The good forehand rubber.

 

the rubber overall feels harder than t05. here the word soft brings all the good about soft in the sense of sensation and flexibility and dwell time. this is what haifu bw lacks. and it does not bring none of the bad about soft. in fact the rubber is medium.

 

what it is surprising is that this rubber does it ALL well. loop with spin, blocking, smash, short game. and the rubber feels more firm and linear than the t05.

 

it is the first time in years i do not miss anything in a rubber. About the speed the speed is good. i wouldn't like more or less speed. i can give the speed i need without effort.

 

this rubber is far better than any dhs h* as it is right out the package.

 

the rubber comes with a factory glue layer but i do not think there is any tuning so one has the performance of the rubber without having to complicate life.

 

there is a lot of sense this rubber is so good because in fact what they manage to bring in the rubber is something like the softness sponge performance one gets with tuning.

 

in anycase it is hard to get everything as balanced and as perfect as they got in this rubber. if there is a perfect rubber this is close to it.  

 

this is not a relabeled bwII. It is better and different and with more quality.

 

I didn't realize tuning effect but the factory layer what it is permanent. I used it for 2 months and the performance keeps on being there.

 

maybe in a first impression it seems slower coming from a t05. but giving it some time playing the speed is there without effort. i do not need more speed. the incredible feeling and control of the rubber together with its performance brings equal or better speed than t05 without effort. i test both head to head playing. and for sure it brings very good spin.

 

i think your practice partner knows what it is good. pips sometimes handle more spin better than less spin.

 

well i think i understood your thinking because i felt the same as you. of course one can adapt to a rubber but maybe one can find a better fh rubber to suit.

 

i do not know if this rubber is the one to fit you because everyone is subjective though i am quite sure you will appreciate some aspects of the rubber. But for me it suits what i was looking for the last 2 years.

 

it is a question of time you will test it.

 

and it is a casualty that this rubber comes out just about the time you were giving your thinking about a fh rubber.

 

in my opinion you have a true point about looking for a good fh rubber that is or was somehow missed in the present market no matter one develops the game to match a rubber. and there is a space to fill between the tuned dhs's bs and springrub. and others.

 

    

 i couldn't have comprehended better myself!! 

On the other hand,  GSE-S lacks of power and feels dead as a BH rubber (i was testing it on my acoustic) and its a MUST to boost it.  However, i don´t recommend to peel off the glue-layer to boost it, coz if you make an uneven tunning work, this will ruin topsheet  and it´ll lose all its tackiness. 

Europe sponge is clearly harder that 05, E.Soft is nearly the same, maybe a bit harder: No porous sponges at all. I would dare to state that both are the only competitors to 05 in spin terms  (if we exclude classical chinese rubbers, of course). Both rubbers perform like a "moderate-chinese rubber type", so dont think "Grip-S Europe" feels like a euro/japanese rubber, it´s 75% chinese/ 25% euro rubber.

Durabilty is GREAT and topsheet great quality. Black version feels spinnier and more durable than red. I´ve bought them at the same time, and  tuned my red GSES and now it´s dead, however, i haven´t tuned my black GSE and  after 2 months  topsheet hasn´t  got ay marks or evidences of use, looks exactly like brand-new.  

Definetively GSE is my new lethal FH rubber :)