PPH's Yinhe Moon Speed Rubber Review

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First Impressions:
 Just ordered a few as I have pretty much given up on Chinese trying to 
make decent backhand rubbers.  But EJ senses just can't resist=S  They 
come in an impressive packaging just like the Moon/Sun/Mars Series.  
These come factory tuned, and a Tensor sticky protection sheet.  
Topsheet is similar to original Moon, but somewhat better quality when I
 run my fingers thru it.  Has slight tack, but will likely go away.  
First I wasn't impressed at all from my own skeptism, but soon to 
realize that these can compete against the more expensive rubbers such 
as Stiga's Tour (similar topsheet), older generation stuff such as Mark 
V, Desto series, or dare I say some new gen stuff(FastArc C-1).  Glued 
it on my backhand of Hayabusa ZX.  The rubber is very heavy at ~51 
grams.  This should turn most people away, but I usually use heavy 
rubbes on both sides such as H3, Moon Pro, now Big Dipper, Tibhar's 
MX-P, Xiom Sigma series.  Black rubbers come with blue sponge, and Red 
comes with bright yellow just like Big Dippers.
In-Action
Sessions:
Not optimistic at all before I played with it.  Just when I hit my first
 RPB shot, it caught my attention right away.  Felt like a Japanese 
rubber right away, almost like FastArc C-1 that I've played with.  Since
 this is Medium hardness, it's comparable between M1(47.5°) to 
MX-P(46°).  Throw for these Chinese rubbers supposedly for backhand use 
are usually low, this is no exception.  However, it's not as bad as 
other ones, so I would say it has medium low throw.  I got accustomed to
 it in just a few hits.  My partner described my BH as very spinny, I 
had an EL-P on my other blade & was interchanging between the 2 
setups.  Moon Speed can do everything that EL-P can.  It's fast, spinny,
 great at blocking.  It also has the sounds of glue effect, probably 
from the factory tuning.  Counter topspin/blocks/drives are super easy 
as I didn't have to adjust much from my normal BH rubbers.  I wasn't as 
proficient in lifting underspins in the opening game, but I believe I 
just need to tweak some techniques.  No problem driving in opening 
either.   Summary: I
 have became a believer after only one session!  This is a serious 
contender for my backhand as it does everything well, just like those 
ESN/Jap rubbers.  I haven't gotten a chance to do away from table play 
yet, so it needs to be seen.   But everything else is very similar to 
Jap rubbers such as FastArc C-1, Renanos Hold, etc.  Next thing I am 
looking for is consistency, durability, and lasting effects of 
performance (Tuning durability).   

Overall: Very
 underrated & under the radar rubber just like Big Dipper.  BD is 
somewhat of a hit in this forum because ZA & Andy vouched for them. 
I agree that they have excellent creditability & are probably better players than me.  I've been a Yinhe fanboy since Moon Pro came out, and I have gotten 
better results with them than using pro H3.  I wasn't as impressed with 
original Moon/Mars, but Moon Speed should be considered especially for your EJs=P.  I 
understand that not everybody will like this rubber as with any other 
equipment.  So for those who have read some of my reviews & agree to my findings, I recommend 
to try this one.  Maybe Soft version will suit someone that requires a better 
feedback.  I might give that a try in the future.  Will keep updating 
& provide video if given the opportunity.  Cheers=)    

Review was done playing with Yinhe's 40+ plastic ball & DHS 40+.

Edited by PingPongHolic10 - 11/23/2014 at 3:32pm