Customer review for RITC Friendship 729 Battle II Provincial

External Review for RITC Friendship 729 Battle II Provincial on March 12, 2024

39 hardness Battle II Provincial Blue sponge, on a new (2023) Mercury Y-13 (Off) blade (Forehand). I have the 38 (orange sponge) on my backhand. No booster on either.----------- This rubber has a very wide dynamic range. When you want to play slow, it's slow, controlled and well behaved, like a training rubber or a 729 Super FX. If you need to defend, you can, with great control. Adding power feels extremely linear, and you can balance spin with power by adjusting your angles. What makes this rubber so nice to play with is how consistent and predictable the throw angle at any power level. I also found no loss in power with flat hits and it plays mid to far from the table fine. I could confidently recommend this rubber to almost anyone (just not beginners). I am very pleased.
------------------------ UPDATE: One of my colleagues loved this bat so much that he purchased it from me. However, in the weeks following this review, I enjoyed every single hit with this combination more and more. The Y13 blade was quite well suited to the B2PBS, having decent speed but not too hard, keeping some dwell time. You could pair this with a faster blade, so long as some dwell time is maintained. From there, this rubber will do the rest...
------------------------ UPDATE 2: If anyone is interested, I ended up buying a somewhat crazy setup with Battle 3 (39, black), on a T11S to dry out B3 and to push the limit of a harder blade. It's actually a lot of fun and plays very well. As expected, the T11S has less dwell time, making a direct comparison more difficult, but from what I can tell, B3 is honestly very similar to B2PBS. I'll submit a full review on the B3 page with more detail.

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