Neottec Hinomi-M

I bought this for my forehand at 2.0 mm. Fantastic rubber for a beginner. At $17 a side, the quality to price ratio is brilliant. The description is correct that it plays more direct, but I did not find it too fast at all. Slower than Xiom Vega Europe and Nittaku Factive, around the speed of the Xiom Vega Intro. The XVI is what I'd compare it to the most, very direct and controllable. It's best on the Forehand, I think, because it plays very direct. Your forehand doesn't need as much help lifting the ball or getting speed because of the mechanics, so the slower sponge and lower throw angle helps keep more balls on the table. Gears wise, it's great. Super easy to have a soft touch around the net and on serves, but packs enough 'oomph' to finish a point with the right technique. I loved it and so did my wife who just plays recreationally. Good job, Neottec!

Quite a backhand rubber to be. Generates spin easily with exceptional control thanks to the softer feel offered by the sponge, the only thing is that it is lacking a little speed (for me personally) and lacking quite a lot of power, sometimes I feel like I need to force something out of the already bottomed out rubber during some stroke, overall is a good backhand rubber I think especially for reverse penhold backhand use.

This is a surprisingly good non-tensor rubber. It's cheap with great quality. Even though the rubber's description says medium rubber, it's really more like soft rubber. This is basically an allround rubber. Control is excellent, spin is good, and speed is sufficient. If you are developing your backhand or want good control for your backhand, I suggest you try this rubber. This rubber can go on very stiff, fast carbon blade and still give you all the control you need.

Hidden gem! Quality rubber with a high price to performance ratio at a low weight! I am a forehand dominant looper either using DHS H3 provincial or Tibhar EL-S on forehand which are very heavy so I was looking for a light sponge for backhand drives. I got this in 2 mm sponge for backhand and turned blade around and tried it on forehand and was so impressed I bought 4 more! Its fast and the soft rubber (it says medium but its already soft) makes it easy to make spin!