coral reef's profile
| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U20 |
| Experience | ４〜５ years |
User review
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2026/05/07
This rubber has low sensitivity to incoming spin, lasts a long time, and is relatively light, so it's a good option not just for the forehand but also on the backhand if you want to adjust weight or want more stable receives.
It's a tension rubber that offers control like a high-elasticity rubber while still letting you produce tricky, unpredictable shots — so I'd recommend it to anyone who feels that modern tension rubbers have gotten too high-performance to handle, but high-elasticity rubbers feel too tame.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little hard
Recomend racket FORTIUS FT ver.D RE
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2026/05/07
I put the MAX thickness on a Harimoto Tomokazu Innerforce ALC, and it came to about 57g with glue, about 55g without.
This rubber was a genuinely, seriously hard rubber that didn't let you get away with the illusion that "maybe I could get by with this even without the NUZN55-specific impact you get from something like Dignics 09C, V20 Double Extra, or Hybrid K3" - none of that.That's because JOOLA rubbers as a whole tend to have a doughy sheet and sponge, which makes it hard to rely purely on hardness for your shots, and they don't have the softness to compensate for you even a little - I feel like a lot of their rubbers don't deviate much from the sponge hardness rating. Even with this rubber, I couldn't properly sink the ball into the sponge on even an easy, single-course ball, let alone in match play, so maybe it would be easier to use paired with an even harder inner or outer blade, but I felt that for the average player, choosing the Dynamic with its 52.5-degree sponge hardness would be the safer choice.
Feel of the shot: among slightly-tacky tension rubbers, my impression was that it's similar to Hybrid K3, but with even stronger tension feel on both the sheet and sponge, and with the sponge hardness raised quite a bit further.
Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Hard
Recomend racket Tomokazu Harimoto Innerforce ALC
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2025/12/21
The Korbel has a slightly larger blade and a great balance of spin and speed as a 5-ply blade. Because of that, it's really solid on both offense and defense, and I feel like it brings out the best in whatever rubber you put on it. Also, the grip is thick like the Viscaria, so you can hold it firmly, which means no stress at all while playing.
But what you need to watch out for, as the title says, is that this blade has huge individual variation. The performance really changes depending on weight — the mid-80g range has muted speed like a chopper's blade, the mid-90g range feels like an inner blade, and once you get close to 100g it has speed closer to an outer blade, so I'd recommend picking the individual racket that suits you. Also, even at the same weight, the darker the top ply color, the more speed it tends to have, so this is something that comes down to personal preference.
Personally, I found that a blade around 90g, slightly lighter than average with a top ply that isn't too dark, was the best for me since it's easy to swing through and balances spin and speed nicely.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
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2026/05/07
I used this blade in the FL grip. The weight in use was 90g.
My impression after using it was that the combination of 7-ply wood plus polyester fiber gave it power and stability along with a nice feel.
However, compared to all-wood blades, the shots come out more uniform, which is a downside. Also, the wood smell is fairly strong.
This blade comes with shrink-wrap packaging, and there was about a 1.5g difference in weight before and after opening it, so right before I used it, it felt more handle-heavy.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) Fastarc G-1
Recommend rubber(Back) Fastarc C-1
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2026/05/07
This rubber is just plain easy to use on both forehand and backhand. The sponge is a moderately soft 45 degrees, so play close to the table is easy and there's less stress during matches.
That said, it doesn't really suit a Tenergy-style closed-racket, sink-the-ball stroke — I felt it works better with a more upright racket angle where you use the sponge along with the sheet, not just the sheet. That's the one thing to watch out for.Overall Speed Spin Control Hardness Little soft
Recomend racket FORTIUS FT ver.D RE
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