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[varghese]

sorry.. i didn't know it was buying-selling between the two of you... i thought it was just a question about the 35...

I just recalled I had another Hurricane III / 3 last year with a degree of 35 degree last year. The latest trend seems like DHS has tune rubbers.

[ejunkie]

I received the rubbers I ordered fron Varghese today. I also received the used T25 and want to thank Varghese for thinking of us at the forum! The 35 degree H3 appears to be the same as the unlabeled H3. They both don't seem soft to the touch, may be 39 degree or so. So they are safe to use.

[ejunkie]

Anyone know if 35 degree is the lowest rating?

[729 fx]

Not sure on DHS rubber but for Butterfly the lowest that I have seen is 32 or 33 degree.

[ejunkie]

For which rubber?

[729 fx]

Bryce Speed FX : Speed 14, Spin 9.75, Hardness 32.
Catapult : Speed 11, Spin 9, Hardness 32.
Sriver G3 FX : Speed 13.5, Spin 10, Hardness 32.
Sriver G2 FX : Speed 11.5, Spin 9.5, Hardness 32.

Flextra & Tackiness Chop also was graded at 32 degree hardness.
The followings are graded at 33 degree : Bryce FX, Sriver FX.

There is one Tension Rubber by Butterfly, the Solicon rubber, I think it has the softest sponge among all Butterfly rubbers, at 28 degree. Yet to confirm this.

[ejunkie]

I don't know about Solicon but Mark V 30 is 30 degree, the lowest I can find.

[varghese]

The butterfly hardness range from 0 to 40. Most of the other brands have a range 0 to 50. TSP's hardness range from 0 to 75 - a while ago they used a rating from 0 to 15. In my opinion, none of these really mean exact hardness. It is useful to compare the hardness between the rubbers in the same brand, not between the rubbers from different brands.

[729 fx]

Yes, I do agree with varghese assesment on comparing different rubbers of the same brand not with other brands. For example Yasaka may have their own measurement of sponge hardness and slightly differs from Butterfly or DHS and so on.