"Best" inexpensive BH rubber.

Juic Nanocannon

Does everything you need it to with no real flaws.  Faster than Sriver EL, but isn't a tensor.  Power output is very linear.  Also amazing durability (my sheet is 3 years old!)  So what's not to like?


Edited by ohhgourami - 07/29/2010 at 1:48am

i would highly recommend red diamond. in particular over iqul, sriver, and mark v, which are common rubbers i have a lot of experience with.

it is very lightly tacky, the sheet i tried was fairly new. it has a very grippy, soft topsheet, reminded me somewhat of a sriver topsheet, a little more elastic i would say. the sponge is roughly around 35 density on butterflys scale

i had a friend using dhs tg2 rubber as his backhand rubber. the non-neo.

Edited by zheyi - 07/29/2010 at 5:23am

APW46 wrote: What is a 'BH rubber? a rubber is a rubber, there is no specifics for which side of the bat.

To Chinese style users there is!  Anything that is not Chinese rubber is bh rubber

APW46 wrote: What is a 'BH rubber? a rubber is a rubber, there is no specifics for which side of the bat.

+1

anyone knows of a cheaper alternative of a sriver el rubber? i use red one..

To some: thanks for your suggestions thus far. Anyone have any experience with the pretuned Gambler Six Shooter? I'm worried that Outlaw might be a bit fast for me...

To others: I'm not looking to extensively define and then possibly debate what I mean by BH rubber. The fact is, many, many people on this forum make distinctions between BH and FH rubbers and therefore know what I mean. If you don't then feel free not to respond... Or, just offer a suggestion for an inexpensive, non-tacky rubber.

Thanks.

These are my choices:for 15$-DARKER- V-Lon,GALAXY-Venus(I'm waiting Venus 2,might be good too),any PALIO  rubber  from Biotech series.
                                   for 30$- JOOLA-Energy Extra ,STIGA-Neos Sound SynergyTech, DONIC-Coppa J.O.Gold (I think for sure you can find these for under 30$)

hi, every one !

anton, have u tried KOKUTAKU 868 TOKYO NON-TACKY ?
It has no speciality like regular SRIVER but it is cheap.
the topsheet is not soft. it is medium. it is durable.
but if u try it, be sure not to get a hard sponge.
it comes in many different degrees.
there is a 40-43 degrees pink sponge which is very nice... and it is not hard.
the 35 degrees white sponge is nice too but it is not very fast.
it is 11.51 in presports... and maybe u can get it cheaper somewhere else.
I hope this help u !


rogerio caldas
if I could play like my mind can...
GALAXY N-11
FH KOKUTAKU 868 RED 30-35
BH KOKUTAKU 868 TOKYO NON TACKY 35

JimT wrote: Anton you can try Outlaw 2.0 if you are worried about speed. However, if your game from BH requires much spin and closeness to the table then you'd be better off with something like Gambler Wraith or  LKT Red Diamond. Six Shooter Pre-tuned is not said to be anything spectacular but it could be nice - regular Six Shooter was pretty close to Sriver EL but you'd have to boost it. You can always find IQUL in some thickness/hardness which will satisfy you. That's for cheap ones... With the more expensive stuff, you indeed can try PM or PME. Blitz would probably work as well. What IS your style on BH though?

Good question... I'm working very hard to develop my BH right now. In the past, I'd do the occasional opening loop, but mostly I'm fairly FH oriented. I'd block, push, and counter-hit with my BH but rarely counter-loop or be very aggressive with it.

The important thing is: I'm trying to change that by using my BH for more opening loops and I'm also trying to counter-loop and loop-kill more with it. So I'd prefer a rubber that does all things well but that's not too defensive. Honestly, Roundell is perfect but it costs $53. I was recently spoiled by finding two great $14 forehand rubbers so now I'm insisting on doing the same for my backhand.

Darker VLON-S comes in a gold and a silver package. The silver package has the blue sponge. The Gold package is softer, better effect, and would make a wonderful BH rubber. It's grippy, not tacky. It's nice stuff.

Ciprian wrote: .I have the Gold (sorry I didn't mention) package and Yes it's a nice rubber and a light one too.

Awesome. It's on the way to me from ttnpp.com. I'm glad you mentioned it is light. I just stuck the Red Diamond to my blade and it's (a little) heavy, as is Outlaw. Not so heavy I couldn't adapt, but not as light as I'd ideally want.

JimT wrote: What are those two magic FH rubbers you mentioned that work so well for you? and what blade did you settle on?

The blade I settled on is the Acoustic L-size (admittedly, not a cheap blade). The two rubbers are LKT Black Power and CTT National Pride. They are still undergoing scrutiny for durability and consistency issues, but so far so good. In terms of performance, nothing of any price has suited my style as much as Black Power. Hopefully it lasts.

JimT wrote: MAX thickness both?

Yup.