Joola Golden Tango PS

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Can someone compare this to Fastarc G1? They sound pretty similar.

SmackDAT wrote: icontek wrote: Since the last great Joola rubber (Samba NTEC, which soaked booster and played almost exactly like classic speedglue) I've been burned by Joola repeatedly, by rubbers that failed to live up to their hype. Joola Energy Joola Samba+ Joola Samba Tech If they can't make a rubber that feels like Samba with speed glue, you'll pardon me if I am skeptical of their ability to make a rubber that feels like Tuned H3 Provincial. Whatever, I never said it played like H3 provincial at all.  Also, you are mitigating a lot of Joola rubbers, such as Rhyzm or Rhyzer 48, so your point isn't valid

haggisv wrote: This rubber is actually sticky, like a sticky Chinese rubber. This makes it feel slow on low contact, but once the sponge kicks in you get good speed. Topsheet is softer and more elastic compared to something like Hurricane. The rubber is an absolute spin monster. It's nothing like any of their other modern rubbers, in fact it's quite unique.

In what sponge thickness?

MydasDiablo wrote: In what sponge thickness? Anyone any idea on the weight of a cut sheet?

haggisv wrote: Sedis wrote: This description sums up the rubber very well, although I would say it is no longer unique as Tibhar K1 European version is very similar indeed. I did wonder about that... the description makes them sound a little different... have you compared both?

Thanks Sedis, really helpful feedback

The Golden Tango appears to be on the same sponge as Rhyzer 50, I had expected that the K1 Euro would be on a 50 degree version of the Aurus Prime sponge, however it's yellow/orange (old school lol). Does the K1 Euro follow the thin topsheet thick sponge trend that is used with Golden Tango and K1 Pro?

For me personally, the newer thin topsheet rubbers haven't worked as I spin the ball using topsheet only, which you have to with MX-P. The newer rubbers need you to engage the sponge a fair bit before the spin comes out and I don't hit the ball that way. Even if these hybrids are fitted with that thinner topsheet, it might be that the extra tack compensates and you still get rewarded for a thin brush stroke, all be it that more forward momentum and body weight will need to go into the shot than when using a factory boosted to hell rubber like MX-P. I loved MX-S, almost the perfect rubber, but I couldn't adjust to it's throw angle which requires more on my part to dictate it's travel over the net. If any of these hybrids give me similar spin on brush shots and pushes, but with an easier to handle throw angle, then I will be a happy man. T05H actually fits the bill in that respect, but in the end it was just too demanding for my level of play, that is a rubber with unlimited potential in the right hands, no wonder Timo Boll is still killing it on the international stage (apart from his obvious world class talent of course).

I found Genesis wore out pretty quickly after only a few months of once a week / 3 hours playing. The way that it wore out was that the topsheet and sponge stopped being harmonious.

fatt wrote: on the picture above, the K2 sponge reminds me of Couga's.

Edited by AndySmith - 01/24/2019 at 3:30pm

Sedis wrote: vvk1 wrote: And here is a picture of Tibhar K1 Pro (purple sponge) and K2 (beige sponge) with Gewo Nexxus EL Pro 48 (yellow sponge) and Androp Hexer Grip (green sponge). What is the K1 Pro like? Does the thinner topsheet mean that it plays a bit softer than the 52.5 sponge would suggest?  Thanks