Friendship/729 729

This was my beginner rubber and lasted an entire year through hard hitting sessions it’s quick and reliable and a good beggginer choice

It is a forgiving rubber and thus suits better for beginners. No insane spin or speed. It is controllable and pretty cheap, making it easy to be bought by beginners.

42deg blue sponge, medium tack, lowest profile of pips i ve seen - quite wide as well. I played this on FH of a Sanwei Fextra (6mm 7ply). It is controllable and dead in the short game and it has some lively rebound at medium speed, excelent grip on flicks and serves. Hitting hard gets you a low throw shot that is also spinny. I prefer this to faster forehand rubbers, as you can hit at max speed and the sponge can store the energy and load more spin, resulting in faster shots but trajectories that are only marginally longer. On a slower blade this might not apply.

It was my first rubber on a preassembled racket. Good conventional rubber for beginners who are learning PP. average speed and control, good spin and durable. It works better on stiff blades.

729 classic is an older tech chinese rubber. I paired it with a harder sponge to make it much faster. I have to attack to use the looping ability. It lost some of its touch and control though. When new it loop well cause it was tacky but once it lost its tackiness, I had to hit it hard to make it loop well. Its very durable. I kept its tack using a grip spray.