Customer review for DHS Hurricane 8 - 40 Degrees

External Review for DHS Hurricane 8 - 40 Degrees on May 30, 2016

This rubber shines in the control and spin area. If you are searching a rubber which covers those aspects, then you cannot go wrong with this rubber. However, my overall impression is that this rubber is not for everybody and it is only for spin oriented players. You need to have abnormal strength in order to get the most out of it (most people don't). You can have strength at the beginning when you just start playing with it, but you would not be able to hold out for a long period of time. VERY heavy rubber, too heavy for me. The sponge and surface are super hard. When you hear that you think that the rubber has a lot of speed, but not the case at all. It seems fast at first, but at smash or heavy loop it lacks the kick and it goes into the net. The only way you can generate a lot of speed is by spin. So in essence you need to have good technique to hit the ball strongly with spin nearly every single time in order to have an effective game and not put the ball into the net. Which drains you completely (plus the heaviness of the rubber requires extra strength). So either put on very VERY fast blade (at least OFF, but maybe even faster, because my blade is OFF and I still feel a lack of power - goes into the net...) and play a spin based game or just... don't play with it. Not good away from the table. I hit really hard with it but still no effect. Forget about flat smashing with this rubber. Or any flat hits for that matter. If you smash you need to do it with spin. And to be honest it feels kind of dead on my blade... that's pretty much it.

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