HURRICANE 3 NATIONAL VERSION REVIEW!!!!!!

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Ill make this sticky for a few days so that many people can read it

Alas i havent made any reviews for an equipment for many months. tonight i had the chance to scrutinize and try an authentic hurricane 3 national version from a top junior player from china. our country's table tennis assoc. hired 2 top junior players and i had the chance to befriend one of them. i jumped on the opportunity to watch them train our national players and did some drills with them. i also0 borrowed the racket with a dhs h3 in it and here are the things that ive found out.
1. the set up:
blade: stiga v1 carbon flared (yeah i know most of us would say that this is a substandard blade but he uses it and he told me most players in china use a stiga blade.!!!)

fh: red hurricane 3 national version max
bh: black butterfly bryce max

now for the dhs h3

the topsheet:
it was a newly cut rubber and glued to the racket. the quality was a bit better compared to the commercial ones sold. the topsheet was a bit thinner also and the consistency across the surface is quite good. by the way its not that tacky. its not super tacky compared to other chinese rubbers but the spin comes from both mechanical and tacky surface grip.

the sponge:
orange sponge. i wasnt able to see the backside of the sponge because it was glued but i was able to check it thoroughly. the sponge was softer than the commercial ones. i compared it to my new ritc focus 2 orange sponge and the focus 2 has a harder sponge. if my focus 2 was about 43 degrees then the national version dhs h3 that i tried was about 42 degrees. the sponge quality is more or like that of the skyline series albeit better.. its less dense hence lighter than the commercial ones. he was using a wrb stiga v1 carbon blade and it wasnt head heavy even with bryce as his bh.

performance test:
i did some drills fh to fh, bh to bh and then loops. yes that h3 was springy compared to the commercial ones but not as springy compared to hybrid chinese rubbers with jpn sponges. the throw angle was medium to high when looping. i did the looping with that h3 and it was a bit easy to pick up heavy underspin balls even if your blade angle was a bit close. the thing is if you can brush enough, the heavy underspin would be easy to loop with this rubber. is it fast? yes it is but not as fast as other new chinese rubbers because its not too springy in the first place. it was a good smashing rubber from what i remembered because it wasnt soft but not too hard the control was good. all in all the rubber excels in looping and serving. ive noticed a difference in the spins of my serves.

the verdict:
with all the hype that people made about this rubber i say its overhyped! yes the rubber is good but there are lots of better rubbers in the market. this rubber is a special one but it doesnt mean that its better than other chinese rubbers. dont get me wrong its a very good rubber though i suggest people would stop looking for it and start training the strokes. you its an open secret especially when i saw them play tonight. their strokes are very basic but the level is perfect! you cannot find any complicated moves that they do but their basics are perfect and their playing style compliments with the rubber that they are using. its not the rubber its the player that uses it thats what matters.. in the coming days im gonna post some tips that i got from them hoping these would help us improve our games..