Important note: This review is for the Dr. Evil on a 1,5mm Lightning Sponge from Friendship. It is not for the regular version!
I bought this rubber for fun because I wanted to try pips for the first time. After ordering the version with the 1,5mm sponge (offered by a online shop as an official & exclusive Friendship product) and checking that it was a legit offer I received this and got it glued to an allround penhold blade (not my main blade, but the fun blade).
The pips are medium long and offer a little grip (it is the same rubber as the Friendship 804, an anti with a bit of grip) and are very resistant to incoming spin.
Overall this is a very pleasant combination for a first time pip player. The Dr. Evil is not a short but more like a medium pip with a clear focus on control. You can do every trick in the book of a pip player long or short to a degree and get descent results. Want so play a smash? Yes you can and the Lightning Sponge works nice. Want a long defense with a chop? Yes you can with very good placement. Want to go a bit "top spin"-style? You can with some effort.
The downside is speed and overall deception/reversal. The focus is clearly on control and placement while these parameters come second or third. It has some reversal and it has some deception (balls gets a nice "kick") still so you get the "pips feeling". For me this is not a bad thing but I guess more experienced pips players want a different rubber.
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RITC 729 Dr. Evil Pips Out - OX
729 Dr. Evil short Pips-Out
Special formulation of natural and synthetic rubber compounds make this pip rubber very strange. The formula not the length of the pips is what gives this rubber its ability to chop, bump, smash, and manipulate spin all with unparalleled control. Dr. Evil can glass under a ball one shot and generate spin on the next. This product is durable! broken pips are rare even during robot practice. Unlike "classic" hard bat rubbers, Dr Evil is able to handle high amounts of incoming spin, making this rubber an excellent choice for players who play in open sponge events.
• Short Pips out
• Strange Effect on ball.
• Will produce deceptive shots.
• Good spin reversal.
• Excellent smash/flat kill.
• Can chop from distance or close to the table.
• Rock hard rubber for maximum spin reversal.
• Thick base sheet designed for OX use
Speed: 70
Spin: 50
Control: 90
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Reviews of RITC 729 Dr. Evil Pips Out - OX (16)
Switched from inverted rubbers to short pimples on the left for the first time. These pimples are great - powerful and fast backhanded shots (I have a defensive def base), pokes and blocks are good, you can do a chop from the middle zone - excellent control, especially when playing at the table. Of the minuses - it is extremely difficult to actively play on the forehand with these pimples, only defense with chops. I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to try active play with pimples.
A really really fun rubber. It's hardbat like quality and it does two things well. Number one chops well. Number two switches from defence to attack in an instance. Best to play aggressively. The key is this........hit and hit hard. Hard and flat. Pretty insensitive to incoming spin, and that gives it's authority to play aggressive and hit/kill the dam ball. It's better playing fairly close up to the table, use the angles, use flicks, and off the bounce pressure your opponent relentlessly. Fall backwards and you can chop, but I believe attacking more productive.
I'm an old school defender that rarely attacks, this is the best rubber I've found overall, with a number of useful qualities I like.
While not to the degree of anti spin it is fairly insensitive to opponents spin, useful both in serving and rallies. It has great control, in part because of its insensitivity to spin. It can also generate significant spin through chopping. I rate it about a 7 for spin and can't understand why the rating on here is so low. I was playing with this and gambler reflectiod on the other side whilst twiddling and thought they were the same for spin - had to get rid of reflectoid for more variation.
It is also good for smashing in OX. It has gears in the sense that it's very slow usually, but if you hit it hard and it hits with the wood.
Lastly it is outstanding at returning opponents smashes, because it's so slow and insensitive to spin.
The downside is that it isn't great for topspin shots or serves. Not everyone's cup of tea.
While not to the degree of anti spin it is fairly insensitive to opponents spin, useful both in serving and rallies. It has great control, in part because of its insensitivity to spin. It can also generate significant spin through chopping. I rate it about a 7 for spin and can't understand why the rating on here is so low. I was playing with this and gambler reflectiod on the other side whilst twiddling and thought they were the same for spin - had to get rid of reflectoid for more variation.
It is also good for smashing in OX. It has gears in the sense that it's very slow usually, but if you hit it hard and it hits with the wood.
Lastly it is outstanding at returning opponents smashes, because it's so slow and insensitive to spin.
The downside is that it isn't great for topspin shots or serves. Not everyone's cup of tea.
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