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Friendship/729 Bloom Power is a high-performance table tennis rubber designed for players seeking a blend of speed, spin, and control. Renowned for its impressive tackiness of 8.4, this rubber excels in generating significant spin, making it ideal for aggressive forehand play and strategic looping. The medium-soft sponge hardness of 47 degrees offers a balance of dwell time and bounce, allowing players to achieve both delicate touch shots and explosive power drives. Many users have praised it for delivering outstanding performance, particularly for close-to-the-table play.
The weight of Bloom Power is categorized as medium, approximately 65 grams uncut, which provides a solid yet manageable feel during gameplay. This rubber’s durability, rated at 8.6, ensures that it maintains its performance characteristics over extended use, standing up well against intense play. Players have noted that it feels alive during strokes, especially after the initial break-in period, contributing to its reputation as a reliable choice for competitive play.
For those seeking alternatives, Bloom Power offers competition against popular rubbers like DHS Hurricane 3 and Palio AK47, with many considering it a more accessible and affordable option. Although it may not carry the ITTF certification, its performance and value for money have garnered a dedicated following among players who appreciate its unique characteristics. Whether you’re looking to enhance your forehand attacks or improve control over spin-sensitive shots, Friendship/729 Bloom Power stands out as a versatile and effective choice on the table tennis circuit.
I am using this rubber as a forehand unit since a few years. I have tried many combinations with tacky, hybrid Chinese, hybrid tacky, and European rubbers, and none were as good for fast attacks at the table as this one. This rubber is an unbelievable unit for forehand if you play aggressively at the table and use all types of strokes, even smashes are not problematic. Maybe a bit at the start when the tackiness is immense, but after two months, it’s more playable when it’s a bit used. Rotation is higher than at Tenergy 05 hard for me. Speed is obviously lower, control better especially in block. At practice, it’s really helpful to tame very spinny opponent topspins with much more control.
There’s only one drawback: on faster blades, it starts to be too fast if you have a full Chinese type of stroke. So a hard surface off with a quite semi-thick core is the best choice for this one. I bought my every unit at AliExpress, and only the first two had the effect of boost since they were vacuum packed. Now it is not noticeable; it had to evaporate. I have also boosted them with Paraffin oil, and they react moderately. Even hard boosted, they are rather too slow or not so easy to play at backhand as European tensors. Not much affected by incoming spin, 47 degrees is a bit more dead. Catapult is really noticeable at off and off+ blades. The top sheet is more elastic.
I am really recommending this rubber if you want to play with full aggression and full speed and be really powerful at forehand.
I thought this rubber was rubbish at first. I had it lying around, so I glued it to some cheap-a$$ Artengo Blade that I also had stashed. Oh my Lord, it slaps super hard. The speed is insane.
I tested it on Palio TNT-1, Stiga Allround Classic, Tibhar IV-L, and each and every time it was just poop, a complete tragedy. But on this trash blade, it’s insane. The spin and speed are out of this world.
I can smash the ball so hard, and the trajectory is just flat with decent spin, landing in the table like a rocket. I can’t believe it, really. The touch game is nice as well. The topspin is okay if you don’t mind the flat arc.
Maybe my favorite rubber. Not only is it very cheap, but it also surpasses many other Chinese FH style rubbers.
It has better speed and also very good spin compared to other Chinese rubbers. In my opinion, I like this rubber a lot more than H3. It is more bouncy and reactive than H3.
Also, the purple sponge looks very attractive.
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