VS＞401
| Everyone's rating |
[Hardness] Pretty soft [Performance] Spin and Control to have excellent |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed:6.4
- Spin:8.46
- Control:6.9
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The new VICTAS VS > 401 rubber offers the perfect balance between a tacky control rubber and a variable offensive rubber. The German and Japanese material experts (GJ Tec) developed an extremely tacky surface for vicious backspin forcing your opponent into mistakes. The slightly more compact sponge neutralizes your opponent's attacks, thus providing for fantastic control. The High Energy Tension top rubber sheet also offers sufficient speed for sudden and dangerous attacks. VS > 401 is the perfect tool for all-rounders who need sufficient power for their own attacks in addition to great control.
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Players use VS＞401
- Excellent control and spin during cutting, producing stable low-trajectory balls
- Aggressive shots like drives and smashes gain power from the hard sponge
- Superior cutting quality, precision, and consistency in basic techniques like pushing and serving
- Heavy weight (~56g) and hardness demand significant technique and strength
- Poor form results in floating balls; mastering proper technique is essential
Reviews by user
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so sa (Experience: ４〜５ years) Heavy, but not hard to use
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2019/02/20
My first impression was that it's just really heavy. I got a little worried, thinking "can I even hit topspin drives with this...", but it turned out fine. If anything, my drives ended up even heavier. Chops are great too, of course, but I'd also recommend it to drive-oriented players. That said, it might be a bit heavy if you run inverted rubber on both sides, so I'd also recommend it to attacking players using an unorthodox rubber on the backhand.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Hard
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A Takuto who admires China (Experience: ２〜３ years)
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2019/01/13
I borrowed this from a friend and tried it — it's hard and heavy.
Since it's hard and flies really well, I could out-hit opponents even in topspin rallies from away from the table.
But once I moved in close to the table, I got a lot of overshoots.
Pushes, serves, and chops all bite well.
A really strong rubber.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Hard
Racket recommended use Resist II
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Cutman (Experience: ２〜３ years) Great cutting spin!
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2018/12/04
First of all, for me personally, the chop cuts really well.
That said, the rubber is a bit heavy.
When counterattacking, it produces really powerful shots.
Since it's heavy, I think this is a rubber for players with strength — intermediate to advanced players.All Speed Spin Control Hardness Hard
Racket recommended use WANOKIWAMI MIDORI DEF
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Dosanko Cutman (Experience: ６〜１０ years) Too hard, lol
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2018/03/23
The downside is that the rubber is heavy. Put another way, everything except the weight is basically great.
Serve: For backspin serves, you need a fast swing and to really grab the ball, or it won't cut. If you're switching over from a non-tacky rubber, it takes time to get used to.
Chop: You can produce slow, low-trajectory chops just like Matsushita Koji's chops in his prime.Topspin drive: If you focus on spin, the ball doesn't sink into the sponge, so you don't get much speed. When you go for a speed-focused drive instead, the hard sponge gives you ridiculously fast ball speed.
Push: Cuts normally, stays stable normally. Nothing especially amazing about it.
Block: Maybe because it's hard, it's less stable than usual. But it's not unbearably hard to use either, so it's fine.
All Speed Spin Control Hardness Hard
Racket recommended use Defense Pro
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Glassman (Experience: ４〜５ years) A rubber built for attack too
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2018/02/25
The rubber's performance is excellent — of course it's good for defense, and
the slight tackiness generates powerful spin, while the hard sponge lets you land a single big smash too.That said, compared to chopping-oriented rubbers like Tackiness Chop,
you get extra hardness and weight as the price for that attacking power,
so for choppers, whose blades already tend to be large and whose overall racket weight tends to be heavy anyway,
it takes a bit of getting used to.
(You can offset this by using OX rubber or thin-sponge pips on the other side)All Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Racket recommended use Def play Senzo
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Muramatsu-style cutman (Experience: ２〜３ years) Not for beginners, a rubber for advanced players
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2018/01/23
I used this myself for a while too, but the hardness was too much and I couldn't handle it.
It's nice that serves cut well, but chops fly way off way too much.
That said, topspin drives went in solidly.
If you do want to use it, I'd recommend pairing it with long pips on the backhand, skipping forehand chops, and using footwork to keep rallying with forehand drives instead. (In that case, people around you will definitely ask "are you really a chopper?" lol)All Speed Spin Control Hardness Hard
Racket recommended use KOJI MATSUSHITA DEFENSIVE
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Bake (Experience: ６〜１０ years) Bam!
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2017/12/21
When you chop, it makes a loud sound and the chop flies low and slow. For topspin drives, the sheet grips the ball a bit, so it's surprisingly hittable. Even so, the sponge is rock-hard, so if you don't brush it properly, the ball flies off in a completely wrong direction. I'd recommend this to choppers who only attack when they have a clear opening
Also, even at 1.8mm it's about as heavy as a Neo Hurricane 39° at 2.2mm, and it's harder than that too, so be carefulAll Speed Spin Control Hardness Hard
Racket recommended use KOJI MATSUSHITA
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