Ideal Rubbers for Butterfly Amultart

Stiga DNA PRO H Max: This was my favorite FH until they discontinued its production. Good loop control at table, touch, flatter counters were great at a distance. Very well rounded. Not great for sidespin. The pro series had better grip than the platinum. Occasionally as they would wear out I would add one layer of falco booster and this thing hit rockets.

Stiga DNA Platinum M Max: Felt slow, no grip, removed it after like 2 days

Stiga DNA Dragon Grip: This rubber took about a month to break in.  High throw. Great for brushing forehand loops, spinny pushes, good short game. Coach said it felt better than his H3 national on this set up. Not the best for blocking spinny balls/ countering. Not for flat hitting.

Tibhar MX-S max: This is the reason I stuck with this blade- this is my backhand rubber. Great grip, flicks, looping underspin, blocks, spinny pushes. Cons: heavy rubber, continuous drives can be difficult to master.

Tibhar MX-S 1.9: Don’t waste your time; slightly better control but when it would engage the blade I would get random balls that would fly too far, no spin. Couldn’t flick with it. Had to be way more precise… might be okay for training.

Tibhar MX-P Max: Tried on the BH. Great for continuous attacking and aggressive blocking. Slippery top sheet is not good for flicks. Too bouncy in the short game.

Tibhar MX-D Max: I think I got a bad sheet. It felt like a brick. It felt *nothing* like MX-S or MX-P. Maybe the factory tuner wore off before getting to me. Unable to loop backspin, forehand drives were so insanely fast that I would miss the table by a long shot unless I was backed up. The only shot this rubber is good for was the counter. Everything else sucked.

Andro R50 Max: Probably one of the best non-hybrid FH rubbers if you like to loop and brush the ball continuously, good touch, Random blocks would grip too much and unable to control, not for flat hitting.

Andro V47 Max: This is the bounciest rubber that I tried. Difficult to control in the short game. Couldn’t block with it properly, lots of balls went long. I tried it mainly on the BH. Decent grip for flicks. The few times I tried it on the FH it felt okay.

Donic Bluestar A1:  This was an interesting rubber. Easy to loop. Easy to flat hit. Great touch, easy FH flick. Coach liked this on the FH when he tried it. I noticed that I had to either Loop the ball or flat hit the ball. There was no in between. Was unable to hit continuous forehand drive effectively--- I had to keep looping or switch to a flat hit. Random blocks would grip more than expected and go long.

Joola Dynaryz ZGX- Purple sponge looks nice. Had a break in period. Rubber was a lot like r50 with better control and better short game; I had to loop with it- could loop to wide angles with precision. Forehand flick was nice. It just felt slower. Block was somewhat weak, counter wasn’t great, unable to flat hit.

Victas V20 Max: Felt a little slower and less dynamic than Dynzryz ZGX but very similar. This one was slighly better for blocking and flat hitting.

Yasaka Rakza X: Tried on the BH, extremely well rounded rubber but not great with hinoki; I think I liked it better on the viscaria, the only problem I had was the lack of grip on flicks. This is a nice BH rubber on the BH of vis if you don’t care about the grip; blocks are great, counters easy, topspin easy etc.

Yasaka Rakza XX: Another rubber that is awesome on the viscaria but not so good on the Amultart. I remember it being too soft with the hinoki for FH. Balls landed short and it didn’t feel right.  Not as grippy as the hybrids, but the blocks and counters were much better; easy to loop with on the vis. 

Mizuno Q Power:

This is my current forehand rubber. It's fast, it took a little getting used to. Can loop or fast attack- loop drive backspin easily. More spin than the ESN rubbers. This is not as tacky as hybrid rubbers, but very close to the spin level. The main advantage over the hybrids, you can block, counter, and flat hit with this rubber. So far the only downside is the short game is a little bouncy/spin sensitive but if been FH flicking and that seems to solve it.