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| | 729 Friendship table tennis rubber reviews: |  729 Friendship RITC (also known as 'Tianjin Golden Friendship Rubber Products Development Co.Ltd.'):
One of the Giants of Chinese table tennis equipment, manufacturers the full range of quality equipment including rubbers, blades, pre-made bats and accessories. It has contributed to the glories of many Chinese world champions, such as the earlier champion, Xi Enting, Deng Yaping, and the more recent Wang Nan. In recent years this company has had renewed focus on it's export market, and has improved it's quality control enormously. It's come up with a new range of products suited more to the euro styles of play, as compared to the traditional Chinese equipment. Blades have become lighter and hi-tech, rubbers are lighter with softer sponges with a huge range of products meeting the demands of most styles of play. NOTE: Some of the manufacturer ratings below are out of 10, and some are out of 12. |
| Name: | Speed | Spin | Control | Comment | |
LKT Rapid Soft |
8/10 |
9/10 |
10/10 |
New Rapid series from LKT with soft sponge. | | LKT Torrent | 12 | 11 | 12 |
One of the latest LKT rubber with E.G.S. for max performance without speed glue | | 729 Lightning | 9 | 11 | 12 | Outstanding rubber for spin and control | | NEW 729-2 | 12 | 11 | 10 | New 729-2, greatly improved rubber | | God Favored | 12 | 12 | 11 | Faster more powerful version of SST cross | | Cream MRS | 9++ | 9++ | 9 | Special line from 729 with outstanding speed, spin and control combination! | | Dr Evil | 7 | 5 | 9 | A unique short-medium pimpled rubber with no sponge (OX), with antispin properties. | | 802-40 Special Super Soft Pro Version | 12 | 8 | 11 | A very spinny short pimpled rubber, with wide, rough and conical shaped pimples on a soft 35deg sponge. | | | | | | | LKT Pro XP | 12 | 11 | 11 | Latest for 2006. Light, high speed, very soft sponge. | | LKT Pro XT | 10 | 12 | 12 | Latest for 2006. Light, fast & spinny, very soft sponge. | | HIGHPOINT | 12 | 12 | 12 | Latest for 2006. German made Tensor, very similar to Donic Desto F2. | | 729 FOCUS I | 10 | 12 | 12 | Latest for 2006. Fast highly elastic, great for mid-distance looping. | | 729 FOCUS II | 12 | 11 | 10 | Faster version of Focus I, powerful and spinny looping rubber. | | 729 FOCUS III |
12 |
11 |
11 |
Same great elastic topsheet but with soft Japanese sponge | | 729 Higher Transcend | 10 | 12 | 12 | New TENSION rubber, highly elastic, huge spin, fast. | | 729 Higher II Jap Sponge | 12 | 12 | 12 | Similar to Higher but with a faster Japanese sponge | | 729 Higher III Jap Sponge | 11 | 12 | 12 | Similar to Higher but with a faster Japanese sponge | | 729 Faster Transcend | 12 | 11 | 11 | NEW, very fast attacking rubber, lighter and faster. | | 729 Faster II Ger Sponge | 12 | 12 | 11 | Similar to Faster but with a faster German sponge | | 729 Faster III Ger Sponge | 12 | 12 | 12 | Similar to Faster but with a faster German sponge | | 729 Cream Transcend | 11 | 11 | 11 | Great touch, great spin, good speed | | SP Transcend | 11 | 12 | 12 | Great attacking power with Ultra tacky topsheet. | | 729-3 Transcend | 11 | 10 | 11 | Great attacking power, good for loop and smash. | | | | | | | RITC 563-1 | 7 | 7 | 8 | Deceptive, medium pimples, for offensive style, improved version | | RITC 2000 MRS | 9++ | 9++ | 9 | Very fast, very spinny, good control | | 729 Cream Topsheet | 9 | 9++ | 9+ | Great touch, great spin, good speed | | Xi Enting | 9 | 9 | 9 | Top 729 topsheet with soft Japanese sponge for great feel and control | | MRS Sponge | | | | Adds explosive power to any topsheet. | | Reactor Sponge | | | | Ultra light, Super Soft sponge, 35 deg. |
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Name: |
Speed |
Spin |
Control |
Comment | |
729-40H Leopard |
100 |
92 |
83 |
Fast hard rubber | |
729 Faster German Sponge |
100 |
92 |
92 |
Fast and spinny yet good control | |
729-40S Leopard |
83 |
92 |
100 |
Fast, spinny, soft rubber with amazing control | | 729-3 Jap Sponge |
9+++ | 9 | 9 |
Very high speed, high dwell time rubber. Great for loop & loop kill | |
729-2 with HRS Sponge |
9++ |
9 |
9 |
Fast, still spinny, good control | |
729 FX Blue HRS Sponge |
9+ |
9+++ |
9 |
Same as 729 FX but with faster sponge | | RITC 2000 HRS |
9+ |
9+ |
9+ |
Very fast, very spinny, good control | |
729 Cream Jap Sponge |
9 |
9++ |
9+ |
Great touch, great spin, good speed | |
Geospin Tacky |
9 |
10 |
9+++ |
The Ultimate in spin! Great control too | |
729 FX Super Soft |
9 |
9+++ |
9++ |
Ultra light, super touch, very spinny | | Super 729 FX |
9- |
9+++ |
9++ |
Great spin, good all-round | |
804 Anti-Spin |
5 |
1 |
10++ |
Anti spin rubber | | | | | | | RITC 802 |
9+++ |
7 |
8 |
Ultra fast, great hitting short pimples. Pips are short and spinny. | | RITC 799 |
9+++ |
7 |
9 |
Very fast, flexible short pimples. Less spinny than 802, but better at hitting through spin. | | RITC 563 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
Deceptive, medium pimples, for offensive style | | RITC 837 |
7 |
6++ |
7 |
Deceptive, 'easy to use' long pimples, good control. | | RITC 755 |
6+ |
6 |
7 |
Very deceptive, long pimples, good spin reversal | | RITC 755 Faster | 9 | 7 | 8 |
Faster version of 755 with German sponge, for attack. |
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