Personally, I don't understand how it's possible to NOT have a good bite after just a few thousand loops, especially at the level most people play at.  Maybe I'm just spoiled by my H3, but it plays exactly as new after 6 months, and I hit pretty damn hard.

what do you clean it with?

some of the "cleaning products" sold by tt stores are frankly designed to deteriorate your rubbers

if you're using a sponge, stop

 

Yes. I met a guy his rubber surface lost tackiness and even worse the rubber feels slippery. He cannot control it well, too. But he won many top players in the club that day. After games I suggest him change a new rubber he said I never change my rubber for 20 years!

doesn't take hours... a light coat of oil gets absorbed a lot quicker than you would think

My pips seem to last too except for the few missing pips around the edge of my hard bat with Peacekeeper.

I haven't had the same luck with inverted rubbers.

It can last YEARS. But like people say, it does not play at 100% forever. My 2+ year old Tenergy was probably at 70%. Imo still better than a new sriver and better than all the 14 dollar chinese rubbers. Like Gnome says, at around 1 year old is when people say goodbye. But it depends on the person. People with big bank accounts will change every few months. People that use voc glue or boost will change more frequently as well. If on the first day you remove the Tenergy, there is a chance you killed it on the first day.

I have never been able to identify broken pips. Maybe I don't have the necessary feelability in my finger tips.

You are right.  I didn't have my lawyer review my post before I posted.

It should have said

"They don't age or get better with age."

Kind of like good software.

This is only a case of ageing improving the properties you like with the anti rubber.

Yes. Most antis are still too fast but I have also found that putting them on a slower paddle helps a lot.  The blade makes a big difference.

My inverted rubbers seem to last 6 months to 2 years.  Many I don't like after a week and that is just as bad.

You have to use rubbers for a really long time before the pips start breaking. Rubbers last pretty much forever if you clean the surface with oil to restore grip.

You were right.  You caught my mistake.  However, I will continue to point out that blades and rubbers don't generate power unless they are burned.   I think too many people are swayed by all the marketing lies. Someone has to remind people that they supply the power and control.  

Anti being to fast? How slow do you like them? The Nittaku Best Anti is pretty slow, although not extreme in any way.

I know,  I have Best Anti.

I would pretty much use up my TT allowance if I had to buy a pair of T05 every two months.

My three Rakza 7s  are 18 months old.  The Rakza 7 1.8mm on the FH of my  'Ball Whacker' is showing its age and will have to be replaced soon.   It is chipped and heavily used.

I stretched the life of my first set of T05 to two years before I retired the two sheets.  They were badly chipped and the red sheet had a gouge on the edge where I hit the corner of the table. 

My cheap Chinese rubbers seem to last and last unless they are damaged.   They never had the spring effect of a T05 to lose in the first place.   However, my Hurricanes seem to have problems with their sponge very quickly.   One thing I do after cleaning the rubber is to look at how the light reflects off the rubber.   One can tell if the top sheet is smooth this way.  If it isn't then the sponge below that spot has not expanded back to its original position after being compressed.    This is bad.   It is a dead spot on the sponge.   Perhaps if I 'boosted' them the sponges would expand back and the top sheet would be smooth again but I shouldn't need to go through the hassle.  I have never seen a dead or dimpled sponge on a Tenergy, Rakza 7 or Mark V.

You shouldn't fry stuff with olive oil anyway 

if i train hard 4-5 times a week with tournaments 6 weeks...

the problem i believe comes from the tiny cracks in the sponge...while the topsheet is grippy it doesn't lift as well and if feel a bit deader

 One of the greatest masters who I know, uses penhold blade and short pips OX only one side. I gave him two sheets of 802 OX two years ago and he changed his rubber. Before that he had been using one rubber for more than 10 years. And the one before that he used against Istvan Jonyer in late 70's.

some of the cpen hitters keep the sponge and change a new sponge, played in the swedish league and beat karlson,person and waldner when they were in their prime