Planning on getting new rubbers, currently using MXP but the durability is not very good. 

Also considering to pair them with the pg9 blade, which is good? 

Silver Server wrote: Can anyone who extensively plays with G-1 & C-1 state their differences? Is C-1 in fact G-1 top sheet with a softer sponge? Does it make a better backhand rubber than say Vega Europe?

For most of the people visiting these forums, there probably isn't a better backhand rubber than Vega Europe

Serves, pushes are loaded, and somehow my opponents rarely manage to land my counterloops.  Fast and high in quality, so it seems to me.  I like it so far.

G1 is an easier spin producer in the slow and spinny realm, to that I would agree.

nv42 wrote: Yes, the c-1 did feel like a g-1 with a softer sponge. But the softer sponge on the c-1 made a bigger difference thsn I Expected, the ball really digs in and you get lots of auto-spin. The c-1 may be around the same hardness as the vega Europe and both have similar playing properties too, the main difference I noticed is in the spin sensitive of their topsheets, with the c-1 a lot more spin sensitive and hence can also create spin a bit more easier in the lower gears and passive strokes. Both are good bh rubbers.

Did you think the C-1 was a little more on the bouncy side than G-1?  Or was it just me, maybe my short game and service wasn't up to using c-1?  I would also prefer G-1 for counterlooping where it felt more spinny with my strokes. 

I bought C1 thinking it was a soft rubber but it really is closer to about 45 degrees while G1 is about 47.5 degrees.  So C1 isn't really that soft or slow, the bottom like comes down to weight and (swing) speed preferences and maybe playing distances.  I don't find C1 bouncy, I just find it a tad bit slower, and for me that works given that I need the lighter weight for things I do.  There are good players who play C1 close to the table at the 2200 level, so for me, it truly comes down to preference, I have played my usual level (1900-2050) with it for a few months now.

To me, the c-1 did feel bouncy, but only when compared to the g-1. 

Yes, I expected it to be bouncy but I have used it for many months now so I know that it was more the G1 vs C1 and the expectation.  By itself, it just isn't that bad and if I use a blade with C1 on one side and G1 on another, people cannot tell when I twiddle based on the ball quality.  And if you develop the technique for it, you can play a different kind of short spinny push etc.  Kind of like using T05FX vs T05 but the gap between G1 and C1 is even smaller,

Yeah, I was going to respond, but I just had to accept his post was all about the subjectivity of tt equipment testing.

Yes, it is lighter and slightly slower.  What that means for your game is up to you.

But I specifically need low impact brush shots to work for me. I come from almost exclusively Chinese rubbers to mxp which was fantastic it brushes very well. I very am much worse at the shots G1 is good at on my BH so it was a bad fit.

It doesn't lack spin at all but you need more than a simple brushy contact like you can get away with MXP or H3-50 I just found it needs a bit of shove to get there. Which I didn't like personally. But I know lots of people who would love it

Yes, everyone's technique is different, it all depends on what level you need your technique to perform at.  I avoid technique that requires you to miss the ball to make it work.