red rubbers vs black rubbers durability ?

I see you play black on both sides as per your signature? I wonder if red is what you use on your FH? I have not found a difference in rubber durability based on color. 

I also found some differences between red and black but mainly in the way of how they are playing.

manraid wrote: i noticed especially in esn rubbers (EL-P, MX-P,M1,.....)that red rubbers deteriorate faster than black rubbers and i experienced this with 4 new sheets of tibhar evolution el-p and mx-p i glued the black mx-p and the red mx-p of the same thickness (max) on the same time on my blade and after one month the red mx-p rubber becomes completely gripless and dead however the black mx-p continue playind very fine for about 3 and half month i experienced this twice did anyone experience this huge difference in red vs black rubber durability issue as mine or it is just a bad sheet ? thanks in advance

Red rubber is less durable due most likely to the silica filler(an alternative to carbon black).  It is known to reduce durability.

by the way i read on table tennis db on hurricane 3 neo reviews that red hurricane rubbers deteriorate faster than black rubbers and it isn't exculsively in euro\jap rubbers

I use red on the forehand and my red rubbers lose grip faster for that reason. The same used to happen when I used black on the forehand side (black used to go first). I have never felt the rubbers play differently or lasted over different time periods and I think some people are just too consumed with aesthetics. But it is quite possible that I am biased and wrong.

Edited by NextLevel - 07/22/2016 at 5:32pm

NextLevel wrote: I use red on the forehand and my red rubbers lose grip faster for that reason. The same used to happen when I used black on the forehand side (black used to go first). I have never felt the rubbers play differently or lasted over different time periods and I think some people are just too consumed with aesthetics. But it is quite possible that I am biased and wrong.

when my 4 red rubber sheets was weared i took them to my coach and he was convinced that i left them in my car in sun which wasnot happened (from the degree of deterioration he couldn't imagine that my rubbers wears so quickly in that shape ) and he gave my rubbers to 2 of his highly ranked players and all of their shots went into net

the condition of my rubbers were  very bad to the degree that he thought finally i put something like aceton or other things that damaged my rubber which in fact don't happen

not one sheet or two but four

by the way rubber to be weared to me mean= rubber has no grip to make topspin and could barely do drive with one shot pass over the net out of 5 shots





Edited by manraid - 07/22/2016 at 6:17pm

i do care my rubber very well and if i consider my careless manner to the red rubber how about my black rubbers

careless manner(if found ) is a fixed factor applied to both rubbers either red or black why black last longer than black

i don't argue to prove my point is correct or other opinion are bad  i do agree with some aspects of your opinion

but i really wonder because what happened happened to 4 red rubber sheets

and i think some members accept my point here and noticed what i found

may be it is coincidence (which i found in best condition to be extremely extremely rare )

wturber wrote: NextLevel wrote: I use red on the forehand and my red rubbers lose grip faster for that reason. The same used to happen when I used black on the forehand side (black used to go first). I have never felt the rubbers play differently or lasted over different time periods and I think some people are just too consumed with aesthetics. But it is quite possible that I am biased and wrong. I think that if there are differences that they are subtle.  So it would be easy to amplify them in our imaginations or to completely miss real differences.  It also probably varies depending on the rubber.

during play there is no difference between red and black except for the red being somehow alittle bit softer in fell compared to the black which is firm alittle   ,the issue is the red rubber durability i noticed in 4 sheets is very low compared to the black rubber.

vanjr wrote: Since you HAVE to play with one side of red (unless you go j/k penhold with paint sheet) you are up "paint sheet" creek right? Better pick you red poison and put it on your less used side.

Hopefully the new discipline of table tennis to be introduced this August will put this "colorism" to rest.