DHS Skyline 3 Provincial 40' (blue sponge)

Customer Reviews

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10/09/2022 My favorite Review by Lars Kobberrod

Quality

After testing numerous different rubbers I have landed on DHS Skyline 3 Provincial.Perfect combo with super ZLC blade. Also last longer then previously tested rubbers.

18/05/2022 Gives all the spin, power, and control needed Review by William Danson

Quality

Me: As a teenager in the 1960s (Johnny Leach blade with pimpled rubbers) I played regularly in a London league and trained with English Kent County payers and could hold my own but football seduced me and I gave up table tennis until a month before Covid struck. I’ve been coached twice a week since then, got a robot, and played in a low division this last season.

Blade: DHS Hurricane 301: see https://blog.tabletennis11.com/dhs-hurricane301 for review by Patrick Hrdlicka

I read every review I could find for this blade and Patrick’s convinced me to get one eighteen months ago.

The first rubbers I put on it were 6-month-old Xiom Euro DF max on both sides from my previous unknown blade. The improvement in shot quality was significant but I soon changed the rubbers to Xiom X max FH and Xiom Japan 1.8 BH with another improvement. After a few months, I changed the Japan 1.8 to Japan max with another, albeit smaller, improvement. Then I changed to Xiom Vega Pro max on both sides with a further improvement in control and quality.

However, with all these rubbers and no matter how much I practiced, I felt dissatisfied with the amount of spin I was achieving with serves so after researching a number of rubbers I decided as the blade is DHS perhaps DHS rubbers would be best, and, again, Patrick’s reviews persuaded me to change to DHS Skyline. This rubber I use on FH.

All these rubbers were affixed using latex adhesive, one coat on the blade, and two on the rubber.

This rubber has made the biggest difference to my game: not only are my serves now loaded with whatever spin I want but so are all my other shots. My coach says he feels my loops ¨biting¨ his rubbers now. Pushing long and short has more backspin and is more consistent. Blocking (which I prefer to do on half-volley) is as good as ever and deadening the block is not difficult. I also like to chop and it only needed a minor adjustment in technique to avoid overshooting the table and my returns are more consistent.

At this moment in time, I see no reason to ever change this rubber and blade combination.

17/05/2022 Really sticky Review by Hazem Kassem Mohamed

Quality

I will use the commercial H3 as a reference for this review.
Sticky, if the commercial H3 is 6, this one is 10, it is a spin monster but the rubber is not live as the comm. H3 after boosting ( 3 layers Haifu Seamoon) but the difference is too much.
This rubber needs solid technique and strong hands and it will reward you with the most amazing spin with the weirdest arc.
Blocking needs to be more active.
Serving is a breeze easy with heavy spin and excellent control.
I like it a lot but still needs time to adapt.

10/03/2022 Too slow Review by gary fagan

Quality

Tried playing without boosting, with 1 layer and 3 layers of boosting. Did not have enough speed.