RAKZA Z EXTRA HARD

Everyone's rating [Hardness] Hard
[Performance] Spin and Speed to have excellent
RAKZA Z EXTRA HARD

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Averages reviews points

  • Rating: 9.46 / 10
  • 37 reviews
    • Speed:8.89
    • Spin:9.38
    • Control:8.68

    Reviews of RAKZA Z EXTRA HARD. Players who use Rubber evaluate various points such as hardness of the sponge, speed, control, spin, and feel at impact thoroughly.(Page 5)

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    Specifications

    Price
    6,300 Yen(Include tax 6,930 Yen)
    Producer
    Yasaka
    Product code
    B-88

    Players use RAKZA Z EXTRA HARD

    Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary
    Highly rated as a sticky tension rubber combining excellent spin and speed performance. However, its high hardness and weight make it challenging for beginners and weaker players, requiring sufficient power and driving technique to use effectively.
    ■ Frequently Mentioned Points
    • Exceptional spin performance enabling heavy, powerful drives
    • Impressive speed despite being a sticky rubber
    • Excellent control for fine techniques like chipping and tweaking
    • Requires significant power; designed for hard hitters
    • Reasonable price with excellent cost-performance ratio
    ■ Representative Voices
    ▲ PositiveDespite its high hardness, it's manageable to use. The sticky sheet combined with hard sponge delivers the best of both worlds—sticky rubber advantages plus strong speed output.
    ▽ CriticalVery heavy and hard, causing shoulder pain that made it impossible to continue using. Disappointed that only extra-thick size is available without other thickness options.

    Reviews by user

    • visitor

      ZZ (Experience: 6〜10 years) Gear for a new era

      Reviews by user

      I used Extra Hard on both sides of an Arneid Inner blade.
      It goes well with plastic balls, and compared to rubbers I've used before, it has a biting kind of grip on the ball.
      The control is also a bit more restrained than so-called "flies off the racket" tension rubbers.
      Blocking is the only shot that feels a bit hard to do since it picks up the opponent's spin easily, but on the flip side, countering even against powerful shots is easy thanks to that same biting grip.

      It performs at a high level across the board while still being affordable, so I plan to keep using this rubber for a while.
      For reference, the Arneid Inner blade alone is 87.5g, and with max-thickness rubber plus side tape on both sides it comes to about 196g.

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      2020/11/17
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      10
      Control
      10
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use ALNADE INNER

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    • visitor

      Double-sided Chinese rubber user (Experience: 4〜5 years)

      Reviews by user

      My blade is a Hurricane King, with Hurricane Guokuang 3 on the forehand and Rakza Z Extra Hard on the backhand. I've only hit with it once, so please forgive me for that.
      First, hitting on the forehand, I felt it flew pretty far, but thanks to the Hurricane King's 5-ply construction it still landed in the court — though with special-material blades I think you'd need to adjust the angle a bit or you'd overshoot.
      Next are my impressions from the backhand.
      On the backhand, the ball drew quite an arc and landed in the opponent's court. To hit it flatter, I think it's better to impact it a bit harder. Since it's a tacky tension rubber, I feel it shines most at mid-distance from the table. Also, since the overall arc is high, topspin rallies were really easy to do. Keep in mind these are just impressions from someone who normally uses Chinese rubber.
      And while the spin doesn't reach the level of Chinese rubber, compared to tension rubbers I think the amount of spin is on the high side.

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      2020/09/09
      All
      9/10
      Speed
      10
      Spin
      7
      Control
      10
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use HURRICANE KING

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      Mochi (Experience: 4〜5 years)

      Reviews by user

      Despite its hardness rating, it doesn't feel that hard — it's softer than something like Hurricane's blue sponge, and the sheet grips the ball well, so I think it's a rubber that spins on its own without you having to force it!

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      2020/09/03
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      8
      Control
      10
      Hardness Little hard

      Racket recommended use SPLINE N2

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    • visitor

      Penholder Warrior (Experience: 6〜10 years)

      Reviews by user

      Rakza Z is a hard-hitting rubber like Dignics 09c, which I also have on my backhand. The only difference is that Rakza is more linear. The D09c has more punch and can react fast to quick wrist input. Making Rakza Z the harder version gives you better control. You can play it slow when you need to, or play very fast when you need to — it depends on how much power you put into it. For example, it's clearly faster than Chinese rubbers like Hurricane 3 Neo (commercial version). The important thing is that you have to play actively with a rubber like this.

      2020/08/24
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      10
      Control
      9
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use DYNASTY CARBON XU XIN EDITION

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    • visitor

      Shark Skin Man (Experience: 6〜10 years)

      Reviews by user

      I used to have Rakza X and Xiang Long on my forehand, but this is way harder than those and it really flies off the racket! Even though it's a tacky rubber. At first I couldn't keep up with the contact feel, but once you get used to it, it becomes an amazing weapon.

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      2020/07/01
      All
      10/10
      Speed
      10
      Spin
      10
      Control
      9
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use MA LIN HARD CARBON

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    • Thompson

      Thompson (Experience: 11〜20 years) If you're a hard hitter, this is it

      Reviews by user

      Because of Covid I've only been able to hit with it once, so please bear with me. My first impression when hitting was that the ball tends to fly up. I had way more overshoot misses than net misses.
      For the topspin drive, thanks to the way loops tend to fly up, it was easy to lift backspin balls. Speed drives are hard to sink the ball into since the rubber is stiff, but if you impact it firmly and get the ball to sink in, you get a great ball in both spin and speed.
      Also, since the rubber is hard, the short game is stable and countering is easy. As for downsides, blocking is a bit harder and I found control tricky. The biggest downside, though, is the weight. After cutting it, it came out to over 50g. That makes it pretty hard to put it on both sides. That said, if you have the strength to swing all the way through, I think it's a fantastic, reliable rubber.

      Lastly, this rubber has slight tackiness, but I felt that hitting it tension-style, rather than tacky-style, brings out its performance better.

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      2020/04/22
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      8
      Spin
      7
      Control
      7
      Hardness Hard

      Racket recommended use Innerforce Layer ZLC

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    • AYA12345

      AYA12345 (Experience: 11〜20 years) Easy-to-use tacky rubber

      Reviews by user

      I'll review this by comparing it with "Golden Tango" and "Rakza Z Extra Hard."

      Rather than a tacky rubber, "Rakza Z" is closer to a regular spin-oriented tension rubber. The contact feel is soft, and it's easy to do meet-and-hit shots that are usually hard with tacky rubbers.

      Compared to a regular spin-oriented tension rubber, it draws a high arc and lands deep on the table. It doesn't produce the irregular spin variations you get with "Golden Tango," giving a more stable ball instead. It's heavier than "Golden Tango," but the ball itself feels lighter. In terms of raw speed, you can get a faster ball than with "Rakza Z Extra Hard," but the ball itself feels lighter.

      I'd recommend this to people who want to shift from spin-oriented tension rubbers to tacky rubbers, people who didn't get along with other tacky rubbers (like "Golden Tango" or "Rakza Z Extra Hard"), and people who want to put a tacky rubber on their backhand.

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      2020/04/04
      All
      8/10
      Speed
      9
      Spin
      9
      Control
      8
      Hardness Little soft

      Racket recommended use GORIKI

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