impartial XS

Everyone's rating [Hardness] Little soft
[Performance] Speed and Spin to have excellent
impartial XS

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Averages reviews points

  • Rating: 8.89 / 10
  • 61 reviews
    • Speed:8.7
    • Spin:8.64
    • Control:8.08
    To drive powerful spin of excited table rubber

    Players using the rubber table but smash powerful drives is recommended. Out of the playing rotation sharp Tutsi and seat tube shape due to high technology and high elasticity and easy spin on a power drive. Combination of soft sponge, coaxes out a high-performance control.

    • Short pimples

    Specifications

    Price
    5,000 Yen(Include tax 5,500 Yen)
    Producer
    Butterfly
    Product code
    00420
    Speed
    12.2
    Spin
    7.9
    Hardness
    30

    Players use impartial XS

    Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary
    Despite being a pen-type table tennis rubber, it delivers backspin performance comparable to inverted rubbers, earning high evaluation for its balanced performance across all skill levels. It is widely recommended as a versatile rubber suitable for transitioning from inverted rubbers and expanding tactical options.
    ■ Frequently Mentioned Points
    • Exceptional spin performance atypical for pimple-out rubbers
    • Versatile performance spanning beginner to advanced players
    • High-level performance across drives, blocks, and pushes
    • Minimal quirks that broaden tactical variety
    • Well-suited for players transitioning from inverted rubbers
    ■ Representative Voices
    ▲ PositiveThe rubber has strong spin and sufficient speed, allowing both beginners and players transitioning from inverted rubbers to develop proper pimple-out technique while enabling progression, featuring high baseline specs with neutral characteristics.
    ▽ CriticalIndividual compatibility varies significantly, and poor match with playing environment or style can lead to disappointing results. Not suitable for shakehand backspin attack players.

    Reviews by user

    • Edo lover

      Edo lover (Experience: Less than a year) Shocking!!!!!!!!

      Reviews by user

      I'm using this on the reverse side of a Chinese penhold blade. As long as I don't hit some weird spot, rallies stay stable.
      Forehand drive... it doesn't grip as much as inverted rubber, but the speed is really fast. The trajectory is low and straight, so once you've picked your course, you can put the ball away in one shot.
      Serve... it bites almost as sharply as inverted rubber. I'm currently using Fastarc P-1, so let me compare (sorry, Nittaku). P-1 has more spin, but this one is more stable, so I serve with the Impartial.
      Reverse-side play... this is the main point. Rallies are as I described above. I think inverted rubber is better suited for the chiquita.
      That said, I felt drives had good speed and stayed stable without popping up too much, which I liked.
      I thought short pips generally don't get affected much by incoming spin, but among short pips rubbers, this one is on the more affected side.
      For a short pips rubber it's super aggressive, which is amazing!!!
      It's high-performance, so give it a try at least once.
      I hadn't written any downsides, so let me note them now. It's not suited for chopping. Pushes don't go in very well — probably because it doesn't have much grip on the ball.
      Well, once you get used to it, drives start landing really well and the spin gets absolutely brutal, so I genuinely recommend it.

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      2018/03/04
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      10
      Spin
      10
      Control
      10
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use Innerforce Layer ZLC

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    • Up Down Service

      Up Down Service (Experience: 6〜10 years) Best-in-class stability among short pips

      Reviews by user

      Among short pips rubbers, this one is especially stable.
      Drives and serves combine speed and spin in the attack so well that you'd almost mistake it for inverted rubber.
      Pushes depend a lot on your own skill.
      If you can't generate spin, you really can't with this rubber, but if you can, it grips a ton.
      I think it suits penhold players well.

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      2018/02/01
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      10
      Spin
      8
      Control
      9
      Hardness Little hard
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    • Rii

      Rii (Experience: Less than a year) Easy to use.

      Reviews by user

      I used this on my forehand with short pips. (Not much on the backhand.)

      Serves come out with spin that's every bit as good as high-elasticity inverted rubber, plus more stability.
      Rallies are very easy to control, probably thanks to the soft sponge, so you can keep them going.
      Smashes come with a lot of power thanks to the high speed performance. Just hit a bit harder and you get that satisfying smash feel.
      Drives brush the ball with a feel almost the same as inverted rubber, which made them easy to hit.
      Pushes are stable and feel good too.
      Backhand drives are easier than with inverted rubber.

      That said, for a short pips rubber it's fairly sensitive to incoming spin, so you do need to be careful.
      Still, I think the spin, speed, and control are top-class for short pips, so I can recommend it to short pips players on either forehand or backhand.
      It also seems like a good fit for switching over from inverted rubber.
      The downside is that the lifespan is a bit on the short side.

      That's it — from a beginner playing short pips on the forehand.

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      2018/01/18
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      9
      Control
      8
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use Exeter 4

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    • visitor

      Takachi Norja (Experience: 6〜10 years)

      Reviews by user

      You can hit forehand drives on par with inverted rubber. Serves grip spin well too, and both the power and the stability are amazing.

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

      Racket recommended use SEPTEAR CARBON

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    • Pin-chan

      Pin-chan (Experience: More than 20 years) The comeback of spin-focused short pips

      Reviews by user

      This feels like the discontinued Impartial with tension technology added on top.
      Among spin-oriented rubbers, I'd say this one grips a lot of spin.
      It grips spin differently from Ray Storm — where Ray Storm wraps the whole rubber around the ball to generate spin, this one felt more like a Challenger-type rubber, putting spin on with the topsheet while the sponge does the work of launching the ball.
      I think it's a very easy rubber to use.

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      2017/12/07
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      7
      Control
      7
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use RUTIS C

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    • visitor

      King (Experience: 2〜3 years) The best of both inverted and pips-out rubber

      Reviews by user

      Pushes get spin close to inverted rubber, which is handy mid-rally. Also, being short pips, it's really easy to control! Switching from a push into a drive is easy too. That lets you take the upper hand! Smashes are great as well. I think it's good on the backhand. And best of all, when you're in trouble during a topspin rally, the knuckly blocks save you! It's really good!

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      2017/09/16
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      10
      Control
      10
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use Mizutani Jun ZLC

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    • KENTO KENTO KENTO

      KENTO KENTO KENTO (Experience: 2〜3 years) Tenergy, but short pips?

      Reviews by user

      This is a rubber a friend of mine was using, and he let me try it once. The first time I hit with it, it bounced and gripped spin so much that I genuinely wondered, wait, isn't this Tenergy? But when I looked closely at the rubber, it definitely wasn't Tenergy. So I'd say you could basically call this the short-pips version of Tenergy.

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      2017/08/16
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      5
      Spin
      9
      Control
      7
      Hardness Little hard
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