OOAK Table Tennis Forum

I am planning to switch the forehand rubber from Tibhar FX-S to 999T or Nittaku Hurricane Turbo. Any thoughts on the combination? I have recently used the 999T on a backup racket (BFY - Jonyer H) and have generally liked it but for the speed. I am primarily a smash hitter, but have been in the process of including looping/ topspin in my game.

If you find FXS a bit soft you could try one of the harder Tibhar rubbers in the same series such as MXP or MXS or perhaps Aurus Prime

Thank You for the reply. I play close (mostly)- mid distance from the table. Typically, hard rubbers are not recommended to be paired with the Blue Devil. The reason I am inclined towards the Chinese style rubbers is due to their tackiness that I felt would assist me with the spin in addition to the control more than the Euro/ Jap style rubbers despite being hard/ mid-hard.

I'm not familiar with Hurricane Turbo, heard its faster than the original Hurricane which was itself a notch faster than the 999T.

The 999 series is really old, think Hurricane predecessors the likes of G888 which I used extensively during my early days. I would say more suited to close-to-the-table, nothing flips better than slow tacky rubbers, but mid-distance, you'll have to work alot harder.

For away from the table, I much preferred faster, lower arched tensors.

Nevertheless, for nostalgia sake, I'm picking up a 999 sheet for fun

999 is one of the few rubbers that will work when it's really humid. Which reminds me.. I should make up another bat with 999 on it, some days it's been REALLY humid here. The Globe stuff and the 999 Corporation stuff is pretty similar.

Iskandar