DONIC Blue Fire M3 Table Tennis Rubber, Colour - Red

I am a close to the table player who loves to do backhand flick and I am quite good at it. I bought this rubber as I thought it would improve my flicks even more. But now I am afraid to go for backhand flick and instead push all the balls over the net. I started doubting if I am able to play flicks or not but I tried GKI Offensive XX and found my flicks are much consistent and deadlier with that rubber.So, word of caution for all those who plan to buy this for close to the table game. This rubber is like cannon gun and only meant for mid to long distance rallies/shots. Go for a softer rubber with low arc for backhand if you like flicking the balls.

Brought this rubber from another seller so this review is about the rubber only.After 1 year of regular play here are pros and cons - Pros Non tacky surface so blocking is easy . Not too sensitive to incoming spin .Looping is easy from medium and far away from table because of the porus and extremely bouncy sponge it's also pretty fast .Produces Good amount of spin , because of soft sponge it has an increase dwell time so good for Loopers .ConsIt will make life very hard for those playing close to the table . Because of extremely bouncy sponge , difficult to control ball at close range.Your fast driving game is destroyed . This rubber is for looping . My fast close to the table drives don't land on the table as easily as they used to earlier .Sponge is too bouncy. I got the max thickness . Not easy rubber to control . Meant only for advanced or intermediate players.

Inside the package i found different item. Instead of sonic blue fire M3 i found basic model stag international rubber. This is really annoying. Cannot return this item as original also as i had verified this wrong item after cutting the rubber.