Humidity Problems

Rollko - I have been holding back on making this comment for a while but I think it needs to be said. You have one of the worst case of EJ syndrome I have seen on the forums in a long time. You have made countless threads trying to account for every tiniest variable with an equipment adjustment, whether its grip tape, wings of the blade, edge tape, a few grams of weight, layers of glue, flex, humidity, a few mm of thickness of the handle, rubber pairings etc.

bard romance wrote: Rollko - I have been holding back on making this comment for a while but I think it needs to be said. You have one of the worst case of EJ syndrome I have seen on the forums in a long time. You have made countless threads trying to account for every tiniest variable with an equipment adjustment, whether its grip tape, wings of the blade, edge tape, a few grams of weight, layers of glue, flex, humidity, a few mm of thickness of the handle, rubber pairings etc. This level of scrutiny is way overkill and you will be running in circles forever if you keep going down this path.

Thanks, both.

TT newbie wrote: From my experience, chinese rubbers are the worst to play in humid rooms. It´s simply unplayable. Dignics 05 keeps well its characteristics in humid conditions. It suffers, of course, but nothing like Hurricane 3 Neo.

I think it would help to keep the various questions to one thread because some, if not many of them are actually related. On one or two occasions when I was about to gather my thoughts, the OP would start another thread.

There is a different member on TTD who would start a separate thread on a specific but related topic about equipment, and some, again if not many of them are actually worth looking into because I can offer some pointers with experimental data from studies collected over the years but ultimately decided not to because it would be difficult to keep track.

On the topic of humidity, there is an interesting study that shows the ball also plays a role, in addition to relative humidity and rubber.

One thing I've noticed is that salt from my hands makes the rubber pick up more moisture.  I even have tried cleaning them with shaving cream, which if you didn't know, has anti fog properties on your bathroom mirror.  Don't clean them with your hands or you get salt.

Edited by cole_ely - 01/19/2023 at 3:57pm

I'm suspecting this also has to do with hardness and 'sinking' effect.

Edited by Rollko - 01/20/2023 at 6:42am

In terms of adapting on the fly to humidity variations and for any given rubber, is it fair to say that the more humidity the more open the paddle at contact, a.k.a humidity forces a game towards hitting?