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haggisv 
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 Topic: Transcent Sponge worthwhile?Posted: 08/16/2005 at 8:47pm |
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What's so special about this sponge? I believe it's still quite hard like most chinese sponges. What what does it have over other 729 sponges? Many of the new 729 products come with this sponge. Is it just another marketing ploy, to make sales with a supposedly new product? Or does it really have some unique and worthwhile properties? Any comments? Cheers! |
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londonletmedown
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Posted: 08/17/2005 at 10:34am |
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it's not that hard at all. It's medium soft, and it's very springy/bouncy. It's supposed to be a 3rd generation tensor sponge, but I don't speedglue normally so I don't know if it really has the tension effect.
But really, yes, it's a great sponge. At least the one on the Higher and Faster is. I've heard that the transcend that a lot of the other rubbers come on is quite a bit harder and less responsive. I play with Higher on Transcend on my backhand and I think it's amazing. Besides, who needs marketing ploys when your rubber sheets are only 13 bucks to begin with? |
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Posted: 08/17/2005 at 12:18pm |
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I am playing with the harder version of trancend. It plays quite firmily when compared to Dhs #20 39 degrees sponge. Also very reactive when speed glued,.
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Posted: 08/17/2005 at 4:30pm |
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Anyone know what hardness they are supposd to be? From Zeropong it just says that transcent is softer and faster than tradition sponges. Well it says the same for the 'power sponge', 'MRS' and the 'reactor' sponges.... I would love to see some conparisons between their sponges... |
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paulinhooo
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Posted: 08/17/2005 at 4:35pm |
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Magic red sponge is also very good. Its even softer than my Higher Trancend.
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cchan
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Posted: 08/17/2005 at 4:41pm |
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I had try the trancend SP, its great
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Posted: 08/17/2005 at 7:25pm |
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Well, transcend refers to the formula, not a specific sponge. I've tried them from the green 40deg under higher to the yellow 46 under sp. I've got a sheet of higher on yellow transcend 42 and a sheet of sp transcend 46 that were samples that I'd sell for $10 each. |
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Posted: 08/17/2005 at 7:57pm |
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Posted: 08/17/2005 at 8:00pm |
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cole what are you playing right now carbospin with mendo mp or a chinese rubber higher, faster fxel?
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Posted: 08/17/2005 at 9:27pm |
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Transcend is great for glueing.
But I like HRS when I'm not glueing 
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Posted: 08/18/2005 at 7:11pm |
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I really prefer the 42 degrees version because it will get softer when you speed glue. If you put lots of glue on a 39 degrees sponge it will probably fell dead.
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Posted: 07/27/2006 at 6:45pm |
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i just picked up a 1.5 trancend cream from t.g and i want to try it out on my gergly 21 blade.. trancend has a high pop sound when you hit hard,, reminds me of joola tango but tango is louder.. one thing it is much heavyer than i thought it would be.. 729-3 is lighter..GIG
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Posted: 07/27/2006 at 10:20pm |
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Hey haggisv I tried the Higher transcend and cream transcend on that Bomb blade and I thought they were very bouncy sponges. Much more bouncy than my 40H and 40S Jap and esn sponges from 729. Have you tried any of those rubbers with transcend haggisv? These rubbers were too fast for me. You know that I am after rubbers for my new U4 Isn't those transcend sponges similar tensioned like Sprung? But then again those rubbers didn't curl up like the Sprung does... Must be different tensioning process *shrug* ? |
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Posted: 07/28/2006 at 10:47pm |
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When chinese brands claim tension they are lying. All the so called 'builtin speed glue effect' rubbers from china are nothing like speed glue. If you want rubbers that have something like the glue effect, use the jap/euro ones, because they are the only ones available (even then they are a really poor assymally of glue effect).
Transcend is a softer chinese rubber that actually has the energy return that the euro/jap soft rubbers have. So its actually as fast as the harder sponges while giving you more spin. The only problem I have with transend as compared to jap/euro soft sponges is that it is heavier. Personally I like magic red sponge. It is softer, has even more energy return so its faster as well, and its lighter. So its like Transcend, only better all round. So I'd say yes both MRS and Transcend have redeeming properties, but to claim tension is just a marketing ploy. |
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Posted: 07/29/2006 at 12:40am |
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the tension is not that tension, but it is kinda tensioned compared to other chinese rubbers. only the higher is tensioned. its great
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Posted: 07/29/2006 at 5:44am |
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Hey, who dug up this old post???... that was more than a year ago! Some of the chinese rubbers ARE tensioned, but it's certainly NOT got the feel of the Tangos or Destos, that's for sure. They simply tension the topsheet or sponge, which does offer some improvements. I agrre that the Higher is the only transcend rubber that is supposed to have tension inbuilt. Even though this is a nice rubber, the tension is hardly noticable! The most noticeble tension in chinese rubbers would have to be the Sprungfeders...those sponges are undfer huge tension whic is why the rubber rolls up into a scoll when you take it out of the packet. |
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Posted: 07/29/2006 at 8:51am |
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The transcend is credited with this: "Most sponges energy dissipates but not so with transcend" (So to speak). Well, I found that true. I imagine the Sprung would have a mammoth tension effect in the sponge. Would be much faster. You can't go past tango and the ilk. They are soft with tension in both sheet and sponge. That is the true entire tension effect.
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