DHS Gold Arc 5

I'm a backhand dominant player who mainly drives, and uses medium loops. The fact that it is not tensored means you can hit a lot harder and it'll just keeping getting faster ( linear speed/power ). Block are amazing and so are flips. It is a very hard rubber which suits the new ball and my drive style on the BH. I've tried so many rubbers, Tenergy, Mx-P, Gold arc 8, Donic blue fire and boosted Hurricane and Skyline. This is hands down the best. Before you go picking up that sheet of Gold Arc 8 or tenergy, give this a try. Hopefully they never discontinue this in favor of the more expensive gold arc 8

I have this rubber on both sides of a Palio King Yue blade, medium thickness 42.5 degree sponge.I was keen to try this rubber after having tested Gold Arc 8( med 47.5), which I thought was excellent. I considered getting the GA5 47.5 but decided on the softer version as I thought they might be too similar and that it may well suit harder or less controllable blades.Although not a tensor, this rubber has superb spin and control with above average speed. The topsheet is just as grippy as GA8, the sponge firm enough to transmit some vibration to the blade, so the combination feels good and performs very well. Of course it does't have the speed, kick/catapult of a harder tensor, but that is not it's function,it's more of a spin elastic control rubber. So if you want a softer, non tensor rubber with high performance, then this is a very good choice.

wow! I bought this rubber on a whim for my forehand (Im weird and have h3 neo on my bh) this rubber for me had the same sort of feel as h3 neo, just not as tacky. The rubber feels very fast but allows a high amount of control. (one of my new fav rubbers).

Cheap, high-quality rubber. It lacks the catapult effect of other tensor rubbers, but you get plenty of spin and control. It grips the ball very well and creates a medium arc. Blocking is quite accurate, and the touch is excellent, with no unpleasant surprises from this rubber. Punching is also great; it's a bit slow for my forehand, but for my backhand, it's phenomenal. It's also durable. 42 sponge It has a firm top sheet which produces a nice spin , on pressing it feeling is like a harder rubber .

47.5 Black, Uncut weight: 71g. The GoldARC 5 (47.5) is same speed and same weight than GoldARC 8 (50), but slightly higher spin and more spin sensitivity. They were on my racket at the same time. The top sheet is much harder, contact and spin are not as well controlled. I don't understand how some people can compare it to the Yasaka Rakza 7. The topsheet of the R7 is soft, this one is hard with very poor feedback. With the GA8 or R7, the speed or spin can be dosed much more precisely. I don't think it works without oil, maybe with the softer sponge (42.5). The Palio HK1997 Gold has a similar spin and linearity, but is much more forgiving, the extra soft topsheet almost talks to us, there is so much feedback.