Customer review for Der-Materialspezialist Flashback OX

External Review for Der-Materialspezialist Flashback on January 20, 2025

Only tried this a couple of times in 1.5 mm on my backhand. It has a soft sponge which usually is not my cup of tea cause I like the hard sponges more. This rubber is strange in a very good way. Absolutely not easy to play if you start or switch from normal rubbers. So I wouldnt recommend it to those players. It plays two ways. Defensively like a long pips and offensively like a typical short pips. This gives this rubber way more deception and reversal then most medium rubbers or short pips. Long pips reversal is there but not as much as the best long pips out there. Its like this rubber is created for players who want to switch from short pips to longs pips or vice versa. If you can master this rubber this one is an absolute weapon. One of the best out there if you ask me since you switch up your play from defensive long pips to offensive short pips with both it benefits. However Im not that player yet, so it required to much adjusting in my angle. In a match were you trust your instincts this lead to mistakes from my side. But thats due to skill not the rubber. Blocking is joy, short play I found harder to do since the sponge boosted and springy. Opening up at backspin is easy but for me it lacked speed which made me vulnerable. The rubber is insensitive to incoming spin. Chopping is fun and creates some nice reversal. Creating spin is there, enough to surprise your opponent to not just attack the ball. I had fun with rubber but I need a lot more practice and a thicker sponge since the 1.5 was to slow
(The lack of speed was killing me in the end)for my taste. Ill stick with the keiler II for the moment since it suits my style more and it has a harder sponge which I prefer.

This rubber is not in the right section btw. Its definitely 100% a medium pips rubber

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