稲立毛's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Experience | 6〜10 years |
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2021/09/27
Coming back after 30 years away.
I'm new to tension rubber, so my sense of things is old-fashioned — please bear with me.
My points of comparison are older-style rubbers from 30 years ago, like the Sriver, Tackiness Drive, and Selvido.The feel on impact was quite solid, I thought. It really sinks in, really grips, and really flies — that's the impression I got.
Compared to the Sriver or Selvido, it gives more reassurance in how the ball holds. Even if your contact point is a little off, or your timing is a little off, you still get the reassurance that the ball will go where you meant it to.
Put less kindly, it's a rubber that lets you cover up your mistakes.I have no complaints about speed or spin. The control is also good, so the ball reliably lands on the table.
There's just one thing that bothers me.
It's mostly down to my own lack of skill, but when I try to brush a drive off a slow knuckle ball or a soft backspin ball, every once in a while I whiff and drop the ball completely. Needs more practice.I felt this is plenty high-performance for someone aiming to become an intermediate player.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket TIMBER 7 OFF/S
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2023/04/22
I was looking for a replacement for the discontinued Innova and came across this rubber, so I bought it. I've got it on the forehand of my andro Super Cell II Off+.
The feel on contact is exactly what you'd expect from a high-elasticity rubber. It's a lot like Mark V or Sriver. The published sponge hardness is 47.5, but in practice it felt a bit softer than that — maybe around 45 by feel.
For its hardness, it's easy to put spin on, and you can really feel the sheet's pips "grabbing" on drives, serves, pushes, stops, and chops. There's a satisfying feeling of the pips flexing and snapping back on contact.
Being a high-elasticity rubber, it obviously doesn't have the kind of distance a tension rubber gives you. It flies fine as long as you're swinging freely, but it gets tough once you back away from the table.
Speed is there too, as long as you swing, but you need to aim for a genuinely tough angle to win the point outright with one shot.
That said, the control on this rubber is good, so it's easy to hit your spots. If you wait deep and patient for the ball, you can pick out open angles. It's easy to control not just left and right, but also short and deep.
This seems well suited to players who score through changes of spin and placement, rather than trying to blow the point open with one powerful shot.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket Supercell 2 off plus
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2023/04/20
I use this alongside Donic's Person Power Carbon (PPC below). I bought it because I wanted to try a new material like the premium special CNF.
The unit I got weighed 84.9g with a blade thickness of 5.6mm, for a total weight of 177.0g.
The grip is AN, but while the PPC's AN grip is thin and oval, the Relevant's is thick and squared off.The feel is labeled "hard," same as the PPC, but compared to the PPC I felt more flex and softness. It feels like a thin inner-carbon blade.
What's remarkable is how high the arc goes on a loop drive. It goes up higher than you'd expect. On the other hand, since it doesn't fly too much, it's hard to overshoot even with that high arc.
For the short game, light shots like stops and pushes felt like they had weak bounce. On the other hand, medium-paced shots like flicks and chiquitas draw a high arc, which gives a sense of security.
Speed and distance are fine for close-to-the-table and mid-distance play, with no complaints. It responds honestly to your input. The difference in bounce between light and hard shots isn't as big as with inner-carbon blades.
Overall the bounce is weaker than carbon blades, and meaty hits in particular come out a bit slower.
Tacky rubber works well too, I think, but it feels great to play relaxed with a soft rubber up to about 45 degrees hardness.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) AIBISS
Recommend rubber(Back) Flyatt Spin
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2022/01/13
I have this on the backhand of my STIGA Infinity VPS V. Before this I had Sapphira (max thickness) on there. The sheet started showing noticeable tearing, so I replaced it.
A soft rubber seems to suit my backhand, so I picked Fastarc S-1, which has a reputation for being soft with good speed.
My first impression after actually hitting with it was "it's not as fast as I expected!" It's true that it's faster than Sapphira, but I felt like the Hexer Power Grip I have on my forehand has more speed on both forehand and backhand.
After some trial and error, I found that if you increase your swing speed, the speed does come through. Rather than a full drive, simply snapping the back of the ball flat sends it flying at a satisfying speed.
I guess that's the characteristic of a speed-focused rubber.One thing that bothered me is that it feels like the ball doesn't carry as far. Even swinging from mid-distance on the backhand, I started netting the ball more often. When hitting the backhand from a bit further back, lifting the ball a little more reduces the misses, though the power drops a lot when I do that...
I'm satisfied that I've gained one more attacking option on the backhand.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Soft
Recomend racket INFINITY VPS V
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2023/04/23
I was looking for a tension rubber with a hard sponge and soft topsheet that doesn't bounce too much, and I bought this because it was cheap. I have it on the forehand of a Donic Person Power Carbon (7-ply + 2, with an ultra-thin carbon inner ply).
The speed is about the same as a typical spin-oriented tension rubber priced around 5,000 yen. It's faster than things like Rigan, Vega Europe, or Factive, but a bit slower than Fastarc G1 or Hexer Powergrip. It's nowhere near a speed-oriented tension rubber.
As for spin, the way loop drives dip down is incredible. It bounces on the opponent's side almost like a strong tacky rubber. That said, this only happens when you're in good position and put proper spin on the ball. It's not a rubber that gives you spin automatically, so if you're off balance and just hit it flat, you get a flat ball, and a connecting drive comes out about as you'd expect.
The ball's trajectory draws an arc. It bounces reasonably and rises well, so it's stable.
I set the thickness to 1.8mm so it doesn't bounce too much, and for me it's a pretty easy rubber to use.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
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