Customer review for RITC Friendship 729 Battle II Provincial

External Review for RITC Friendship 729 Battle II Provincial on April 19, 2025

I played the 40 version for 2 years. Before that I played the 39 version also for 2 years. I will briefly explain the biggest differences. The 39 version has everything you want from a modern Chinese rubber. It has a little built in speed, though it is not really bouncy. With booster the rubber becomes at least 50% bouncier and a little bit softer. It is tacky, but I had inconsistencies throughout batches. 2 were very tacky, 1 was moderately tacky and the one I have now is not tacky at all. So it's difficult to say what the average is. The 39 is much easier to play for people of different levels and playing styles. It excels in what most Chinese rubbers do and for the Battle 2 but flat hitting and driving is also decent. The 40 version was more difficult to play because it required more physical power in most strokes and there was less margin for error in countertopspinning. With the 39 version I was almost always confident to play a good topspin on the table but the power was sometimes lacking. For both versions the ball feel is very hard, and it seems the dwell time is not very high either. I would recommend it to people who prefer close to the table attacking and Hurricane 3 for people who mostly play loops

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