Customer Reviews
All reviews listed are from verified customers who have purchased this product.
- 22/12/2020 Uses on Backhand Review by Gordon Chua
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Quality - 22/05/2019 Build your hardbat with these Review by David Cabrera
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Quality - 14/08/2018 Cheap and not playable rubber Review by Igors Peskovs
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Quality - 09/07/2018 Good chopping Short pip Review by Yap Chun
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Quality - 16/02/2018 интересная Review by Igor Golovlev
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Quality - 16/05/2017 High control short pip rubber Review by Todd Guay
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Quality
One interesting thing about Dr. Evil is that it has no sponge. When the rubber arrived and I put it on my blade, I quickly realized this rubber was quite different from other short pips I'd used. First of all, I normally use a fairly thick glue. With Dr. Evil, this caused lines in the rubber from where I'd applied it. After a re-do with a thinner glue, I was good to go.
At the time, my back up blade was a Xiom Strato with Gewo Nanoflex Ft48 2.1 on the forehand. With the Dr. Evil on my backhand, I found that I could hit the ball quite hard, with good consistency and control. I seemed to have better control than my earlier short pip rubbers that had sponge, and as a bonus, I found that Dr. Evil was very evil when blocking the ball. I was able to return the ball with either no spin or side spin with ease. Blocking strong loops sends the ball back like a knuckle ball in baseball. Counter loop that!
What I've lost with the switch to Dr. Evil is my ability to spin the racket during game play. With a fast, spinney inverted rubber on the forehand, Dr. Evil is just too different to spin the racket - it messes up my shot more than it impacts the other player if I manage to get it over the net. I consider this a fair trade given the higher level of control, flat hitting, and deception I've gained.
I'm a big fan of this rubber.