Using it on FH in Black - max thickness.
Great for attack with strong spin and speed without losing control.
Smashes with wonderful power.
It is not the lightest rubber you can get (49g after cut)
The only detriment is that it won't last very much with the same good values.
After a month or two playing 3-4 time a week it loses it's spin.
Great value!
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27 Reviews for Nittaku Hammond Z2
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best forehand rubber if you are a versatile allround or offensive player , I m using it now im my forehand in a tibhar stratus power wood is a perfect combination !
My favorite rubber (and I have tried many).
Not the fastest, but with proper technique it's fast enough for anyone. Max thickness is slightly faster than 2.0 but control is similary excellent.
On short game and service you can rely on its slightly tacky surface, while for loops the long dwell time and strong grip give a heavy spin. Spin sensitivity is average. Throw angle is quite low yet the rubber is very forgiving. Being very linear, it can even be played by beginners, and allows for fast learning. The sponge is relatively hard but the top sheet is soft, it feels like natural rubber. It goes well on most blades I have tried, hard or soft. I currently use it on a JRE, on both side, and it's a great pair.
A perfect balance of speed, spin and control.
I can just recommend it to anyone looking for a balanced rubber, without having specific requirements.
That said I'm a little disappointed by durability, out of 4 rubbers I own, 2 have already ripped during ungluing. Once glued, let it be until it's finished.
Not the fastest, but with proper technique it's fast enough for anyone. Max thickness is slightly faster than 2.0 but control is similary excellent.
On short game and service you can rely on its slightly tacky surface, while for loops the long dwell time and strong grip give a heavy spin. Spin sensitivity is average. Throw angle is quite low yet the rubber is very forgiving. Being very linear, it can even be played by beginners, and allows for fast learning. The sponge is relatively hard but the top sheet is soft, it feels like natural rubber. It goes well on most blades I have tried, hard or soft. I currently use it on a JRE, on both side, and it's a great pair.
A perfect balance of speed, spin and control.
I can just recommend it to anyone looking for a balanced rubber, without having specific requirements.
That said I'm a little disappointed by durability, out of 4 rubbers I own, 2 have already ripped during ungluing. Once glued, let it be until it's finished.
I ordered the maximum thickness version. Along with a wood with SZLC is the racket. The fastest combination I've ever had. Now, I tried to adapt and close the palette more. If I don't succeed, I will also try with woods with more control, OFF, or OFF-. In my opinion, they are faster than Dignics 09C. They are extraordinary, but if you are at the average or close to professional level, try them on wood OFF or Off -, and the 2.1 versions, not maximum. I say this because I tested them with a friend on a pure wood, without carbon, Off, 2.1 thickness, and the sensation was of speed with a lot of control. On my wood, with SZLC, OFF +, maximum thickness, I no longer have that feeling with good control. It's the cosmic rocket.
I have this 1.8mm rubber on a ver fast Nittaku Miyabi penhold blade (off+) and this rubber is fast with great spin. I had to adjust in the begging after a considerable amount of time without playing. You can loop, hit it flat and block near the table. A heck of a rubber.
Basicly, Speed of a Mxp with spin of Tenergy. Well it is more complicated then that, Let's talk about it.
So i have this rubber for 5 months (1 season) Time for a new one usually. Well no, the factory tuning is gone and due to that the topsheet shrinked a bit. It still plays like after 1 month, So good durability! It feels like a bouncy 50 degree rubber, not very comparable to other rubbers i.m.o. Yeah it is fast! i played 2.0 and it very quick, it still has splenty of dwell. Also the throw angle is quick and arc is long. I find this good for mid distance only, I really do struggle when attacking against topspin close to the table. Really have to close your blades angle down. Serves are good, 8/10 compared to Hurricane 3 national :)
I like this rubber, i'll try something new when this dies.
So i have this rubber for 5 months (1 season) Time for a new one usually. Well no, the factory tuning is gone and due to that the topsheet shrinked a bit. It still plays like after 1 month, So good durability! It feels like a bouncy 50 degree rubber, not very comparable to other rubbers i.m.o. Yeah it is fast! i played 2.0 and it very quick, it still has splenty of dwell. Also the throw angle is quick and arc is long. I find this good for mid distance only, I really do struggle when attacking against topspin close to the table. Really have to close your blades angle down. Serves are good, 8/10 compared to Hurricane 3 national :)
I like this rubber, i'll try something new when this dies.
This rubber is better than Tibhar k3, Victas 22 extra double. More fast, spin, better serve, control is similar
Update to September 2022. Addendum: I had to remove the solvent based glue from my rubber. After removing it, it only weighs 45 g. !!! - which surprised me a lot, ... "for its hardness very light" !!! In addition, the sponge is very resistant, so that no damage has occurred.
After 4 weeks of testing I had to accept, that this rubber is really exceptionally good !!! After initially trying it on blades that were too fast and hard (for me), it finally ended up on the Stuor Professional Long 5 (Innerlayer) and is there (whether on the backhand or forehand side) an "absolute grenade. Pure security in all shots, whether at the table or far behind. Always far above average speed and spin. At the opponents service, the ball can be "wrapped" excellently and returned very safely. The height of the trajectory and the length allow me to bring significantly more balls to the target !!! Facts: Nittaku itself specifies the sponge of this rubber with a hardness of 45 degrees, which can definitely only be a joke !!! ... because it feels really much harder, round about 50 degree!!! My black rubber in "thick" (1,8 mm) weighs 102 g. in original packaging and 68 g. uncut. Cut to 160 x 150 mm it weighs 57 g. (incl glue!) Conclusion: My previous favorite rubber, the Nittaku Fastarc G-1, cannot keep up in terms of dynamics, speed and control. Only the "angle play" is easier to design with it and the spin is rated higher !!! What I don't like at all, however, is that this rubber is twice as expensive as my previous favorite rubber. - I just hope it lasts twice as long now. Addendum: my used blade, https://revspin.net/blade/no-brand-stuor-professional-long-5.html P.S.: soon I will compare this rubber with the Victas V>22 Double Extra. ;-P
After 4 weeks of testing I had to accept, that this rubber is really exceptionally good !!! After initially trying it on blades that were too fast and hard (for me), it finally ended up on the Stuor Professional Long 5 (Innerlayer) and is there (whether on the backhand or forehand side) an "absolute grenade. Pure security in all shots, whether at the table or far behind. Always far above average speed and spin. At the opponents service, the ball can be "wrapped" excellently and returned very safely. The height of the trajectory and the length allow me to bring significantly more balls to the target !!! Facts: Nittaku itself specifies the sponge of this rubber with a hardness of 45 degrees, which can definitely only be a joke !!! ... because it feels really much harder, round about 50 degree!!! My black rubber in "thick" (1,8 mm) weighs 102 g. in original packaging and 68 g. uncut. Cut to 160 x 150 mm it weighs 57 g. (incl glue!) Conclusion: My previous favorite rubber, the Nittaku Fastarc G-1, cannot keep up in terms of dynamics, speed and control. Only the "angle play" is easier to design with it and the spin is rated higher !!! What I don't like at all, however, is that this rubber is twice as expensive as my previous favorite rubber. - I just hope it lasts twice as long now. Addendum: my used blade, https://revspin.net/blade/no-brand-stuor-professional-long-5.html P.S.: soon I will compare this rubber with the Victas V>22 Double Extra. ;-P
So so avarage rubber. Nothing special. Fast with very small dwell time. Spin is also not the best comparing with hybrid rubbers like Bluegrip C2, Stiga DNA DragonGrip.
It takes its toll to play with this one, but it sure is worth it. The overall best non-tensor i have play with, in Max, 2.3 for the pros, it is a monster that is very hard to handle if you arent PRO, and the speed in 2.3 is easesly the fastest rubber i have played with, it is made for guys that are playing in front of the net, never let the opponent get past you. In half a year, everyone in workshop elite playing with this!
Purchased two sheets, one red, one black in 1.8 thickness. The red sheet was 49 grams and the black sheet was 45 grams. This is not a light rubber. The other characteristics are good.
This is the new monster-rubber from Nittaku, i bought it same day it showed.
This is a rubber for world-class players, therefor i bought it in 1.8mm. Had i bought it in 2.3 i had crushed the windows in the playinghall, because it is FAST. It has nothing in common with other Hammond-rubbers. If you can handle it, it is the best rubber in the world ever. The top spins comes back from the opponent outside the table very easy to loop around the table in a low stroke, and is impossible for the opponent. The spin is so incredible spinny, and add a very strange topsheet with small small hills(!) that makes it behave very strange for the opponent. Sometimes it pass my friend with a meter, and sometimes it just goes under or over his blade, and sometimes it even dies in the air, making it the ULTIMATE looping rubber. You can also hold tje table and its aiming is invredible and just smash side to side, landing on the white line or next to it. I play with it an hour 3 times a week, but i am not ready to play matches yet, this take time, but during the latest 13 years i have tested 220+ rubbers, and never ever even come close to this one. A must for good players, and it is in my opinion almost cheating to play with it. High degree of natural rubber, and it sems to last a very long time!
This is a rubber for world-class players, therefor i bought it in 1.8mm. Had i bought it in 2.3 i had crushed the windows in the playinghall, because it is FAST. It has nothing in common with other Hammond-rubbers. If you can handle it, it is the best rubber in the world ever. The top spins comes back from the opponent outside the table very easy to loop around the table in a low stroke, and is impossible for the opponent. The spin is so incredible spinny, and add a very strange topsheet with small small hills(!) that makes it behave very strange for the opponent. Sometimes it pass my friend with a meter, and sometimes it just goes under or over his blade, and sometimes it even dies in the air, making it the ULTIMATE looping rubber. You can also hold tje table and its aiming is invredible and just smash side to side, landing on the white line or next to it. I play with it an hour 3 times a week, but i am not ready to play matches yet, this take time, but during the latest 13 years i have tested 220+ rubbers, and never ever even come close to this one. A must for good players, and it is in my opinion almost cheating to play with it. High degree of natural rubber, and it sems to last a very long time!
The overall weight of the rubber is 68 grams, the cutting weight is 46 grams. after trying 2 weeks the first impression after being pasted on the Nittaku meister BO racket is amazing control, for blocking very stable, spin rotation is equivalent to T05 / Dignics 09c, very grippy, I use a sponge thickness of 2.0 used on the backhand, the feeling of hardness of the sponge is 48 or 50 degrees, for speed to make opponents Cry depressed (ha.ha.ha ...& I always smile) and so I want to try thickness 2.2 / Max for Forhand. The visible weakness is cracking on the rubber edges due to being hit by a hard ball, or accidental hitting the table during flick (I don't know....). overall this rubber is really amazing.
I wanted a rubber which has a lot of spin and a relatively high throw angle to improve my forhand topspin against backspin. What I got: A rubber that has all of these aspects. The Hammond Z2 has a huge amount of gears. The only problem that I figured out for me is the counter topspin over the table/close distance.
Ma Long as Nittaku Ambasador will be using this rubber, and brzecol is the worst user in revspin
Tried many rubbers over the years. I play with blade from re-impact rapier 44 almost always play with thin sponge because my blade is quite thick 13.2 mm
few months ago tested the andro rassanter c48 2.0mm the conclusion the sponge is too thick for me. few weeks ago i was on revspin site when i saw that nittaku had released new rubber Harmond Z2 and also thin sponge available 1.4 mm so ordered.
Played twice now and a lot of control pretty fast for a thin sponge but very controllable lots of spin and very easy to practice.
I'm very happy with the coming months to see how it goes.
few months ago tested the andro rassanter c48 2.0mm the conclusion the sponge is too thick for me. few weeks ago i was on revspin site when i saw that nittaku had released new rubber Harmond Z2 and also thin sponge available 1.4 mm so ordered.
Played twice now and a lot of control pretty fast for a thin sponge but very controllable lots of spin and very easy to practice.
I'm very happy with the coming months to see how it goes.
Just amazing! The amounts of control you are getting while still being able to puch when you want is sooo good. It feels like a tenergy 05 but with more spin, more gears, more control and ofcourse, 10 times more feeling!
hackercong is from Vietnam and any shop from Vietnam has real Nittaku distribution words from Nittaku
I think that it is better than g-1, mxp, tenergy 05 and dignics 05, tibhar k3 hybrid and hurricane 3 national.
More Spin, More Control, monster rubber from Nittaku. Future bestseller
More Spin, More Control, monster rubber from Nittaku. Future bestseller
This is the best rubber ever. The spin is incredible, and the surface is very strange, you can feel and almost touch the pips. It is a pro+ rubber, and i have the 1.8 version, and even with that it is VERY fast. Looping behaves differently, the opponents are just looking at me, like What did happening?
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