729-40S Leopard

“New rubber development to produce soft top sheet enable very good speed combined with best super quality German sponge provide good speed with gluing effect.”

Characteristics:

• High speed inverted rubber
• Fast spinning
• Medium German Sponge
• Profound glue effect
• Quick attack and Loop
• For initializing attack
• ITTF/USATT/CTTA approved

Ratings (out of 12):

• Speed: 10
• Spin: 11
• Control: 12
• Sponge: German ESN

Comments:

Hybrid the Euro style rubber with traditional Chinese rubber and you get the 40 series. They have a relatively sticky surface for the traditional Chinese compact loop, but also have the ability to generate tremendous mechanical spin to support Euro style loop. Very reactive rubber with Characteristics that support attack style play. Suitable for control / loop style play. Very good control. 

Note this rubber is a little heavy and will add significant weight to your overall bat weight.

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Name: dadsky

Country: Philippines

Comments: The 45degree sponge was very hard. Good even for medium-range distance attack. But best for close-to-table attackers, particularly chinese-style penholders. Like most Chinese rubbers, it takes about two weeks for the extreme stickiness of the topsheet to disappear, then you can really play with power. It seems this rubber is confusing to many of my opponents as I beat a number of players I never beat before. Great for looping.

Rating: 10

Name: Leeroy

Country: Australia

Comments: The S is for "Soft". I use this on my backhand with Jap sponge which is little bit softer, slower and more control/feeling than german sponge version. Very effortless and good backhand loop drives with fast speed and great control. Good when block with good controled speed. Not easy to chop and need good touch on that so would suit the more offensive minded. I think too soft and mushy for the forward thrusting motion of the forehand and would be better on the weaker hitting backhand. Speed: 9, Spin: 8, Conrol: 9.5, Price 9.5. Overall: 9.

Rating: 9

Name: duke

Country: Philippines

Comments: Super-fast loops, medium-speed drives, excellent control at clost to the table, controllable and spinny serves, doesn't respond too much to speed gluing (50-degree sponge), killer backspins, slow and controlled blocks - typical of a Chinese rubber for fast-attack play. Suitable for Chinese-style penhold.

Rating: 10

Name: Umair

Country: Canada

Comments: nice rubber for purely offensive game. great speed and control but lacks some spin. 

Rating: 8

I have 2.0 729-40s on the backhand side. On another racquet I have Cream 2.2 with MRS. They are very different. Personally, I prefer the 40s, it is sticky, spinny, and very controllable. I do not glue and that makes a BIG difference. Without glue, the Cream MRS is somewhat dead and not nearly as spinny.

The Friendship 729-40S or the 729-40H have great speed and control and are very easy to loop. The German sponge is really good for looping and with a medium fast blade it would be a very good controllable offensive weapon.

40S is one of the spinniest rubbers in production! Perhaps the spinniest!

I just tried the new 729 40s german sponge, and I'm guessing it's gotta be the best looping chinese rubber out there. (but then it's more european style than chinese.) That said, I prefer a jap sponge chinese over, say hurricane 3 or g888 in terms of looping. If I didnt glue, I may go for something harder like chinese sponge H3.

I have 2.0 40s on the backhand side. On another racquet I have Cream 2.2 with MRS. They are very different. Personally, I prefer the 40s, it is sticky, spinny, and very controllable. I do not glue and that makes a BIG difference. Without glue, the Cream MRS is somewhat dead and not nearly as spinny. If you are a gluer, my feedback may be totally wrong.