Yinhe Venus

Paddle: T-11
Venus 2 degree 37 sponge 2
Decent Offensive rubber for the money.

Hardness: Black 38 / Red 38.
Weight: Seems average to medium-heavy.

Rubber:

• Very slightly tacky when new. The ball will stick to it slightly for the first few hours of play.
• Medium fast with pretty good spin, but less than tacky rubbers.
• Also a decent level of control but nothing outstanding.

Throw Angle:

• I found to be about medium.

Blocking:

• Was OK, as the sponge is not too hard and has a natural catapult without much of a stroke on the block.

Pushing and Chop Serves:

• Were OK for spin and control, but nothing special.

Attacking:

• Felt OK with this rubber, with a respectable amount of pace and spin.
• Control always seemed very average.

Ratings:

• Speed: 8.1
• Spin: 8.3
• Control: 8.1

Other Characteristics:

• Tackiness: Slightly tacky
• Throw Angle: Medium
• Weight: Medium-heavy
• Sponge Harness: Medium
• Gear: Above average gears
• Durability: Lasts longer than average
• Consistency: Occasional variations

Overall: 8.0

I recently purchased this rubber in its standard version. It is a high-quality rubber, but I would not recommend using it on a fast blade for this particular version.

This is my second input on this rubber. One word: “Useless.”

The rubber was black, 2.2mm thick, and placed on the backhand side of a Yinhe T-11 blade.

The rubber becomes very inconsistent when it gets dusty during play, after about five minutes. The only consistent shot was a chop. The sponge is great, but the topsheet is “useless.”

Nearly every shot I tried to play with either loop or topspin had a different effect. You would need to clean this rubber after every game, which would give your opponent an advantage by forcing them to change ends and wait while you clean your rubber topsheet.

In contrast, any 729 rubber plays the same throughout a five-leg match without needing to be cleaned until afterward.

I will not be buying any more Yinhe rubbers. The blades are great, but the rubbers are useless.

I tried this rubber in 1.8mm on both the forehand (F/H) and backhand (B/H) using the Galaxy T2 blade. It was difficult to control on the B/H, but it was not too bad on the F/H.

It was not very consistent. You would do the same shot, but it would come out with different results. It was not very spinny and lost its tackiness after a few hours.

I’m not sure about the speed in 2.0mm or 2.2mm, but with 1.8mm, it was slow. It is a very good rubber for beginners but not for intermediate players. Galaxy produces good blades, but I’m not sure about their rubbers.

I played with this rubber for 3 hours last night during training.

I have it in black 2.2mm on the BH of a Yinhe T-11 Off blade. My sheet was completely non tacky whereas the red I have on another blade (not yet tried) was tacky.

It’s great for mid distance chopping. I was able to chop from close in and cushion faster shots with ease. It’s a good combination with the T-11 as the control rating is great.

Looping was easy, lifting the ball as high as 4ft in the air against chopped/backspin balls.

However, I would like to try this in a 1.8mm or thereabouts to really see the spin potential of this rubber. I prefer it on the BH of a fast Off blade.

Tack wore off after 2 hours of play, and it lost much of its spin afterwards. I liked the way it played initially, but after that 2 hours I pulled it off the blade and will likely never use it again.

NOT very spinny on a Donic Waldner Carbon blade (I have the black 2mm version). Indeed, insensitive for incoming spin, but also NOT suitable for generating spin. More of a defensive rubber. Rather heavy also. Really disappointing!!

The black rubber’s tackiness lasted only a couple of hours, after which it became discolored and lost its ability to generate much spin. Applying Spinmax to the black rubber did not improve its performance.

The red rubber remained tacky and played fairly well, although I found it to be somewhat slow. Ultimately, this rubber did not meet my expectations, and I replaced it with an alternative after a few weeks of use.

Galaxy Venus feels and plays quite like Sriver Hard, if such rubber existed.

I find that this rubber top-spins very well and smashes okay. It feels good coming out of the soft sponge and is suitable for anywhere between an OFF- and OFF+ rubber. Great value!

An excellent rubber for a 3rd ball attack. I use this (2.2mm) on the forehand of a Donic Waldner Hinkoi blade. I play a close-to-the-table, spin-heavy serves, loop, smash, and block style game. It perfectly suits that playstyle.

It generates an amazing amount of spin when you load it up with a good loop or chop, but it surprisingly blocks incoming spin well. It is also fast enough to not be terrible if you get forced off the table.

Great rubber!

I concur with Haggis that this rubber is very spinny and handles spin extremely well. It’s one of my favorite rubbers so far, and my dad’s favorite by a mile as he likes to loop everything.

I have this in red with a 2.0 sponge. It is a very solid Chinese rubber without being extremely tacky. It works well in serving, short gameplay, and close-to-the-table attacking gameplay.

One benefit of the softer-than-normal sponge (for Chinese rubber) is that it also has the good ability to play well off the table. I have it on a flexible blade (Galaxy LQ2) and it works well. I haven’t tried it on a stiff blade, but generally, I find Chinese rubbers play better on a stiff blade.

It is very much worth the price. It won’t be as good at off-the-table looping as something like Focus 3, but it may make your overall game better due to serving and the short gameplay.

The best inverted rubber from Galaxy in my opinion. It has decent speed unglued, but the sponge responds very well to glue or boosters, which makes it fast and very spinny. Although it can generate huge spin, it’s much less sensitive to incoming spin compared to other rubbers in the same category. Use Spinmax if you wish to retain the initial tackiness, or play it as a more European type rubber if not.

The 36-38 sponge hardness seems to work best, but other hardnesses still play well. It excels at serves, looping and blocking, but its insensitivity to spin makes it quite suitable for chopping as well, particularly in 2.0mm or thinner.

This is my second rubber after using Saturn Pro. I used it in FH, but sometimes in BH. My blade is Yinhe V 14 Pro.

This rubber is so easy to get dusty. It is most effective if we play short, but hits too hard when far from the table. I just recommend it for defense, not for quick attack.

After all, this rubber is relative. How effective the rubber is depends on the opponent’s style.