Tibhar Grip-S

I currently use red on my forehand but initially tried black. The black feels firmer than the red. I prefer the red because of its softer feel, medium overall, with good dwell time. The red has an orange sponge marked 37°. Grip-S is the spinniest rubber I have ever used and I have tried many tacky rubbers over the years; Tackifire Special, Tackifire C, Yasaka DO, H3 Neo, TGII Neo, various 729's, 999, Thors, ect... (Serves & Serve Return) The medium soft tacky topsheet and medium sponge allow you to load up the spin on serves. Serve return is controllable but a little sensitive to spin if you aren't confident in your return. (Looping) Grip-S has a medium to high throw angle. Brush loops load up the spin as you would expect from a tacky chinese rubber. Where this rubber breaks through the traditional mold is the amount of speed and spin on loop drives. The heavily factory tuned sponge grips the ball deeply and seems to propel the ball out with a great amount of speed. These drives are capable of lethal amounts of spin. Counterlooping off the table is very effective with this rubber. As long as you close your bat angle you can impart high levels of spin on these shots. Balls come off high, land deep and then dive quickly. (Blocking) This rubber is a decent blocking rubber, not as easy as many euro/japanese tensors but good for a tacky chinese rubber. The tuned sponge seems to absorb a lot of the power to help to keep the ball on the table. I found blocks to behave very similar to serve returns, if you aren't confident in your stroke, the tacky topsheet will make controlling the return difficult. (Pushing & Chopping) Pushing with this rubber is very controllable and allows for heavy pushes. This is one of my favorite aspects of this rubber. This rubber is only sold in max sponge in the US, but to my surprise, it is very good for chopping. I don't chop a whole lot with my forehand, but I am incorporating this more as a weapon because of the control and high amounts of backspin Grip-S imparts. I feel as I tighten up my technique, Grip-S will become a very good chopping rubber for me. Overall, Grip-S is a perfect blend of chinese & euro/japanese rubber characteristics. As much spin as any rubber out there, more speed than most chinese rubbers, and as much control as any offensive rubber. Grip-S is very durable and the tuned sponge seems to keep its characteristics for a long time. I would recommend Grip-S to anyone looking for a high quality rubber that is very spinny in all situations, capable of good speed with high levels of control.

Great rubber, spinny and lasts a long time. Could do with being a bit quicker

not the best rubber

OK i have this glued to a Xiom Zetro Quad on the FH side. this chinese rubber is the best FH rubber for me. i never thought that chinese rubber can be this good. i believe this is made by Haifu. looping is so easy with this, it's unbelievable. sure this rubber is not very fast but my game is base on looping so its speed does not really bother me. short game is very controllable with this rubber as well. i have been converted to chinese rubber on my FH!!

i play grips on m. maze off and have less control than Milky way moon 37 its very spinny rubber with average speed but its difficult to control when i play topspin against opponent spinny topspin. But i like this rubber for this spin its amazing