DHS Tin Arc 5 Mid Hard

This rubber does a fairly good job in many areas. Lighter than traditional Chinese rubbers, but still heavier than most European rubbers; has some tensor effect, but not as springy as European rubbers like the Tenergy series; surface isn’t tacky like traditional Chinese rubbers, but still requires good technique to generate spin.

Throw angle is quite low.

Nice option if you want to develop technique or if you are a beginner.

It is just a wee bit too slow for me, but I am sure it is a very good rubber.

BEAUTIFUL

Muy rápida, muy buen efecto, ideal para juego ofensivo agresivo, responde muy bien aun cuando se aleja de la mesa.

Good in price range. If you use Falco Long oil, you will have shots that sound louder than Calibra Sound.

Esta goma es buena, tiene buen spin, pero no es tan rápida como pensé.

This is a very incredible backhand rubber, a must to have on one of your blades!

Good rubber.

Muy buena calidad y gran cambio de esponja con respecto a la anterior.

Very good rubber. Outstanding performance and control, quite spiny. The rubber is heavy for somebody who doesn’t like heavy rubbers to consider. No fast and crazy catapult effect when blocking, very easy to overspin incoming ball if you have some technique. At the beginning I thought the rubber was too hard, feels a little harder than Tin-Arc Gold, but now after a month I did get used to it, and again found that rubber is very good.

I’ve spent about 20 hours with this rubber so far.

First, given that I’m not a pro or anything, so this review may be biased. This rubber was tested by 3 different people at my club and the opinions were similar.

The surface is not tacky, unlike what I was expecting as a Chinese rubber. The sponge was quite hard. Compared to Tenergy 80FX, which I previously used among other tensor rubbers, it has distinctively a bouncy feeling. This results in very effective blocking as well as fast attacks. Due to its short dwell time, I needed some adjusting, but not much. Drive shots were good but not exceptionally fast.

Spin was something that I was expecting this rubber to excel at, but I was slightly disappointed. Especially after having used Hurricane 3 NEO (which I enjoyed) in the past, the surface is grippy but almost non-tacky. This surface, along with the short dwell time, had negative effects on my serve and drive shots.

I feel that this rubber is very effective in smashing and blocking. If you are a looper, I do not recommend this rubber.

One thing worth mentioning is that in humid conditions, it loses grip completely, unlike other grippy rubbers that retain some grip in the same conditions. The ball will just slip and land right on the net or even worse fall to the ground.

Also, I don’t know if I received a defective rubber, but the sponge is inconsistent. Instead of having pores like Rasant or Tenergy, it is dense without any visible pores but has large (up to 1mm large) air bubbles in a few places. I am not sure if it actually affects the performance of the rubber.

Some say it’s comparable to Tenergy 05, but I disagree. It has completely different characteristics: less spin, more speed, and less control, I feel.

All in all, the price seems high for the performance it brings. If you want Chinese rubber, I’d rather recommend Hurricane 3 NEO as it is much cheaper and the performance is very similar, if not better, in my opinion. If you are into Japanese or European style rubber (i.e., tensor rubber), I think you’d be better off without this one.

It’s simply the best rubber that I have played for forehand! Good speed, fantastic spin, and control.