Renanos Hold [Discontinued]

Everyone's rating [Hardness] Little hard
[Performance] Spin and Speed to have excellent
Renanos Hold

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Averages reviews points

  • Rating: 8.41 / 10
  • 22 reviews
    • Speed:7.59
    • Spin:8.05
    • Control:7.41
    IE Rubber Innovation.

    Using IE(Integrated Energy) technology as a base. Rubber molecule is more active by Active Charge technology. Renanos Hold makes a breakthrough in spin and speed of table tennis sport. You can feel the comfortable feeling of holding the ball.

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    Specifications

    Price
    5,200 Yen(Include tax 5,720 Yen)
    Producer
    Nittaku
    Product code
    NR-8551
    Speed
    12.2
    Spin
    11.5
    Hardness
    Middle
    Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary
    The rubber is highly praised for its excellent sheet grip and spin performance, but many users find the speed somewhat insufficient. The characteristic of significantly different performance between light and hard strokes causes evaluations to vary depending on hitting style and skill level.
    ■ Frequently Mentioned Points
    • Strong sheet grip and excellent spin performance
    • Flight characteristics differ greatly between light and hard strokes
    • High operability for short game and serve
    • Lighter than tension rubbers and easier to handle
    • Speed performance is modest
    ■ Representative Voices
    ▲ PositiveThe ball feel is very satisfying with strong sheet grip and excellent spin performance. It's easy to apply strong rotation on serves and pokes, and the drive works well even with a deep catch. Fine techniques in front are very easy to execute.
    ▽ CriticalThe speed is somewhat lacking. Additionally, thin scraping drives are difficult with a slipping sensation. The rubber is heavy, and cutting when far from the table is somewhat challenging.

    Reviews by user

    • Sergei

      Sergei Transforms when you hit hard.

      Reviews by user

      On serves and receives, the bounce is mild, and the grip is good, so it's easy to put spin on the ball. It has a texture that feels faintly tacky, and the rubber itself is on the harder side. Rather than a thin graze, a hit-and-graze style stroke works better with it.

      The chop cuts really well. Though it takes a bit of a knack to get the cut right. Also, the trajectory is low.

      When I hit a topspin drive, it had a distinctive trajectory — maybe close to a high-elastic-sponge trajectory. It's a very low, flat trajectory, and it seems to dip down, possibly because of the spin. The speed was far more solid than you'd expect from such a light touch. The ball is also very heavy. Plenty of spin.

      It's kind of like a Chinese tacky rubber that's been given a tension-rubber feel — or like a Chinese rubber fused with a high-elastic-sponge rubber, with some extra bounce added... Anyway, it's a really distinctive rubber. It's the first Nittaku rubber I ever came to love.

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      2015/03/22
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      8
      Control
      6

      Racket recommended use Defense Pro

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    • Guybrush123

      Guybrush123 (Experience: 11〜20 years) Excellent spin and control

      Reviews by user

      Really good spin and control in one rubber. Nittaku always delivers high-quality products. This feels similar to the Stiga Calibra LT, but it's not as fast, and it has a ton of spin. Easy to play around with.

      2018/07/09
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      9
      Control
      10
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use MEBEAULE 5

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    • visitor

      Tibikin (Experience: 4〜5 years)

      Reviews by user

      Easy to use on both sides. Though the spin on my forehand feels a bit lacking. Maybe because I'm using Fastarc G1 on the other side?

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      2017/12/19
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      6
      Control
      6
      Hardness Soft

      Racket recommended use WG5

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    • And

      And A different kind of good, unlike tension rubber

      Reviews by user

      These are my impressions from putting it on the forehand.
      The defining trait of this rubber is that the ball flies completely differently between a light hit and a hard hit, so the published specs are really more of a guideline for hard hits. When just hitting flat on the forehand it barely bounced, but drives went further than I expected. (Almost like the numbers were inflated the way a high-elasticity rubber feels??) I'm the type who sinks the ball in when I hit, so that might be why I feel this way, but this rubber has a strong "grab" feeling. Compared to tension rubbers, that sensation feels stronger here. Spin also felt like more than I expected. The trajectory is straight and flat. And when you graze it for a loop drive, it still puts on solid spin. On the other hand, with a tension rubber, even someone without much power can generate speed, so if you want a reasonably fast ball without much effort, I'd say a tension rubber is the better choice. But if you can swing through properly, this rubber produces a really good ball, so in that case I'd recommend it.
      Another feature of this rubber is that it's lighter in weight compared to tension rubbers. Putting this rubber on will make your whole racket lighter than with a tension rubber.
      I'd recommend this rubber to anyone who feels tension rubbers aren't quite right for them, or who wants to graduate from the high-elasticity rubbers beginners usually start with.

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      2017/11/19
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      7
      Control
      7
      Hardness Little hard
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    • visitor

      Big River (Experience: 6〜10 years) Good

      Reviews by user

      These are my impressions using it on the forehand.
      Speed and spin are completely different between a light hit and a hard hit. On a weak hit it doesn't bounce much, but hit a hard drive and it really bounces. I hit my drives by sinking the ball in, and even though it's more of a hit-through drive, I get the impression it puts on more spin than expected. Drives come out on a straight, flat trajectory, quite different from tension rubbers. Something I've especially noticed since the switch to the plastic ball is that the rubber grabs the ball well, so it's easy to lift backspin, and sharp shots go in easily too (in my personal experience).
      Recent tension rubbers tend to be very heavy, but this rubber isn't heavy, so you don't need to worry about that. I heard it's slightly tacky, so I paired it with a blade that suits tacky rubbers, and it worked out really well. People say tacky-type rubbers are hard to hit flat with, but this one seems pretty good at that, maybe because the sponge is firm (not totally sure why).
      If you feel like tension rubbers just aren't quite right for you, or you're a bit of an "equipment nerd" wondering what to move on to from the high-elasticity rubbers beginners usually use, I'd recommend this one. By the way, not many people seem to be using it (O_O)

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      2017/09/25
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      8
      Control
      7
      Hardness Little hard
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    • visitor

      Kazuki 100% (Experience: 4〜5 years) Amazing catch

      Reviews by user

      So this rubber is supposed to be slightly tacky — the red one I bought had no tackiness at all.

      For a Japan-made Nittaku rubber, the grip is good, so any kind of grazing drive is easy to hit.

      I think it works fine on both forehand and backhand, though on the backhand the speed feels a little lacking.

      I don't think whether the rubber is tacky or not really matters that much.

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      2017/04/02
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      9
      Control
      9
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use Ebosharu

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    • Pacific cod

      Pacific cod (Experience: 2〜3 years) Wonderful…

      Reviews by user

      This rubber is really wonderful. The feel on contact is quite similar to Hurricane — it's like Hurricane with extra bounce and a lower trajectory added on. It's truly great, and it meets every one of my requirements for the perfect rubber: "easy to block, a proper tacky feel on contact, and speed when hitting hard."
      The only thing is it's quite susceptible to incoming spin.

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      2017/03/02
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      7
      Control
      9
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use Ma Long Five

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