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    Posted: 02/10/2012 at 7:28pm
After reading the ratings at Table Tennis Database and the description at Zeropong for 729 2.1mm OEM, I was expecting a light weight rubber.  The 17cm x 17cm sheet (black with blue sponge) I received weights 63g uncut.  To me, that does not fit within Zeropong's description of "extremely light weight" nor is it consistent with TTDB's weight rating of "2.6 - light."

Has anyone else bought a sheet lately?  If so, was it lighter than the one I got?   I was expecting something more along the lines of the 48g sheet of Focus III Snipe that I also bought from Zeropong.  That, to me, is around what a light rubber should weigh.
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The blue sponge version is more like the original 729, harder and tackier than the white and orange sponged versions. I like the blue sponge version better but always get the white! Dissapointing.

The white sponge is soft and crumbly, it feels a bit weird as its a hybrid of a Euro rubber and a Chinese rubber
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Ian, thanks for the info.  I guess getting the blue sponge is disappointing to me.  I was looking for something 50g or less uncut.  It's not that big a deal since it was only $5, but I wish Zeropong would market/advertise it correctly.

If you have a unused sheet of the other sponge version (and it's light), I'll trade you. :)


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I have used 729 to cover old blades that people use at the company TT table.  The ones I have are about 63 gm and the black sheet has a blue sponge and the red sheet has a lighter red, almost pink, sponge.
The 729 OEM I have bought isn't that bad.  One can loop pretty well with it.  The problem is that the top sheet looks like crap after a few months but they still grip.  It is more than good enough for the company players.

I still have one red and black 729 OEM 2.1 left.
I have never seen a white sponge version.
Also, the black 729 OEM 2.1 with the blue sponge looks a lot like SST Pro Team.  Both the top sheets and sponge look almost identical. The SST Pro Team sponge seems a little firmer and the SST Pro Team Top sheet looks shinier and more consistent.  I have wondered if SST Pro Team rejects get sold as black 729 OEM 2.1.  The weights of the two are about the same.

 
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Thanks for the additional info.  It seems that 729 OEM 2.1 is not so light after all.
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