Customer review for Donic BlueStar A1

External Review for Donic BlueStar A1 on March 18, 2023

I love this rubber. I used it for my forehand to replace C1. I think it is a very successful upgrade of C1. I will explain why.
First of all, the hardness of A1, according to the DONIC website, is 52.5 degree, while C1 claims to have a 60 degree sponge, however, I feel that the actual hardness of A1 is between C1 (60 degree) and C2 (55 degree), slightly softer than C1 but a bit harder than C2, which makes it a very good substitute of C1 if you feel C1 is too hard for you. Of course you can use booster oil to soften the sponge of C1 but that won't solve the biggest problem of C1, the weight.
C1 is super heavy, according to DONIC website, the uncut C1 is 90 grams, my blade is STIGA CyberShape Carbon, the weight of blade itself is 86 grams, and I use C1 as forehand and STIGA Airoc Astro S as backhand, which is the lightest rubber I can find in my table tennis gears cabin, and the overall weight of blade reaches 195 grams!
On the other hand, A1's top sheet is also sticky, as same as C1/C2, like Chinese rubber like DHS Hurricane 3, so it has a very grippy feeling, and good at topspin attack, the speed of A1 is a bit faster than C1, when smashing you will feel a crispy feeling, which C1 doesn't have.
So, in short, A1 solves the biggest problem of C1, which is the weight, in the meanwhile, provides the same grippy top sheet and a bit faster than C1. I would definitely recommend this as your forehand rubber to replace Hurricane 3.

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