Do Chinese rubbers have to be boosted?

Hi,

Am new to the concept of Chinese rubbers (example DHS) and never owned one. I have been reading a lot about them lately and came to the conclusion that all Chinese rubbers in order to be potentially usable have to be boosted every couple (3-4) months? Is my conclusion right?

If you are in good shape and/or below 30 then by all means go ahead and play with them unboosted, if your are a hobby player like most of us on here, you are better off boosting

I am not planning to boost any rubbers, at least for now. My question is, what is the best way to utilize Chinese rubbers, like Hurricane 3 NEO, without boosting them? Harder blades or softer blades? Flex or not flex? etc. 

Chinese rubbers do not HAVE to be boosted, but you're pretty much supposed to boost them.

book4all wrote: I am not planning to boost any rubbers, at least for now. My question is, what is the best way to utilize Chinese rubbers, like Hurricane 3 NEO, without boosting them? Harder blades or softer blades? Flex or not flex? etc.

Thank you all for the responses.

No you don't Have to boost them.

Baby oil is useless. You want something that gives you real effect, not something that just results in a piece of bloated rubber. Serious players have gotta try the Seamoon, at the very least. If you feel real enthusiastic, there is the US$50 a bottle(100ml) of yellow oil or black oil to try.

would you think a stratus Powerwood would be fast enough for a 15 year old with hurricane 3 neo on fh.

IMO and experience the 15 year old player really well with h3n on stratus, however when he is a bit tired or off his game he offers too many easy balls

however when he plays close to the table and really loops fast he can be devastating ans very spinny with difficult trajectories.

this is very difficult to maintain for a tournament and is quite exhausting for him.

as far as I know he is the only cadet in England top 50 who uses hurricane 3 neo?

personally I think he should try tenergy 05 of evolution el-s so he can spin but also hit harder and faster when necessary
he seems to prefer dropping off the table a little bit

mog1111 wrote: this is very difficult to maintain for a tournament and is quite exhausting for him.

On close to the table looping???  That can be a lot of things but it should not be exhausting, especially for a 15 yo.  This is not an equipment problem and it will not have an equipment fix.

Baal wrote: mog1111 wrote: this is very difficult to maintain for a tournament and is quite exhausting for him. On close to the table looping???  That can be a lot of things but it should not be exhausting, especially for a 15 yo.  This is not an equipment problem and it will not have an equipment fix.

I disagree, if you're playing all day and putting 100% into loops with h3n its certainly a lot more tiring than using a tensor.
although I agree it should not be a problem for a 15 year old. maybe if he ate his vegetables and fruit and went to bed at a sensible time and did not go on his phone late at night and then trained 10 hours a week it would be ok

Fulanodetal wrote: "Everyone is enamored with H3N because that's what the CNT is using.  But players ignore the fact that what the CNT uses (rubber, sponge, "factory" tuning, etc.) is not exactly available to the general public." That's your assumption. A friend let me borrow his racket with Hurricane 3 BS and it felt really good. I had tried the commercial version of Hurricane 3, with the orange sponge and THAT one felt like a brick so I was skeptical at first. But the Blue sponge was different. So I bought a sheet from him. Best rubber I've ever tried on my FH. Even if it was a fake one, it was still better than all the other sheets I had tried. So I use because I tried it and liked it, not b/c the CNT uses it. FdT

Edited by icontek - 07/02/2017 at 6:34pm

SmackDAT wrote: Fulanodetal wrote: "Everyone is enamored with H3N because that's what the CNT is using.  But players ignore the fact that what the CNT uses (rubber, sponge, "factory" tuning, etc.) is not exactly available to the general public." That's your assumption. A friend let me borrow his racket with Hurricane 3 BS and it felt really good. I had tried the commercial version of Hurricane 3, with the orange sponge and THAT one felt like a brick so I was skeptical at first. But the Blue sponge was different. So I bought a sheet from him. Best rubber I've ever tried on my FH. Even if it was a fake one, it was still better than all the other sheets I had tried. So I use because I tried it and liked it, not b/c the CNT uses it. FdT I'm pretty sure loads of the CNT women use orange sponge national H3 Neo right? And FTW

Fulanodetal wrote: "I would suggest considering the Haifu Blue Whale 2." Can anyone without an agenda of selling a particular rubber compare the Haifu rubber with the H3 BS please?  FdT.

Edited by SmackDAT - 07/02/2017 at 4:14pm