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Fortissimo black 2.0: As reviewed by Blade (1800-1900 Usatt, classic offensive style player) In this review I am comparing Fortissimo to the Joola Express/ Energy and Donic Platin series rubbers. It also shares some similarities with a rubber like Boost TP in that it has a firm feeling and fairly low throw. Details of Physical characteristics â Sponge - very small pores, like Joola Express (JE) and Donic JO Platin(JOP) series rubbers, almost identical. Hardness - (Estimate by feeling)in the 42.5 to 45 degree range, related to Joola and Donic hardness scales. Top sheet â As I mentioned previously, Very High quality, slightly textured , shiny with the pimple form visibly evident (like a tuned rubber, see pics.) Pimples â Noticeably longer than those of JOP and JE. Spacing is closer together than JOP and JE. The spaces between the pimples are a little more than half a pimple width. JOP and JE have almost equal pimple and space widths. Top sheet is thicker than JOP and JE. Playing Characteristics: I think the top sheet structure of this rubber causes it to feel and play significantly different to most of the3rd and 4th generation tensor rubbers that I have played with. The sponge seems to have a very similar feeling and playing characteristic to Tensor rubbers. Overall I really like the way this rubber feels, it does not have that mushy feel that many tensors do. It still feels very elastic and lively but it feels more rubbery than spongy due to the top sheet thickness and pimple geometry (make sense?) Counter hitting- Easy to counter hit with it works best with medium to high racket speeds, due to its medium- low throw, if you do not contact the ball solidly it tends to drop the ball in the net. On the receiving end it seems very easy to control your opponentâs shots. Looping â This rubber feels the best when looping at a medium to medium -fast (40- 70%)pace and in this range it feels very stable predictable and delivers crisp loops with a long low trajectory and good spin. However, when you really crank it up(letâs say 85% or higher)a couple of strange things happen with the throw angle: With a closed racket forward driving type loop the ball sometimes shoots off the rubber straight out and seems to have little to no spin. With a more upward heavy spinning type stoke the throw of the rubber becomes very high. So what does this mean? If you are a looper who is used to tensors, this rubber will require adjustments at the lower speeds and at higher speeds. I havenât had a chance to play with it extensively, so I canât say if the nonlinearity of Fortissimo at the low and high ends would continue to be problematic and hard to adjust to. Intuitively, it seems like the rubber is stable enough over all and would play comfortably with some adjustments. Smashing - Fortissimo is excellent for smashing and has a great crisp feeling when doing so. It does not completely bottom out and again as I mentioned above has that nice firm elastic feeling of the top sheet as opposed to a mushy sponge feeling. It seems easy to place your kill shot where you wish. Blocking â Since the rubber has a firm feeling and a fairly low throw blocking incoming topsins is easily controllable. One caveat, my hitting partner while I was testing the rubber did not have heavy top spin loops, so Iâll have to do some further blocking practice with a heavy topspin looper before I can give a final word on this. Serving â the amount of spin on serves was a little hard to determine as it compared to other rubbers. My best estimation would be that it serves with as much spin or slightly more than JE or JEGP(Joola Energy Green Power). I have a particular knack for creating very spiny, short services and my touch and stroke on this type of service is geared towards JE and EGP. That being said, Iâd say it took a little more effort to keep the Fortissimo serves as low and as short, but again not a big difference. Forehand or Backhand â For me I liked fortissimo equally well on both sides. Because of itâs firmness opening up against heavy back spin close to the table or over the table is more difficult than JE or EGP and requires a bat angle and stroke adjustment on both sides. Final Word: Fortissimo is a very playable modern rubber that has a unique feel as compared to itâs Tensor, Boost, Tenergy counter parts. It is a rubber that I might choose to play with for itâs over all feeling and crisp mid power looping, easy blocking and effective smashing. However, although it has good spin I am looking for something spinier. In part due to the latest generation of super spiny rubbers like Barracuda, Genius, Hexer and of course Tenergy, Fortissimo seems a bit behind the curve.

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Not my cup of tea. Throw is too low for me. If you have more of a hitting game, this rubber is great, just not for variable looping.

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This is an advanced rubber comparable to Tenergy in Speed and Spin however has the advantage of having much more control. Its control is much useful in Topspin, attacking, looping, blocking and pushing. It is a real attacker's dream , has lots of gears and flawless. It is definitely an advanced breakthrough rubber for the advanced Loop/Attack style.

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