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DHS (1)

DHS NEO Hurricane 3 Provincial (Blue Sponge)

Speed	7.0
Spin	9.0
Control	8.5
Weight	6.0
Gears	4.0

Tackiness	5.0
Throw Angle	6.0
Sponge Hardness	10.0

Review of DHS NEO Hurricane 3 Provincial (Blue Sponge)

Putting this rubber on forehand side of viscaria, unboosted. I still remember 1st day i used it, this rubber was extremely slow that i needed to hit very hard and nearly injured my shoulder. but eventually this rubber behaves "more normally". definitely a hard rubber, but the feeling is more like a slower, "very hard" euro/jap rubber. compared to commercial, i think it has less tackiness (still able to pick up ball for a fraction of second), but more bouncy. serve is very spinny with good technique, short return especially push can be performed with abundance of control. slow spinny opening has monstrous spin, but only with plenty of acceleration and fine touch to brush the ball and control the arc. the only way to fully utilize this rubber's offensive properties is by using effective weight transfer. definitely not for players who mainly use their arm and wrist to generate power. coming from years of using tensor rubber, it took me months of dilligent practice to start getting used to this rubber. throw angle is rather high, but the arc is very low and flat. combination of this rubber and viscaria needs excellent technique to control the spin and arc. requires very good care! very susceptible to be dirty, which will alter the feeling greatly.

Feb 12, 2023

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Xiom Jekyll & Hyde V47.5

Speed	9.0
Spin	8.5
Control	8.4
Weight	4.0
Gears	7.0

Tackiness	0.0
Throw Angle	2.0
Sponge Hardness	7.0
Overall	8.4

Review of Xiom Jekyll & Hyde V47.5

Using V47.5 on the backhand side of my BFY Viscaria. I used xiom vega pro / vega x on my backhand before changing to this rubber. My initial impression after +/- 2 hours of testing, combination of v47.5 and viscaria results in pretty hard feeling. On active strokes this rubber feels pleasing, low-medium arc with good spin. Passive block will more likely dump the ball into the net, however when the sponge is engaged the ball flies with high speed. On serves, I feel i can't impart as much spin as when I used vega pro, probably because my serve technique is just grazing the ball with the topsheet, and in order to get the spin, sponge engagement is necessary. I may update after more hours of testing.
UPDATE: Around 10 hours of play, I confirm this rubber plays best for flat-hitting. This rubber is not really spin sensitive, which helps a lot when flat-hitting through the ball. Topspin is best generated with quick wrist action, making this rubber very suitable for backhand flick over the table. However backhand topspin opening away from table is quite challenging because the arc is low and long. I still can't generate satisfactory spin from my serve, so I won't really recommend this rubber for serving.

Feb 24, 2023

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