Palio Emperor Dragon Biotech

This came yesterday.I'll try to make  a review if someone is interested ,next week.I'll try it together with Galaxy Venus on T1.

i would look forward to the review.. comparing with other rubbers like cj8000 or hadou.

btw what's the diff with hadou here?

Hi all,

Pongz wrote: Hi all,   I have used it for a number of weeks... I like it very much... It has similar characteristic with CJ8000 with better weight, speed and for smashing...   Even the sponge said to be slightly harder, I don't feel I lose anything in terms of looping. It is a high throw rubber in my opinion.   Cheers

Better weight means lighter or heavier than CJ8000?  Thx.

Pongz wrote: Hi Thaile,   It is lighter... on my blade i.e. Stiga Hybrid Wood, CJ8000 weights around 50g whereas the emperor dragon biotech weights around 46g.   Hi Matty, I hardly speed glue so I don't know whether the biotech is close to speed glue or not... there is no loud sound... I felt the normal emperor dragon (white sponge) is firmer than the biotech version (orange sponge). I like the biotech because I loop more than hitting...   Cheers

@Pongz,

Thx for the info.

@Matty,

The Biotech version rubbers are not even closed to speed glue feel nor does have the same sound.  I think they are just manufactured pre-tuned so it is a bit faster than regular version.  But they are worth the price.

Hi Matty,

I never try it for my backhand... because, imho, the rubber is a high throw rubber which means it is good against backspin but so so against topspin.
Since my backhand mostly block and when I do loop on my BH, I do it more vertical rather forward creating a slow loop. For this reason I choose rubber with a low throw... easy for block...

Cheers

Here are my thoughts about this rubber.(I'm not a good reviewer).

This rubber feels similar with Pro XP/XT ,but it's faster, spinier.,quite the same tackiness and light.It has a high arc ,very good for looping close-mid to table. It doesn't have a loud  sound (same as Venus) and the speed glue effect is average.Chopping (on BH) with this rubber was incredible even in 2.2 mm thickness.
For blocking I had to close the blade more.(than lets say my Express One).I've used it mostly on FH.
I'll try to make a short comparison between Palio EDB and Venus/Pro XP/XT (sorry I haven't tried any other Palio rubber-on sunday I'll do that with a friend's CJ 8000 2 side loop).
Speed-Venus>EDB-XT>XP
Spin-EDB>Venus/XP>XT
Control-All are very controllable
Power-Venus>EDB/XT/XP
Tackiness-EDB>XP/XP>Venus

So, I could say this ruber is  good for  looping (on FH )and defense,chopping (on BH in smaller thickness).
I'm not sure if this helps but I tried (I think this is my first review here) and if there are any other questions please ask.Maybe I'll post a short video about training FH with this rubber.

Cheers

Thanks,it really worth the price .

Matty wrote: Thx guyz  looks like if the narucross ex soft dies quickly ( wat a dissapointment it was good rubber to ) i might change to the Biotech version because according to pongz its slightly softer.   haha thailie I am kinda the opposite of wat u prefer i like those harder rubbers on the FH but i am still not sure about my Bh if i would prefer softer or harder sponges because i liked H3 for my Bh, but narucross ex soft is even better ( i gues more towards the soft side)

@Matty

Go with whatever works best for you coz what works for me might not work for you and vice versa.  But trying out new TT stuffs like rubbers and blades is the fun part of the game...