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Hozuki
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Sorry Al, I completely overlooked your inital post. I have a 39 degree version and put it on an OC, and I don't think I could bottom it out at all. It definetly doesn't lack power. But power-wise it was very similar to H2N. But you can also order it in 40 or 41 degree. Quality-wise it is better than the average H2 commercial.
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al_111
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Why even bother with selling these? Probably, it just looks COOL for a huge bunch of recreational players (esp. in China, I guess) to have a blue sponge under a H3 topsheet just like the TT gods do, regardless of actual playing characteristics. So there is a niche for the product we discuss. What I do not agree here is the assumption that the seller actually tries to defraud his buyers. Imagine you're a contractor using professional tools that cost $200-500. If there was an online Chinese (!) shop selling it for $20, there was no way you would think the product is genuine. Still, if its name was the same with some tool you knew well and had used before, you would know which characteristics the manufacturer promises you will get. What the seller should have done is give the disclaimer saying that the rubber is not original but its copy - and, in fact, most of these one-day-shops do. Saying that, I would be close to accusing him of fraud if we were speaking about orange sponge commercial H3 that is rather close in the price range, but not the item in OP.
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al_111
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Also, it is peculiar how a person could call a group of people smartasses for mocking another guy in the same post that starts with an offensive picture and ends with indirectly calling his opponent ignorant. As you posted yourself,
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Fulanodetal
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"What I do not agree here is the assumption that the seller actually tries to defraud his buyers. Imagine you're a contractor using professional tools that cost $200-500. If there was an online Chinese (!) shop selling it for $20, there was no way you would think the product is genuine. Still, if its name was the same with some tool you knew well and had used before, you would know which characteristics the manufacturer promises you will get."
I see your point but the problem is, they come in a package made to look like an original H3 BS, and not just that one, they also sell fake Tenergys, etc. I have seen the fake packaging in person, it's obviously a cheap color print, but online it is hard to tell the quality of the printing on the package. You put the onus on the consumer to figure that at a certain prize he should conclude it is a fake. BUT the root of the problem is that they are selling the COUNTERFEIT items in the first place. That is dishonest by definition!!! Again, if the rubber had such great playing characteristics, then it would find a market on its own. FdT
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al_111
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I have looked a little into the shop mentioned in OP. The 2nd best seller there is Bluefire M1 copy that also has excellent reviews, and it does not make any sense at all - while I can imagine smb providing a decent H3 alternative, it is clear that reproducing ESN rubbers performance is too much to ask from a fake, so the positive reviews might very well be worthless in the 1st place (see what I said about people who do not care about performance). When I read these reviews, it looked like FdT was right about A LOT of them being fake - the same or similar comments to different rubbers made repeatedly from the same accounts etc. I think a possible explanation for lack of negative reviews may be that very few of these fake rubbers are actually being sold.
Also, I did not find a word stating it was a copy in the description of any product in the shop. So it seems that the seller is applying some clearly foul business practices besides the controversial one of selling copies. Edited by al_111 - 07/31/2017 at 11:52am |
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Hozuki
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Sure that might very well be the case. What counts then are the negative reviews. For example, that seller also sells fake Rakza 7 soft, which has only 3 Reviews, and 2 of them very negative. And since the Bluefire and H3 fakes don't really have those, they might actually be decent rubbers.
If I was mad that the rubber I got was rubbish, I probably would have written an appropriate review. |
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This thread has made me come to the realization what Frank Schreiner said about European players was true - that they're very eager to try out new equipment, knockoffs included. |
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Viscaria FL - 91g
+ Neo H3 2.15 Blk - 44.5g(55.3g uncut bare) + Hexer HD 2.1 Red - 49.3g(68.5g 〃 〃) = 184.8g |
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Hozuki
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We are on the equipment section of a table tennis forum... this might come as a surprise to you... but people here are likely to try new equipment! However, do you not think that this is a little bit too much of a biased sample to draw conclusions about the entire european playerbase from?
Also, I'd prefer it if you were not to throw around your unnecessary and mind-numbing memes. |
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Gomenasai
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Viscaria FL - 91g
+ Neo H3 2.15 Blk - 44.5g(55.3g uncut bare) + Hexer HD 2.1 Red - 49.3g(68.5g 〃 〃) = 184.8g |
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Hozuki
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Crazy people everywhere...
Well, at least it doesn't get boring. |
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jk92
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I have received a similar fake before in place of what was supposed to be sheets of Hurricane 3-50 and Skyline 3-60
Every time i see the pip structure in some of those photos it pisses me off at how I was ripped off. The printing on the rubber topsheet is really quite good. Very close to the real thing. The packaging was very very good and only lacked a little bit of the reflective hologramming. The rubber had no verification sticker on it. In terms of performance, it played super dead, lifeless chinese rubber with good sticky surface. I still have a sheet, but have attached to a super hard carbon blade (not the best match for it), maybe it has some life on another blade
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Fulanodetal
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" jk92 wrote:
I have received a similar fake before in place of what was supposed to be sheets of Hurricane 3-50 and Skyline 3-60" Could you please inform us where did you buy these counterfeit rubbers from? Sorry you got ripped off!!! FdT
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jk92
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I got it from ebay, the dealer that sells XVT stuff. The photo didn't have a verification sticker on the rubber and the packaging looked pretty fake from the photo, I guess I should have known
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Fulanodetal
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"What the seller should have done is give the disclaimer saying that the rubber is not original but its copy - and, in fact, most of these one-day-shops do. Saying that, I would be close to accusing him of fraud if we were speaking about orange sponge commercial H3 that is rather close in the price range, but not the item in OP."
al_111: I have never seen a seller clearly indicate that the rubbers in question are "copies" or "counterfeit". If they did, then I would agree with you 100% they are not trying to defraud PPL, but simply selling a product that is significantly inexpensive. Same with online vendors who sell these rubbers. I have NEVER seen one that indicates whether these rubbers are copies. As you can see from jk82's post, a clear indication that the rubbers were copies would have precluded jk82 from buying the items. "jk92 wrote: I have received a similar fake before in place of what was supposed to be sheets of Hurricane 3-50 and Skyline 3-60"" So tell me that's not fraudulent!! If they indicated the nature of the fake rubbers I would have no problem with the sellers. They just have to inform the potential customers. FdT
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al_111
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@FdT
I can't find one either, although I'm sure I've seen A LOT of these on AliExpress a couple of years ago, all those "Tenergies", "H3 Nationals" etc. priced $10. Haven't been looking into this kind of deals since, but all of them had a disclaimer I was speaking about. Now I actually don't see these fakes being sold at all, so after all probably it was just AliExpress policy being stricter than DHGate's then and having become even more so now, not the sellers being conscious.
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Hozuki
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I think I need to update this, playing with this rubber for a couple of weeks on a PG-12 and it's an extremely good combo. I like this rubber best from all dhs rubbers, even though it's likely not even a dhs rubber, lol.
The hard topsheet just grabs the plastic ball and loads it up with spin, even when wet. Sadly I still cannot accurately compare to other H3 variants since I did not buy any sheets for maybe ten years... I ordered a couple more, best price performance ratio ever. |
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I am wondering about comparison between Airoc M and these so so much wanted rubbers H3 ...
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Hautamaeki
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I´ve bought 2 of these 39º H3 blue sponge rubber, 2 years ago, both were good quality and performed very good, then I tried to boost them, with good results.
Bottom line, for 9/10 euros, there is only one rubber with the same feeling and performance for the Fh, and I use it now, I have been using it for 2 years, it's the Palio Hadou 40+ with 42-44º, same feeling, same sponge, same tackiness, same speed, same boosting. i'll be using it since...well, it's the same price too, maybe they are the same.
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Hozuki
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The sponge is firmer than 42-44 deg. It feels around 48 at least.
I have ordered various hardnesses, but it didn't feel like one was significantly different in hardness from the others. However, variance in weigth was insane. There can be up to 15 grams difference uncut. Btw, I just made first place in local championships with this rubber on my FH. I went 7 - 0. Level wasn't high though. Just up to around 1500-1600 USATT. I prefer it unboosted. Spin comes mainly from topsheet, not from sponge, so boosting mainly adjusts the speed. Needs a fairly hard, fast, and medium flexy blade. But you really need a lot of physical effort and good technique to make use of it. |
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