HURRICANE PRO Ⅲ TURBO BLUE

Everyone's rating [Hardness] Pretty soft
[Performance] Spin and Speed to have excellent
HURRICANE PRO Ⅲ TURBO BLUE

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Averages reviews points

  • Rating: 9.18 / 10
  • 96 reviews
    • Speed:8.07
    • Spin:9.77
    • Control:7.88

    Reviews of HURRICANE PRO Ⅲ TURBO BLUE. Players who use Rubber evaluate various points such as hardness of the sponge, speed, control, spin, and feel at impact thoroughly.

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    Specifications

    Price
    6,600 Yen(Include tax 7,260 Yen)
    Producer
    Nittaku
    Product code
    NR-8725
    Speed
    14.75
    Spin
    15
    Hardness
    50
    Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary
    An advanced-level rubber favored by experts, featuring a hard sponge with exceptional spin characteristics. Highly polarizing due to requiring strong technique and power, making it unsuitable for intermediate players.
    ■ Frequently Mentioned Points
    • Hard sponge produces explosive fast drives when fully swung
    • Outstanding spin quantity, the best feature of this rubber
    • Heavy weight (around 60g for extra thick) limits player compatibility
    • Produces flat balls without proper sticky technique
    • Excellent for serves, short-range techniques, and counters
    ■ Representative Voices
    ▲ PositiveWhen you compress the sponge properly, incredible balls come out. For sticky technique users, rotation is exceptional and speed is surprisingly fast for a Kyohyo. The crisp sound is also very satisfying.
    ▽ CriticalAs a Chinese rubber, quality consistency varies with occasional scratches or dirt on new products. The hard sponge requires strong power and technique—without both, it becomes uncontrollable and produces flat shots.

    Reviews by user

    • LOVE table tennis

      LOVE table tennis (Experience: Less than a year) Hard Verified Purchase

      Reviews by user

      The sponge was harder than I expected, so it was a bit tricky to handle.
      But when you let the ball sink into the sponge and hit through it, you get a great shot.
      I felt it's a bit more suited to advanced players.

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      2021/05/02
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      7
      Spin
      10
      Control
      7
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use KASUMI BASIC

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    • katsuo000

      katsuo000 (Experience: More than 20 years) A heavyweight at 65g!

      Reviews by user

      I'll compare it to DHS's Provincial Team Hurricane NEO3 Blue Sponge. This one is nearly 20g heavier, and even though it's brand new, the sheet had marks that looked like stains — typical of Chinese-made sheets, which was a letdown.
      It might partly be due to swing speed, but bounce, power, and spin are all higher on the DHS one. Like I felt with Turbo Orange, it bounces more than you'd expect for a Hurricane/Pro rubber, so it feels pretty good to hit, but I also felt that the extra bounce makes it harder to produce tricky, spin-heavy balls. Once you know DHS, you end up feeling that it's the better one. That said, this one produces more of that tricky character than Turbo Orange, so if you're committed to Japanese-made rubber, it's a solid option.
      By the way, my blade is a Hurricane 301, which has the same construction as the Long 5 and is a heavy blade. It's not like it's a blade that clashes with tacky rubber, but someone I played against told me that the combination of a Zhang Jike blade with Dignics has more speed, spin, and ball weight than this combination. Just for reference.

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      2019/12/27
      All
      7/10
      Speed
      5
      Spin
      8
      Control
      7
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use HURRICANE LONG 5

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    • Kyohyo

      Kyohyo (Experience: 4〜5 years) Once you get used to it, everything goes in

      Reviews by user

      I normally use Provincial Hurricane NEO3 Blue Sponge 39 degrees, but I tried this one out.
      - It's rock hard, but if you full-swing and hit the sweet spot, you can hit blazing-fast drives and smashes, and the sound feels really great.
      - It's important to always be conscious of your body and hit good balls, but it's also fun to deliberately hit a straight, spinless ball and score with a change of pace.
      - Chops land really well.
      - Since the sheet is made in China, it can't really be helped, but there's noticeable variation between units — the one I bought had some dirt on part of the sheet. It also smells stronger than the Provincial Hurricane.

      Overall, I personally preferred the Provincial Hurricane.

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      2026/07/20
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      10
      Control
      9
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use Cybershape Defensive Classic2

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    • visitor

      adhesive lovers (Experience: 2〜3 years) Nice crisp feel

      Reviews by user

      I switched from Dignics 09C because I wanted to be able to swing through with full force, so I tried the Turbo Blue.
      The first thing that surprised me was the sound. Just hitting the ball hard against the blade produced a high-pitched sound, which was really cool. Next, when I did some forehand hitting, it felt heavy but easy to use. Every hit makes a crisp click that feels great. Short serves are easy, and stops land dead short every time. And best of all, drives arc like crazy. This is a godly rubber.
      *The classic Chinese-rubber smell is amazing on this one

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      2026/02/16
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      6
      Spin
      10
      Control
      7
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use Innerforce Layer ZLC

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    • visitor

      Double-sided sticky man (Experience: 4〜5 years) You can hit heavy balls

      Reviews by user

      It's incredibly heavy and hard, but if you put spin on the ball and send it over, the opponent tends to hit it long.
      You'll never lose out in a spin battle.
      It's very weak against humidity.
      Smashing is a bit hard to do.
      Once you practice and get used to it, it's a world-top-level rubber.

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      2025/12/01
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      10
      Control
      7
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use Tomokazu Harimoto Innerforce ALC

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    • Sato

      Sato (Experience: 11〜20 years) A rock-hard rubber that's way too picky about who it suits

      Reviews by user

      It's ridiculously hard and heavy. On the other hand, if you put it on a lightweight outer-carbon blade, you end up with straight, spinless shots, and it becomes harder to bring out its strengths like tricky spin and sinking drives.


      I think its strengths are the power of your third-ball serve attack, the short game in general, and the amount of variation you get on light drives close to the table. On the flip side, I don't think it suits other techniques, like rapid-fire forehand hits close to the table or topspin rallies from further back.


      I think this is an extremely specialized rubber for players who like to drop their contact point a bit and keep grinding out light drives from close-to-mid distance, players who value stability and have the grit for it. If you're going to use it, I think you'll start to see its true character if you stick with it patiently for about six months. Its lifespan is also among the longest out there.

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      2025/02/07
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      6
      Spin
      10
      Control
      10
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use ALTIUS ST5

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    • visitor

      Leopard Lover (Experience: 4〜5 years) Basically the strongest rubber?

      Reviews by user

      First off, I think it's tough unless you can really whip your swing through properly. But if you can do that, not only is the spin great, you also get quite a lot of speed for a Hurricane rubber. And best of all, that crisp, sharp sound feels great. It's very heavy, so you'll need to balance it out with your backhand rubber and so on, but if you can handle all of that, it becomes a lot easier to win matches. The downsides are the weight and the fact that you just can't keep practicing for very long lol. Since this rubber produces a fairly high arc, I think blades like Butterfly's Viscaria series or a hard inner-carbon blade suit it well. By the way, even within the Viscaria series, the Viscaria itself tends to be lighter on average than the Zhang Jike or Fan Zhendong versions, so I'd recommend that one.

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      2024/09/22
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      10
      Control
      9
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use VISCARIA

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