Victas Triple Extra, a legend among table tennis players, is known for its exceptional performance and versatility. Crafted by Victas, a reputable brand renowned for producing high-quality equipment, Triple Extra stands out with its outstanding ratings, earning an impressive overall score of 9 out of 10.
With a speed rating of 8, this rubber generates immense power, allowing players to execute explosive shots and dominate the table. The spin rating of 9 further enhances its capabilities, enabling heavy spin generation and devastating variations. Control, rated at 9, ensures consistency and precision, making it a delight for players of all skill levels.
Despite its outstanding speed and spin, Triple Extra's tackiness, rated at 6.5, provides excellent grip and control. Players can confidently execute intricate techniques and maintain spin sensitivity during play. The weight of 7.5 contributes to a solid feel and stability, allowing players to generate powerful strokes with ease.
Forum reviews overwhelmingly praise the Triple Extra's outstanding sponge hardness of 7.3, which provides a crisp and responsive feel. Its gears rating of 8.5 signifies its versatility, allowing players to transition smoothly between attacking and defensive play. The throw angle of 7 enables precise placement and control, making it suitable for all playing styles.
Consistency, rated at 8.8, ensures reliability and predictability, allowing players to execute shots with confidence. The durability of the Triple Extra, rated at 9, is a testament to its exceptional craftsmanship, ensuring longevity and prolonged performance.
Overall, Victas Triple Extra is a top-tier table tennis rubber that caters to the needs of players seeking a combination of speed, spin, control, and consistency. Its versatility and high-quality construction make it an excellent choice for players of all levels, from beginners to seasoned professionals.
Review
Overall, I am giving this rubber a 10/10 rating. Of all the rubbers I have tried on my forehand (H3N/palioak47/friendship super fx/pf4/Bluegrip C2), this is the best so far. It is also a good backhand rubber, but only if you know how to play with it. I am using it on my forehand because it has a similar construction to Chinese rubbers, but the sponge is livelier. My playing style is “kung fu” table tennis.
This is just my first day using this rubber, so I will provide an update later.
Characteristics
Victas’ Triple-Extra rubber fills the gap between tensor-style rubbers such as Victas V>15-extra and V>20 and harder-sponge DHS H3-type rubbers including Victas Triple-Double-extra and Nittaku Pro III turbo-blue. It’s described accurately in the Victas catalog’s “Rubber Performance Table,” except for slip-resistance which is greater than V>22’s grippy rather than tacky/sticky top-sheet. Triple-Extra is appreciably less “bouncy” than so-called “hybrid” rubbers including Tibhar’s Hybrid K3 and Yasaka’s Rakza Z rubbers even when they’re boosted. It’s less tacky than DHS H3 “National” blue (DHS #22), Nittaku Pro III turbo-blue or Victas Triple-Double-extra – but sticky enough to provide valuable dwell-time for effective looping without the need for the high arm-speeds necessary to use Chinese-type tacky-topsheet, hard-sponge rubbers effectively. As such, it’s an excellent forehand rubber for reasonably stiff blades, such as Nittaku’s Goriki-Super-Drive, especially when they’re used with 0x long pips backhand rubber such as Tibhar D.TecS or slower Victas Curl P1V. Additional benefits of Victas’ Triple-Extra are that it’s (1) an excellent forehand rubber for blocking and (2) a useful transition backhand rubber for aggressive close-to-the-table, long-pips players who twiddle between backhand chop-blocks or “Jakarta” jabs using pips and backhand drives using inverted rubber. As with other Chinese-style hard-sponge rubbers, it’s much more effective when boosted and glued properly (e.g., using Falco Tempo Long or Premium boosters and Nittaku Fine Zip or DHS aquatic #15 glues).
This rubber is very hard and not very tacky. I see no reason to use this over Victas Triple Double Extra. I think I’d need to try boosting it to get anything out of it.
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