andro（アンドロ）

Explanation

Among the rubber made in Germany, the Rasanter series of andro feels outstanding rotation performance. andro always has a unique presence with stylish apparel and rubber colors. I think andro has clearly become more prominent in Japan in recent years. The reasons for this include Simon Gauzy (Simon Gauzy, France), who has defeated Jun Mizutani at the 2017 Table Tennis World Cup and Xu Xin (Xu Xin, China) at the 2019 World Championship. , I think there is a fact that the equipment used by Akifumi Hamakawa, who entered the 2019 All Japan Championship as a ranker, is andro.

Frome Rasant to Rasanter

andro was selling the characteristic green sponge rubber Rasant series (Rasant Grip, Rasant Power Grip), Rasant Power Sponge, which was sold as a signboard until 2016. The 6 types of Rasant Power Sponge, Rasant Beat, Rasant Turbo, and Rasant have all been discontinued, and a new lineup called Rasanter has been launched in 2017. The Lazanta series is a new flagship rubber that uses the same green sponge as the Razant series. The Razanter series has the R series, which has high rotational performance and makes it easy to make arcs, and the V series, which has high speed performance in addition to rotational performance. I am. In addition, ahead of other German manufacturers, it will be a rubber lineup equipped with a technology called Ultra Max, which has a sponge thickness of 2.3 mm. This technology seems to have been applied to top players before that, and it is a rubber that makes the seat thinner than the current one and makes the sponge thicker by that amount. There is an international rule that the thickness of rubber, including the adhesive layer, should be 4.0 mm or less, so it is necessary to make the sheet thinner in order to make the sponge thicker. It is said that rubber with a thin seat and a thick sponge is easier to get rotation, speed and flight distance, and it is easier to get the performance to receive top players. However, thinning the sheet is prone to manufacturing variations, and it seems that it was not widely available before that. Probably the latest technology could increase productivity, and as a result, it became possible to produce rubber with a thin sheet and thick sponge at a low price, and it seems that it was sold to the general market. This technology does not seem to be in the rubber of Butterfly, which sells the world standard Tenergy series, which leads table tennis equipment in Japan and the world, and even though Butterfly is still extra thick, the sponge thickness is 2.1 mm. It remains. In recent years, other German manufacturers are increasing the number of rubber sheets with thin sheets and thick sponges.
To date, eight types of Razanter have been sold, six for the R series and two for the V series.

Rasanter series

The Razanter series has a naming like the series in which the sponge hardness can be finely selected with the rotating R and the speed V, but when I actually tried it, it was different from my imagination. Apparently, the hardness of the sponge was changed, and the shape of the seat was also changed, so the shot feeling, performance, and easy-to-use technology were different. Furthermore, although the V series is certainly fast, it is not a rubber specialized for speed because it takes a lot of spin tension and rotation. katsuo000 has tried out R53, R48, R50, R47, V47 and R42, and would like to summarize the comparison in the future. I would like to comment here that the grain shape of the R53, R48, and R50 sheets is a little thin and the grain shape feels a little quick to separate from the ball. Compared to Dignics 05 and Tenergy 05, I think that the grain shape of the sheet makes it hard to feel the ball holding. On the other hand, the sheet is soft and the sponge has a good bite, so I think that it is a rubber that feels like holding a ball when it bites into the whole rubber.
Initially launched in 2017, there were 6 types: R50, R47, R42, R37, V47, V42. Furthermore, in October 2019, the R53 equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released, and in May 2020, the R48 also equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released. Currently, andro’s flagship rubber is R53 and R48.
Recently, I think that the R53 and R48 of the red Lazanta are the focus of attention in the Razanter series. We have already created a review, so we hope you will read it as well.

Published performance value

andro’s published performance value comparison. Is it characteristic that andro adds an item called control in addition to speed and spin? After all, R53 and R48 with energy cells have high performance and will be a hot rubber!

Take a look at the R53 reviews and you’ll be faster! However, in terms of published performance values, V47 is supposed to be faster. I have already tried R53, R48, R50, R47, V47, so I can understand it, so I will comment. I think V47 is faster than R53 in simple speed. I think V47 is faster than you can feel because it has a very straight trajectory. In particular, the V47’s midfield drive has the impression that it is quite fast. On the other hand, the R53 draws an arch line very strongly, so it gives the impression that the ball is slower than it feels. I think V47 is numerically faster for the ball to reach the opponent’s platform. I think this is largely due to the straight trajectory. The fastest rubber in the Razanter series, I think it’s the V47!

V47 sticking and weight

I had cut 70 g before cutting, but it was heavier than I expected. In fact, I think it’s a speed rubber that takes a lot of rotation.

Rasanter V47
     UM Tension (Tensor Bios UM)
    For 40+ Plastic Ball
・Sponge Thickness: 1.7 mm, 2.0 mm, ULTRAMAX (UM)
・Speed: 121
・Spin: 119
・Control: 88
・Sponge stiffenss: 47°
・6,200 yen + tax
・69 g (before cut)  → 48 g (after cut)

Three features of Rasanter V47

Tension rubber that takes advantage of speed tension and spin tension

Like a spin type tension rubber, it has more grip and rotation performance than I expected, so the serve and loop drive were of higher quality than I imagined! To be honest, I didn’t think that the rotation performance was so high! I think that the rotation performance is probably as good as Tenergy 80 and Tenergy 05 FX! Still, in the rally of the upper rotation, the speed drive which is quite close to the meat became stable! I think the first feature of V47 is that it is a rubber that has both speed performance and spin performance! As for the image of katsuo000, it was very nice to use it by rotating it rather than punching it because speed was added to the sense of stability.

No.1 speed performance and straight trajectory in Rasanter!

As mentioned in the explanation, V47 has higher speed performance than R53 and R48 using the latest energy cell technology! Even in terms of published performance values, V47 is supposed to have higher speed performance. In fact, the V47 has a very straight trajectory, so I felt that a smash-like speed drive would bang. I think it’s pretty aggressive.

It bites well, and although it is a spin type tension, it is easy to do half volley, connection, and block!

Since it bites well, it was easy to block the meat-type balls and connect the half-volley-type balls. If you use meat more than a drive, I think it’s pretty easy to handle!
This rubber was a little damaged by the name, and I felt that it would be better to use it thinking that it was a spin tension rather than a speed rubber, because it would make the best use of its performance. I would like to recommend it to those who are using Tenergy 05 and are looking for a rubber that has good cost performance and wants speed without reducing the amount of rotation too much.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
I don’t feel the hardness so much. I think R47 with the same hardness feels harder.

Drive on long balls and rallies
The drive that left it to the speed performance rather than the amount of rotation was a good feeling. It is possible to drive at a high speed so that you can aim for no touch. I think this speed performance is comparable to the Omega VII series.

Drive with open face
The bite was good, so it felt pretty good in the foreground. The drive was easy to hit with little force.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
I feel that the arch line is a little low, but the fore has enough grip and high quality loop drive was possible enough.

Speed drive against back spin
Speed drive Against back spin was more difficult than I expected. It seems that it is a rubber that is easily affected by rotation because it bites well, so I think it is necessary to hit it firmly with your body.

Curve / shoot drive
Since the arch line is low, I didn’t have the impression that it would bend much.

Block
It’s soft, so it was pretty easy to block against meat balls. On the other hand, the block for the loop drive is a little susceptible to rotation, so I felt that it was necessary to use technology to squeeze or overwrite the rotation.

Counter drive
It was a good feeling to catch it in the ascending period without dropping the hitting point and drive like a meat. When I try to overwrite it, I get the impression that the flight distance is too long.

Stop
The stop bites in quite well, so I had to catch it only with the seat.

Push
Like the stop, push was easy to float.

Fore flick
Because it is soft, I can hold the ball, so I felt it was easy to hit at an angle.

Serve
Amount of spin was not so high. Although, the speed was enough to fast.

Backhand

Light hit
I think it’s a little stiff when used in the backhand.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I was impressed with the speed system, not the rotation system.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It bites in more than I expected, so I felt that I could do a loop drive of the minimum quality.

Speed drive against back spin
On the contrary, speed drive was quite difficult. I think the impact is insufficient.

Curve / shoot drive
I didn’t have the impression that it was straight and curved.

Block
It was easy to block against meat balls. It was difficult to block against a loop drive.

Counter drive
I felt it was easier to counter than R48. Counter meet was also easy to do.

Stop
Like the forestop, it was easy to float.

Push
This was also easy to float.

Chiquita
We have a fairly aggressive and speedy Chiquita.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　R53 ＞ Tenergy 05 ≧ V47 ＞ Tenergy 64

Speed
　Tenergy 64 ＞ V47 ＞ R53 ＞ Tenergy 05

Explanation

Among the rubber made in Germany, the Rasanter series of andro feels outstanding rotation performance. After all rotation performance is a very important item for me, and that is why I wanted to understand the difference between the Lazanta series. This is because I felt the difference in grain shape when using it with R53, R48, R50, R47, and V47. It seems that R53 and R48 have the same grain shape, but R47 and R50 have different grain shapes, and I felt that they were rubbers with very different impressions. Then I was wondering what kind of rubber R42 is. I would like to emphasize that this Razanter series is not just a minor change rubber with a different hardness!
andro always has a unique presence with stylish apparel and rubber colors. I think andro has clearly become more prominent in Japan in recent years. The reasons for this include Simon Gauzy (Simon Gauzy, France), who has defeated Jun Mizutani at the 2017 Table Tennis World Cup and Xu Xin (Xu Xin, China) at the 2019 World Championship. , I think there is a fact that the equipment used by Akifumi Hamakawa, who entered the 2019 All Japan Championship as a ranker, is andro.

Published performance value

The R42 actually has the same spin performance as the V47. As mentioned in the review of V47, V47 is not a rubber specialized for speed performance, but it has a certain level of spin performance (Tenergy 80?), And then the speed performance of Razanter Series 1. It will be a high balance rubber with. For katsuo000, I think Tenergy 80 and Dignics 80 will be a rubber that balances spin performance and speed performance, especially the ease of hitting meat, with softness, but V47 is the hardness of the sponge. While giving spin performance, it is an image of a rubber specializing in speed drive rather than meat by biting into the seat. I don’t think there is a similar rubber in Butterfly rubber. Mr. Butterfly sells many rackets with higher speed performance than other companies, so it may be an image of supplementing speed with rackets. Compared to Butterfly, andro’s racket has many thick blades as a whole, and the lineup is a little small, so even though it is said that it is a rubber with high speed performance so that it can be combined with andro’s racket. Imagine that you are selling a rubber that has speed performance in high spin performance.

In other words, R42 has the same spin performance as V47, so you can see that the spin performance is not low at all. As for the standing position of R42, it may be said that it is a rubber like Tenergy 05FX. However, unlike the Tenergy 05FX, the Lazanta series has an Ultra MAX (UM) specification with a thin sheet and a thick sponge. I would like to review what kind of rubber this UM specification R42 is.

R42 sticking and weight

Rasanter R42
    UMテンション (Tensor Bios UM)
    For 40+ Prastic Ball
・Sponge Thickness: 1.7 mm, 2.0 mm, ULTRAMAX (UM)
・Speed: 116
・Spin: 119
・Control: 93
・Sponge stiffness: 42°
・6,200 yen + tax
・66 g (before cut) → 47 g (after cut)

Is it heavier than I expected? It’s soft to the touch!

Three features of Rasanter R42

Overwhelming ease of handling! Easy speed drive to straight!

The ease of handling was perfect. It was really easy to use! I think the power of the drive itself is low, but I didn’t feel like making a mistake anyway. I felt this was the number one advantage! Anyway, if you want to reduce mistakes, I think it’s a good rubber!
Personally, I felt the depth of the rubber when the ball was bitten by Ultramax (UM). I hit it hard because I had a deep pocket, and even if the ball bite into the rubber, it was hard to reach the racket, and the feeling that I could drive instead of meat was a very good feeling. It may be the number one advantage of UM!

Surprisingly stop / push is low!

Next, I would like to make a special mention of how easy it is to stop and stop. I felt it was hard to float! I didn’t feel the amount of rotation, but it was low and low, and the point that I could stop was a soft rubber, but it felt very good. Although the V47 has high spin performance, I felt that it was a little easier to float, so I thought that the R42 would also float, but on the contrary, I was surprised that the R42 fits well.

Easy to block with medium hardness!

Naturally, it’s a soft rubber, so the block fits nicely. Especially for meat type balls, it was very easy to do because it was insensitive to the ball.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
I felt it was extremely soft.

Drive on long balls and rallies
You may feel some energy loss. It’s that soft.

Drive with open face
It’s easy to do because it bites into it. I felt that it was a little meaty, but I felt that even if it bites sharply, it will rotate firmly due to the strength of the rubber.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
I didn’t feel like making a mistake, but on the other hand it may be a little less powerful. However, the open competition may be enough.

Speed drive against back spin
It was very easy to hit. It may be a cheat for intermediate players and open games. It is quite easy to divide the course and you may be able to play with it at speed.

Curve / shoot drive
I felt the amount of rotation was a little weak, but when I made it bite firmly by the inquiry of the drive, I felt a reasonable amount of rotation.

Block
It’s easy to become a baseball, but it was easy to do.

Counter drive
Since there is a core, the counter drive is also affected by rotation, but it is not impossible.

Stop
It was easier to settle than V47!

Push
Like the stop, it fits better than the V47!

Backhand

Light hit
It was easy to do.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It’s easy to do at all. It was easy to get a little meaty.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It’s easy to do, but it’s soft, so I think that the amount of rotation will increase if you let it bite into the sponge a little rather than using a sheet. It may be difficult to control it shallowly and low.

Speed drive against back spin
It was harder than I expected. I may not be able to master it in the back yet.

Block
It was as easy to do as the fore!

Counter drive
It may be a little difficult because it is easily affected by rotation.

Stop / push
The fit is good! It was a very good feeling.

Chiquita
It was very easy to do because the ball is easy to draw an arc. After all it is easy to feel the ease of over-missing, so please be careful only there.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　R53 ＞ R48 ≧ Tenergy 05 ＞ R42

Speed
　R53 ＞ R42 ≧ Tenergy 05

Explanation

andro sells rubber that feels outstanding rotation performance among German-made rubber. For katsuo000, if you can’t use Butterfly’s Tenergy series or Dignics series, you can be sure that you’ll use andro’s signature rubber, the Rasanter series. The reason is that the Rasanter series has high rotational performance! Considering the price, I think it is a very good rubber series. It’s been a long time late today, but we’ll be reviewing the original Rasanter sign, Rasanter R47!
Speaking of andro, the stylish apparel and the green color of the rubber sponge always give off a unique presence. Players contracted with andro include Simon Gauzy, who has defeated Jun Mizutani at the 2017 Table Tennis World Cup and China’s Xu Xin (Xu Xin, China) at the 2019 World Championship. (Simon Gauzy, France) and Akifumi Hamakawa, who entered the 2019 All Japan Championship as a ranker. Also, in recent years, you have contracted with table tennis club coaches from all over Japan, and the coach who has participated in the All Japan Championship, who is also indebted to katsuo000, has also contracted with andro. I think this area is strategic.

From Rasant to Rasanter

andro was selling the characteristic green sponge rubber Rasant series (Rasant Grip, Rasant Power Grip), Rasant Power Sponge, which was sold as a signboard until 2016. The 6 types of Rasant Power Sponge, Rasant Beat, Rasant Turbo, and Rasant) have all been discontinued, and a new lineup called Rasanter has been launched in 2017. The Rasanter series is a new flagship rubber that uses the same green sponge as the Rasant series. The Rasanter series includes the R series, which has high rotational performance and makes it easy to make arcs, and the V series, which has high rotational performance and speed performance, and is sold with a number that reflects the hardness of the sponge attached after R or V. In addition, ahead of other German manufacturers, it will be a rubber lineup equipped with a technology called Ultra Max, which has a sponge thickness of 2.3 mm. This technology seems to have been applied to top players before that, and it is a rubber that makes the seat thinner than the current one and makes the sponge thicker by that amount. There is an international rule that the thickness of rubber, including the adhesive layer, should be 4.0 mm or less, so it is necessary to make the sheet thinner in order to make the sponge thicker. It is said that rubber with a thin seat and a thick sponge is easier to get rotation, speed and flight distance, and it is easier to get the performance to receive top players. However, thinning the sheet is prone to manufacturing variations, and it seems that it was not widely available before that. Probably the latest technology could increase productivity, and as a result, it became possible to produce rubber with a thin sheet and thick sponge at a low price, and it seems that it was sold to the general market. This technology is not sold to the general public in Butterfly’s rubber, which sells the Tenergy series, which is the world standard for leading table tennis equipment in Japan and around the world. As of 2020, Butterfly has the thickest sponge, with a sponge thickness of 2.1 mm. In recent years, the number of rubbers made by other German manufacturers or made in Germany with thin sheets and thick sponges, so-called rubber thickness Max, is increasing.
Up to now, 8 types of Rasanter have been sold, 6 types for the R series and 2 types for the V series.

Rasanter series

The Rasanter series has a naming like the series in which the sponge hardness can be finely selected with the rotating R and the speed V, but when I actually tried it, it was different from my imagination. Apparently, the hardness of the sponge was changed, and the shape of the seat was also changed, so the shot feeling, performance, and easy-to-use technology were different. Furthermore, although the V series is certainly fast, it is not a rubber specialized for speed because it takes a lot of spin tension and rotation. katsuo000 has tried out R53, R48, R50, R47, V47 and R42, and would like to summarize the comparison in the future. I would like to comment here that the grain shape of the R53, R48, and R50 sheets is a little thin and the grain shape feels a little quick to separate from the ball. Compared to Dignics 05 and Tenergy 05, I think the grain shape of the sheet makes it harder to feel the ball holding. On the other hand, the sheet is soft and the sponge has a good bite, so I think that it is a rubber that feels like holding a ball when it bites into the whole rubber. Initially launched in 2017, there were six types: R50, R47, R42, R37, V47, and V42. Furthermore, in October 2019, the R53 equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released, and in May 2020, the R48 also equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released. Currently, andro’s flagship rubber is R53 and R48.

Recently, I think that the R53 and R48 of the red santer are the focus of attention in the Rasanter series. We have already created a review, so we hope you will read it as well.

Published performance value

It is a comparison of performance values announced by andro. Is it characteristic that andro adds an item called control in addition to speed and spin? After all, R53 and R48 with energy cells have high performance and you can see that they are the current signboard rubber (as of September 2020)!

R47 was a rubber used by Hamakawa in the past. To put it simply, the shot feeling of the R47 is the most similar to Tenergy 05 (Tenergy 80? For some people) in Rasanter, and I got the impression that it is the rubber that feels the hardness due to the grain shape of the sheet most. .. The Lazanta series are not rubbers with different hardness, but are probably developed with their own concepts. I think the R47 is an andro version of Tenergy 05-like rubber that was developed with Tenergy 05 in mind. By the way, just because R47 looks like Tenergy 05, R50 is not a rubber close to Tenergy 05 Hard! The difference in the numbers is more than the hardness of the sponge, so the concept has changed, so I think it’s better not to choose just the hardness. If you don’t know the Lazanta series at all, you may think that R47, R48, R50, and R53 have different hardness, but it’s not just a difference in hardness! In this R review, I would like to touch on the above points as well. Thank you for your cooperation.

R47 sticking and weight

Rasanter R47
    UM Tension (Tensor Bios UM)
    For 40+ Plastic Ball
・Sponge Thickness: 1.7 mm, 2.0 mm, ULTRAMAX (2.3 mm)
・Speed: 119
・Spin: 121
・Control: 85
・Sponge stiffness: 47
・6,200 yen + tax
・70 g (before cut) → 49 g (after cut)

It was just 49 g as expected. It’s just the right weight! Will it be 50 g depending on individual differences? Still, I think the weight has a good balance between power and ease of use!

Three features of Rasanter R47

I wanted to use R47 compared to R50 for katsuo000. The R50 isn’t bad either, but I felt it was a little better than the speed performance. R47 and R48 are hard to compare, but if you want a habit ball or a rough ball, I think that R47 is easier to obtain than R48.

Of course, the rotation performance is high! Equivalent to or better than Tenergy 05!

R47 has very high rotation performance and I felt the rotation performance comparable to Tenergy 05! R47 is a rubber that has a hard sheet and feels the hardness derived from the grain shape like Tenergy 05. Therefore, I felt that it is easy to rotate with a sheet even among German rubber, and it is easy to obtain high rotation performance. Personally, I felt that the amount of rotation could be obtained by making the sponge a little harder, but I felt that the R47 is a rubber that can achieve both speed while obtaining a high level of rotation!

Among Rasanters with a sponge hardness of 47 or more, it has the best ball holding and is easy to control the loop drive!

Personally, I felt that R47 was the closest to the grain shape of Tenergy 05 in Razanter. Therefore, I found the R47 to be the easiest to control the loop drive. When I tried to catch the ball firmly with just the seat, I felt that the ball would be stable because it would hold well and rotate well. It was a rubber that I felt easy to rotate not only in the loop drive but also in the technology to apply rotation such as push, Stop, Chiquita!

Push / stop also stops!

The sponge was Ultramax (UM), but I didn’t feel it bounced that much. If I caught the ball firmly with the seat, it was easy to stop and stop. I think it’s easier to stop than V47.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
I didn’t feel it was that hard.

Drive on long balls and rallies
The order of the rough balls
Rough R53 ＞ R50 ＞ R47 ＞ R48 ＞ V47 normal
It is an image. Compared to V> 15 Extra, I think V> 15 Extra will be on the left side of R50. V> 15 Extra is a soft sponge, but I think it’s a rubber that can produce a fairly rough ball. If V> 15 Extra is awkward, you want a squiggly line, or you want rotational performance, we recommend the Rasanter series. R50, R47, and R48 are easy to handle, and if you want roughness and rotation performance, it’s R53. I think the R47 is a rubber with a very good balance of ball rotation, power, roughness, ease of handling, and speed. Therefore, it may be said that the rubber reflects the user’s arm as it is.

Drive with open face
Both the seat and the sponge were strong, and I didn’t feel like hitting the racket. It was good.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
The control of the loop drive was good. Loop drive was the easiest to do in the Razanter series.

Speed drive against back spin
It was a little difficult. It needs a good impact.

Block
Because the sponge is soft, I felt that it was easily affected by rotation.

Counter drive
If anything, overwrite type counter drive is easy to do.

Stop
I’m glad it was easy to stop the ball.

Push
It was good that this was also low.

Serve
It was good to be able to cut it firmly. It was a rubber that could secure enough rotation amount of my rubber.

Backhand

Light hit
It’s reasonably hard. I think you can get used to it.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I felt that it was easy to spin because I could grasp the ball firmly.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
Sometimes the swing speed was too slow and it dropped. It’s a lack of technology.

Block
The Razanter series is not as good as Tenergy 05 when blocking, but I think it is easily affected by rotation.

Stop / push
It was easy to do. It was good that this was also low.

Chiquita
The flight distance was a little too long and over mistakes were conspicuous.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　R53 ＞ Tenergy 05 Hard ＞ R50 ≧ R47 ≧ R48 ＞ Tenergy 05 ≧ V47

Speed
　V47 ＞ R53 ≧ R50 ＞ R48 ＞ R47 ＞ Tenergy 05 ＞ Tenergy 05 Hard

Explanation

I would like to review the rubber of andro, which is a German table tennis bland and always has a stylish and unique presence. I think andro has clearly become more prominent in Japan in recent years. The reasons for this include Simon Gauzy (France), who has won the 2017 Table Tennis World Cup against Jun Mizutani and the 2019 World Championship against Xu Xin (China), uses andro’s blade and rubbers. And also. there is a fact that the andro’s blade and rubbers used by Akifumi Hamakawa, who entered the 2019 All Japan Championship as a ranker.

From Rasant to Rasanter

andro was selling the characteristic green sponge rubber Rasant series (Rasant, Rasant Grip, Rasant Power Grip, Rasant Power Sponge, Rasant Beat, and Rasant Turbo) as a symbol until 2016. The 6 rubbers of Rasant series have all been discontinued, and a new lineup called Rasanter has been launched in 2017. The Rasanter series is a new flagship rubber that uses the same green sponge as the Rasant series. The Razanter series includes the R series, which has high spin performance and makes it easy to make arcs, and the V series, which has high speed performance in addition to spin performance. I am. In addition, ahead of other German manufacturers, it will be a rubber lineup equipped with Ultra Max, a technology that makes the sponge thickness 2.3 mm. This technology seems to have been applied to top players before that, and it is a rubber that makes the seat thinner than the current one and makes the sponge thicker by that amount. There is an international rule that the thickness of rubber, including the adhesive layer, should be 4.0 mm or less, so it is necessary to make the sheet thinner in order to make the sponge thicker. It is said that rubber with a thin seat and thick sponge is easier to get rotation, speed and flight distance, and it is easier to get the performance to receive top players. However, thinning the sheet tends to cause manufacturing variations, and it seems that it was not widely available before that. Perhaps the latest technology has increased productivity, and as a result, it has become possible to produce rubber with thin sheets and thick sponges at a low price, and it is believed that it has been sold to the general market. This technology does not seem to be in the rubber of Butterfly, who sells the Tenergy series, which is the world standard for table tennis equipment in Japan and around the world, and even though Butterfly is still extra thick, the sponge thickness is 2.1 mm. It remains. In recent years, other German manufacturers are increasing the number of rubber sheets with thin sheets and thick sponges.
Up to now, 9 types of Rasanter have been sold, 7 types for the R series and 2 types for the V series.

Rasanter series

The Rasanter series have a naming similar to the series in which the sponge hardness can be finely selected with the rotating R and the speed V, but when I actually tried it, it was different from my imagination. Apparently, the hardness of the sponge was changed, and the shape of the sheet was also changed, so the shot feeling, performance, and easy-to-use technology were different. Furthermore, although the V series is certainly fast, it is not a rubber specialized for speed because it takes a lot of spin tension and rotation.
katsuo000 has tried out R53, R48, R50, R47 and V47, and we would like to summarize the comparison in the future. I would like to comment here that the grain shape of the sheets of R53, R48, and R50 is a little thin and the grain shape feels a little quick to separate from the ball. Compared to Dignics 05 and Tenergy 05, I think the grain shape of the sheet makes it harder to feel the ball holding. On the other hand, the sheet is soft and the sponge has a good bite, so I think that it is a rubber that feels like a ball when it bites into the whole rubber.
Initially launched in 2017, there were six types: R50, R47, R42, R37, V47, and V42. Furthermore, in October 2019, the R53 equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released, and in May 2020, the R48 also equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released. Currently, andro’s flagship rubber is R53, R48 and R45.

Published performance value comparison

andro’s published performance value comparison. Is Andro characterized by adding an item called control in addition to speed and spin? After all, R53 and R48 with energy cells have high performance and will be a hot rubber!

If you look at the R53 review, you’ll get speed! However, in terms of published performance values, V47 is supposed to be faster. I’ve already tried R53, R48, R50, R47, and V47, so I’ll understand, so I’ll comment. I think V47 is faster than R53 in simple speed. I think V47 is faster than you can feel because it has a very straight trajectory. In particular, the V47’s midfield drive gives the impression of considerable speed. On the other hand, the R53 draws an arch line very strongly, which gives the impression that the ball is slower than it feels. However, I feel that the R53 feels faster with pressure and pressure balls! Especially, the drive of R53 has a feeling of accelerating by rotation while drawing an arch line! I think that the time it takes for the ball to reach the opponent’s platform is numerically faster with the V47, but I think that is largely due to the straight trajectory. Table tennis is not just a competition for simple speed. The R53 has outstandingly high ball power, amount of rotation, and acceleration due to rotation while drawing an arch line, so it can be said that it is a green (red?) Monster rubber!

R53 rubber pasting and weight

As usual, I pasted it on Butterfly’s Zhang Jike ZLC. The adhesive used is Butterfly’s Free Chack II.

It’s heavy!

I haven’t posted the photo before it was pasted, but it weighed 52 g. This is heavyweight! But not as much as the Omega VII Tour and the Omega VII Hyper.

Rasanter R53
UM Tension (Tensor Bios UM)
Energy Cell
40+ Plastic Ball
・Sponge Thickness：1.7 mm、2.0 mm、ULTRAMAX（UM）
・Speed：118
・Spin：125
・Control：87
・Sponge stiffness：53°
・6,500 yen + tax
・72 g (before cut)　→　52 g (after cut)

Three features of Rasanter R53

Drastic speed and spin drive different from adhesive rubber!

I think one of the features of R53 is drastic speed and spin drive (the habit ball). The habit ball may be about katsuo000, but I have the impression that gyro spin and side spin are easier to enter than a beautiful vertical spin drive. I got the impression that it tends to be a drive with acceleration due to rotation, like a spiral rotation, instead of a habit ball like adhesive rubber. Also, since it is a spin type tension, it is not as easy as adhesive rubber to drop the RBI, but even if I drop the RBI, I felt that the swing was swung forward. The arc line with horizontal rotation gives the impression that it draws a fairly large arc and heads toward the table. I drew an arch line to accelerate with Guin, so I was very impressed with the feeling of exhilaration and running. Similar drives can be rotated with Tenergy 05 Hard (Tenergy 05 Hard, Butterfly, sponge hardness 43 °) or Spin Art (Spin Art, Butterfly, currently out of print, sponge hardness 48 ° (Butterfly hardness)). It is an image that comes out when you hit a power drive with a lot of. The amount of rotation of R53 is slightly lower, but I felt that it was easy to hit the power drive continuously and easily!

High amount of spin and ease of spin!

The second feature I felt was the high rotational performance. I think that it has a high rotation performance that is comparable to or better than Tenergy 05. Of course, the R53 can get a high amount of rotation when it is rubbed up as much as possible, but it was impressive that the drive rotation was quite high even if it became a sung drive. It seems that abundant amount of rotation can be obtained if rotation can be applied with an impact above a certain level. To be honest, it is difficult to do a loop drive with the maximum amount of rotation. It’s probably because the grain shape is a little thin, so it’s hard to feel the ball holding, and the loop drive that is easy to do with adhesive rubber etc. is hard to do. Adhesive rubber and Dignics 09C and Dignics 05 are easier to do for loop drive with maximum rotation. Although the rubber itself is not a rubber that specializes in rotational performance, I think that it has high rotational performance and performance that makes it easier to rotate than imagined.

Ease of hitting speed drive

The third is speed drive. Depending on the person, it may be called a power drive. It was a rubber that was very easy to hit with speed drive. There was a feeling that if you shake it forward, the speed drive will enter stably. Also, even if it hits the ball quite thickly, the sheet and sponge easily bite into it, so I felt that it drew an arc trajectory more than I imagined and it became a speed drive without permission. The trajectory is just an arch trajectory, and I personally found it a little difficult to hit a straight meet. Since the sheet is quite soft and easy to bite, it needs an impact above a certain level, but since it also draws an arch line, it was easy to hit the speed drive anyway. However, rather than a speed drive that has speed and a clear amount of rotation like adhesive rubber and Tenergy 05, it was a speed drive that was satisfied with the stability of the speed drive and a speed drive that could punch through.

Impression

As for the impression of katsuo000, it was a very satisfying rubber. I think it was a very good rubber with 90 points out of 100 points. It can be said that this is an evaluation excluding the price and will be higher if the price is included. The reason why I can’t give a perfect score personally is that the seat is too soft, so the counter drive is a little difficult, and I felt that it was a little sensitive to the rotation of the opponent’s strong rotation drive and it was difficult to block. I was not dissatisfied with the ball holding for the amount used in the foreground, and I felt that loop driving was a little difficult. If Dignics 05 wasn’t sold and only Tenergy 05 and Tenergy 05 hardware were sold, I think I would have switched.

Each technical review

Forehand

Light hit
I feel that the sheet is quite soft. The sheet is soft and you can feel the bite strongly. I feel that there are different tastes around here.

Drive on long balls and rallies
When you hit the drive, you’ll want to say “Rampage Horse!” Or “Rampage Shogun!”. That much ball swells! Unleash! It’s a great drive!

Drive with open face
Since it bites well, it is easy to hit a drive with an open surface. There is no such thing as a sticky rubber-like habit ball, but it felt good even with a drive that spins while opening the adhesive rubber-like surface and hitting it. The sponge is really easy to bite into, and the blue sponge of the leopard is an overstatement, but I felt that there was a similar part.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
You can hit it in the foreground without any problems. However, I felt that it would be difficult to hit the ball too much, and it was a little difficult to hit the loop drive, which is shallow, slow, and has a lot of rotation. I think this is due to the grain shape being a little thinner, but it was a little difficult to control the depth of the ball because the ball was released a little faster. Even if you drop the hitting point a little, I think it is better to move forward and make a high quality rotation and a fast drive.

Speed drive against back spin
It was easy to hit the speed drive, which is the true value. Even though it is a rubber with high rotation performance, it is easy to hit speed drive, which is a very contradictory performance and I think it is very wonderful. The shot feeling, ease of shooting, and trajectory of the drive are completely different, but I think it is a feature like Dignics 05.

Curve / shoot drive
I like the curve drive. I want to get involved and drive! I think that the swell of the ball will be more tasteful if you add horizontal rotation, so let’s curve it more and more!

Block
If you just hit it, it will be slightly affected by the rotation. Therefore, I think it is better to positively put in rotation like an active block from yourself.

Counter Drive
It was a little hard to hit. I got the impression that it is easier to do a counter drive like Simon Gauzy who goes down a little and holds the ball firmly and overwrites it, and it is a little difficult to counter drive in front of the apex where the RBI is early.

Stop
It was pretty easy to stop. With the impact of bench technology like push, the sponge hardly bites and it is very easy to stop. Also, it was reasonably easy to cut if it was captured on a sheet. If you let it bite into the sponge, it will be easier to get a long distance and it will be difficult to stop.

Push
It’s easy to push, but if you let it bite into the sponge, the flight distance will be longer than you imagined and it’s easy to over-miss. I think that it is more stable and easier to rotate if you cut it firmly with a sheet.

Backhand

Light hit
I felt the speed of leaving the ball from a light hit.

Drive on long balls and rallies
With the backhand, there were a lot of delays and I felt that I was lacking in technical skills. After all it is heavy and hard and the impact is not enough sweat.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It was quite difficult. It’s a lack of technology.

Speed drive against back spin
It was quite difficult in the back. This is also a lack of technical capabilities.

Curve / shoot drive
When hitting the curtain, the rotation was quite comfortable. I tried it in practice, but there were a lot of over-misses because the flight distance came out quite a bit.

Block
As I am getting used to Dignics 05, it was difficult to compare because the ball holding was short and it was easily affected by rotation. Since I often use spin tension with high rotation performance, I feel that it is easier to block with rubber that feels like holding a ball. I feel that I can return the ball after holding the ball firmly. I think it’s easier to do than Dignics 05 if you just hit it and block it with the image of making a wall against the ball.

Counter drive
When using it in the back, the counter block was easier to do than the counter drive. It’s close to what you touched on the block. Since it bites well and the grains are thin, I think that meat and blocks are easy to do in rubber with high rotation performance. It’s a technique that I don’t use a lot and I rarely use in games.

Stop
Tenergy 05 hard showed It was as easy as stop. I felt that it was not a rubber that cuts and stabilizes, but since the sponge of the sheet is hard, I felt that it was reasonably strong and easier to cut with the sheet than R48.

Push
If you let it bite in, it will fly away, so be careful only there. I felt the high rotation performance by cutting firmly.

Chiquita
It was difficult because the flight distance was too long.

Comparison with other rubbers (individual impressions)

Spin amount
　R53 > Tenergy 05 > Omega VII Tour

Speed
　Dignics 05 > R53 > Tenergy 05

Ease of drawing an arc when biting into it (easiness of sinking the ball)
　Dignics 09C > R53 > Dignics 05