NEO HURRICANE 3

Everyone's rating [Hardness] Little hard
[Performance] Spin and Control to have excellent
NEO HURRICANE 3

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Averages reviews points

  • Rating: 8.92 / 10
  • 260 reviews
    • Speed:7.28
    • Spin:9.53
    • Control:7.91

    Powerful “NEO” sponge and Hurricane 3 rubber with special glutinosity could create stable and high-speed arc, improve the scoring ability of players. NEO Hurricane 3 has a high speed and low fast loop, changeful arc, stronger spin.

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    Specifications

    Price
    5,200 Yen(Include tax 5,720 Yen)
    Producer
    DHS
    Product code
    NR-8701
    Speed
    11.25
    Spin
    15
    Hardness
    42.5
    Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary
    A high-performance rubber highly supported by beginners through intermediate players. Its excellent spin performance and ease of use in short-range techniques are praised, while many users note that understanding its low-bounce characteristics and appropriate hitting method are essential, requiring an adaptation period for those transitioning from tension rubbers.
    ■ Frequently Mentioned Points
    • Exceptional spin performance with excellent loop drives and serves
    • Extremely easy-to-control short-range techniques (push, stop, flick)
    • Superior control due to low bounce, resulting in fewer errors
    • Recommended for beginners entering the world of sticky rubbers
    • Maximum performance achieved when paired with high-bounce, hard blades
    ■ Representative Voices
    ▲ PositiveSuccessfully returned backspin with a drive for the first time. Serves have excellent spin even with reduced power. Loop drives are easy to execute and produce balls difficult for opponents to handle.
    ▽ CriticalLow bounce causes net mistakes when playing from the baseline, and spin generation is less than expected. Hitting with a tension rubber technique results in poor distance and net errors, requiring significant practice to master.

    Reviews by user

    • visitor

      Fortius FT user (Experience: 2〜3 years) The No.1 inverted rubber for counter-drives

      Reviews by user

      With Hurricane, the finer techniques become easier. You get more variety in your technique — extremely short stops, deep, vicious pushes that dig into the opponent's court, knuckle blocks, sinking drives, and so on.
      Also, because the sponge is so strong, the power of your counter-drives ends up exceeding the power of the opponent's drive, so the ball drives straight into their court. This is something only Hurricane can do.

      As for compatible blades, I think a hard special-material or pure wood top sheet, outer special-material, or 7-ply blades would suit it well. Pairing it with a balanced-type blade like the Korbel should increase stability.

      As for playing style, I think it suits players who use two-handed counter-attacking table tennis, or a strategy of putting an unusual rubber on the backhand to send over nasty balls.

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      2016/10/30
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      10
      Control
      8
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use WANOKIWAMI AO OFF

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    • Mithos Yggdrasill

      Mithos Yggdrasill (Experience: 4〜5 years) This is China's strength

      Reviews by user

      I use the DHS 40-degree version, and it's no exaggeration to call it a top-tier rubber. It really tests whether you have the physical strength of a Chinese pro player.
      I think Hurricane is the only rubber that can surpass Tenergy.

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      2016/10/09
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      6
      Spin
      10
      Control
      9
      Hardness Hard
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    • Waguti

      Waguti (Experience: 6〜10 years) For powerful close-to-table/mid-distance attacking players

      Reviews by user

      For the average hobbyist level, I think this rubber is more suited to college students and working adults who already have some physical strength built up, rather than middle or high schoolers.

      First, about serve and receive — it's a fairly bouncy rubber, but since it's a Chinese rubber, it's really easy to play a non-bouncy, controlled style. Stops in particular come out low and with a lot of bite. You can feel like Ma Long.

      As for drives, unlike today's spin-oriented tension rubbers, if you hit it casually you just get a casual ball back. Instead, if you use your lower body and core properly and swing fully, you get some nasty shots. How nasty? Nasty enough that when your opponent blocks it, so much of your drive's spin transfer remains on the ball that you end up missing off your own opponent's return.

      Blocks and counters are easy to do normally since it's a hard rubber.

      The downsides are that it's hard and heavy, and that it only comes in max thickness. Players who lack strength will find racket control difficult on things like quick direction changes, so be careful.

      As for the blade to pair it with, I think a thin, flexible all-wood blade would be good. Rather than sinking the ball deep into the sponge, this rubber shows its power more with a thinner contact, so I think it's best to choose a blade suited to that kind of stroke.

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      2016/09/15
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      9
      Control
      7
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use VIOLIN

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    • visitor

      Tatsuya (Experience: 4〜5 years) Rubber for advanced players

      Reviews by user

      Drives get so much spin that they come down again after clearing the net. But since the rubber is hard, if you're a drive player who sinks the ball into the sponge, the ball tends to sail long and it's not stable.
      Serves get a lot of spin too. Short serves are easy to produce.
      The short game is easy to play as well. You can go for hard shots over the table, and pushes get a ton of spin too, which I thought was great.
      Counters and blocks were stable too. It's a lightly tacky rubber, so I never had an issue with the ball not flying.
      Lastly, the rubber itself is really good. That said, I think it's a rubber that's hard to handle for beginners and intermediate players. But once you get used to it, it might not matter even for beginners.

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      2016/08/19
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      8
      Control
      9
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use Altero

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    • visitor

      Far-from-table-loving Man (Experience: 4〜5 years) Hard shots land

      Reviews by user

      Hard shots go in like crazy
      and it's got speed and spin, it's good, but it's heavy so just watch out for that

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      2016/07/22
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      7
      Control
      5
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use Ma Long Five

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    • Apprentice cutter artist

      Apprentice cutter artist The strongest tacky rubber

      Reviews by user

      When I hit a full-power drive, I was surprised that the blade ends up ahead of the ball. The drives just have such heavy ball quality. Flicks on receive go in easily too. Blocks also don't bounce too much — I really like this rubber

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      2016/06/28
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      9
      Control
      7
      Hardness Soft

      Racket recommended use WANOKIWAMI AO OFF

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    • Nora

      Nora (Experience: 6〜10 years)

      Reviews by user

      This time I paired it with a Ma Long 5, but I think it would work with any all-wood blade.
      With a carbon blade, I think it would be difficult unless it's an inner-carbon blade, or you swing really fast and can always maintain a strong impact.
      I tried putting it on a Viscaria once, but I didn't have the skill for it.
      So let's move on to the rubber review.
      In terms of spin, it's a bit less than the normal Hurricane, but it's about the same or more than the spin-oriented tension rubbers out these days.
      The drive has that characteristic surging feel unique to tacky rubber — the speed is moderate, but the shots have real power.
      However, if you mishit even slightly, or hit it lightly, the ball comes out as a knuckleball, and it's also hard to play away from the table.
      Even though it's called "Neo," it still has a strong tacky-rubber feel, so people moving over from tension rubber might feel a bit thrown off, but I really want people to experience the power of this rubber at least once.

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      2016/05/20
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      10
      Control
      9
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use Ma Long Five

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