FACTIVE

Everyone's rating [Hardness] Little soft
[Performance] Control and Speed to have excellent
FACTIVE

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Averages reviews points

  • Rating: 7.99 / 10
  • 104 reviews
    • Speed:7.37
    • Spin:7.3
    • Control:8.31

    Reviews of FACTIVE. Players who use Rubber evaluate various points such as hardness of the sponge, speed, control, spin, and feel at impact thoroughly.(Page 12)

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    Specifications

    Price
    4,500 Yen(Include tax 4,950 Yen)
    Producer
    Nittaku
    Product code
    NR-8720
    Speed
    14.75
    Spin
    11.75
    Hardness
    35.0
    Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary
    Highly rated as a versatile rubber for beginners to intermediate players, with excellent control and affordable pricing being major strengths. However, advanced players often find it lacking in speed and spin potential.
    ■ Frequently Mentioned Points
    • Exceptional control performance with excellent ball grip feel
    • Reliable for short-range techniques: serve, flick, and push
    • Ideal for beginners and as a 2nd rubber; perfect for learning backhand drive
    • Excellent value for money with outstanding price-performance ratio
    • Moderate speed and spin potential; not suitable for advanced players
    ■ Representative Voices
    ▲ PositiveFew quirks, handles any technique well. Moderate bounce with a satisfying grip-in feel that builds proper technique sense. Perfect match for players wanting to level up their fundamental skills.
    ▽ CriticalSpeed and spin feel somewhat underwhelming, with direct trajectories when hitting powerfully, similar to short pimple rubber. Lacks the aggressive power sought by advanced players.

    Reviews by user

    • visitor

      Only once (Experience: 2〜3 years) A stable, good rubber

      Reviews by user

      I used this until recently.
      It feels like a slightly toned-down version of the Fastarc.
      Speed and spin are both decent, and I think it's an easy rubber to handle.
      That said, it obviously doesn't reach Fastarc-level performance, and while it's stable, it doesn't have any standout quality like a tacky rubber, so I think it's a good rubber for people looking for consistency.

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      2017/10/30
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      7
      Control
      8
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use ACTIVE 7

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    • visitor

      Person who wants to become strong table tennis (Experience: Less than a year) Easy to spin

      Reviews by user

      Really good
      Easy to put spin on
      Easy to do backhand drives
      Easy to serve

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      2017/10/15
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      10
      Control
      10
      Hardness Soft

      Racket recommended use Altero

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    • visitor

      Table tennis lovers (Experience: 2〜3 years) Recommended for backhand

      Reviews by user

      From using it, the spin doesn't fly too much for a tension rubber, so you can swing fairly hard, chiquita and blocking are both good, and topspin drives feel stable for a tension rubber too, so I think it's a great recommendation as a beginner's first tension rubber.
      Also, the low price is another one of its strengths.

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      2017/10/13
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      6
      Control
      4
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use Awards offensive

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    • Banjin

      Banjin (Experience: 2〜3 years)

      Reviews by user

      This rubber makes counter-hitting easy
      It pairs well with an all-wood blade, and I'd recommend a 5-ply.
      With topspin drives, you really feel like you're putting the spin on yourself, and with counters too you can feel yourself gripping spin, so it's easy to control. It doesn't fly much, so playing away from the table felt a bit iffy.
      Overall it felt like if you just swing, the ball goes in. I think a blade without carbon is better, since it won't fly too much or feel heavy.

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      2017/09/23
      All
      7/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      9
      Control
      8
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use Swat 5

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    • visitor

      None Tree (Experience: 4〜5 years) Easy to block with

      Reviews by user

      Forehand
      ・Topspin drives are stable
      ・I get the impression the spin isn't that strong
      Backhand
      ・Blocking is stable

      Overall, blocking is quite stable. On the forehand, it's about the topspin drive. You'd better give up on pushing with this one. It also bounces a bit easily in places, so backhand drives can sometimes be inconsistent.

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      2017/09/12
      All
      6/10
      Speed
      5
      Spin
      5
      Control
      7
      Hardness Soft
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    • ぴ ゃ ー

      ぴ ゃ ー (Experience: 6〜10 years) For beginners...?

      Reviews by user

      The sponge is soft, but the sheet is fairly hard.
      If you put it on a special-material or 7-ply blade, the blade's bounce sends the ball off before the sponge can even engage, so you can't really grip the ball.
      As for lifting backspin, a 5-ply blade can just about manage it, but on a blade with hard-or-more bounce, brushing the ball is difficult.
      The speed is decent enough - fairly average for the price range, but slow compared to rubbers overall.
      It's easy to use in topspin rallies. Given the stability of blocks and meet shots, it suits beginners on the backhand who don't use a third-ball backhand topspin drive.

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      2017/09/11
      All
      2/10
      Speed
      6
      Spin
      7
      Control
      4
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use CLIPPER WOOD

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    • sho-go

      sho-go (Experience: 11〜20 years) A top performer, but...

      Reviews by user

      A friend of mine uses this, and this is my impression after getting to hit with it.

      The first thing I noticed hitting with this rubber was how well balanced it is.
      It's on the softer side, but in the short game it doesn't behave as wildly as I expected, and stops and flicks aren't hard to do either.
      Topspin drives arc nicely.
      Lifting backspin isn't hard either.
      Blocking is also easy.
      Every technique felt balanced and reassuring.
      It really reminded me of the feeling of hitting with the old Hammond series coated in glue, back in the day.

      That said, how you rate this rubber will probably depend a lot on what you're looking for.
      It's a well-balanced, model-student type of rubber, but since it doesn't have much personality, it feels like a rubber that's hard to make your own signature with.

      Speed and spin fall short compared to high-end rubbers.
      You won't get tacky-rubber-style tricky balls out of it.
      It's also hard to produce nasty shots in the short game.

      If you're looking for some kind of personality in a rubber, I don't think this one fits.

      On the flip side, I'd recommend this for shakehand players whose backhand is mostly blocking.
      It also seems like it would suit the reverse side of a penhold blade.

      Also, I think it could work as a rubber for both sides for a beginner who's been playing table tennis for a while and has developed some basic skill.
      Paired with a Swat blade, it feels like a combination that's cost-effective and can be used for a long time.

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      2017/09/10
      All
      7/10
      Speed
      6
      Spin
      6
      Control
      7
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use Swat

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