why Skyline 3 not popular anymore?

I forgot to mention TG2 requires a fast flexy blade with hard outer veneers.

Hozuki wrote: You are welcome. H2 is very difficult to use and only caters to a very specific player type. I would recommend TG2 to your friend as it is the most user friendly in my opinion and it has been well recieved by many players of different playstyles.

Kolev wrote: How do you know that Xu Xin plays with TG3? BTW since few months I am playing with TG3 NEO and really enjoy it. It is deadly and very fast while driving the ball especially when taking it early(my effort to adapt to the P-ball).Very confusing for my opponents. Serve and push are WOW! I wish it had better smash, but when I'm in need I twiddle. There was a moment in the cell past when I was using this rubber and it did not impress me as much as now..... Maybe I should try the H3 Neo too

Do you play shakehand or penhold? Also, did you boost your TG3 and what blade do you use?

Thanks

You are welcome. H2 is very difficult to use and only caters to a very specific player type.
I would recommend TG2 to your friend as it is the most user friendly in my opinion and it has been well recieved by many players of different playstyles.

The original skyline rubbers (TG2 and TG3 and its NEO upgrades) were designed for penhold players. TG2, for example, was specificly designed for Ma Lin. The general idea is that skyline rubbers were optimized for a penhold stroke, which is different from a shakehand one. Thus penholders are more likely to enjoy and play well with skyline rubbers, rather than hurricane ones.
Empirical evidence: Xu Xin, for example is the only penholder left in CNT and he plays with TG3, while the rest of the bunch plays Hurricane 3.
But I think it comes down to how you like to contact the ball whether you prefer one or the other.

I've been playing with the skyline 3-60 soft on backhand for a few weeks and I have to say I'm incredibly satisfied with it

I ask myself why was skyline ever popular to begin with? 

patrickhrdlicka wrote: The mid-hard version is 38-40 degrees, while the hard version is 41-43 degrees. I will be reviewing the Skyline series shortly for tabletennis11.com.

Edited by kakapo - 11/19/2017 at 11:06am

Slightly off topic but does anyone know what hardness the TG3 Neo sponge is?

BTW I tried the skyline3-60 soft today and it's a beautiful rubber. I didn't find it soft however. Not at all.. Maybe it needs to be 'broken in' a bit?

simon_xuan wrote: I play tuned Tg3 neo on HH3 for the past 3 years. 6 months life tuned 3 times before it becomes permanently domed. I don't have any alternative to kick up 1 more notch yet for its speed. I don't like tuned H3 alternative. But I never tried Tg2 neo though.

I am surprised how susceptive to Falco Long the TG3 sponge is, and I mean the original and my latest NEO. They dome easily and the dome seems to last forever

I play tuned Tg3 neo on HH3 for the past 3 years. 6 months life tuned 3 times before it becomes permanently domed. I don't have any alternative to kick up 1 more notch yet for its speed. I don't like tuned H3 alternative. But I never tried Tg2 neo though.

Bobpuls wrote: DLC1325 wrote: I'd love to try a TG2 National.  I`m buying from prott and this is my third tg2 national ....No problems there. Give it a try.

Are you using the big character version and tuned or untuned? I see three versions on ProTT. The tuned one hasn't been in stock for a while.

I tried GA8 briefly on a friend's racket (47.5 degree version), it's sponge and topsheet look almost identical to Fastarc P-1. It plays like it as well.

Bobpuls wrote: DLC1325 wrote: I'd love to try a TG2 National.  I`m buying from prott and this is my third tg2 national ....No problems there. Give it a try.