Tyrael's Rubber Ratings
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Butterfly (2) 
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Butterfly Dignics 80
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Review of Butterfly Dignics 80I've decided to write down a post after reading reviews above bcs my impression of D80 doesn't coincide with them. I've been playing it for a year mostly on the Xiom Vega Tour (hinoki/zefilium-carbon) but I tried the rubber on my other blades too: Xiom Vega Euro (koto/zefilium-carbon) and Yinhe Purple Dragon D607 (a clipper clone, walnut top ply). I've been playing D05 on those 2 blades for a year and a half, my normal forehand rubber is Hurricane, so all the Dignics' are being used for backhand. First of, D80 is noticeably faster than D05 bcs its catapult shows itself much earlier. From my point of view that's the biggest difference between the two defining their playing specialties. D05 is better for counter looping particularly close to the table, D80 is better for blocking, smashing, driving and counter driving. The closer to the top end, the lesser the speed/catapult effect difference. Although D05 is a tad more spinny which is better for bananas and slow opening ups and D80 feels a bit softer bcs of pips shape, all those things don't affect their performance as much as catapult timing. Even control feeling may be affected by that, bcs D05 is just slower before some limit despite being a bit harder in feeling. All the Dignics' work the same for me with all my bladesNov 11, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Butterfly Glayzer 09C
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Review of Butterfly Glayzer 09CHave just tried it on the Lin Gaoyuan in 2,1 with D80 1,9 on the other side. One layer Kailin + one layer Falko long on both. My normal rubbers are Hurricane 3 Nat BS 40 and D05, so I got used to boostering all the new sheets. Have been playing a D09c as well for more than a year. Decided to leave a comment bcs of totally different impression comparing to most of the comments here. I don't know what are you guys complaining of, it's a really good rubber, especially for those who bothered by controlling bouncy tensors but don't have enough footwork, heaps twisting movement and legs-body-hand synchronization for using typical Chinese tacky rubbers. First of I don't think D09c is whatsoever similar to Hurricane 3 Nat, in my opinion it bears much more resemblance to Friendship Battle II Gold, particularly in terms of feeling and arc. G09c has actually higher arc than both of them, comparable with H3Nat, and it helps a lot on opening up looping. Yes, it's not that speedy but has a lot of spin and is absolutely controllable in terms of length unlike that of from D09c which tends to go long. Controllability is what allows G09c to shine at forehand countertopspinning close to the table. In this department it's much more close to H3Nat than D09c. It's a bit bouncy on the table if you just push or try to make a dead ball by tossing coming backspin up but if you make a sharp swing under that ball your long push turns into deadly counterbackspin. And finally. It's just as good as D80 on blocking, smashing and flat hitting. So, safe opening up looping, strong backspin long pushing, blocking, smashing and flat hitting. Do you recognize what kind of playing we're talking about? Yeah, it's actually a typical amateur game style. And additionally you get reliable close to the table countertopspinning. Just for growing on.Aug 05, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
DHS (1)
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DHS Hurricane 3 National (Blue Sponge)
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Review of DHS Hurricane 3 National (Blue Sponge)I bought my H3 Nat almost 2 years ago at the Li Sheng sports supermarket, Wangfujing, Beijing for 480 rmb. Highly recommend to visit this place, btw, in case anybody of you guys would come to China. A table tennis shop is located on the third floor there, it's an authorized DHS dealer. 480 rmb is actually more than 70 bucks, so something tells me its price abroad must be 85 bucks at least. More than a year I had been thinking H3 provincial Neo orange sponge is the best version of this rubber. I should say I live in Beijing, play at local clubs and attend classes at the Young Shine/炎上 tt school whose owner is Guo Yan, former two times World Cup, World team championship winner, current Beijing female team's head coach, Ding Ning is actually her player. So my forehand playing is definitely Chinese-like. H3 prov Neo OS is very easy to break in comparing to other versions of the rubber, I used it on a Xiom Vega Tour having hinoki as outer ply, I think most of you knows this wood is actually not a match for Hurricane. At the same time I was playing with a bunch of other H3s on my Xiom Vega Euro: Prov non-neo, Prov Neo Blue sponge, Nittaku nr, Nittaku pro, Nittaku turbo orange. I'd say they are very similar to each other comparing to H3Nat. They are all slow even being tuned (btw, it seems H3Nat responds to tuning better). It's not that bad, btw, as long as you only play with them. But it's very difficult to make yourself to come back to the necessity to work on every stroke if you've already tried H3 Nat. I'd say speed is the only big difference between it and the Provincial. But for many it's the biggest Hurricane's shortcomingMay 11, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Friendship/729 (1)
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Friendship/729 Battle 3
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Review of Friendship/729 Battle 3That's quite close to H3 provincial versions but more uncontrollable bcs of hardness. 40 degrees feels harder than any of H3 Provs and reminds that of the H3 National 2.2 blue sponge. Doesn't have the same kick though having similar to H3 Prov issue: lack of power on medium impact. Requires at least two Falko Long layers despite being factory tuned. IMHO B2 Gold is a much suitable choice for an average amateur playerOct 22, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Haifu (1)
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Haifu Shark III (Red Sponge)
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Review of Haifu Shark III (Red Sponge)I've been playing with 2 sheets of Shark 3 and 2 sheets of Shark Speed for almost a year. The first one is a commercial version of this rubber in a green packing described in the pic, ittf number is 90-006, the latter is a training version in a simple transparent packing having ittf number 90-002. I've heard of national version of the rubber but couldn't find it anywhere despite living in China. The Shark 3 and Shark Speed play almost the same but it seems to me the training version is a bit more of a high quality. They have 3 hardness grades: S-M-H for Shark 3 and 35-36-37 for Shark Speed, I use them on backhand with S/35 on Xiom Vega tour and M/36 on Xiom Vega euro. The difference between the two types of hardness is quite noticeable in terms of feeling but not that much in terms of playing. The soft version is a bit slower, easier to break in, feels more comfortable on flicks and slight to medium strokes. It's not a tensor at all despite a word of "tension" on the packing. Or if you want you can call it "Chinese tensor" meaning non-linear power intensification on full strokes. The soft version has a kind of slight springy feeling but it's delusive and has nothing to do with speed or catapult effect. I'd say in terms of behavior and performance the Shark is quite similar to Yinhe/Galaxy Moon Speed but it has more power, speed, spin and requires more perfect technique, in addition its topshit is more elastic making it more suitable for flicks and wrist strokes albeit I'd say it would be easier with Tenergy. All in all I would recommend this rubber for those who play with Hurricane-like rubbers on their forehand and can't combine it with a tensor on backhand looking for something more in par to what they have on forehandMay 10, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nittaku (2)
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Nittaku Hurricane 3 (H3) Pro
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Review of Nittaku Hurricane 3 (H3) ProI'd say that's the best version of Nittaku's Hurricanes very underestimated by those who prefer playing with Chinese tacky rubber. The Pro is 2.2 mm thick which is more than Nittaku's Neo 2.1 and Turbo Orange's 2 mm. It plays very similar to the Nittaku's Neo which is actually factory tuned DHS Neo. Unlike the Nittaku's Neo the Pro has a Nittaku sign on topsheet and goes untuned. Being tuned the Pro excels the Neo and Turbo Orange in topspinning because of the sponge thickness. I'd say all the Nittaku's Hurricanes fit for more blade types than those by DHS, both Nittaku's Neo and Pro can be successfully used with hinoki-carbon. I'd commend to start with Pro Turbo Orange if you've never tried Chinese tacky rubber, go with Neo if that's your second or third rubber of this type and choose the Pro if you don't wanna spend over 80 bucks on the DHS Hurricane 3 National which highly likely would turn to be fake. Comparing to the latter in the same hardness of 39 the Pro is a bit softer, slower, less bouncy but almost equal in terms of spinSep 23, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nittaku Hurricane Pro III Turbo Orange
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Review of Nittaku Hurricane Pro III Turbo OrangeI don't think it's a hard rubber, probably some players confuse hardness with feeling that you get playing with hard blade combined with a relatively thin rubber. The Turbo Orange is 2 mm in max, so you should take it into account. It definitely feels differently comparing to classic DHS and Nittaku Hurricanes, its sponge gives you that slightly resisting tensor-like feeling suggesting there must be some catapult effect. And it's actually there, not as strong as of tensors though, reminding more of that you can get from hybrids. I've been living and practicing in China for 7 years in total and my topspin technique is definitely Chinese-like, so I've tried almost all kinds of Hurricanes available on the market. The main shortcoming of this rubber for me is that its ark is low and very long, I had to tune it with 2 Falco layers on sponge and a tea spoon of olive oil on topshit in order to get what I did want. I'd say it's more suitable for those who just start getting into Hurricane-like rubbers due to its feeling and not bad flat shots performance, Nittaku Neo and especially Pro would be a better choice for more experienced playersSep 24, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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