『ビスカリア SUPER ALC』は、アリレートカーボンのしなやかさを維持しながら、より高い弾みを実現した「スーパーアリレートカーボン」を搭載したラケットです。合板構成などの基本設計は名作『ビスカリア』を踏襲しつつも、振動特性はほぼ変えずに反発特性を高めることに成功しました。 トップ選手のみならず、中～上級者にとってもふさわしい性能を持つこのラケットは、従来のアリレートカーボンがもたらす特徴に加え、さらなる打球の威力を求めたい選手にお勧めです。
この特殊素材を『ビスカリア』と同じ合板構成に組み込むことで、スーパー アリレートカーボンの第１号モデルである『ビスカリア SUPER ALC』が誕生したのです。試打した選手からも「打球感はビスカリアと変わらないが、より威力のある打球が可能」という声が寄せられており、当初の要望に応えるラケットに仕上がりました。
反発特性: 12.1 振動特性: 10.1 ブレードサイズ: 157×150 mm ブレード厚: 5.7 mm 価格: 25,000円 + 税
https://www.butterfly.co.jp/catalog/2022ss/8/
ビスカリアの人気もあり売れそうなラケットです。個人的にはこのスーパーALCをインナーに入れたHarimoto Tomokazu Inner Force Super ALC（張本智和インナーフォースSuper ALC）が発売されたら購入しようと思っているんですよね。ビスカリアと比較してビスカリアSuper ALCとなって0.1 mm薄くなっているので、張本智和インナーフォースSuper ALCのブレード厚さは5.9 mmかな？非常に使ってみたいところです。ちなみに愛工大名電中学の吉山和希選手は特注のインナーSuper ALCつかっているんですよね。いいなー。
https://amzn.to/3I76ING
Falcima（ファルシーマ）
新商品２つ目は、初～中級者用の５枚合板になりますね。バタフライさんは５枚合板のラケットはラインナップが結構充実しています。 ・Falcima（ファルシーマ）New 反発特性: 10.9 振動特性: 9.7 ブレード厚: 6.0 mm ブレード面積: 157×150 mm ・Maze Advance（メイスアドバンス） 反発特性: 10.6 振動特性: 10.2 ブレード厚: 6.7 mm ブレード面積: 157×150 mm ・Petr Korbel（コルベル） 反発特性: 10.6 振動特性: 8.2 ブレード厚: 5.9 mm ブレード面積: 158×152 mm ・Timo Boll J（ティモボルJ） 反発特性: 10.4 振動特性: 10.6 ブレード厚: 6.1 mm ブレード面積: 152×144 mm ・TB5α（TB5アルファ） 反発特性: 11.0 振動特性: 9.5 ブレード厚: 6.4 mm ブレード面積: 158×152 mm ・Xstar V（エクスターV） 反発特性: 10.0 振動特性: 8.2 ブレード厚: 5.6 mm ブレード面積: 158×152 mm
中国製粘着ラバーということで、初めはフォア側で使ってみました。普段使っているOmega VII China Ying（オメガVIIチャイナ影）と比べるとかなり柔らかく感じました。そこで、バック側でどう感じるか試してみたら抜群に扱いやすくて驚きました。ボールをしっかりグリップするし中陣からでもドライブもしやすく非常に好感触でした。球持ちが非常に良いのでループっぽく入れに行くのもやりやすかったです！
Rakza Z Extra Hard（ラクザZエキストラハード）をレビューします。このラバーはYASAKA（ヤサカ）の久々のハイエンドラバーであり、粘着テンションラバーになりますね！2020年Butterfly（バタフライ）が最新粘着テンションラバー、Dignics 09C（ディグニクス09C）を発売したタイミングで、ヤサカも追いかけるように発売したのがこのラクザZになります。ラクザZには硬度が2種類あり、約50°くらいのラクザZと、ヤサカのラバーの中でも一、二に硬い55°くらいのラクザZエキストラハードになります。本ページではラクザZエキストラハードをレビューします。このラバーのユーザーは早稲田大学卒業後、TT彩たまに入団した五十嵐 史弥選手、最近ではヤサカの看板選手でTT彩たまの神巧也選手になります。またYou Tuber、ごぶりんずのヤンマさんも使用中のようですね。
ヤサカの契約選手といえば、2014年に全日本選手権準優勝した神巧也選手、2019年世界選手権準優勝のMattias Falck（マティアス ファルク、Sweden）選手、アドバイザーでワールドカップ優勝4回、アテネオリンピック優勝の馬琳（マリン、中国）選手が有名ですね。また関東学生選手権優勝の五十嵐史弥選手、全日本選手権大会ジュニアの部優勝の笹尾明日香選手、関東学生選手権準優勝の加藤結有子選手と早稲田大学の契約選手も多いです。また異質の裏裏カットマンでTT彩たまで活躍中の英田理志選手と多数の尖がった契約選手が多いです。神選手は学生時代含めるとRakza 7 (ラクザ7)、Rakza X (ラクザX）、Rising Dragon (翔龍)、ラクザZエキストラハードとまさにヤサカのハイエンドラバーを順番に使い続ける選手ですね。トップ選手だけでなく、アマチュア選手でも多数の選手がラクザ7、ラクザX、翔龍は使用されており、非常に有名なラバーだと思います。ラクザZもあっという間に広がりそうです。
細かくラクザシリーズを説明していくと、4種類のラクザラバーが存在し、それぞれ細かく異なります。ラクザZには、ラクザZとRakza Z Extra Hard（ラクザZエキストラハード）の2種類が存在します。ラクザXは、Non Slip Sheet（ノンスリップシート、NSS）技術が採用されていて、他のラクザと一線を画す、高いグリップ力を持つそうです。性能値で見た場合には回転量はラクザZの次にラクザ7の方が高い値になっていますね。そしてシリーズ最速となるのがラクザ9になります。またスポンジが柔らかいソフトはラクザXとラクザ7の2種で販売されています。このように細かい部分で異なる部分を有しながらも非常に人気の高いラバーシリーズがラクザシリーズということになりますね。 今回レビューするラクザZ EHは、バタフライのラバーの中ではディグニクス09C系のラバーということで、ラクザZ EHの粘着テンションラバーとしての性能を確認していきたいと思います。
ラクザZエキストラハードは重さはかなり重い一方で硬さはテナジー05なみの硬さという結果になりました（shore c sheetの結果より。）。ただしYASAKAのラバーは硬度の割にくい込みが良い、ということもないので、感覚的にはディグニクス09Cと同程度には硬いと感じるのがラクザZエキストラハードになります。 また特徴的なのが、shore aのシート側とスポンジ側の差で、要はシート側の方が柔らかく、スポンジ側の方が硬いのがラクザZということがわかります。ディグニクス09Cやスピン系テンションラバーと言われるラバーは、シート側が硬く、スポンジ側が柔らかいというのがセオリーのようですが、ラクザZや中国製のキョウヒョウはスポンジが硬くシートが柔らかいというのが粘着ラバーの特徴といえるのかもしれません。シートが柔らかいことでループドライブの質を高くしやすい印象がありますので、ラクザZエキストラハードには、ループドライブの良さを期待できそうですね！
ラクザZエキストラハードの貼りと重量
ちょっとわかりにくいのですが、ラクザZエキストラハードのスポンジは気泡がかなり入ったスポンジです。この気泡の多さはまるでスピン系テンションラバーのようですね。（黒いスポンジはOmega VII China Ying（オメガVIIチャイナ影）になります。）ディグニクス09Cも気泡は確認できますが、かなり気泡が細かいです。またキョウヒョウはほとんど気泡が確認されないようなスポンジですね。このあたりがラバーの違いとして現れそうだと感じました。
貼ったラケットはキョウヒョウ301になります。インナーラケットですね。やはりドイツ製粘着テンションンは全体的に弾むので味を出すならインナーカーボンが最適だと思います。またはラクザZエキストラハードであれば、ヤサカの契約選手のように木材合板でしょうか。7枚合板のMa Lin Extra Special（馬林エキストラスペシャル）などはかなりオススメになりますね。 また粘着感は、ディグニクス09Cやドイツ製粘着テンションラバーと比べると、強いです。翔龍と比べると同等か、少しラクザZエキストラハードの方が弱いかな、って感じました。ディグニクス09Cや最近のドイツ製粘着テンションのシートが全然粘着らしさがない中で、ラクザZエキストラハードは強い粘着を感じるのは粘着ユーザーとしては嬉しかったです。
中間硬度ということでテナジー05はもちろん、MX-P、MX-Sよりもあきらかに柔らかいですね。シートは硬い感じです。今後も触れると思うのですが、このEL-Sは、Joola（ヨーラ）さんのRhyzer Pro 45（ライザープロ45）、Rasanter R45（ラザンターR45）などのラバーにかなり近いと感じました。これらのラバーの共通点はミドル硬度のスポンジで、シートが硬いラバーになりますね。
We would like to review the German-made adhesive tension rubber, STIGA’s DNA Dragon Grip, which is a hot topic in the streets. In recent years, the quality of German-made rubber has improved remarkably, and the number of German-made adhesive tensions has increased. I would like to compare them.
DNA will be Stiga’s high-end rubber series. To date, there are three types, all of which are Stiga’s first German-made rubber series. DNA Pro series, DNA Platinum series, and this DNA Dragon Grip. Only the DNA Dragon Grip is an adhesive tension rubber, and the other DNA series are basically spin tension rubbers. Until the release of the DNA series, Stiga sold and handled rubber made in Japan. Such Stiga will release a high-end rubber made in Germany, the first of which will be the DNA Pro series. DNA Pro is a rubber that seems to be the original German spin tension rubber, and it was very similar to the best-selling rubber Fastarc G-1 in Japan. And the second release last year is the DNA Platinum series. This is very popular and has been highly rated by table tennis YouTubers (Goblin’s) and other reviewers. katsuo000 also reviewed DNA Platinum Extra Hard as a good impression rubber.
The DNA Platinum series was a rubber very similar to Butterfly’s Tenergy 05. The grain shape of the sheet is thick and has a characteristic of spin system, and it was a rubber that feels quite good to bite even when combined with the 52.5 ° extra hard sponge (XH). Tenergy 05 is also a rubber that feels good in the hardness, but this DNA Platinum series is also a rubber series that is very good at biting into the indicated hardness, and it is a hard rubber that can be easily bitten, so the amount of rotation It will be terrible. It is a sponge that is not similar to the butterfly spring sponge, but it makes you feel that German technology is evolving. Is the feeling of use about 47 ° with the hardness of the German standard? I feel that it is the closest rubber to Tenergy 05 among the post-tenergy rubbers.
And the DNA Dragon Grip was released in quick succession. Recently, we have entered the era of adhesive rubber group male division, and each company has released adhesive tension. I would like to review what kind of rubber the DNA Dragon Grip is.
I can only tell you how amazing it is, but I would like to touch on the technology. First of all, DNA Platinum and DNA Dragon Grip are said to have adopted technologies such as Longer Trajectory, Direct Power Hit Effect, and Power Sponge Cells. Perhaps a new sponge called the Power Sponge Cell will perform like the Tenergy 05 to show similar performance to the Butterfly Spring Sponge.
・Longer Trajectory ・Direct Power Hit Effect ・Power Sponge Cells
In addition, the DNA Dragon Grip uses a technology called C Touch Tensor. The phrase “C-Touch” is the technology used in the seats of DONIC’s Blue Grip C1 and I imagine it’s probably similar. I quoted the explanation about C Touch Tensor from the STIGA site. ↓
C Touch Tensor
Adhesive top sheets provide exceptional grip and a high level of control on serve and receive. The newly installed sponge was developed based on AI (artificial intelligence) and advice from top players. By digitally analyzing the data, we identified the important characteristics of the material, and made the strong rotation amount and high control performance of the adhesive top sheet coexist with the powerful speed of the new sponge.
You can clearly see that the DNA Platinum series has improved rotational performance compared to the previous DNA Pro series. And you can see well that the adhesive tension rubber with higher spin performance from the DNA platinum series becomes the DNA dragon grip. Next is a comparison with a hardness tester.
As you can see from this figure, DNA Pro H, DNA Platinum XH, and DNA Dragon Grip are as hard as Tenergy 05. Of course, the German-made rubber STIGA rubber is heavier, and the butterfly rubber is lighter, which is also a characteristic of the result.
Finally, the difference between the hardness on the sheet side and the hardness on the sponge side is plotted. Katsuo000 feels that the larger this value is, the easier it is to handle or bite into the rubber. I have included Tenergy 05 as an index, but you can see that Tenergy 05 is a rubber that is very easy to handle and easy to rotate because it has a good hardness and is very easy to handle. On the other hand, the DNA Dragon Grip seems to have specifications that are conscious of Dignics 09C, and the hardness difference between the seat side and the sponge side is close. The difference between the seat side and the sponge side is smaller than that of Dignics 09C, and I think it is a rubber that is difficult to bite into. However, the value of shore c itself is harder in Dignics 09C, so its influence may be stronger. (For adhesive rubber, the difference in hardness between the sheet side and the sponge side is not a very good index, and I feel that it is easier to understand if you compare purely by hardness. What kind of comparison is good in the future? I would like to think about it.)
DNA Dragon Grip sticking and weight
DNA Dragon Grip
・Speed: 132
・Spin: 146
・Control: 80
・Sponge Thickness: Max (2.3 mm)
・Sponge stiffness: 55.0°
・6,600 yen + tax
・74 g (before cut) → 52 g (after cut)
I pasted it using YASAKA’s Norisuke. After all it is heavy! By the way, I pasted the racket on my favorite WRM 970XX-KLC recently. This racket is an inner Kep1er carbon racket with a 5.7 mm thin plate, a hard upper plate dyeing material, and the lightest among Chinese rackets. The cost performance is very good (5,980 yen + shipping fee for sale), so it is recommended.
By the way, the sheet doesn’t feel very sticky. Recent German adhesive tension rubber does not have the sticky feeling of the sheet like Chinese adhesive rubber. The smell is a little peculiar, but compared to Chinese adhesive rubber, it is a level that even people who do not know table tennis do not mind. If it is not sold as an adhesive tension rubber, it will be difficult to recognize it as an adhesive rubber in the first place. Of course, the performance has the characteristics of adhesive rubber!
3 features of DNA Dragon Grip
Adhesive rubber that bites in with a light force!
As you can see from the results of the hardness comparison, it was a rubber with a very light force, which was hard enough to hit by hand, and it was easy to put out a sticky ball. First of all, regarding the hardness, it was a rubber that bites well and is easy to handle compared to the adhesive rubber made in China. The bite is too good and you may even feel like a spin tension rubber. The sponge is a hard sponge that is even harder than DNA Platinum XH and has fewer bubbles, but I didn’t feel that hard. In the review of Karahashi Takukyu Yoyogi store, it was also reviewed that the DNA Dragon Grip can add vertical rotation with a small force without making a big swing when used in the back, and it can get points. If you want strong rotation even with such a weak force, I think the DNA Dragon Grip is a very good option.
A seat that emphasizes ball holding and rotation rather than Rakza Z
The characteristic of DNA Dragon Grip is that the seat is thick and the grain shape is low and thick, that is, the seat shape is characterized by the rotation performance that is adopted for the spin type tension rubber that emphasizes rotation. The sheet of the DNA Platinum series also had a sheet shape similar to Tenergy 05. On the other hand, the sponge is not as hard as other super-hard adhesive rubbers and feels more biting than I expected. Of course, there are multiple German tension rubbers of the same hardness, such as Omega VII China Guang from XIOM, Blue Grip C2 from DONIC, and VICTAS. Examples include Triple Extra. For this comparison, I mentioned Rakza Z Extra Hard, which has already been tested to some extent and has the same hardness. I hope it can be compared with other adhesive tension rubbers, but I haven’t. The Rakza Z XH is symmetrical compared to the DNA Dragon Grip, and the overall weight of the rubber is heavier than the DNA Dragon Grip, while the sponge has a lot of bubbles and the sheet is rather thin and the sheet is thin and Tenergy 80 (Tenergy 80). It has a shape like a speed tension rubber such as 80) or Tenergy 64. It was an adhesive rubber because it was heavy and hard as a whole, and it was a rubber that was somewhat like a speed tension rubber. The DNA Dragon Grip has a symmetrical design guideline compared to the Rakza Z XH, and I felt a great difference in its rubber design. The DNA Dragon Grip has a seat and grain shape similar to that of a spin-type tension rubber specializing in rotation like Tenergy 05, but the sponge is a sponge that is not too hard. It was a well-balanced rubber like between the adhesive rubber and spin tension, which is perfect when you want more spin performance than DNA Platinum XH.
It’s easy to bite in and handle, but it’s also easy to get rid of habits (misleading by the amount of rotation)!
Although it is not completely comparable to the rubber mentioned above, I think that the DNA Dragon Grip is probably classified as a habit ball (or easy to make mistakes due to the amount of rotation) rubber side even in the hardness of 55 °. I will list the same degree of hardness again.
・Omega VII China Guang (XIOM) 55° ・Blue Grip C2 (DONIC) 55° ・Rakza Z Extra Hard (Yasaka) 52~57° ・Triple Extra (VICTAS) 55° ・Dignics 09C (Butterfly) 44° (Butterfly standard) ・Hybrid K3 (TIBHAR) 53° ・Hybrid K1J (TIBHAR) 52.5° ・Blue Grip R1 (DONIC) 50° ・Rakza Z (Yasaka) 47~52° ・Rising Dragon (Yasaka) 47~52°
There are rubbers that I have used and rubbers that I have not used, but among the above, DNA Dragon Grip was a rubber that was easy to get a habit (misleading due to the amount of rotation). For example, even if I drive in a state close to hand-striking without wearing shoes, I felt that the rotation and the way the ball bounces and flies from the table will change. I think that this amount of rotation and habit is the performance you want if you use adhesive rubber! Personally, I felt that it was a rubber that could make mistakes with the amount of rotation more than the Rakza Z XH and the Dignics 09C (of course, the Rakza Z XH is faster than the Rakza Z XH and the Dignics 09C is better if you want ease of handling in addition to speed. I think). Please refer.
Each technology review
Fore hand
Light hit There was no discomfort with the momentum like tension rubber. At least I don’t think I feel like I don’t fly like a leopard.
Drive on long balls and rallies I felt it was a little soft. Compared to the spin type tension rubber, there was an impression that the ball enters a little shallower because the arc line is very easy to come out. It grips the ball very well, so it is easy to spin. I personally like the one that is a little harder, but it may be easier to use if you want to speed up. Since the sponge hardness is 55 °, I felt it was soft, but I didn’t lose to the opponent’s ball.
Drive with open face Even if I opened the surface, it would rotate firmly and sink, so it was very good. This area was just like an adhesive rubber. Also, I felt that the drive would be stable because it would sink by rotation if it was rubbed without opening the surface in the opposite direction due to the shape of the seat.
Top spin (loop) drive against back spin Since it grips firmly, I was able to hit a drive with abundant rotation. However, it is not a rubber that is hard and does not bounce like a leopard, so I felt a little power loss. I felt that it was shallow and low and easy to control.
Speed drive against back spin Even if I hit it like rubbing, I was able to hit the speed drive and the impression was good. However, since it is an adhesive rubber, I felt that the ball would run better if I hit it with the surface open. I think that hitting like rubbing will increase from the opponent’s court.
Curve / shoot drive I felt that the ball would bend well when it was curved or shot because the ball entered shallowly. The course is also easy to aim for.
Block I felt that it was a little susceptible to rotation. Instead, it was easy to block balls such as smashes.
Counter drive It was easy to bite in firmly and rotate, and it fits well and it was easy to counter drive. Is it really an adhesive rubber?
Push / stop I felt that it took some getting used to cutting because the bite was a little too good. Since it is an adhesive rubber, it was very easy to do without popping out.
Serve It was easy to rotate firmly. However, I felt that it was softer than the Omega VII China shadow and that it popped out a little better.
Back hand
Light hit After using it in the fore, I tried using it in the back, but as I imagined, I felt it was easy to use in the back. With a sponge hardness of 55 °, the weight is certainly as heavy as 50 g, but I felt that it was easier to handle than Chinese adhesive and could be used in the back without any discomfort.
Drive on long balls and rallies I felt a sense of stability because I held the ball firmly. I also felt that the ball was a little slow to leave. I also felt that impact was needed to speed up from the middle team.
Top spin (loop) drive against back spin It was very easy to do. I felt that I could make a loop drive with just the right hardness and a sense of stability. Also, because it grips the ball firmly, I felt that it could be lifted even if the hitting point was dropped.
Speed drive against back spin I felt that the speed was a little mature because I had a good ball. I also felt this in DNA Platinum.
Block I felt that it was easily affected by rotation for its hardness. It wasn’t that difficult.
Counter drive It was easy to do. I felt the feeling of holding a ball more than Dignics 05, so it was easy to feel that I had a counter drive.
Push / stop Since it is an adhesive rubber, it will not float. However, since the sponge has a good bite, I felt that it was easy to overshoot if I was not careful about the touch.
Chiquita It was easy to do. It was easy to rotate!
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
Spin amount Omega VII China Ying ＞ DNA Dragon Grip ＞ Dignics 05
Speed Dignics 09C ≧ Rakza Z Extra Hard ＞ Rhyzen ZGR ＞ DNA Dragon Grip ＞ Hurricane NEO III
今年1発目にレビューした、Gewo（ゲオ）のNEXXUS EL Pro 53（ネクサスELプロ53）に引き続き、本ページではNEXXUS XT Pro 50（ネクサルXTプロ50）をレビューします。こちらのラバーは今や卓人で知らない人がいないのではないかと思われる卓球ネットショップ、WRMさんで購入できるラバーになります。katsuo000もGewoについてはWRMさんを通じて知った方です。ラバーの種類が多くて安価というのが特徴でしょうか。卓球ナビさんでもレビューが挙がっていますので参考にしていくと良いと思います。GEWOはドイツの卓球用具メーカーで、有名な契約選手はナイジェリアのQuadri Akinade Aruna（クアドリ・アルナ）選手になりますね。アルナ選手はGEWOと契約する前は、joola（ヨーラ）の契約選手でそのころからヒノキ系合板のラケットを使ってパワフルで豪快なラリーを展開する選手でした。アルナ選手の目立った戦績は、リオオリンピックでドイツの皇帝ティモ・ボル（Timo Boll）選手に勝利してベスト8に、昨年の世界卓球2021ヒューストンでもベスト8と、大きな大会で挙げていることがわかると思います。ちなみに、最近では皇帝ティモ・ボル選手もPrimorac Carbon（プリモラッツカーボン）というヒノキ系カーボンラケットを使用するようになりました。時代の変化を感じますね。
アルナ選手が使用するラバーは先日レビューしたNEXXUS EL PRO53（ネクサスELプロ53）になりますが、双璧としてGewoが扱うのが、本ページでレビューするNEXXUS XT PRO 50（ネクサスXTプロ50）になります。自分も基本的にWRMさんが発信してくれた情報程度にしか理解しておりません。「GEWO」をググりますと、WRMのサイトと、英語のサイトがヒットするのではないでしょうか。GEWOの用具について簡単に確認していきたいと思います。
性能表になります。表からわかることは、どのラバーを使っても高いスピン性能が得られる、悪くいうとどのラバーも大差がない、といったところでしょうか。実際、同時期に試打した、NEXXUS EL Pro 53 Hard（ネクサスELプロ53ハード）とNexxus XT Pro 50 Hard（ネクサスXTプロ50ハード）を比較しても、正直大きな差を感じらせませんでした。ネット上の情報を拝見して確かにELは回転に、XTはスピードに特徴があったなー、と後日試打の記憶から感じたくらいです。
Nexxus EL Pro 53は回転量を得やすくて、ループドライブで相手をふかせることが容易でしたが、こちらのNexxus XT Pro 50はボールのスピード感を感じました。弧線が低くて、相手の時間を奪えているのか、よく角っていたことが印象的でした。ボール自身に怖さはあまりなかったと思います。この扱いやすさと台へのおさまり、そして相手の時間を奪える、とややチート感すら感じました。練習量が不足している人には扱いやすさも含めてこちらのNexxus XT Pro 50をおすすめします。ループドライブなどをあまりやらないバックに貼って、相手のボールをいなしつつ、フォアで決める、という戦型にはまるのではないかと感じました。
相手の回転の影響を受けにくい
Nexxus EL Pro 53と比較すると相手の回転に対しより鈍感になっていると感じました。回転に対し鈍感ということはラリー志向の選手にはかなり魅力的なラバーだと思います。それでいて、中陣からのドライブはしっかりスピードが出るので相手にプレッシャーもかけることのできるラバーでもありました。アルナ選手がどのような考えで使用しているかわかりませんが、GEWOのラバーは明らかにラリー志向だと思います。扱いやすさという点でYASAKAのRakza（ラクザ）シリーズも非常に扱いやすいラバーがラインナップしている印象がありますが、ラクザシリーズ以上に扱いやすくてラリー志向というのがGEWOのラバーの特徴であり良い点だと思いました！
各技術レビュー
フォアハンド系
軽打 特に違和感ありません。結構弾むと感じました。また弧線が直線的で沈みにくいとも感じました。
ロングボールやラリーでのドライブ やはり柔らかさを感じ、くい込み過ぎて板に当たると感じました。また弧線が低くてボールが想像以上に伸びるので、打球点を落としにくいとも感じました。自分ももうアラフォーなので動けないのもあるのですが、打球点は落とせるなら落とせるラバーが好みです。そういう意味ではこのNexxus XT Pro 50はスピード重視のラバーといえるでしょう。
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 Lazanta series has high rotational performance! Considering the price, I think it is a very good series. It’s been a long time late today, but we’ll be reviewing the original Rasanter sign, the Rasanter R50! 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 Razanter series is a new flagship rubber that uses the same green sponge as the Razant series. The Lazanta 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 high 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 by 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 Razanter have been sold, 6 types for the R series and 2 types 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 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 Razanter are the focus of attention in the Lazanta 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)!
The R50 has also been used by Simon Gauzy in the past, and I think the first one I used after signing with andro was the R50. I feel that there are many reviews that this rubber also has speed and flight distance. In fact, it had a German-made rubber feel, not the heavy hardness of adhesive rubber or Omega VII Hyper. To put it simply, the R50 was designed to have the same level of rotational performance as the R47, and I had the impression that the remaining performance was a rubber with speed performance. The Razanter series are not rubbers with different hardness, but are probably developed with their own concepts. I think the R50 is a rubber that seeks speed performance such as meat while maintaining an arch trajectory. It is only clear that R47 and R50 are not related to Tenergy 05 and Tenergy 05 Hard. 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! I would like to summarize the above points at the time of this review and the review of R47. Thank you for your cooperation.
R50 paste and weight
Rasanter R50
UM Tension (Tensor Bios UM)
For 40+ Plastic Ball
・Sponge Thickness: 1.7 mm, 2.0 mm, ULTRAMAX (2.3 mm)
・Speed: 120
・Spin: 122
・Control: 80
・Sponge stiffenss: 50
・6,200 yen + tax
・72 g (before cut) → 51 g (after cut)
Three features of Rasanter R50
R50 is easier to bite than R47!
The grain shape of the sheet was different between R47 and R50, and R50 seemed to be finer and wider than R47. Therefore, I felt that R50 was easy to bite into the entire rubber. As a result, R50 is easy to use meat technology, and I think it is easy to hit speed drive even if it goes down! However, since the sponge is hard, even if it bites into it, the ball will last for a short time and the ball will come off quickly. From here, it is arbitrary and prejudiced, but while many rackets of Mr. andro are thick rackets, they do not have special materials such as carbon, so considering that the design of rubber will also speed up. It seems that it was designed. For other Lazanta series, I felt that there was no rubber designed with the concept of maximizing ball holding and rotation performance at the expense of speed performance. As a result, I think that the rubber of the Razanter series has many balanced grain shapes that are close to the grain shape 80 of the butterfly sheet. And I thought that R50 goes well with andro’s racket. Specifically, I thought that R50 is a rubber that goes well with plywood rackets. If you match it with a plywood racket, the hard shot feeling and spiky feeling of R50 will be round and soft, and I think that you can supplement the speed performance that is easy to feel if it is insufficient. It’s a little digression, but I think the rubber that I felt similar was Q5 or Q3, and the rubber that made Q5 feel softer was R50.
Of course, the rotation performance is high! Equivalent to or better than R47!
R50 felt high rotation performance like R47. The R47 that I tried earlier has very high rotation performance and I felt the rotation performance comparable to Tenergy 05. I felt that the R50 also had high rotational performance, but I felt that it was at the same level as the R47. R47 was a rubber that was very hard and felt 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. On the other hand, R50 feels the hardness of the sponge, but since the sheet is soft in grain shape, it is easy to bite into it, and I think that it is a rubber that bites into the whole rubber and spins. The rotation performance is high for the soft sheet, and I felt that it was easy to draw an arc. I felt that katsuo000 was good for speed drive and meet, and I felt that the speed ball was more stable than I expected. I think it depends on how you use it, but I think that the speed ball with a sense of stability with the minimum rotation and arch line is a feature of the R50 rally. Depending on the user, I think that you can also find a feature by taking advantage of the rotation performance and continuing to hit a heavy drive while dropping the hitting point a little!
Push and stop are good to stop!
It was a rubber that was easy to fly because of the momentum and flight distance, but on the other hand, it was easy to stop and stop. It was difficult to cut it, but I think it is clearer than V47 and easier to stop than R48. I think that very important performance, push, and stop are reasonable performance.
Each technics review
Forehand
Light hit Because of ULTRAMAX, I didn’t feel the hardness of the light hit.
Drive on long balls and rallies If anything, speed drive is easy to do. I felt it was easy to play. Maybe the order of the rough balls Rough R53 ＞ R50 ＞ R47 ＞ R48 ＞ V47 Beautiful It is an image. R48 is a rubber that is more beautiful than a rough ball because it is very easy to bite into it despite the hardness of the sponge. You may feel that R47 is harder. R53 is the hardest, but R50 also has a similar hardness. Probably the R50 has the most speed drive seat shape among the R47, R50, R48 and R53. Therefore, I think that R50 will be quieter than R53 in terms of roughness.
Drive with open face The sponge was so hard that I didn’t expect it to hit the racket right away. It was good.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin I felt that the ball holding was a little short and it was difficult to control the loop drive.
Speed drive against back spin On the contrary, I think that this is fine if it is in the foreground. I think it’s easy to do.
Curve / shoot drive I think R53 is more addictive and bends more. The R50 is easy to bite into, but it is a hard rubber, so I think it is easier to handle it if you use a drive with a little lateral rotation to master it!
Block I felt that it was quite susceptible to 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 hard, but I was surprised that it went unexpectedly.
Drive on long balls and rallies It was easy to become a speed drive. I was also told that it didn’t rotate much. On the other hand, if it’s a back, I think it’s an ant. I think you can also aim for a gap with the fore.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin It was a little difficult. Sometimes I dropped it due to swing speed and lack of impact.
Block Since the seat is soft, 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
