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My experience with these Anti rubber sheets:

Butterfly SuperAnti - sponge hardness (4) and grip of topsheet (2)
Comments: very slick topsheet with pretty soft sponge; has possibility for most spin reversal in this list.


Yasaka AntiPower - sponge hardness (5) and grip of topsheet (4)
Comments: not as slick topsheet as SuperAnti; a little more speed than SuperAnti; easier to attack with than SuperAnti.


Donic Anti Defensive - sponge hardness (3) and grip of topsheet (6)
Comments: the softness of the sponge allows easy attacks because as the ball sinks into the soft sponge, the rubber topsheet has more contact area on the ball; you can easily create some spin; don't expect much spin reversal because the ball sinks into the soft sponge; very easy to control.


Donic Anti Offensive - sponge hardness (7) and grip of topsheet (6)
Comments: hardest sponge; same Donic Anti topsheet as defensive version; more difficult to control because the harder sponge limits dwell time; fast blocks, counters and hits.


Scriver Killer - sponge hardness (4) and grip of topsheet (4)
Comments: slick topsheet, medium soft sponge; lots of control; not much speed.


Butterfly Absorber - sponge hardness (4) and grip of topsheett (5)
Comments: closest to non-anti inverted; topsheet grip is more like a recreational bat than like anti; the least anti rubber in this list; very easy to control; almost like very old oxidized Butterfly D13.

Excellent summary johnfrani! Thanks a lot!

And Welcome to the forum!

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Hi johnfrani,
You should try BTY Super Anti "Special" It only comes in black and is the slickest of all I have tried.

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Blade, Yinhe, W-1
Forhand, H-3 National
Backhand, Sriver FX Max

Two more...

Tibar Ellen Defensive - sponge hardness (5) and grip of topsheet (6)
Comments: medium soft sponge; I played for a while with Ellen Def on both sides of a 7-ply Avalox bat; I could generate some spin when I needed it but its strength was control - I could hit and counter with great accuracy delivering no-spin shots that could skid on the table.


Tibar Ellen Offensive - sponge hardness (7) and grip of topsheet (6)
Comments: hard sponge; same Ellen Anti topsheet as defensive version; more difficult to control than the def version because the harder sponge limits dwell time; good for fast, no-spin blocks, counters and hits.

These two rubber sheets don't look like anti (no slick looking surface) but they are.

Note: my rating scale for sponge hardness and grip of topsheet should only be used as a comparison with other anti rubber sheets.

I tried the Tibar Ellan stuff also and agree with your ratings. I never weighed them but they felt very heavy.
I thought they were between "real" anti and some "regular rubbers".

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Shakehand, left handed.
Blade, Yinhe, W-1
Forhand, H-3 National
Backhand, Sriver FX Max

I ENJOY DONIC A 4O
BUT ALSO TONY HOLD OR BTY SUPER ANTI ARE GOOD

DONIC IS GRIPPY YOU CAN OPEN THE BACKHAND
I USE TSP DEF 3,5 DONIC A 40 1,5 AND SLICE 40 1,5