Tibhar Sinus

I got back to table tennis after 10 years. I used Srivers over Primorac Carbon before. Now I have a simple Mazunov.

I started using this rubber on it for my forehand. It doesn’t lack any speed. The sponge is a bit hard (you can even notice it from its sound), but in a good way.

The control is a bit hard for blocking high loops, but it’s a very good rubber. Compared to Butterfly rubbers, I prefer Tibhar overall.

This rubber is very fast and produces a good amount of spin on the ball. However, it lacks some flexibility, and the control is not the best, although it is still good.

The biggest downside is that the rubber is not very durable. It typically lasts only a month or two.

Overall, this is a good OFF rubber for fast play.

Just tried it for one day, and my impressions are:

1. Violent! Even more so than Acuda S1 and Express X-Plode.
2. The feeling is also a bit harder and more direct.
3. The surface is not tacky but is graspy enough for short service.
4. It is harder to control in small gears.

A friend gave me his blade with two Tibhar Sinus rubbers on a SK7 blade. This rubber is very fast and has a lot of gears. It’s good rubber, but its durability is a problem. This rubber can only be used for 1 or 2 months, which is the same for the Sinus family. I recommend trying the Genius family because it is more durable. Nimbus also has poor durability.

First off, I use Sinus on my backhand. Tibhar Sinus has 2 gears: fast and faster. Blocking and punch blocking were very consistent and fast. It’s great for looping, as previously mentioned, and there is just enough tack on the topsheet for some decent flips too.

I’m still having a little trouble pushing with this rubber. The pushes are spinny, but a tad too high in my opinion. If you are looking for a glue “click” sound, this is NOT the rubber you want. Sinus is very quiet unless smashing.

Compared directly to Bty Ten 05, Sinus has fewer gears and is less bouncy on soft shots. Overall, this is a good post glue ban rubber. It has a soft elastic topsheet, medium sponge, and medium throw.

This is the rubber I have been looking for:

I looked for something with which you can play hard blocks but also spinny loops. However, soft loops are a bit more difficult than hard loops, yet both are very spinny. The short game is well controllable.

The sponge hardness is between Coppa Platin soft and Coppa Platin, so no wonder it got both attributes: awesome blocking and awesome looping.

It is a great choice for a backhand rubber, but for my forehand, it’s a bit too hard though.