Fast Arc G-1 Review

Matt Pimple wrote: regiz.rugenz wrote: Just bought S1 from a fellow club member and a dealer. Llike he said Fast Arc is so soft, indeed it was but really blazing fast . he told me that G1 is even softer. I dont know why on this thread t is nentioned as Hard. Both topsheet and sponge are too soft I cant use it on my forehand.. slightly rolling a roller while gluing would easily expand the rubber. But yes, it is blazing fast, explossive on my JRE and catapults like a Rasant or Express1 on steroid.. its now on my bh. Wow, this is quite different from what I experienced when I tested the S-1 last weekend. I tested it on my Hercules blade instead of my usual Tenergy 05. Here my impressions in a nut shell (my level is around USATT 1900): - topsheet similar in hardness to T05, sponge softer but not as soft as for example Vega Europe; I did like the sponge, not too soft - topsheet seems more grippy than T05 on touching it or rubber a ball over it - more spin than T05 in serves and on pushes; very nice! - less spin and arc on looping than T05 - slightly slower than T05 but plays similarly linear; not as bouncy as other ESN rubbers (I like linear rubbers like T05) - more control and touch in short game than T05; easier to play in that department - better and more controlled for smashing but that is not a very important category for me' - blocking was very controlled in warm-up without much adjustment but I had problems here in matches; not sure why, maybe instinctively still the wrong blade angle (too used to T05) - I played very well with S-1 in practice matches without doing any drills before and beat 5 different guys 1700-1900 all matches 3-0; guys had more problems than usual with my serves!; nice rubber, easy to play with Conclusion: I liked playing with it; better spin in serves and pushes than T05; better control in short game; T05 has more power and dynamic on looping

Hey, in order to consider your review reliable please tell me why do you consider t05 as being a linear rubber, you said you like that very much. Thanks

Tenergy05 is not a linear rubber - it gives more speed and spin than a linear rubber would give  on slow small strokes... if you want to feel what linear is try a Sriver, Mark V or similar rubber. 50% energy give 50% speed and power.... and spin is generated when an attempt is made to generate it... with Tenergy spin is generated on almost every hit and stoke. This is a good thing for some and a bad thing for others - depends...each player has his own limit of non-linearity. I remember my chinese friends in the 90's saying Sriver and Mark V were way too catapulty and non linear / bouncy not good for short game... as they played with Chinese rubbers... People used to start training with Sriver 1.8mm because 2.0 would be too non linear and lose control... now sriver is regarded as the highest possible control... we have forgotten what linearity and control are!

I have T05 which is bouncy and play like a tensor and also T05 which is quite normal and linear. May be a few reglue will make it go faster.  

Edited by TurboZ - 09/07/2014 at 6:30am

Nice to hear that it reacts positively to boosting!

One of my good friends has been using one of the Fast Arc rubbers, and the sponge seemed to get softer and mushier after a couple weeks. For some, this might be good . . . others bad. 

Clarence247 wrote: Tenergy05 is not a linear rubber - it gives more speed and spin than a linear rubber would give  on slow small strokes... if you want to feel what linear is try a Sriver, Mark V or similar rubber. 50% energy give 50% speed and power.... and spin is generated when an attempt is made to generate it... with Tenergy spin is generated on almost every hit and stoke. This is a good thing for some and a bad thing for others - depends...each player has his own limit of non-linearity. I remember my chinese friends in the 90's saying Sriver and Mark V were way too catapulty and non linear / bouncy not good for short game... as they played with Chinese rubbers... People used to start training with Sriver 1.8mm because 2.0 would be too non linear and lose control... now sriver is regarded as the highest possible control... we have forgotten what linearity and control are!

+1, To me T05 isn't very linear. 1Q series is very linear. Everyone has their own perceptions on this subject. Control is subjective to every player also. Find what works best for your game and forget all the spin/speed ratings the manufacturers throw out there. One of the best loops I ever produced was with a hardbat...go figure that one out ha.

testing alhelg soon. according to mfg specs, it's same as G-1 but faster, spinnier, slightly softer. sounds awesome other than the name

Edited by kurokami - 03/29/2015 at 11:59pm

hi all. I'm just curious to know but I feel like fast arc s-1 Nitakku isn't fast enough even though it is the speedy one and that's why it's called s-1. should I use booster on it. will it make it faster or more spinny by any chance or will it just degrade the rubber (sponge abd/or topsheet). if boosting does enhance the rubber, how many layers of falco temo long booster should I apply? thnxs in advance for the advice guys

I'm using it on my Wanokiwami AO too and I love it so much