Nittaku Hurricane 3 NEO

In my opinion, this rubber is quite similar to the provincial version of DHS. The quality has remained consistent over the years, thanks to the excellent quality control implemented by Nittaku.

This is a boosted review. It closely resembles the DHS H3 Neo Provincial. The Nittaku version has sponges that are slightly softer and lighter. The throw angle is not as low as others have claimed; I would categorize it as medium-high, depending on what you were using before.

The DHS H3 Neo Provincial has a slightly higher throw angle compared to the Nittaku H3 Neo and is also a bit faster. Just to clarify, I am comparing both orange boosted sponges.

This is the easiest to use DHS Hurricane 3. The spin and performance are on par with the DHS Hurricane National orange sponge. With a hardness of 39 degrees and a thickness of 2.1 mm, it is perfect for drives, loops, and counterattacks.

This rubber is my version of the best forehand rubber, and I have paired it with the Bty Lin Gaoyuan ALC. When you hit a forehand loop, there is a catapult effect that makes the ball almost unstoppable by the opponent.

Definitively a better version than the Chinese one!

This is an excellent rubber that I have used on two all-wood Ch. Pen paddles: the Nittaku Ludeack Power and the Stiga Clipper. Both work extremely well, providing consistent loops and counter-loops that are quite spinny.

I find this rubber to be superior to the H3 NEO Provincial Blue Sponge. It offers better control and allows for short touches, while still providing enough speed on my shots given my swing. I can confidently execute medium to long underpin serves and consistently hit the table with good results. Additionally, it requires less maintenance, as there is no need for boosting.

I have also tried the Pro version of this rubber; it delivers a slightly faster bounce, which may depend on your playing style and paddle. Overall, it is also an excellent choice.

This rubber is hard and slow, making it more suitable for use with an Off+ blade. The spin produced on topspin shots is high; however, pushes under the table lack sufficient spin.

I glued this rubber onto a DHS PG7, but I found that it is a very slow blade. I believe that the P-700, TBS, Viscaria, and Clipper CR would be better options for the H3 Neo rubber.

This rubber performs better with a heavy three-star ball, as the poly balls provide superior playability compared to non-poly ones. It is hard and slow, which influences its overall performance.

The rubber works best with a soft to medium-hard blade and particularly excels with an Off+ blade due to its slower nature. It is very easy to execute topspin attacks, and even more so for looping; however, one must adjust to the Chinese stroke style for optimal results.

If you prefer the European stroke style, I would advise against using this rubber, as you may find it challenging to control. Additionally, it is very sensitive to incoming spin.

Overall, this rubber is a delight to play with, despite being slow and sensitive to incoming spin. It can be very lethal for looping, making it difficult for your opponent to block your sidespin shots.

Compared to European and Japanese rubbers, this one is quite tacky. The sponge is of medium hardness. I have applied the rubber to my Butterfly Innerforce ZLC, and it weighs in at 45g, which is comfortable for me.

I find it very easy to spin the ball with this rubber; however, I need to execute my topspin shots correctly to avoid hitting the net, as the throw angle is low.

When my opponents hit the topspin balls generated by this rubber, they often find themselves hitting the net as well. I feel that this rubber generates a lot of spin, but it does not provide the same push.

This is a very good rubber for backhand. Very spinny. I like the smashes with it. Very good serves, easy to play defense too but with the right blade I guess. I am using a blade with a composition very similar to Viscaria ALC. It has a great feeling. Better feeling than Chinese rubbers and amazing control (vs. Tenergy).

For me, this rubber still needs a layer of boost, but the quality is excellent. I’ve bought other H3 neo and sometimes there’s no tackiness. I also clean it time after time with Revolution Rejuvenator, which brings back its tacky properties. You can do most of the shots with this rubber, helping to get good technique with the body behind the shots and spin is excellent. Flat hits are a bit harder but possible. Very good all-around rubber, especially on FH. You won’t regret the extra cost added from Nittaku sponge! Spin to win, enjoy TT!

Gets bouncy after the first time using. Not good for blocking, needs to swing all the time.

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For playing close to the table, it is too slow. Not suitable for my style.

Since I happen to be a big China Table Tennis national team supporter and considering the fact that they’re all using H3 Neo (excluded Xu Xin who’s using Skyline) on their forehand, I thought I’d give the rubber a chance. My previous setup was the Jun Mizutani Super ZLC bat with Tenergy 05 on my forehand side and Tenergy 64 on my backhand side in max 2.1 sponge thickness. I thought I’d keep my Tenergy 64 on my backhand and just change the forehand rubber for H3 Neo in max 2.2 thickness. What a bad decision and overall disappointment that was… the rubber does offer more control in the short game and maybe a little extra spin while serving, but compared to my former tensor forehand rubber, the H3 Neo’s lack of power reaches such dimensions that it effectively renders it useless to me. I am in my early 30s and I consider myself a very active power player with decent footwork. Still, unless I give every forehand topspin literally everything I got and do a full arm sweep, the ball will just die on me midair during its flight and end up in the net. Now, if I were Ma Long or Fan Zhendong, that probably wouldn’t be such a major issue, but since I happen to be someone different than the above-mentioned gentlemen, every time I do a Ma Long-style full arm forehand topspin sweep, I have to pray my opponent doesn’t counter it because if he does, my chances at recovering would be next to zero. So, the bottom line is, the rubber lacks power to such an extent that if you’re not a China national team player, you’d be better off staying away from it and going for a tensor rubber, regardless of it being Bluefire or Tenergy, etc.

Bastante buena goma.

Spinny rubber with lots of control as well. Fast enough as long as you are well trained. It’s not suitable for players who don’t move their feet or for flat hitters. Some people will find it “dead” if their previous rubbers were tensor. Excellent product.

If you already use a normal H3 Neo with boost, do not expect that this one is better or the same without boosting. I think you still need to boost. But in any case, this is better in direct comparison with the regular H3 Neo (both boosted or both un-boosted). But I am not sure if the price difference is worth it for this difference.

High-quality product and a great price!

Very good rubber. Plays better than the commercial and provincial rubbers. Better quality for sure. Thanks TT11 for fast delivery.

Speed is higher than on a regular DHS Hurricane Neo 3 commercial. The tackiness is almost the same, you can perform normal spins and flat hits. It can be used as a transition from tensors to tacky rubbers.

I have Nittaku Ludeack Power Ch. Pen from TT11. The FH is perfect, allowing for a fast swing and the ability to attack on a lot of serves, smashes, and loops. With the Ludeack, my swing is very natural and better than DHS Ma Long 5 soft carbon and Nittaku Septear. I prefer this one over DHS H3 Neo Provincial Blue Sponge Boosted or T05. This rubber is very consistent, with great control, and able to play more precise short balls too.

Very good with FH, amazing ball control with strong spin!

Great rubber. A classic. It lacks a bit of tackiness from before, but is great nevertheless.

Estas gomas me han dejado un poco con la duda. Creo que están muy bien hechas y fabricadas. Dan mucho efecto y control, ya que para bloqueos son muy cómodas. Sin embargo, en ciertos golpes es difícil levantar la pelota de la red (creo que es falta de técnica por mi parte).

It is not good at all.

Better boosted and QC’d version of DHS H3N commercial. Topsheet is not sticky at all, like all other H3N rubbers these days, but performs just as well.

Added only 45 grams to my butterfly blade. Much lighter than Rakza 7 or Fastarc G1 (50 grams or so). Seems less tacky than DHS Hurricane Neo 3 I used 10+ years ago, so quite easy to play even after 1 hour.

I use it for my forehand. It is good for loopers and even better with loops against backspin.

Consistent but demanding for maintaining good physical condition and body position placement.
I have been using it for 2 years and plan to continue using it further. Very good friction for spinning near the net. Boosting is highly recommended!

Tested on Victas Koki Niwa Wood blade. Very controlled and predictable. Short game is on point.

If you are an amateur player, just boost it with one or two layers and enjoy the best rubber for forehand. But if you don’t like to brush and swing hard, don’t play with it. But if you can brush fast and hard, this rubber will give the best spin in the world!

Tried it on my fastest blade - Boll TriCarbon. It is now the best combination I could create with the blades I have, but still too slow for me ( especially for my backhand). So, it seems like it’s not for me.

Good sticky rubber, Chinese top sheet on Japanese sponge. I put it on DHS H301. The sponge is slightly softer than the DHS analog. Spins excellently, average speed, good control. Primarily for close and mid-range play. The only downside is the strong smell, apparently boosted from the factory. A month has passed and the smell has not dissipated yet. Excellent store, they ship quickly, delivery to Siberia is about three weeks (sometimes faster). RECOMMEND.

Good quality product. I tried it on Alser 7 carbon and it was too slow, but good grip and spin. I moved it to my Zetro Quad and it performs much better on it, but still, I miss some speed. Even though I mix defensive play- chops and blocks along with loops and smashes, I’m considering trying it on one more blade a bit faster than that - maybe an Amultart, but only after playing it at least 10 hours on the Zetro Quad.

This rubber has good control and a nice attack. Thanks to tt11 for fast delivery.

Excellent rubber for my forehand!!

Cool rubber.

It is a very good rubber after you get used to it, but it got a bubble after 1 month of playing! It’s just because I hit the ball very hard!

Good performance and good spin. I really like it for looping because it’s my style. The speed is not fast, but it’s okay. I like to pair it with a faster blade, but a flexible blade in order to eat the ball more when you brush because the rubber is harder than Tenergy and Xiom rubbers. The slower speed helped me with better control, which is very good for the short game. But I wish DHS could still have better build quality like Butterfly. It has black dots on the back, but that doesn’t matter at all. However, I have a problem now. Why is the surface all scuffed? Just the surface, not damaging the rubber, and it can’t be cleaned up. I asked a DHS store in China, and they said I’m not supposed to use cleaner every time I play. They said I should just use a cleaner when it’s very dirty. So it seems to have less spin now. But not much, I will keep using it until it dies.

Mine is red. It’s tacky, the sponge is hard (~39+), no corners are cut, no ‘Nittaku’ logo anywhere on the rubber but on the affixed label on the packaging though quality is definitely higher than the regular h3neo. ‘Super thick’ is 2.10 (printed on the sponge). Plays great on FH and BH. It’s not bouncy at all (in contrast to some reviews below), very forgiving with a predictable trajectory.

I put super thick on the FH on PG7, LKT pro Xp 2.0 is on the left. Despite the fact that the rubber is sold under the Nittaku brand, it says DHS Hurricane 3 Neo on it, creating the impression that it is made of higher quality. The rubber is not heavy, the entire set weighs 173 g, there is a chemical smell, but not as rotten-smelling as LKT or Skyline.
In the game - typical sticky Chinese rubber: better spin than all other rubbers, linearity in the game (as hit, so flies). After a year of playing with tensor rubbers, the feeling of total control in the game at the table and especially over the table is there, although it requires a little more physical effort. The speed on a seven-layer base is sufficient. Dirt and dust are easily removed with a regular rubber cleaner.

High-quality rubber, as expected from Nittaku. It’s slower and spinnier than the normal H3 Neo.

Nittaku Hurricane est bien meilleur que les Hurricane DHS normaux, mais attention, c’est assez rapide quand même.

It has a different feel compared to the DHS H3 Neo. It has a softer sponge and therefore is more bouncy (it still plays like a Chinese rubber). The quality is one step higher than H3 Commercial. It plays more like DHS H3Neo Provincial.

Plays exactly like the Prov. H3 Neo I got from China but a bit softer. I would say the Nittaku version is around 37 to 38 degree hardness and has better control than my 39 degree Prov. The tradeoff is less power and most regular users of Chinese rubbers may prefer a harder touch.

It is too easy to get dust.

The feeling of inheriting the crazy style of the red Double Happiness is good.

It is slightly faster, and the topsheet is very nice compared to the regular one.

This rubber plays exactly the same way as the Provincial Hurricane Neo 3 rubbers. It actually has a little bit more kick than the Provincial version.

Due to this reason, it doesn’t have the exact same amount of control in terms of spin. Great for counter looping or driving. Chops are a tad bit higher. Overall, a great substitute.