Customer review for DHS Gold Arc 5 - 42.5 Degrees

External Review for DHS Gold Arc 5 - 42.5 Degrees on October 2, 2022

Ah Gold arc 5.. one of the first rubbers I ever used. I came back to it after a several years of chasing butterflies... I play with the medium hard version on backhand, on an XVT balsa carbon blade. The rubber is linear, non tacky, medium hard, non-tensor, relatively controlled rubber with medium high throw, a significant amount of speed and a moderate amount of spin with some susceptibility to spin as speed of the ball increases. The rubber plays everything pretty well from blocks, flicks and smashes, but it doesnt chop well. It has a enough speed to put away the point. Rubber is best for attacking players close to mid distance from the table. Turns backspin well enough to loop and the porous sponge has a decent springiness in it to keep up with the high end rubbers. Rubber is grippy, maybe less grippy than gold arc 8 but enough to brush the ball with speed without slip. The only weakness I noticed is as the 4th to 5th ball come back, and spin increases through the returns, the angle of the racket has to compensate more and more compared to tenergies to the increasing spin and is vulnerable to a spinny 5th ball.

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