Victas VS > 401

Probably the spinniest rubber I've played with - great for chopping and serving, but it is not super easy to control because it is fairly reactive to opponents spin. It is a good rubber for attacking - albeit not at extreme speeds. If you are going to use this rubber, it may be worth while using the other side for return of serve.

Victas VS>401 rubber is much better than Butterfly Tackiness Chop or Chop 2. This rubber is super spiny and great for chop and drive shots. For Power lops shoots the sponge is not hard enough,but remember that hard sponge is difficult to control when you chop. Overall, this high control rubber and great for chop, drive and rally tactics.

I have used Dr. Neubauer Domination 1,5mm for six years. It is hard to make a mistake with this rubber, Hight control, good grip, excellent chops, easy blocks. On the other hand, after six years rubber becomes little bit boring for me. The biggest issue for me is that with this rubber it is harder to attack. Now I am starting with the thinnest Victas 401. Friction on 401 is higher, however chops are with little bit less control. Blocks are the same, despite the fact 401 is faster. But attacks are much easier and effective. After two training sessions I have decided to switch on 401. I am moving to more aggressive style. I do not think 401 is for pure choppers. Blade Xiom Agis. After six months I can confirm all written above. I am staying at 401. During my training session I tried to switch back on Dr. Neubauer just to make a comparison. Dr. Neubauer makes my blocks shorter, more closely to the net. Also, the speed is slower what can give you time to think about my next steps. However, all for the price to be no so productive in attack.

I am not a defender, not a chopper. I am a spin oriented power looper on FH and all round attacker on BH. I bought this rubber as my FH attacking rubber in 2.0 on FZD ALC blade. When I serve, I set up a powerful opening loop with the aim to win straight from the 3rd ball and keep attacking if any blocks come back. This rubber is perfect for this because it can give spinny, short, low backspin serves - most of the time my opponent's cannot flick them and have to push, I then can use the great grip and spin this rubber has to unleash a powerful 3rd ball loop or to flick fast and spinny if the opponent manages to push short. When I really cannot attack, this rubber can give very short low pushes so it will deny my opponent any counter attacks. On Serve receive I was able to spin and long serve with power because this rubber gives great control. It is NOT slow, it can be used by attacking players who have a powerful swing and just want something very spinny. Basically it's very similar to H3 National Blue sponge but much more forgiving, with a bit of catapult (much less than Tenergy but significantly more than H3). So if you are an H3 user and wanted to try a hybrid rubber - I think this is just great. If you're a Tenergy user and are curious to try H3 or something like that, then try this 1st. I tried this rubber because from it's reviews and description it seemed almost like the Dignics09C to me... I don't know if that's the case, but basically It is a powerful, very spinny, highly controlled rubber with moderately low catapult and good speed. It is very linear. The only down sides are that smashes go into the net and you should spin the ball to create arc. Blocks are excellent but a bit slow compared to T05 and it does react to spin, so on slow spinny loops it can block out. Away from the table you needa bit bigger movements up and forward to create the arc, it won't do it by itself. But at close to medium distance, it's a monster rubber for an attacker!

Just for chops