Penholder - What is the best rubber for backhand??

I am using DHS Hao 3 CPEN with FH:H3 and practicing backhand loop. Can anyone give me advice about backhand rubber?
How do you think about Rakza7 Soft, Tenergy 64FX ???


Edited by DaNgo - 09/25/2013 at 1:55am

I didn't really like Tenergy 64FX, but I really like regular Tenergy 64 for rpb on my YEO.  64FX felt a bit too mushy and noticeably slower for me where normal T64 provides a lot crisper feedback on my strokes and enough speed on loops to end points with little effort.  

  The best and and cheapest rubber for penholder's backhand is color sheet.   Not to mention that it lasts for years.

Edited by ChichoFicho - 09/25/2013 at 6:48am

I have two other training partners with the same blade(YEO) and was able to try different rubbers for rpb. Currently I use what is in my sig. My two other partners use 05, which I found too hard and 64 very good but not spiny enough for me. I have changed my emphasis from drive to spin on my BH and so far 05fx is just about at the sweet spot for me. Initially I thought it was going to be too fast but then I acclimated to it and it feels perfect now. I previously I used 7 soft but accidentally got it in 1.8. Lots of control for sure but when I put more effort into spinning the ball there was not enough rubber to grab the ball with. Was not able to try it with max thickness so I don't know if that would have worked out better. However I get Tenergy rubbers for $53/sheet so it's really just trying to narrow it down to which one. 

If you're just learning rpb, using anything remotely fast is a terrible idea. Wang Hao uses Tenergy or whatnot because he has world class control on the BH, and I'm guessing the OP isn't anywhere close.

+1 for focus 3 snipe as a starter

davidwhang wrote: AgentHEX wrote: If you're just learning rpb, using anything remotely fast is a terrible idea. Wang Hao uses Tenergy or whatnot because he has world class control on the BH, and I'm guessing the OP isn't anywhere close. +1. No offense to the OP though. Just that I find this true from experience. You could probably go Focus 3 Snipe instead (specially if you want to keep your blade light) or IQUL (not sure about the general weight of this rubber. Weird for someone up there to comment that IQUL is heavy when it's supposed to be "ultra light," so i'm not really sure.)

The UL is light compared to the normal IQ version, but not especially light compared to normal japanese rubbers. It's all you need. Softer version is better.

Also 999 on jap sponge is not really good for RPB, topsheet too low throw.


Edited by AgentHEX - 09/25/2013 at 7:37pm

AgentHEX wrote: [QUOTE=davidwhang][QUOTE=AgentHEX] The UL is light compared to the normal IQ version, but not especially light compared to normal japanese rubbers. It's all you need. Softer version is better.

I see. thanks!