ttnpp neo h3 blue provincial?

I got some pieces of this but haven't opened yet.  It comes in the neo packaging with provincial sticker as well as a second sticker with blue text, presumably indicating the blue sponge.  Looks as legit as any other prov h3 from ttnpp, same packaging.  Topsheet has code on it.  I can see that one rubber has a white backing over the sponge - I got another h3 neo prov blue sponge on here that also had that (and interestingly I found the sponge to be quite hard on that sheet, but it played well)  For the other rubber no backing is visible but it might just be hidden under the packaging.  Will report more when I install these but it might be a while - training for a tourney end of oct and have orange sponge on right now which is serving me well, won't change before then.  Incidentally I also have a "national" h3 blue sponge from prott and there is no text on the sponge (it has the white cover) is that the pre-neo blue?

i have no idea. some of the other members who used to follow hurricane can tell the pre-neos. i just started trying out hurricane recently bc my friend gave me one from wang liqin.

Edited by kurokami - 09/22/2013 at 1:41am

I have bought 2 sheets of the Neo H3 blue sponge prov. in max and 41 degree. The sheet I am using now I boosted with 3 layers of Falco Long booster.It is the #22 sponge. First thing I noticed was it was lighter in weight than a comm. Also it is easier to play with than a comm.On slow shots it is slow but when you hit hard it is a very fast rubber.I am going to stay with it for awhile. BTW it is the one from TTnPP.

kurokami wrote: thanks. so i think we have it answered. #22 is better than commercial but not the true neo blue this is also what i heard and this guy used to be a dealer: cagaragesales   Platinum Member      Joined: 03/10/2007  Location: United States  Status: Offline  Points: 2027  Post Options     Thanks(0)     Quote  Reply Posted: 01/07/2008 at 8:40pm I've been speaking with several distributors and retail stores. They had told me that H3 Commercial Blue sponge #22 sponge is actually a provincial practice rubber. The provincial team gets a batch and then sells the ones they don't want to the wholesalers, retail stores. I confirmed this with my sources within the provincial teams. Unfortunately, they are hard to find in China because they aren't made for the general public. But it is still possible to find them.  I have them available currently at: $20each + $3 s&h for the first rubber and $1 per additional rubber. PM me or reply to this post quoting me for an order or if you have any questions.

As far as I remember cagaragesales is banned from mytt forum.

All the rubbers the Chinese team use which are blue are the #22 sponge, the same sponge that came out more than 10 years ago. Most of them use it in 41-42 degrees and heavily boosted. There is no "neo" sponge

You can only beat something to death once. After that, you are kicking the corpse. Please, please. No more blue sponge threads. There are about thirteen thousand more spread across the forum. You already dug one up from 5 years ago, why would you make another?

Edited by beeray1 - 09/23/2013 at 1:43pm

beeray1 wrote: You can only beat something to death once. After that, you are kicking the corpse. Please, please. No more blue sponge threads. There are about thirteen thousand more spread across the forum. You already dug one up from 5 years ago, why would you make another? This is why it's dangerous to pretend to know what you're talking about when you don't, now all the question asking makes you look silly.  cagaragesales isn't banned. He just stopped posting. This thread is a different place from 5 years ago. A LOT of people stop posting.  FACT: NOBODY knows for sure what all the chinese players are really using for a sponge, NEO or not, which number, so why pretend to?  Edit: I found yet a second blue sponge thread you dug up again. Really?  http://www.mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=19150&PN=2#749913 and  http://www.mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=36449&PN=3#749694

People who seem to study this topic professionally should know that DHS manufacturing is somewhat erratic, and even more so for their small batches. If you can't loopkill with a decent sheet of normal H3/neo, the harsh reality is you lack those skill (usually poor handspeed).  Slightly upgraded H3 isn't worth anything near $60; that's Tenergy money.

GSOM_GSOM11 wrote: >>People who seem to study this topic professionally should know that DHS manufacturing is somewhat erratic, and even more so for their small batches. - You mean provincial QC is even more erratic than generic, don`t you?

It can be. To some degree they might care a little more since it's more exclusive product, but it's much smaller batches in which production quality generally decrease due to how modern production works. You're basically trusting their word that they'll throw out the worse ones, but they're old-school state industry so they don't need to care. That said the prov I've seen are decent. National is special production anyway so who knows what you're going to get.

>>If you can't loopkill with a decent sheet of normal H3/neo, the harsh reality is you lack those skill (usually poor handspeed).  - It does look like I said that #22 39d restricts my handspeed and and makes me be afraid of hitting too strong, doesn`t it?

If you're not generating enough spin to land the ball and handspeed is adequate, generally it's a issue with angle of attack on the ball. The spin/speed ratio is something which can be arbitrarily controlled with technique based on how much "hit" vs how much "brush".