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Setup:
Blade - Andro Blax off
FH rubber - Joola Green Energy 2.0
I'll try to give it some ratings and post why I gave these ratings. (out of 10)

Topspin: 9
Marvelous, I don't think I've ever been able to put so much topspin on a ball, though it's not easy to make very slow spinny shots the medium-high speed topspin shots are done without that much effort, combine this with its low-medium throw angle and you have something lovely. Atleast that is what I find.

Hitting: 8.5
It performs quitte well on hitting too, there is plenty of accuracy and because it's not incredibly hard there is some room for error too, 1 thing that attracted my attention is that balls are just high enough to pass the net, but this also results in a net ball now and then.

Smashing: 8
There is good feeling when smashing but because its hardness is 42 (feels softer) it tops out quitte fast and it feels some less controleble when smashing at full power, though it still manages nicely.

Pushing: 5.5
Frustrating... It's just bouncy so hard to make short push returns, especially on the faster balls, and if you decide to put some speed on your own pushes then it tends to overdue it so it goes over the table.
For people that just push now and then it shouldn't be a problem though.

Blocking: 8.5
Blocks with a lot of feeling and has a nice throw angle for blocking but again its a little too bouncy to give those really short returns on harder incoming balls. I solve this by just taking 1 step back and block from there. but that is really the only disadvantage about this rubber when blocking.

Serving: 7.5
Enough spin can be used to get annoying, its real easy to hit those suprising real fast balls now and then and suprisingly here there is no problem on hitting very short balls.
Overall a very decent serving rubber that can really suprise people.

Chopping: no clue since I never chop with my FH but if I'd had to guess I'd say its too fast of a rubber to chop properly.

This rubber is for: allround-offensive players with 1st-2nd line play.

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Frame: Nittaku Violin
FH: Joola Energy 2.0
BH: Bty Solcion 2.1

Excellent review. Thank you!

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Just thought I would mention that this rubber is quite fragile.

Last time I play, I nicked the table and I tore the rubber.

The rubber was good while it lasted, serves me right of buying a expensive Euro rubber.

On the bright side I can now buy a new rubber, hopefully JUIC rubbers will be more durable

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Blade: Dr N. Firewall
BH: Swing Back
FH: Pronte

Sorry to hear it actually tore, perhaps you scraped the table corner or edge?

The other Joola tensors (ie Tango, Tango Extreme) seem to be fragile on the edges as well, and chip easily. I keep going back because of the way Tango performs. If I was a serious gluer there would be a lot more choices.

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yea its fragile... I got a little hole in the topsheet at the top of the rubber.
and a little cut at one of the sides and a few chips.

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Frame: Nittaku Violin
FH: Joola Energy 2.0
BH: Bty Solcion 2.1

People who have tried red and black sheets of Energy green power:
Have you noticed a huge weight variance between red and black?

I had two sheets of EGP, one red, one black, both max, both bought at the same time from the same shop.

The red sheet weighs in at 68g (0.238g/cm^2) putting it in the same mass range as my sheets of 999 National.

The black sheet was 61g (0.214g/cm^2) making it considerably lighter.

Anyone else had similar experiences?

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Chasse Patate

Wow, that's a shocker, we'd expect better from Joola.

BTW, there will be a softer sponged version of EGP for sale from July 1st. As a huge fan of Tango, I'll definately try out the new softer version of Energy.

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Yeah, there's also a Mambo GP too.
Sounds interesting. I like the Mambo topsheet better than the Energy GP one.

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Chasse Patate

Hello,

I've a sheet of Joola EGP 1.8 I used for my BH.
I was wondering if it's worth a try to buy the Tenergy 0.5 fx 1.7mm to replace my topsheet ?
I'm mainly focused on spin and control. Do you think the Tenergy will be also too bouncy or can I expect something more linear?

Thanks.

Brahms

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Blade = Butterfly Kong Linghui 'Special'
FH = 61 seconds Super 999T-1 2.2mm
BH = Yinhe Pluto 1.5mm

HI Brahms, I wouldn't think you would find the T05 fx to be too bouncy. Its a softer version of T05, which is not too bouncy. And with a 1.7 sponge it will have even less bounce than the 2.1 T05 I used. Should provide plenty of spin and control.

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Thanks Reborn, will give a try then !

Brahms

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Blade = Butterfly Kong Linghui 'Special'
FH = 61 seconds Super 999T-1 2.2mm
BH = Yinhe Pluto 1.5mm

i have found that in 1.7 thickness the 05fx loops well on a high flex blade,anything stiffer than defplay senso and the arc becomes too straight and you end up brushlooping,the topsheet grip is way higher than green power and the control is much better for me,also a good chopping rubber and the best i have used for spinny serves

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