Switched to H3 Neo and loving it

Thanks for sharing. That's a lot of why i use it too. It lets you know if you are hitting the ball wrong. I like that. Very predictable and stable, good touch. The power is there when you really dig into it. There's nothing wrong with it. 

Tinykin wrote: He'll be back.

slowman wrote: Tinykin wrote: He'll be back.

funny i had that same thought about H3 Neo when i first used it, switching from T64.

Once you're get use to H3 on forehand you'll stick to it for the rest of your life....

silva7 wrote: funny i had that same thought about H3 Neo when i first used it, switching from T64. i have since reverted to T64. H3 requires too much effort to loop with. maybe the provincial one would be better in terms of bounciness.

Boost it and that will not be the case.

I've been trying Euro/Japanese rubbers on FH for about half a year, but finally stopped because I come to conclusion that those rubbers they are only nice for BH or become useful when you lack power and/or technique. The Chinese type of rubber allows to play short game better, to have more spinny and shorter serves, to receive services with more control, to have really spinny opening loops, to play better counterloops. The Chinese rubbers are more demanding both technically and physically, but it is more rewarding too. It's just my opinion on an amateur player, but it looks like that many players in China share it 

Tinykin wrote: He'll be back.

Glad to read about your transition to H3 neo, as I'm thinking about making this sqitch myself. I played with T05 for ~2 years and loved every second of it. Well, I hated it the first hour or so, but then it was pure love. Decided to change due to the price and ended up with LKT Red Diamond. A great rubber, but no T05. Now, they have changed the rubber to KTL Red Diamond and it's not tacky and comes with a different sponge, from what I have heard. Besides, durability became an issue. So, I got myself a sheet of Calibra LT, since I get these at discount. Great rubber, but I hate it, as it's pretty much the opposite of T05, very low throw, hard to make opening spinny loops and more about speed then spin. I've been thinking about H3 Neo and this gives me more motivation to make the switch.

What I don't understand is, if T05 helps you win points even on bad shots, why make the change? If I could find a rubber that helped me win points even when i play bad, then I would certainly use that rubber. In my opinion, T05 is the opposite, it truly rewards good strokes, but punishes bad efforts.

Tenzone, Bluefire, Rhyzm - IMO, T05's days are numbered unless there is something that boosting does for it that it doesn't do for any other rubber.  The only problem is that too many pros use it, but if a good player who doesn't use T05 gets good in Europe with one of the newer tensors, that will be the end of the T05 dominance.  Technique transfer/rebuilding is a hard thing with different equipment.

I tried h3 neo for 6 months after playing tenergy and trying all available tensors, the first week I won every opponent at my club, the side spin, the kick of the table, service and receive were great. After this wonderful week every player got me figured out, they just gave me dead balls and begged me to loop and they blocked everything! I couldn't find a way to finish the ball. First I got those magnificent third ball attacks and then everything just vanished when they started to return my serves low and kept me away off the table. It was a headache to play and win points. I got back to tenergy than to German tensors like acuda s1 turbo. But the good thing that it did to me that it thaught me how to loop with devastating power that only I can benefit from playing back with tenergy or German tensors.

I used to switch between regular H3prov and T05 every few months... Now ive been on neo prov and cant go back to T05  because loops lack that  drop h3 neo give me and goes long.

On traditional 5 ply wood blades - Tin Arc > unboosted H3 / any sponge / any version.

icontek: the IF ZLC is not nearly as fast as you would think, it is roughly equivalent to a seven ply all wood IMHO, but it has a different feeling of course, but very woody considering its construction. It is basically the same blade Zhang Yi Ning played with, so you can imagine it isn't such a monster. With H3N my setup has a huge smacking sound when I hit hard...very satisfying. I will most likely boost the H3 commercial to see if it helps/hurts (not at a tournament though, not my style) and I will toy around with T64 backhand, but I am pretty much OK with roundell on BH. Never tried tin arc 

Speedplay wrote: What I don't understand is, if T05 helps you win points even on bad shots, why make the change? If I could find a rubber that helped me win points even when i play bad, then I would certainly use that rubber. In my opinion, T05 is the opposite, it truly rewards good strokes, but punishes bad efforts.

Edited by mikepong - 09/26/2012 at 12:41am