asga's Rubber Ratings
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Butterfly (1) 
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Butterfly Dignics 09C
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Review of Butterfly Dignics 09CButterfly's answer to boosted Battle 2 or Shining Dragon. Definitely slower than e.g. Dignics 80 and such "normal" rubbers. D09C is for those into faster boosted Chinese rubbers who for some reason prefer Butterfly. Spin on serves is not second to Battle 2. The induced spin is deep and can be deceptive.Feb 14, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
DHS (1)
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DHS NEO Skyline 2 TG2
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Review of DHS NEO Skyline 2 TG2On faster carbon balsa blades, like GEWO Balsa 775, TG2 NEO behaves great. It is not heavy and really fast with some (lots of...) booster such as Xtreme. More direct than H3 NEO and H2 NEO and 729-08 commercial H39. Aggressive and forceful Chinese loop style is required, resulting in vicious and diving shots hard to block. Heavily boosted NEO 2 skyline seems to be the end of my search for the perfect chinese rubber to match with Gewo Balsa 775.Jul 02, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Donic (1)
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Donic BlueGrip C2
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Review of Donic BlueGrip C2I changed to C2 from DHS Skyline NEO 2 for more more effortless catapult and faster blocks. The blue sponge feels unique. Top sheet needs careful protection to retain the small tackiness. Probably one of the best European hybrids. A little boosting makes the max sponge version excel further.Mar 22, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Friendship/729 (6)
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Friendship/729 Aurora
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Review of Friendship/729 Aurora729 Aurora is possibly the cheapest rubber with the best performance, if you like catapult-effect style Euro/Japanese style rubbers. Friendship has now finally reached the "Champions League group stage" of TT rubbers. (More on the way with Friendship 729 Battle!) The click sound of Aurora is not as high as e.g. Stiga Magna TS, in fact it is not loud at all, contrary to product description The previous reviews sum up Aurora well. Its price nothing short of amazing considering the performance. If you don't care about brands and are a price conscious amateur player with an aggressive attack style, please give this thunderous rubber a go. It is definitely both a FH and BH rubber. Congrats to 729!Nov 29, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Friendship/729 Battle II
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Review of Friendship/729 Battle IIUPDATE:This rubber is the best and trendiest Chinese rubber I have ever used on forehand. Power loop monster. Absolutely monstrous for the plastic ball with Falco Long Term Booster for full fledged power looping shots. National version blue sponge is probably somewhat faster than the Commercial one. Orange sponge commercial can be boosted (3-4 layers Falco wait for more than one week) into a very fast kick sponge type of rubber, similar to tensors actually if you get it right. Boosted on a fast blade (carbon or wood type depends on playing style) probably the best 729 rubber for the plastic ball era. kourosz' review is very accurate and thorough, although I find the flat hit smashes very fast when boosted and feel no speed limit disadvantage in this respect. Battle 2 is surprisingly light considering its sponge density. I had some fears it would be as heavy as 729-08 or DHS Hurricane NEO 2, but I was totally wrong, This is an advantage for most players. Battle 2 is e.g. much lighter and way better in all respects than 729-08 and likely 729-08 es too. Battle 2 requires full commitment and determination of all shots, but then you get much reward. Battle 2 will keep the same characteristics if I protected in thin plastic and if the surface is cleaned very often with a clean new kitchen wipe sponge just used for that purpose. The rubber is a favorite due to its overall character of adaption to poly balls, low price -->change often, nice cunning and diving loops, nasty kicks on slow loops, fast enough overall, huge back spin possible on e.g. serves which gives many "easy" points. Battle 2 is very enjoyable and a great if you like Chinese polyball era rubbers. Mar 07, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Friendship/729 Faster (Fenghun)
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Review of Friendship/729 Faster (Fenghun)The fastest 729 rubber of all! Surprisingly light despite its hard light green 2.2 sponge (red rubber). I will compare Faster with Battle 2. Battle 2 is suberb of course and tackier, but Faster is "kind of lethal" and slightly faster, lighter and also tacky/spinny enough. The evaluation has to focus on the adaption to ABS balls and win ratio.Jan 09, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Friendship/729 Focus 3 Snipe
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Review of Friendship/729 Focus 3 SnipeFocus 3 Snipe is a very versatile (fast when you need, slow when you need, controllable, spinny) rubber for below 1600 points players in amateurs leagues. Its price is very low considering its high quality and characteristics. It is in a nutshell a Sriver or Mark V replacement, but not a T05 replacement. Boosted with Falco it becomes quite fast - with a quiet click sound. I changed from Battle2 recently as F3S is lighter and feels faster and more to the point in the attacking game. The spin on serves is still enough. Have not noticed any problems for the rather old F3S in handling the (Stiga Perform) polyball. F3S is more diverse and consistent than Aurora, and not much slower.Mar 29, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Friendship/729 Cross Blue Sponge
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Review of Friendship/729 Cross Blue SpongeNeeds several layers of booster to come alive. Still might have small speed problems. The advantage compared to other 729 rubbers is the light weight, price and the blue sponge which responds very well to boosters. Time will tell if its slower speed compared to Battle2 will make it unplayable in competitions. Below fenghun and B2 perhaps, but probably overall nicer than harder heavier 729 rubbers. The blue sponge is interesting in many ways. Haifu seamoon is perhaps more suitable to blue sponge than Falco Long Term. Remains to be seen in 19/20 season.Jul 09, 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Friendship/729 Battle II Provincial
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Review of Friendship/729 Battle II ProvincialHigh premium quality rubber. Blue sponge is something else here. Considerably faster than regular Battle 2. Tackiness increased immensely after 3 layers of Falco as well as the speed.Sep 18, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nittaku (1)
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Nittaku Hurricane 2 (H2) Pro
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Review of Nittaku Hurricane 2 (H2) ProWay too slow to be useful for a modern game! Beginners rubber. Not even tuning speeds up this rubber maximum 2. 1 sponge!Jan 09, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sanwei (1)
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Sanwei Target National (New)
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Review of Sanwei Target National (New)Described correctly by Sanwei! Marketing is true in this case regarding the sponge and all. As written, faster than many other Chinese rubbers and generally easier handled than e. g 729 bloom power and NEO 2 skyline. The faster loopes and drives are fast but still the nice control is there. Of course many easy service points with this kind of rubber. Some Boosting is necessary to obtain the desired speed compared to tensors. Overall, a very pleasant surprise. A must try for players who prefer Chinese rubbers but want more "free" speed. Update. Bought a red max and without any booster it is very fast and has catapult, even on non carbon blades. Red version much improved in the last 1,5 years. Some new orange sponge (not blue) which definitely behaves like out of the box hybrids. By far the best chinese rubber Price performance. Very tacky very fast no booster.Nov 26, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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