Donic B-cuda vs Tenergy vs. Hexer

Pretty sure this has gone answered before, but I'm looking for a slower rubber with more grip for spin. I'm currently looking into bryce speed fx as I have played it before, but I am also curious about this Barracuda b/c it is rated about 8.5 on speed but around 9.4 on spin on the DB. It actually as of current...has a higher overall than tenergy 05. I haven't played with 05 so if anyone will be so polite as to compare barracuda to hexer or speed fx. I will greatly appreciated it. By the way, ttnpp has barracuda for 35.00 and price is of the object so if it is worth it compared to BSFX at 47.00 then just let me know TIA.

among this 3 rubbers, i like Hexer the most... good speed, spin and control...

I just tried Baracuda 2.0 along with T05, T64, and Platin Soft, and it was my least favorite of the bunch. Like the Tenergies, it is spinny with a high throw angle, but noticeably slower than the other three. When you try to rip a ball with the Baracuda, the ball is more likely to just fly off the table without much of a feeling of control. As for spinning something slow to the back line, it does a really good job in that area, but the next ball might not be as easy because of the lack of speed and control (compared to the other three).

that's a nice list thanks.

THNX BAAL. Hexer and Barracuda are the same price...I just can't decide... what a pickle.

I've tried both. No second doubt that I'll will pick the Hexer if I have to choose. Lighter,little harder, a bit faster. Baracuda had kind a loose feel.

been trying tenergy 64 now for the past week,let me point out that this is the best playing rubber on the market (imo) I will never put my h3 neo back on it is no comparison.

Originally posted by takaaki yeah, tenergy is the best rubber out there now.  and i honestly believe that just because of that alone, we are gonna see more upsets of the top chinese this year.

Moscow WC?

Originally posted by takaaki yeah, tenergy is the best rubber out there now.  and i honestly believe that just because of that alone, we are gonna see more upsets of the top chinese this year.

Yeah, just like at the 2009 WTTC where only the Chinese proved capable of knocking out the Chinese...and how the guy who was using it won the world cup...or the pro tour finals...or how the winner of the European champions was...oh wait...has a tenergy user won anything yet???

granted, no tenergy player has won a major yet, but timo, oh, and mizutani have won some pro tour events in the past year and timo won the euro top-12 this past weekend.

what majors have b-cuda and hexer players have won??  do any of the top players even play with those rubbers?

to be truthful, i've never used b-cuda and hexer, but i have tried out other donic and andro rubbers and they just don't compare to tenergy, period!!

come on!!  clearly the japanese are moving up.  mizutani won a pro tour event last year.  when was the last time a (native) japanese player won a pro tour event?

and kishikawa took out boll last year.  correct me if i'm wrong, but he and maze were the only non-chinese to accomplish that feat in 2009.

and then they almost pulled off an upset of the chinese team recently, so maybe they can get over the hump in moscow this year.  we'll see.

I use neither the hurricane III neo in my cupboard nor the tenergy 64 in my cupboard.

I have not played with Hexer nor Tenergy, but I have no problems with using Baracuda. It actually is  a good rubber, but you need to understand what it does and how it does it. Primarily, adjustments in angle and wrist motion for counter loops is needed when making powerful drives. 

What I love about it, you can always have more spin on your strokes this rubber as long as you have the technique to do so.

I am mainly comparing this rubber to Coppa Jo Series rubbers which I used before switching to Baracuda.

Originally posted by yogi_bear if baracuda doesnt have its too high of a throw angle i would have taken it.. i loved the spin and the controlled speed but the ridiculously high angle makes it difficult to control

Originally posted by Thaidog Aren't most of the Chinese using Tenergy on their backhands already? It would be interesting to see one of the players switch to Spin Art but that's not going to happen on DHS' watch. (That watch is made in China btw)

Edited by silverhair - 07/11/2010 at 9:50pm