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[ejunkie]

Anyone thought on this rubber on why Butterfly doesn't try to get more players to buy a new version. The old version was very good with lots of spin and slower speed similar to Tackifire drive type of rubber. It's also has a very cool purple sponge. I seem to remember Zhang used it on her forehand for a long time.

[ejunkie]

Nobody has used this rubber? It's a very spiny and slow Jap rubber.

[729 fx]

This is a wee slow rubber from Butterfly. The slowest rubber I have ever used is the PF4.

Anyway between Ekrips and Sriver, I personally prefer the Sriver.

[ejunkie]

I thought that someone must like this rubber because there are so many complaints that Chinese rubbers are slow but Japanese rubbers are not spiny enough, too fast, or lack control.

[729 fx]

Well, some players do. I know of 2 friends of mine, using Ekrips rubber.

[ejunkie]

For bh or fh? Topspin play or blocking?

[varghese]

It may be similar to TSP Summit which is a Chinese tacky rubber with hard japanese sponge. I liked this rubber because it has excellent quality.

I still see Ekrips in the Butterfly catalog.

[729 fx]

Both my friends play penholds, one J-pen and the other cpen using Ekrips. The one playing c-pen added LKT Pro XT rubber for his RPB strokes.