Fast Arc G-1 Review

I've just had a hit with this rubber on my Violin.
This is the hardest tensor rubber I've tried.
Someone says it's like Acuda S1 but I haven't tried Acuda S1.
I've tried Roxon 500, Pryde, Narucross Ex hard which is too soft to be named hard, Hexer.
It is harder than Tenergy 05 and Gambler outlaw too.
The hardness is between H3 39-40 degree.

It has hard top sheet and hard sponge, while palio thor has softer topsheet with harder sponge than Fast arc, the feel when loop, I feel fast arc is harder and more solid.

It produce high arc like Tenergy/hexer and it's a linear rubber. The weight is about the same as Tenergy 05.
Hexer is easier to loop than Fast arc, it produce spinny loops even if you brush the ball thinly.
With Fast arc you must make a thicker contact, penetrate the sponge, then it will produce a much more powerful loops.

This rubber is very suitable for Violin user, It fast, spinny enough and high throw like H3, can loop underspin easier. The most important thing it's hard and solid rubber on forehand.

For Hexer user who wants harder version of hexer fast arc is a good choice.


Edited by peter79 - 03/13/2011 at 8:17am

vic#74 wrote: Finally! Thanks Peter! FastARC S-1 is coming soon ....:)

Fast Arc S-1 is for speed, while G-1 is for Grip/Spin.
More like a Hexer and Hexer+ or T05 and T64 kind of version.

How's Barwell Vic?
Is it better than Ludeack or Clipper?
I've tried Ludeack and Clipper, it feel soft and not flexible.

Skippy wrote: Interesting Review.  Thanks Pete! Is this rubber not overly bouncy?  I don't like how alot of tensors you can't slow them down even if you want to.   What I'm saying is can you control the ball in the push game without it being too jumpy?  I'm guessing since it's such a hard rubber/sponge that the Tensor effect is fairly low and it's a bit less jumpy but plenty fast.  Yes, No?

The current generation Tensor use Natural rubber, the one I know is Hexer and so does Fast arc G-1 because the topsheet looks similar.
Unlike the past generation tensor like Narucross Ex hard which use synthetic rubber, it's very bouncy and fragile.
For short game it's of course more bouncy than chinese rubber, but I found it's much better than Tenergy or older generation Tensor.

For me the most important thing of the rubber is the feel. I like harder rubber.
Hexer almost a perfect rubber but it's not hard enough for me and when hit at full power the rubber seems can't do much more damage.

Fast Arc is harder and the more you put effort on it, it will produce a powerful loops and a nice clicking sound

Edited by danie - 03/19/2011 at 10:36am

o is the fastarc g-1 even tacky at all?

i wonder how does it compared to calibra LT or boost TX ? or maybe bryce speed ?
hardness
speed
control  

peter79 wrote: I've tried boost Tx and Bryce Speed. Hardness: G1>Brycespeed>TX Speed: about the same Throw: G1 has high throw, Bryce speed medium low, Boost TX low Control: about the same Spin: G1 has the best spin but sometimes it's hard to generate.

most nittaku sponsored players are using fastarc G-1 on the fh or both sides. i just tried it after getting one cheap. yea it is pretty hard as far as rubbers go. 

Edited by kurokami - 02/27/2014 at 12:55am

any new thoughts?



Edited by peteleco - 09/03/2014 at 7:37pm

regiz.rugenz wrote: Just bought S1 from a fellow club member and a dealer. Llike he said Fast Arc is so soft, indeed it was but really blazing fast . he told me that G1 is even softer.

G1 is definitely very hard rubber

regiz.rugenz wrote: Just bought S1 from a fellow club member and a dealer. Llike he said Fast Arc is so soft, indeed it was but really blazing fast . he told me that G1 is even softer. I dont know why on this thread t is nentioned as Hard. Both topsheet and sponge are too soft I cant use it on my forehand.. slightly rolling a roller while gluing would easily expand the rubber. But yes, it is blazing fast, explossive on my JRE and catapults like a Rasant or Express1 on steroid.. its now on my bh.

Wow, this is quite different from what I experienced when I tested the S-1 last weekend. I tested it on my Hercules blade instead of my usual Tenergy 05. Here my impressions in a nut shell (my level is around USATT 1900):
- topsheet similar in hardness to T05, sponge softer but not as soft as for example Vega Europe; I did like the sponge, not too soft
- topsheet seems more grippy than T05 on touching it or rubber a ball over it
- more spin than T05 in serves and on pushes; very nice!
- less spin and arc on looping than T05
- slightly slower than T05 but plays similarly linear; not as bouncy as other ESN rubbers (I like linear rubbers like T05)
- more control and touch in short game than T05; easier to play in that department
- better and more controlled for smashing but that is not a very important category for me'
- blocking was very controlled in warm-up without much adjustment but I had problems here in matches; not sure why, maybe instinctively still the wrong blade angle (too used to T05)
- I played very well with S-1 in practice matches without doing any drills before and beat 5 different guys 1700-1900 all matches 3-0; guys had more problems than usual with my serves!; nice rubber, easy to play with
Conclusion: I liked playing with it; better spin in serves and pushes than T05; better control in short game; T05 has more power and dynamic on looping

Edited by Matt Pimple - 09/04/2014 at 1:23am

vishal_dindoyal wrote: I have used all 3 versions of the FastArc rubber. The S1 is very fast and quite softer than bryce speed FX and it has a high throw it behaves like a Japanese rubber, it does not bottom out like some donic or Tibhar rubbers of the same hardness. And it is quite reactive to incoming spin. Whereas the G1 is something very different its like a cross over between a H3 neo and a tensor. It is quite hard, not reactive to incoming spin, doesn't have a lot of catapult, the throw is very high and it is best for close to the table play unless boosted. Finally the C1 even more different from the 2 above. It behave completely like a German rubber, it is a little bit harder that the S1, throw is quite low, it can bottom out at times, not reactive to incoming spin, extremely easy to block spiny balls. All 3 rubbers a very spiny almost like tenergy 05!

Further to that, the C1 and G1 are designed for either the forehand or backhand. Whereas, the S1 is designed for the backhand.

All these rubbers are nice to use - I can testify that.

Is it an ESN rubber, or does Nittaku have some dedicated research lab?

Matt Pimple wrote: regiz.rugenz wrote: Just bought S1 from a fellow club member and a dealer. Llike he said Fast Arc is so soft, indeed it was but really blazing fast . he told me that G1 is even softer. I dont know why on this thread t is nentioned as Hard. Both topsheet and sponge are too soft I cant use it on my forehand.. slightly rolling a roller while gluing would easily expand the rubber. But yes, it is blazing fast, explossive on my JRE and catapults like a Rasant or Express1 on steroid.. its now on my bh. Wow, this is quite different from what I experienced when I tested the S-1 last weekend. I tested it on my Hercules blade instead of my usual Tenergy 05. Here my impressions in a nut shell (my level is around USATT 1900): - topsheet similar in hardness to T05, sponge softer but not as soft as for example Vega Europe; I did like the sponge, not too soft - topsheet seems more grippy than T05 on touching it or rubber a ball over it - more spin than T05 in serves and on pushes; very nice! - less spin and arc on looping than T05 - slightly slower than T05 but plays similarly linear; not as bouncy as other ESN rubbers (I like linear rubbers like T05) - more control and touch in short game than T05; easier to play in that department - better and more controlled for smashing but that is not a very important category for me' - blocking was very controlled in warm-up without much adjustment but I had problems here in matches; not sure why, maybe instinctively still the wrong blade angle (too used to T05) - I played very well with S-1 in practice matches without doing any drills before and beat 5 different guys 1700-1900 all matches 3-0; guys had more problems than usual with my serves!; nice rubber, easy to play with Conclusion: I liked playing with it; better spin in serves and pushes than T05; better control in short game; T05 has more power and dynamic on looping

+1

same here, I can play very well with S1 on drills. theres so much power on it but I dont see much in a game, at least not yet. I'll give it a few weeks more I guess b4 I get to fully apreciate it.. So far with S1 I now started looping heavy on underspin from my bh.. so easy that I might even try it in Max soon.

Was initially intended for my fh.. but so explossive on the bh..

Got so lucky though I found an even more explossive rubber that suits my fh, and matches well on my blade.. beats all my other rubbers combined, and best of all at a really good price. But sorry I won't discuss it here though in respect of the topic on this thread.. :)

hithithit wrote:   Further to that, the C1 and G1 are designed for either the forehand or backhand. Whereas, the S1 is designed for the backhand. All these rubbers are nice to use - I can testify that.

Edited by NextLevel - 09/04/2014 at 9:44am