The worst >$40 rubber

What is the worst $40 (and more) rubber you played in the last year following the speed glue ban?

Mark V HPS Soft.

Can you guys elaborate as well on why they were thd worst?

Andro Hexer,

No durability, felt inconsistent to play with as there where no bounciness in the short game, but the rubber became bouncy when you hit harder and I never knew if the rubber would be bouncy or not. This was probably more due to me then the rubber, but this is why I didn't like it.

holda wrote: Solcion from Butterfly,Bryce FX.

They both are AWESOME backhand rubbers, well suited for RPB.

Coppa Speed. No speed glue feel or sound. It plays almost like an old generation rubber without glue.

I think this rubber needs to be heavily boosted to shine.

Butterfly Sriver G3's.

(I actually like the G2 FX a lot, but the IQUL works just as well.)

Yasaka Pryde 30 2.0 - the only thing it does effectively is vertical bounce with an open hand. Most terrible sound when you hit and no power at all. If you have a 5-year kid trying to play tennis, this is the rubber for her.

holda wrote: Sallom89 wrote: holda wrote: Solcion from Butterfly,Bryce FX. They both are AWESOME backhand rubbers, well suited for RPB. I am sorry,but the question asks " What is the worst $40 (and more) rubber you played in the last year following the speed glue ban?" I named these 2 for a reason,because I played with them and found these 2 not well performing and overly priced. You may wish to name the rubbers YOU think are the worse than these 2.

I'm just telling you, just incase you tried them on FH or something

For me the only rubber I disliked was Neo H3 and H3 prov.

Omega III Tensor Bios. Not enough spin, not fast either, a bit soft. Roxon 500 is much better than it.

Imago wrote: Holda is lucky not to havе bought some really bad rubber. Solcion is probably less than expected but not bad at all. Put it on some superfast blade and it will create wonders.Still, there is a tendency in our dislikes - rubbers softer than 32 degrees are more often bad than good.I have bad presentiments about T05 FX...

I didn't mean to be harsh or anything.I guess I have bad luck with some Butterfly rubbers.I haven't touched
Tenergy,Spin Art,etc for the reason these rubbers cost way too much.Plus,as I recently learnt all these rubbers are not the same as those given to pro-players.I do,however see some players do very well with other less expensive equipment because they have the technique/experience.There was a club in Atlanta which many Asian guys would come to play tt.They weren't spending 40+$ per rubber,but they were beasts kicking butt left and right with some chinese made sheets speed glued to all wood Stigas/Yasakas.The club has dissolved and I don't see many of those guys anymore.

hybermat wrote: neo h3: sloooooow, not enough spin on topspins it's good for training maybe, you have to work harder

Welcome to Earth, creature from other universe. We are extremely sorry to charge over 40$ apiece for a H3 neo which is around 20$ here. Also we apologize and have no idea how a H3 neo rubber, which creates monstrous spin on loops doesn't create spin in your universe.

shaolinTT wrote: Butterfly Sriver G3's. (I actually like the G2 FX a lot, but the IQUL works just as well.)

haha, I like G3 way better than G2, but they are both overpriced in the US. G2 is overpriced everywhere.

G3 FX is a very good rubber but the throw angle is too high for my bh.

My big problem with G2 compared to other BTY rubbers is that the topsheet will lose its grip very fast, and then its just too bouncy with hardly any spin.

zheyi wrote: regardless neo or not, chinese rubber are still meant to be speedglue or tuned..

I agree with you.  I bought a H2 and H3 neo and practice looping with them, while I have Yasaka Pryde on my backhand, my practice partners who block my loop all said that I got more power and spin with Yasaka Pryde than with either H2 or H3.  It could be my forehand loop is not perfect but I do feel that if the pros use H2 or H3 that I currently have, they will not generate enough spin and power as they can with the Yasaka Pryde that I have.  And I also believe that the Chinese pros use H2 or H3 national version which are way better than the commercial.

FireHorse

Juic Air Condle, heavy, slow, lack of spin