DHS Neo Skyline TG3 Review

here is what a short review of the Neo TG3. I got a sample from what adham sent the kids in my country. He sent me DHS items and I got to borrow one of the Neo TG3's glued on a stiga tube light blade.

rubber: Neo TG3 Black
thickness: 2.15mm
hardness: 40 degrees in on the label but its harder than the number but definitely softer then the old skyline
glue: rubber cement with lighter fluid

when i opened the vacuum sealed packaging it wasnt very smelly before i glued it to a kid's blade. the tackiness is only mild and the sponge was firm yet not too hard. i immediately tried doing fh to fh drills with it and i noticed it was a bit faster than what i have expected despite the off minus blade. i wasnt convinced so i removed it from the stiga tube light and temporarily glued it to my xiom aria which is a faster blade and then i could really feel the speed faster than my hurricane 2 or my blue whale 1 rubbers that i have used. the sound was also nice and there is a speed glue effect sound on it. the control is good and when i was looping iti was surpised even though it wasnt as tacky as the old skyline 3 the topsheet was very grippy to the point it felt like a tenergy 05 rubber but spinnier.. maybe tenergy 05 is a bit faster but tg3 neo has more control and is spinnier.. this rubber is good in above the table loops and also spin drives. this is definitely an offensive rubber with lots of gears. the throw angle is medium and is also greta for smashes. you need to adjust on the sensitivity to incoming spins a lil bit but its not an issue. serves are also very spinny and pushes are too. it sucks in chopping since the dwell time is less. its a bit heavy though not as heavy as the old hurricane 2 or skyline 3.

i'd give this rubber a 9 out of 10 for its performance

Thx for the review Yogi!  Awesome what you're accomplishing with those kids by the way! 

Thot wrote: Nice review. I think ttrubberman considered Neo TG3 the best compared with the rest of the Neo rubbers. In case you used TG3 #21 (blue sponge), could you make a comparison between the two rubbers?

how tg3#21 to you Thot?

I found the most old TG3 ( non #21 ) way softer than the Hurricanes. How about the Neo TG3 compared to the old hurricanes?

yes i tried to pinch the rubber again and its softer than the old skylines.. i checked the red neo hurricane 2 and compared it with my old black hurricane 2 and the neo hurricane 2 is softer

lovemagicworld wrote: which is better for chopping H3 or TG3?

The topic was dead and buried. For bringing it back to life you just received...

service and chop .. h3 neo is better.. imo :)

the_theologian wrote: perhaps a thank you is more appropriate since the forum member used the search function rather than starting a new topic which is so often chastised

Some people take things too serious... My bad if someone felt offended. No jokes anymore from now on.

the_theologian wrote: now maybe you should get the butthurt award

Don´t know exactly what you´re meaning with this expression, but I don´t care anyway. I prefer to have a good sense of humor instead of posing as a moralist in a cool place that a TT forum should be.

That will go on forever...

I'm certainly temtped to try TG3 Neo as a forehand rubber... the only problem is, I want to give a chance to sponges under 2.0mm for a while

Edited by the_theologian - 11/11/2011 at 8:06am

I've actually been doing some long term testing between the DHS rubbers so I can fully understand the differences between them rather than just the casual differences you notice short term. They are like four hot sisters but all a little different, all have something the other doesn't, well ok maybe H2 is a bit more the adopted East German sister. Right now I'm thinking TG3 is pretty special, I'll chuck a review up once I've played it for a couple of months and completely understand how it likes to play. Icontek since you are expert on H3 have you played with TG3 enough to give some comparison?. I don't recall H3 being as good as TG3 but I might revisit H3 just to be sure

Stoi wrote: If it is possible, i would like a comparison with TG2 Neo please.

icontek wrote: bluebucket wrote: I've actually been doing some long term testing between the DHS rubbers so I can fully understand the differences between them rather than just the casual differences you notice short term. They are like four hot sisters but all a little different, all have something the other doesn't, well ok maybe H2 is a bit more the adopted East German sister. Right now I'm thinking TG3 is pretty special, I'll chuck a review up once I've played it for a couple of months and completely understand how it likes to play. Icontek since you are expert on H3 have you played with TG3 enough to give some comparison?. I don't recall H3 being as good as TG3 but I might revisit H3 just to be sure The only TG3 I tried was blue sponged and boosted, so definitely not a fair comparison (the tune job I did made it noticeably better than my H3NP, but it was crappy before the tune and after the tune wore off).

Actually i like it post tuned  The harder sponge after a month on the blade is firmer and easy to grip balls and shots.. I have used it for 1 whole year so far.. H3 BLue sponge for the past 2 years.. easy to transit through..