Tibhar Grip-S Europe

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Haifu is the brand that produced the rubber. I destroyed it after one week because it was of poor quality and not durable.

Very powerful and spiny. I use it in 2.0mm on a defensive blade on the forehand side and it’s amazing how much speed and spin it can produce. With this rubber, a defensive blade becomes all-in drive and loops. It’s also good for chopping. I think it’s very underrated.

I used this rubber for about 8 months before switching to Skyline 3 Neo. I used 1.8mm on my forehand.

The Grip-S Europe provides the best of both worlds: the tackiness of Chinese rubbers and the speed of European tensors. This combination produces a rubber that generates excellent serves and looping. You can produce significant spin variations on serves, block consistently, and loop effectively from various distances.

Despite its strengths, pushing can be a weakness for rubbers like this. However, the Grip-S Europe surprisingly excels in this area.

Use this rubber exclusively on the forehand, as its high throw angle suits forehand strokes best. I recommend Grip-S Europe to loopers who prioritize using their forehand, especially for serves and attacking shots.

If you dislike hard rubbers or a “woody” feeling on ball contact, consider using 2.0mm instead.

Overall, this rubber is highly underrated. I am thoroughly impressed, Tibhar!

An hybrid rubber, cumulating Euro/Jap and Chinese properties.

1- Euro/Jap genome: speed (8.5/10), “punchy” Red Sponge, amazing grip, high throw

2- Chinese properties adjunction: slightly tacky topsheet, permanent control (>> average control of same generation tensors), some gears, sound (light broken-ball sound), hard and compact pre-tuned sponge.

I use the 1.8 mm black version. Sponge is around 44°, topsheet is more 42°. This rubber always reacts the same, which is very comfortable. Grip-S Europe really shines at mid-distance topspins, considering it is very efficient close to the table too (pushes/first topspin).

Amazing control compared to ESN tensors, but speed has not been sacrificed at all.

A very complete OFF rubber, that does everything very well, even chopping and blocking. Provides a safe feeling to its user. Great!

This rubber is fantastic. You can put a lot of speed and spin on every shot with unbelievable control. I put this rubber on a Joola MC1 blade, and the speed and spin feeling are amazing. I recommend it to all pro players!

Heavy rubber, weighing 52 grams when cut to a Tibhar Stratus Powerwood blade. The topsheet is very grippy but not tacky. The sponge is harder than that of Omega IV Pro and Sigma Pro. It generates very good spin but is also very reactive to incoming spin. Looping on the backhand away from the table is quite nice with some catapult effect, but it seemed slow when chopping or pushing. It is fast when hit properly. Overall, it is an interesting rubber. At the moment, I am leaning towards Omega IV Pro for backhand use because it is better in attack and defense for an all-around game. This rubber would probably suit those who prefer Chinese-style rubber with some European qualities.

Only skilled players with lots of technical support can feel the real power of this rubber.

The red sponge is very good.

very fast chinese rubber with european style cause topsheet is only a little bit tacky and surface is relatively flexibel

you can produce really heavy spin, on services and on top spins

the 1. top is very easy,

very linear rubber, not for killers, but for heavy loopers

i play the europe on a jonyer hinoki special

for player who like more catapult i recommend a 7 plied hinoki blade like Darker 7P 2A or a flexibel,bigger balsa blade.

Still testing, but this is a top product of modern rubber technology.
It’s being used in the red max (?2.3mm) version.
Lots of comparisons are made with Blue Whale 2 and 3.
I haven’t tried BW2, but this seems significantly lighter than BW3, and probably better - best thing since sliced bread, in fact.