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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U20 |
| Experience | １１〜２０ years |
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- KILLER is an astonishing new development among offensive pimple-out rubbers.Actually it is a comb...
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2024/04/09
I put black MAX on a Centric Carbon and hit with it.
The weight came out to around 52g, which for its hardness is a pretty ordinary, unremarkable weight.
As for the feel, given the listed hardness of 52.5 degrees, it doesn't really feel that hard — probably because the sheet is on the softer side — and I don't think you'd guess it wasn't 50 degrees.
As for speed, I think it has something special going for it.
I'd say it's a cut above other tacky tension rubbers like K3 or 09C.
That said, I didn't get the sense that the ball's trajectory became flatter or more linear.
However, when it comes to spin, it was pretty average — the ball rises after impact but doesn't dip down again, and I noticed quite a few long misses of about a ball-and-a-fifth's worth of overshoot.
My opponents also commented that the ball felt light, for what it's worth, so this rubber might be a tough choice if you want to compete purely on spin.
On counters too, I didn't get much sense of absorbing the opponent's spin, and because it travels far and doesn't grip much spin, my impression was that it didn't settle onto the table very well.
That said, on drives against backspin, thanks to the distance and the way the ball rises, it was easy to hit drives that would sail past the opponent's racket without them even touching it.
To sum up, this feels less like a tacky tension rubber and more like an ordinary tension rubber, so I think it would suit someone who normally uses tension rubbers but is curious about trying something with a tacky feel.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket CENTRIC CARBON
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2019/07/05
This blade is outer carbon, but it has the feel of a 7-ply wood blade
That said, the bounce and trajectory are pure carbon, and at first I was surprised by the mismatch with the feel, but I gradually got used to it and learned to make it work
This blade is also very heavy (100g), and I felt you'd need quite a bit of arm strength to swing it around with inverted rubber on both sides
What really stands out is the sound — since I have Q5 rubber on it, when you really smack the ball off the rubber it flies off with a loud metallic ring, and it feels great
In the short game it doesn't fly too much either, and I felt the defensive technique holds up just as well as with a 7-ply blade, but when you put a drive on it, the speed comes out a lot, though there were plenty of times the spin wasn't enough and the ball wouldn't drop onto the table — I felt that needs some adjustmentOverall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
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2025/07/03
This time I tried putting the Bugler Red 1.7 on a Centric Carbon and hitting with it.
The weight was 39g.
I want to compare it to the original Killer, another variation-type rubber that's easy to generate speed with.
The biggest difference from the Killer, I felt, comes down to how fast the ball leaves the rubber, due to the difference in sponge.
The ball-release speed sits somewhere between the Killer and the Killer Pro — the difference is especially noticeable when brushing up under backspin to lift the ball: the Killer lets you sink the ball in a bit and hold it, while the Bugler lifts it more through the sheet and a springy rebound.
As for the amount of variation, it falls a bit short compared to the Killer, but even just blocking with it produces plenty of variation.
It also has more spring and speed than the Killer, so beyond that it probably comes down to personal preference.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket CENTRIC CARBON
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2019/07/05
I'm reviewing this at 1.5mm thickness mounted on a Dynasty Carbon.
My first impression was that control is difficult.
Control was difficult across the board - even blocking to a single spot scattered all over the place, sometimes landing and sometimes not, which was pretty unsettling.
That said, I didn't get affected by the opponent's spin as much as expected, and I got the feeling most balls could be pushed back with a sharp knuckle shot.
Chops flip the ball's spin well, and I could put a decent amount of spin on it myself, which felt really good, but because the sponge is thick, I found it hard to keep the distance under control.
When attacking, I noticed that a half-hearted impact always ended in a miss, but if I hit a bit harder, it would land on the table consistently.
Also, it's hard to generate spin on my own, so I felt like this rubber's role is more about getting the opponent to give you a knuckle ball to drop, or creating chances, rather than making your own variation or spinning the ball off the opponent's racket, which felt difficult.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket DYNASTY CARBON XU XIN EDITION
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2025/02/05
My impressions of using Killer's red 1.8mm on my backhand.
It weighed about 38g.Counting replacements, I've used this for about 3 years total, and in terms of ball variation, I think it's the best among short pips.
That comes with the trade-off of being quite hard to handle, but because the variation is one of a kind, once it lands you get a high chance of scoring or drawing an easy ball.
Also, generating your own spin without using the opponent's spin is fairly difficult, so you need a tactic built around leaning hard into its strengths.
It takes quite a while to master, but once you get hooked on it you can't get away from it (for you and your opponent alike), and it can even take down strong players.
It's a very difficult rubber, but it's a great one to have if winning is the goal.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket CENTRIC CARBON
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