I've also considered getting chinese rubbers, but they have inconsistency issues and I would like to adopt consistent rubber sheets. As far as sponge hardness, I prefer the medium or even medium soft sponges.

consistency comes from training.  stick with your T05 and practice practice practice....

I use www.colestt.com  as the IQUL supplier.  At the price ($16/sheet) it might be worth trying a sheet to see what you think.  I like the 2.2 mm regular (40 deg).  The 2.0mm regular (40 deg) is a little slower but gives really good control.  I used that on my Bh for a while. 

Note: The IQUL comes tacky out of the package.  During the first week I clean it with water and a microfiber cloth a couple of times per session.  This gets the tackiness level to drop quickly and then it stabilizes for the life of the rubber.

Mark

 

I just started playing with Hurricane 3 Commercial unboosted/untuned about 3 weeks ago and I love it.  I think it mates well with my Yinhe T-7 blade, which from what I've read, is somewhat similar to your Timo Boll Spirit.  That combo seems to do everything well for close to the table to mid-distance play.  Better control, more spin, and at $11/sheet from ttnpp, much cheaper than Mark V.  I think some people who give it a bad rap are either speed freaks, used it on a slow blade, or bought a counterfeit.

If you want something like Tenergy 05 but slower, try Donic Baracuda or Andro Hexer.  Whether T05 vs Mark V or T05 vs. Hexer, etc, the benefit to slower rubber is mostly defensive and consistencty/control oriented.  You can place the ball more linearly and your blocks will be easier to control vs. incoming topspin.  Against a higher level player who loops with sufficient spin, it won't matter, but with okay technique and within decent ratings ranges (+/- 200 pts), you will be able to control incoming spin better with slower rubbers.

On the other hand, you seem to be misguided on equipment speed.  The truth is that at 1350 USATT, you probably don't have good enough technique to argue that *any* equipment is too slow - if you think that something is too slow to put away the ball, you are either playing too far away from the table or just expressing the limitations of your current understanding of the game.  In fact, you don't need speed to win any point at 1350 USATT.  If I loop slowly with heavy spin to a USATT player under 1500, they usually block my loop off the table repeatedly.  What you should be focusing on is generating more topspin on your strokes.  If you do that, then you can decide whether you want to do it with faster or slower equipment given how other strokes fit into your game.  But without generating heavy topspin, looping equipment is mostly wasted (there are exceptions to this amongst some hitters/blockersr/choppers, but they are exceptions).

hi mark, 

if you stick with tenergy, try 1.9mm. TBS is a great blade for any level. if you have it, keep it. 

if you decide tenergy is still too fast or too spinny, your suggestions mark V, mendo are fine. they do loop well if you loop well. there was one 1600 i coached for awhile who ended up outlooping 2100's using tenergy while he was still using sriver. it's in the technique.

If you want to keep it relatively similar:

Baracuda in 2.0.  A little slower than T05 (someone has already mentioned this)

T05 fx in 1.9 on the backhand

Classis rubbers aren't a bad idea if you're lacking control and don't have time to take lessons.  They will be very different than what you're used to though.

I'm not quite interested in chinese rubbers because they have a bad reputation for being inconsistent (from sheet to sheet). 

Get off- blade and two soft not-max rubbers until you develop very consistent game.