinum HThis is my go to BH rubber now that I've managed to improve my technique. Really good for fast attack and exceptional for blocking. Spin potential is alright for a euro tensor - if DHS Hurricane is 10 I would probably rank this one at 7 - similar to T05 but worse than D09C imo. I am using Loki Telson 100 and DHS Hurricane 8-80 for backhand on my other blades and those have longer dwell time and better spin potential so it's a bit easier to topspin attack under-spin serves with those than with the DNA Platinum. If executed well though this rubber can produce absolutely disgusting and lightning fast returns which my opponents couldn't handle - you just need to be much more precise and active with your return. The faster you can hit the ball the better the chance of it clearing the net which was the main issue for me. I might try the M version in future as it's supposed to be slightly slower and has better dwell but for now I'll be using this rubber. Blade is Hurricane Long 5.Update: after playing a bit longer with this rubber it has one major downside - you have to engage sponge if you want good spin, otherwise the ball falls into the net much more than with other rubbers. It's not an issue in itself but paired with monstrous speed the ball can go out a lot. In short it's very hard to attack short and slow backspin serves with this rubber. Platinum M or S might be better in this regard but they would also be slower (imo speed is the main selling point of this rubber). For FH it's still top notch though. I will be trying DNA Hybrid for BH instead, if that doesn't work will probably go back to DHS Gold Arc 8 Sep 20, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stiga DNA Hybrid M
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Review of Stiga DNA Hybrid MTried this rubber for around 6 hours on a DHS Long 5. The rubber is slightly tacky but can't lift a ball like Chinese tacky rubbers. That said the grip is still really good and gets better after around 2 hours of play. Compared to DNA Platinum - this rubber is slower in the same hardness, so blocks and flat shots aren't as hard for your opponents to return. Where I felt like this rubber was significantly better than the Platinum was attacking backspin shots. Hybrid has a very high throw angle so you can play with a more closed bat and with a bit more of a forward motion resulting in shots that can really bounce up on your opponents side. With DNA Platinum you really have to engage the sponge to get good spin resulting in very fast and shots that are harder to control. I actually prefer this for backhand because I felt like I could return any ball aggressively with a high margin for error. I'm still not sure this rubber is better than my favourite ESN rubber - DHS Gold Arc 8. DNA Hybrid is definitely easier to play with, has even higher throw than the Gold Arc, and is overall on of the most spin insensitive tensor rubbers I've tried, but I feel like the balance of speed, spin, and high arc is better with Gold Arc 8. Will need to test it a bit more.Sep 24, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Yinhe (Galaxy/Milkyway) (1)
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Yinhe Jupiter National
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Review of Yinhe Jupiter NationalThere are 2 versions of this rubber - one with blue sponge, another with black. The one I'll talk about is the blue sponge version.Freshly boosted it's extremely fast and hard to control so I had to wait for 4 weeks for the booster to dissipate. After 4 weeks it was still faster than freshly boosted H3 (for reference comparing Jupiter 3 Tour/National H41 with National H3 Blue Sponge H41). Throw angle is higher and longer than H3, coupled with higher top end speed makes this rubber slightly less controlled than H3. The big pro is that this rubber doesn't need booster to utilise it's full potential unlike H3. The top sheet is very tacky, short game and serving is amazing, I like it better for that than even boosted H3. Looping overall is a bit easier for experienced opponent than H3 but at the same time as I mentioned before it's significantly faster. Even unboosted the sponge is a bit softer than boosted H3, providing good dwell and overall third ball attacks are easier coupled with higher throw angle. I tried this rubber on 2 similar blades - butterfly Viscaria and Yinhe D715 (D715 is stiffer than Viscaria - similar to Viscaria Golden Tag). Since Viscaria is slower I felt like it was a bit easier to play with but with D715 my shots were harder to return for opponents. Overall it's an amazing alternative to H3 if you don't wanna boost your rubbers. It's not a direct replacement but I feel like it's a better choice for a wider range of people. Jan 28, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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