Rakza 7
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[Hardness] Medium hardness [Performance] Spin and Control to have excellent |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed:7.65
- Spin:8.77
- Control:7.88
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Yasaka, using mainly natural rubber gum for the top sheet. This improves the level of grip and the power of spin drastically. The top sheet is combined with the new Power Sponge. The top sheet and Power Sponge work in perfect synergy, producing the Hybrid Energy rubber Rakza 7. When the player hits the ball hard, the rubber grips the ball and the stroke can be used to place the ball accurately, both in direction and length. The serve and short returns are very sharp and easy to handle. Due to the increased percentage of natural gum the durability is improved. A winning combination!
- Pimples in
- Spin is easy to apply; all techniques including drives and serves are stable
- Soft sheet and hard sponge combination enables good ball grip
- Excellent cost-performance ratio for intermediate players
- Moderate speed and flight characteristics suit beginners
- Relatively long durability with gradual performance degradation
Reviews by user
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Wanta (Experience: ６〜１０ years) Easy to use
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2024/12/28
In a word, I think this is a rubber you can sum up as "easy to use."
I'd been using nothing but Ligan and Ligan Spin for about 5 years before trying the 7, and I felt zero sense of unfamiliarity.
It's like a rubber that took the best parts of Ligan and Ligan Spin, boosted the performance, and got rid of the weaknesses.
For beginners, I think, "isn't this all you need?", but it costs 1,000 yen more than those rubbers above.
The price difference is about 1.35x, but I don't think the performance is 1.35x better... going by my own skill level, maybe about 1.1x.
That said, G1 has more grip and ball-holding feel, and I felt V>11 was better in terms of hitting feel and speed, but this one wins out on ease of use.
The sheet grips the ball well and the sponge has just enough firmness that it doesn't over-sink even on hard hits, giving a good balance of ball-holding and release — I think it's a rubber anyone can use. But for players with a strong impact in their swing who want to load up on spin with hard hits, it might not suit them since it's on the softer side.
It's easy to stop exactly where you want, and speed increases smoothly with how much force you put in, without suddenly jumping past a certain point — I guess that's what makes it feel easy to use.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use Acoustic Carbon
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For junior and senior high school students... (Experience: ６〜１０ years) This is enough for most people!
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2024/11/20
The speed is so-so, but the ball sinks in really well, so various techniques like lifting backspin are easy to pull off.
For beginner-to-intermediate players, this is more than enough.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use MA LIN SOFT CARBON
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Chicken (Experience: ２〜３ years) Spin catches well and bounce is just right
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2024/11/15
This rubber's sheet is soft and it's super easy to put spin on. But it also bounces a decent amount, so I think it's an extremely easy rubber to use. Both speed drives and loop drives are easy to pull off. On top of that, being 47.5 degrees, it's easy to sink the ball in, which is nice. And since you can get it for around 4000 yen, I'd recommend it for intermediate players.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use SK7
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Rakza 7 believer (Experience: ２〜３ years) Truly an all-around god-tier rubber!
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2024/10/06
I started playing table tennis in high school, and it's been a year and a half now.
About 9 months in, I put max thickness on my forehand as my third rubber. My honest first impression was, "This feels soft for 47.5 degrees." My second rubber had been Fastarc G1, and compared to that, Rakza 7 puts spin on incredibly cleanly, and I fell in love at first hit with how it properly bounces — I've stuck with this rubber ever since. If I had to name its strength, it's definitely the consistency! Drives, blocks, pushes, every technique is easy to pull off, and I can swing with confidence even in matches. Lifting backspin, which I struggled with back in my G1 days, I can now hit with confidence. If I had to point out a weakness, it's that its maximum power falls short of other speed-oriented rubbers. But you can make up for that power by putting it on a carbon blade.
It's easy to spin and doesn't fly too far, so I'd recommend it for the backhand too!All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use Innerforce Layer ALC
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Kappa (Experience: ２〜３ years)
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2024/08/11
Forehand, thick.
I've used all kinds of rubbers, but in the end I felt like this one was the best.
What I thought was best about it was how easy it is to put spin on.
With hard rubbers that are said to spin a lot, like Hurricane, I never really felt the ball sink in, and trying to force it in led to a lot of tense, mistake-prone shots.
But with this rubber, it's just so easy to generate spin that I could hit a good amount of spin without tensing up.
Also, I tried putting Rakza 7 on one side of a blade and Kiryu (a slightly tacky rubber) on the other and hitting drives with both — Rakza 7 produced a higher-trajectory ball than the slightly tacky Kiryu.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
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Masamune (Experience: ６〜１０ years) The true essence of Yasaka rubbers
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2024/07/13
This is a rubber Yasaka is proud of — one with excellent overall balance!
Drives really run, and it's not too heavy, so you can play table tennis without being afraid of mistakes!!
And really, a price you don't have to stretch for is the best, and I'd call it a safe, no-fail piece of gear.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Racket recommended use CYPRESS T-MAX
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Tapetape (Experience: Less than a year) Easy to use, but control falls a bit short
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2024/06/23
I used medium-thick on the forehand of an Exter 5.
☆ Spin
Gets a lot of spin. Drives, serves, chops, pushes —
it's easy to put spin on with any technique. The amount of spin you get on loop drives especially is amazing. That said, once it wears down, the spin drops off quite a bit.☆ Speed
Swing hard and it puts out tremendous speed.
It feels like it just slams into the opponent's court.
Speed drives and smashes get plenty of speed too, so it's aggressive.
I think I'd recommend it to people who prioritize speed as well.☆ Stability
Stability feels a bit lacking.
I hit the net directly or sent it long off the table a lot.
I think it's a little hard to handle for people who want consistency, or for beginner-to-intermediate players.☆ Lifespan
I'd say it's about average.
Once it wears down, the grip gets worse,
the spin drops, and things like power loss start happening more easily.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Racket recommended use XSTAR V
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