Rakza 7 vs. Fortissimo

No Rich, that's the thing you do not understand or at least don't listen to anything anyone says. You can remove finezip clean in 5 minutes and have the Rakza glued on dead flat 10 minutes from now, just get on with it and do it, warming the glue with a hair dryer should make it even easier to remove. There is NO issue gluing tensors and not being able to understand how glue works is NOT normal. Rakza 7 It's a good enough rubber to use at US 2600+ just like Andro's Hexer is, there is nothing over hyped about generation 4+ tensors. The only players I know of at that level who don't boost use tensors in preference to tenergy.

Stupid thread, rakza 7 is very good rubber. Has both spin and speed, and also good for flat hits. I tried somebody's fortissimo for one session, nothing special, softer rubber, with no power from distance, suitable for kids and girls.

Peter C wrote: richrf The point bluebucket is making is; Finezip is a Latex glue and that means you can peel it off the back of your sheets of Rakza 7 and thus start from scratch. If you're not sure how to peel off the old glue layer; then I'll quote you Roundrobin's advice from last October: "Buy some Tear Mender glue from a local hardware store or Amazon.com.   Put an uniform coat on the surface you wish to remove previous glue residue/coating.   Dry it with a hairdryer until it becomes clear (it's white color when wet) which should only take 30 seconds.   Then peel off (or roll off) the layer of Tear Mender glue slowly.   Everything should be clean after this procedure." If you don't remove the old glue layer from your previous attempts; then you will never get a smooth finish. Whatever video you watched on youtube, that advised you to put a tensor on with the glue still wet; should be ignored. With a tensor, it is important to make sure the glue on the rubber and blade have both dried to clear, before you attach the rubber to the blade; as water based glue is a contact glue.

cotdt wrote: I'm sure Fortissimo is a good rubber, but the only thing I got out of this review is that it is a low throw rubber, and that you like it very much. After 10 minutes of reading.

Edited by richrf - 01/05/2012 at 3:45pm

My 3 picks:

If you're looking for non-esn stuff, but current gen speed and spin, then Stiga Calibra is a good pick. It's very fast though. At least it comes in 4 varieties these days. I had a few months using the Sound version and loved it on my backhand.

Try Calibra LT Spin or LT sound.



Edited by Peter C - 01/05/2012 at 4:39pm

Peter C wrote: Try Calibra LT Spin or LT sound.

Rich,

I am sorry if I come off a bit odd, but there is no purpose to this thread - no value for anyone but yourself. Generally, the forum members are very helpful, but if you ask more questions than state your experience, you may find a little bit more value in discussion of the topics.

Regarding your "comparison", I suggest you look at other comparisons for example. Comparing equipment means performing many types of strokes in a controlled environment and noticing the difference. This goes for evaluating pushes, flips, loops, hits, smashes, chopping, spin, speed, lob... etc.

Your initial post provided neither....

richrf wrote: It is the blade that makes the difference!

This is correct. When comparing rubber, it is best to use the same frame and environment - in this case, the same blade.

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Edited by roundrobin - 10/29/2015 at 7:47pm

I think we should play a drinking game. 

NextLevel wrote: Not at all.  One last thing - while Phenix is awesome and durable, do be aware that it breaks if it hits the table and might need rubber cement work if you hate chipped up rubber around the edges.  But the actual rubber maintains its properties and consistency for a long time.

Anton Chigurh wrote: I think we should play a drinking game.  Every time Rich posts a comment mentioning Fortissimo or Killerspin, take a shot. I'd be wasted inside of an hour.

In an almost entirely unrelated event, I gave a Mark V 1.8mm FH player (US1400) my 6 month old sheet of Acuda S3 2.0mm for his FH.

In a series of games against three opponents last night I watched this BH dominant player make more than 75% of his FH opening last night. His on table percentage for the opening loop went up over 50% easily. And he opens against a much wider variety of underspins successfully.

The balls have more pace than the same strokes with Mark V, have a longer trajectory with a bigger arc that is safer and clears the net with a large margin for error.

The high throw, soft feel and forgiving nature of Acuda S3 makes it a perfect upgrade for beginning intermediates to graduate from classic to Tensor performance.

Suggesting Calibra to sub US1500 players is silly.
Almost as classic as suggesting that Bryce with speeedglue was the best rubber for US1000 players...

The "3" series that donic is famous for (F3, X3, S3) are designed to suit the broadest range of abilities and allow even players at my level to produce good quality shots. That being said, other Tensor resellers (Xiom, Andro, etc) also usually produce a version of their high performance rubbers for the common man (Vega Euro is a good example).

/endpromo.