Backhand Foreign Rubbers Around 200 Yuan
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DNA Hybrid (hardness m). Slightly tacky, steady as an old dog. For average amateurs, if you want a slightly-tacky foreign rubber on the backhand, this really is steady, high error-tolerance. Speed is middle-of-the-road — just lands easily, instantly making your backhand feel settled. The m hardness is fairly mellow, easy to control.
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Butterfly Glayzer. I like it a lot — a tensor with support. This support is enough even glued on the forehand; its hardness is there after all. On the backhand it can hold the ball, load up, then drive out. Forget Rozena — anyone with a bit of foundation should play Glayzer. This one is often overlooked.
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Evolution EL-P. An old classic, said to be a budget backhand T05. Relatively, it is softer than the 05, very good for flicking. And it is almost universal with blades. Its explosiveness has a gap from the Tenergy line, with slightly slower ball release, but when you make the stroke, the ball can grip before releasing. If you want a gripping tensor on the backhand, it is decent.
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DNA Platinum, hardness m or h. Actually, the h is not hard either, close to T80’s hardness. This one has great repute. Fast drive-through, stable, good for both loop and drive. When looping, the sponge can wrap the ball. When driving it is very smooth. Watch Hana Goda, who went the full seven games with Sun Yingsha at the Worlds — even with the low-hardness Platinum DNA, she played thrivingly.
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DNA Chilong. Praised surface friction, linear control. The flaw: the backhand is a bit heavy, but many players do not mind. This one is also very stable, especially shown in pushing and lifting underspin — it can scrape the ball up. For those who like a harder backhand rubber, want good pace-borrowing, do not want it too springy, want control, and want it cheap — simply a destined god-rubber.
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XIOM Red V. Why is the Vega series one of the world’s bestselling foreign rubbers? First, because it is cheap. If your budget is limited, choose the Red V on the backhand, good for both loop and drive, both loop and flick. Yes, the backing-off support is so-so, but you may not need to back off much.
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Victas V22. Seeing V22’s current price, I am dumbfounded. Too low! This price does not match its performance. This is a god-rubber. Lifting underspin is very stable and spinny, and it does not easily catch the opponent’s spin. On the backhand, it is not light, not too heavy. I used to compare it with Butterfly flagships; if not for its support for the forehand being less than the Butterfly T series when glued on the backhand, I would have locked it in long ago. No help — Victas’s famous stars, like Duda, now all play V15 Sticky on both sides. In this era, slightly-tacky is more favored by pros. For them, a bit slow is fine, because their power is good.