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Adidas (2)

Adidas P3

Speed	9.5
Spin	9.0
Control	9.5
Weight	4.0
Gears	10.0

Tackiness	2.0
Throw Angle	4.0
Sponge Hardness	7.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	10.0

Review of Adidas P3

I have to revisit my original post and give more credit to this rubber. On a whim i decided to take my lightly used sheet of P3 and glue it up (with water based glue) since I was starting to get very unhappy with the Donic X2 Platinum soft I was using on my backhand. Hot damn!!! My technique has improved drastically in the past year and let me tell you, adidas is really on to something. Only problem is this rubber is extrememly difficult to find in North America but definately worth it.

Jun 06, 2011

Adidas P5

Speed	9.0
Spin	9.3
Control	10.0
Weight	4.0
Gears	10.0

Tackiness	2.0
Throw Angle	4.0
Sponge Hardness	7.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	10.0

Review of Adidas P5

Updating my original post again. Glued P5 up with water based glue on my forehand because Neo Hurricane 3 National (blue sponge) was really getting annoying. You have to constantly tune it and its plays god awful if you don't. P5 is crazy awesome!!! Spinnier than the P3 and just a tad bit slower with a slighly higher throw. I only have it in black but the top sheet appears to be frosted slightly, sorta like some chinese rubbers. I play a forehand dominated game and loop heavily. I really hope this rubber becomes readily available soon because currently its almost impossible to find but its worth it.

Jun 06, 2011

Butterfly (2)

Butterfly Tenergy 05

Speed	8.5
Spin	9.0
Control	9.0
Weight	6.0
Gears	10.0

Tackiness	2.0
Throw Angle	8.0
Sponge Hardness	5.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	10.0

Review of Butterfly Tenergy 05

Used this when it first came out end o 2008 and was amazed. After getting my EJ on its now 2015 and I'm back to tenergy 05. My skill level has improved exponentially and I find this rubber better then ever. Have this on a BTY ALC 2.1 on both sides and its a beast. All I can say is it's like the modern day Shriver.

Mar 20, 2015

Butterfly Tenergy 64

Speed	9.0
Spin	9.0
Control	9.0
Weight	8.0
Gears	7.0

Tackiness	5.0
Throw Angle	6.0
Sponge Hardness	5.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	9.0

Review of Butterfly Tenergy 64

I switched to the tenergy 64 from tenergy 05 on my backhand to get more speed and it definately delievered. 64 is much faster than the 05 with a slightly lower throw. Spin seems the same as 05 as far as I can tell.

Jun 24, 2010

Dawei (1)

Dawei Inspirit Quattro Ultralight SV 35

Speed	8.0
Spin	8.0
Control	9.0
Weight	2.0
Gears	7.0

Tackiness	2.0
Throw Angle	4.0
Sponge Hardness	0.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	8.0

Review of Dawei Inspirit Quattro Ultralight SV 35

I've always been a fan of the UL versions of the quattro series and recommend them over the regular inspirit quattro. This is a great rubber for the price however because of the softness of the sponge, you may have a problem bottoming out and hitting the blade. Great choice if you have a brush loop style. But if you prefer to loop drive and loop kill i recommend the harder version, Inspirit Quattro Ultra Light Reg of Power versions.

Apr 06, 2010

DHS (4)

DHS NEO Hurricane 2

Speed	8.5
Spin	9.0
Control	9.0
Weight	8.0
Gears	10.0

Tackiness	10.0
Throw Angle	0.0
Sponge Hardness	5.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	9.0

Review of DHS NEO Hurricane 2

This rubber is alot faster than other people are giving it credit to be. I prefer low throw rubbers for my attacking style game and switched to this from Joola Express 0ne. Very Fast Top spin driving rubber however loops will need to be execuded with a more chinese style open arm swing than a european compact one because compared to tensor style rubbers there is no catapult type effect. Real power comes out when you swing big top spins and drives. You can really here the sponge react when you hit correctly with a "FWAP" type sound lol. Overall, I like it and its onlly $20. This is also an excellend rubber for high spin service game, the rubber has a tremendous amount of grip and tack.

Jul 30, 2010

DHS NEO Hurricane 3 Provincial (Orange Sponge)

Speed	10.0
Spin	10.0
Control	10.0
Weight	4.0
Gears	10.0

Tackiness	10.0
Throw Angle	2.0
Sponge Hardness	10.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	10.0

Review of DHS NEO Hurricane 3 Provincial (Orange Sponge)

This rubber is amazing. Great for over the table looping with tons of spin and kick. Off the table top spin driving and driving is controlled and powerful. Major improvement over the commercial version in my opinion with alot more speed too.

Sep 30, 2010

DHS NEO Hurricane 3 National (Blue Sponge)

Speed	10.0
Spin	10.0
Control	10.0
Weight	6.0
Gears	10.0

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

Review of DHS NEO Hurricane 3 National (Blue Sponge)

Top of the line Neo Hurricane 3 rubber. Comes untuned so you should use 4-10 layers of non voc haifu tuner to get more speed out of this. Or any means of tuning.

Mar 23, 2011

DHS Hurricane 2 National (Signature)

Speed	10.0
Spin	10.0
Control	10.0
Weight	4.0
Gears	10.0

Tackiness	5.0
Throw Angle	2.0
Sponge Hardness	10.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	10.0

Review of DHS Hurricane 2 National (Signature)

I like this better than the Neo h3 national cut with the blue sponge. Seems to not throw the ball as far with a lower trajectory.

Mar 06, 2013

Friendship/729 (1)

Friendship/729 729 OEM

Speed	10.0
Spin	10.0
Control	10.0
Weight	2.0
Gears	10.0

Tackiness	8.0
Throw Angle	4.0
Sponge Hardness	5.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	10.0

Review of Friendship/729 729 OEM

This rubber reacts extremely well to tuning, particularly tuning with paraffin oil. Very economical if your know how to tune your equipment. Untuned however, this rubber is pretty average so make sure to tune this rubber. 2.1mm sponge gives you plenty of room to work with to stay within the legal restrictions for sanctioned play. ;)

Mar 08, 2011

JOOLA (1)

JOOLA Express One

Speed	10.0
Spin	9.0
Control	8.0
Weight	4.0
Gears	7.0

Tackiness	0.0
Throw Angle	0.0
Sponge Hardness	10.0
Overall	9.0

Review of JOOLA Express One

The hard tensor sponge
generates a tremendous amount of speed while the soft top sheet allows significant dwell time to generate spin. The throw angle of the rubber is very low so adjustments will need to be made if your not used to that. This rubber can be difficult to control because of the speed but try slowing down your approach swing before contacting the ball to compensate when more
arc is needed for close to the table and under and off the table loops.

Mar 29, 2010

KTL (LKT - Li Kuang Tsu) (1)

KTL (LKT) Pro XT

Speed	7.5
Spin	9.0
Control	9.0
Weight	2.0
Gears	10.0

Tackiness	8.0
Throw Angle	6.0
Sponge Hardness	0.0
Overall	8.0

Review of KTL (LKT) Pro XT

This rubber is slow without speed glue because of the super soft sponge. It does produce tons of spin for loops and serves but again its not very fast at all. Just want to point that out because I was surprised to see the high speed average for this rubber and its not that fast.

Apr 19, 2010

Palio (2)

Palio AK47 Biotech

Speed	7.0
Spin	9.0
Control	10.0
Weight	4.0

Tackiness	8.0
Throw Angle	6.0
Sponge Hardness	3.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	9.0

Review of Palio AK47 Biotech

Recieved a sheet of AK47 biotech as a bday gift. I recieved the black package version. I believe the sponge was labeled 38-39 degrees. Im using this as my backhand rubber on my Joola MC1 which is a off+ blade. Excellent rubber!!! I was a bit skeptical at first because of the slow speed but this rubber has amazing control. It's been said that AK47 plays similar to sriver el and I have to agree in the control aspect but AK47 biotech creates way more spin due to fairly tacky topsheet. I like that this rubber isn't too bouncy though too. It has really allowed me to open up and rip through the ball with my backhand loop.

Jan 07, 2011

Palio Thors

Speed	9.0
Spin	9.0
Control	9.0
Weight	8.0
Gears	7.0

Tackiness	5.0
Throw Angle	4.0
Sponge Hardness	10.0
Overall	9.5

Review of Palio Thors

Wow!!! This rubber has definately surprised me. I switched to this from DHS Neo H3 Provincial and as much as I try to convince myself that I can play better with the the NEO H3 i really can't. THORS has just as much spin but provides extra speed and kicks like a german rubber. This rubbers amazing!!! 52 - 54 degree german tensor sponge with a sticky chinese topsheet. Deadly combination if you ask me :)

Jan 17, 2011

Tibhar (1)

Tibhar Evolution MX-P

Speed	9.0
Spin	9.0
Control	9.0
Weight	2.0
Gears	10.0

Tackiness	5.0
Throw Angle	4.0
Sponge Hardness	7.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	10.0

Review of Tibhar Evolution MX-P

Updated 1/13/15

Ok just for kicks I tried evo EL-P and it definately didnt work for me. The MX-P is just much livelier and reacts much better to the ball. Higher throw than the EL-P with more spin and speed. Blocks return ur opponents energy very well. In comparison with the EL-P version ID have to say the MX-P feels like a speed glued version. Great thing is u don't have to speed glue. If you like playing a fast topspin attack style MX-P is golden.

Jan 14, 2015

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