Yinhe Big Dipper - Review

slevin wrote: NextLevel wrote: Exactly. Buying 3 sheets to get the right Big Dipper then gets you into Tenergy territory.  And as we all know, more money has been spent looking for Tenergy replacements than buying actual sheets of Tenergy by amateurs trying to replace Tenergy. How about this: If you buy in bulk, Xiom Vega Pro rubber is around $22 at TT11. Big Dipper territory, not crazy fast and I'm assuming more consistent from batch to batch.

just tried mine. should not have boosted lol. it was hard to keep on the table at first. stroke adjusted to chinese stroke then it worked. biggest con is it's pretty heavy. hurricane isn't this heavy.

yes. i like G-1 a lot. i like alhelg more but it's not as similar to h3 feel than G-1

Hi, would anyone still recommend this rubber to try? I was eager but now am a bit hesitant to try since  the QC issues mentioned have not been stabilized after almost a year. Also because there apparently seems to be a big jump in the way it plays between hardnesses.

nice review

i do

So far I have bought four, two 39 and two 40. The two 40 are still perfect but one 39 has bubble out of the package and one 39 has pretty bad top sheet wear. Could be down to luck but I think I will only buy 40 from now on and see if they can keep up.

As i said before, my 39º was around two degrees harder on a DHS scale, and my 38º something like 40º.  I don´t accept any 50% odds to get a good one, i´d rather prefer to pay a little more and get something more consistent like H3 PROV.

Ive given my last opportunity to the 3rd sheet, so lets see if it happens the same. My 38° is absolutely RUSTY or worn. It has no friction or grip at all, became dead like an Anti....

NextLevel wrote: jonyer1980 wrote: Ive given my last opportunity to the 3rd sheet, so lets see if it happens the same. My 38° is absolutely RUSTY or worn. It has no friction or grip at all, became dead like an Anti.... This was not my experience at all -   maybe you are not using the protector sheets.

I bougth a black sheet of big deeper 38 deg. The rubber came with 8 edges, almost non tacky, too tensor type rubber. On the other side of the blade (Stiga OC) I use MX-P. the Hardnes of BD is very close to the hardnes of the MX-P. But not so jumpy.

MX-P came out in, what?  Late 2012?  It's old-gen now.  It's a great rubber but has specific problems which came with that generation - booster wearing off and shiny topsheet.  I don't like that generation with the plastic ball either because it starts off OK but slight topsheet wear results in slip on fine contacts.  They're fine if you drive the ball a lot or get excellent, solid contact on all shots (and of course, they're great if you use a fresh sheet every match like a sponsored player).  

rokphish wrote: AndySmith wrote: An interesting rubber to keep your eye on is Tibhar Hybrid K1.  This looks like a modern ESN 50 degree sponge (like the one on OVA, hopefully) with a tacky topsheet, made in germany.  It could be a tacky version of OVA.  They're only available in Asian markets at the moment though. where in asia? have you seen/heard some place in asia already selling it?

rokphish wrote: i was under the impression that their new Quantum rubbers haven't even got widely distributed let alone coming out with another new rubber. okay, saw the link to the taobao... i'm very skeptical now... it's like some minor deal tibhar europe made for tibhar china... i don't think it's going to go international like mx-p/mx-s and the likes. the price, the looks of the rubber and the packaging they all seem off to me. it might be good rubber for the price range, but i don't think it will be a contestant for the big weight class of OVA, MXP/MXS and the likes. more like in the somewhat range of tin arc, STN and the likes

jonyer1980 wrote: I fear it could be typical relabeled grip-s wich had teahadichrrible qc`sfrombatchsues fro batch to another. If its something nice they might haved listed on euro 2016 catalogue, isnt it?