Q3 [Discontinued]

Everyone's rating [Hardness] Little hard
[Performance] Speed and Spin to have excellent
Q3

(Click to zoom the photo)

Averages reviews points

  • Rating: 8.62 / 10
  • 55 reviews
    • Speed:8.51
    • Spin:8.51
    • Control:7.53

    Reviews of Q3. Players who use Rubber evaluate various points such as hardness of the sponge, speed, control, spin, and feel at impact thoroughly.(Page 7)

    • Pimples in

    Specifications

    Price
    6,300 Yen(Include tax 6,930 Yen)
    Producer
    Mizuno
    Product code
    83JRT893
    Speed
    17
    Spin
    16
    Hardness
    47

    Players use Q3

    Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary
    A hard tension rubber with excellent speed characteristics, featuring a fast and linear trajectory. While rotation performance is high, it requires technical skill to handle properly, making it difficult for beginners without sufficient swing speed or impact force. Multiple reviews recommend it for backhand use.
    ■ Frequently Mentioned Points
    • Exceptional speed with a linear, flat ball trajectory
    • High rotation performance excelling in serves and drives
    • Soft feel despite 47° hardness rating, widely praised for backhand
    • Requires technical skill; challenging for beginners
    • Consistent observation that pushes and stops emerge lower than expected
    ■ Representative Voices
    ▲ PositiveThe speed is incredible and it stays on the table even with a full swing from the front court. It handles all techniques excellently from short-range to back-court play at a high level, making it truly recommendable for all-around players.
    ▽ CriticalThis is a hard rubber with severe performance characteristics. Without strong impact timing, the ball becomes flat and lacks power. Players without sufficient swing speed or ability to compress the sponge will struggle to master this rubber, which is clearly designed for advanced players.

    Reviews by user

    • visitor

      Mizuno Chidori (Experience: 6〜10 years)

      Reviews by user

      The purple sponge looks really cool.
      It's not just about looking cool though — it delivers proper spin and speed, and drives are consistent.

      See original review

      2017/11/04
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      10
      Control
      8
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use SP-55 S

      Was this review helpful to you? Like!
    • Takuto-san

      Takuto-san (Experience: 4〜5 years)

      Reviews by user

      The ball comes off quickly.
      The feel on impact is on the slightly hard side.
      Drives carry a lot of spin.
      The amount of spin on drives varies.
      Blocking is easy too.
      Works whether you play back or up close.
      Speed is fast.
      The sponge looks cool.
      Value for money is bad. Arc is high.

      See original review

      2017/10/31
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      8
      Control
      6
      Hardness Little hard
      Was this review helpful to you? Like!
    • visitor

      Iwacchi (Experience: 2〜3 years) Power, spin, speed — all amazing

      Reviews by user

      I use max thickness on my forehand. Hitting drives, my impression is that it delivers both spin and speed at the same time. It's a rubber that really lives up to Mizuno's concept. The topsheet grips the ball strongly, so even on a rushed shot the arc comes up on its own and the ball goes in. Even hitting a fast drive, the speed is incredible, and with the spin on top of that, opponents' blocks tend to fly long. Loop drives come out with an amazingly high arc. It's easy to use from any distance from the table.

      See original review

      2017/10/31
      All
      7/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      9
      Control
      7
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use Timo Boll ALC

      Was this review helpful to you? Like!
    • pom

      pom (Experience: 11〜20 years) Easy to control when spinning

      Reviews by user

      I use this on my forehand.
      To put it broadly, it feels a bit like a tacky rubber —
      the feel on impact is hard, and I think it suits players who like generating their own spin rather than relying on the ball's incoming spin.

      Lifting backspin and countering with spin of your own are both easy,
      and it's easy to control using spin.

      Personally, flat hitting is really hard with this one.
      It's difficult to hit flat.

      It's not suited for people who like the feel of sinking the ball deep into the sponge, but
      since the ball actually flies, I found it easier to handle than tacky rubber.

      See original review

      2017/10/24
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      9
      Control
      7
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use FORTIUS FT ver.D

      Was this review helpful to you? Like!
    • visitor

      Sughi (Experience: More than 20 years) Quality varies, be careful!

      Reviews by user

      There's a lot of variation in rubber hardness, especially in the topsheet.
      Because of that, one sheet I had felt like a springy Chinese rubber, almost like a super-thin bounce-type. The other one had a softness close to 47.5 degrees, more like a German-style spin tension rubber.
      The first one barely let the ball sink into the sponge, to the point I thought it must be aimed at Chinese-rubber users.
      The second one felt very easy to put spin on and easy to control.
      That said, from mid-to-far from the table, I couldn't deny it lacked power compared to Tenergy 05, even sinking the ball into the sponge.
      It felt purely suited to close-to-the-table play.
      If quality improves and it becomes more consistent, it might turn into something great.
      When buying, you need to be careful and pick through store stock to check whether the topsheet is soft, otherwise it's a bit risky.

      I'm hoping for good things from the Q4, which is said to be the later 64-style version.

      See original review

      2017/10/18
      All
      5/10
      Speed
      6
      Spin
      7
      Control
      2
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use Zhang Jike ZLC

      Was this review helpful to you? Like!
    • Yukki

      Yukki (Experience: 6〜10 years) Comparison with GFT48

      Reviews by user

      I switched my forehand from GFT48 (MAX) to Q3 (2.1mm), so here's a review comparing the two.

      [Impression of Q3]
      The sponge has small, dense bubbles and is hard. The topsheet is on the softer side of firm for something used by top players.
      It feels like GFT48 with both the sponge and topsheet made harder.
      The feel on impact doesn't feel as hard as you'd expect (given how hard the sponge is), probably because the topsheet is on the softer side.
      [Speed]
      Both drives and flat hits are just a bit faster than GFT48.
      Should be plenty for playing close to mid-distance from the table.
      [Spin]
      If you graze it thin, it grips a ton. If you hit it thick, you can produce drives with fast initial speed.
      For serves, the spin comes out even from a motion that doesn't look like it's spinning much, so my opponents said they had trouble reading it.
      If you really cut it, I think it can spin hard.
      [Flat hitting]
      It's heavily affected by the opponent's spin, making flat hits tricky. (When I tried to hit a ball with a bit of topspin on it flat, it flew upward off the table.)
      I think it's better suited to overpowering the opponent's spin with a drive instead.

      [Overall impression]
      My impression is that the Q3 is a step up from the GFT48, and it's a good rubber that solved my issues with lack of spin.
      I plan to keep using it for a while.

      See original review

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

      Racket recommended use Innerforce Layer ALC

      Was this review helpful to you? Like!
    • happy

      happy (Experience: 11〜20 years) More similar to the 05 than expected

      Reviews by user

      I bought the red max thickness.
      The way the ball comes off felt very similar to Tenergy 05 (thick), but apart from that it felt like a downgraded 05.
      I got the impression the topsheet is soft while the sponge is hard.
      Weight including the package ranged from 93.0 to 94.5, and I picked the 94.0 one.
      Also, up close to the table it felt quite similar to 05, but once I stepped back to play from farther away, I kept getting flat, dead balls.
      I'd recommend either using it close to the table, or on the backhand, like Oshima mentioned.

      See original review

      2017/10/05
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      4
      Spin
      8
      Control
      5
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use CARBONADO 190

      Was this review helpful to you? Like!
    1. « First
    2. 3
    3. 4
    4. 5
    5. 6
    6. 7
    7. 8

    Top Players

    Country

    Style