Customer review for DHS Hurricane 3 National - Blue Sponge

External Review for DHS Hurricane 3 National - Blue Sponge on February 5, 2016

I purchased this rubber on eBay last year for $70 from some guy that lives in Massachusetts USA (he claims these are prototypes??? but curiosity got the better of me and I purchased it anyway). The rubber arrived to Sydney Australia very quick due to express postage, which made me doubt the authenticity even more. When it arrived it, it had no cardboard cover just a sheet of plastic over the rubber with a small circular DHS holographic sticker on the bottom right corner. When I looked at the DHS rubber print and compared side by side with the NEOs, the font is much thicker than the NEOs (font and texts on the NEOs are sharper) which further led me to believe that I had without a doubt, purchased a fake. When compared to commercial H3 NEO, TG2 NEO & TG3 NEO, these are my observations: H3N blue sponge is noticably softer, slightly less tacky, and has a tad less speed than all of the above. But it is the most superior out of all because it has a lot more control and its just feels the best out of the bunch (very surprising). The test blades used were: H3 NEO (DHS PG-7), TG2 NEO (Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offensive), TG3 NEO (DHS Hurricane Hao) and H3N blue sponge (DHS TG7-CP). I have also tested the DHS Hurricane 8 (medium hardness) on my Viscaria blade, but I can confidently say the H3N BS is superior to that too. Really surpassed my expectations, it is the best forehand rubber I have ever used even though it is probably a fake. I am completely surprised and confused at the same time, but it is what it is. Please be advised that it is a much slower rubber when compared to Tenergy or tensor type rubbers (no catapult effect). However the extra spin you can generate on serves and the superior control of FH touch/pushes in the short game compensates for the slower speed. Once the rubber gets old I will boost it with Falco Tempo Long Booster.

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