Galaxy Moon Pro, 39 deg

I bought it a few days ago from another forummer - thanks, PingPongHolic10 !

Here is some data:

Weight: uncut 66 g, cut 48 g
Tackiness: medium or less, but still quite noticeable (holds a ball for about 1 sec)
Thickness: 2.3 mm (max)
Hardness: 39 deg

Now, some pictures - you can see them here

https://picasaweb.google.com/JimT2008/GalaxyMoonPro39Degrees

And here

OK, problem resolved - we have more forum space! yay...

I will post my second review here - at some point in the nearest future...

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I have fixed the picture links, they should be quite visible now for everyone. I will also endeavor to post them here as well.

it seems that it does not come with the turner layer (like DHS Neo), why it needs the vacuum package
BTW, did u left the rubber overnight after u open the package?
haha, I am eager to try it, after I run out all my mp rubber stocks


Edited by Egghead - 11/07/2011 at 1:01am

I want to see you eat some bacon that hasn't been in a vacuum package, then tell me it's pointless :P

I hadn't seen moon pro Imago but that sheet looks just like the Mercury II I have, something weird going on?. It could be just the lighting in the photo making it look shiny

Edited by bluebucket - 11/07/2011 at 6:12am

Topsheet looks exactly like Shark II Speed RS.

This rubber is not very shiny. It is quite smooth and has some sheen and it is certainly is not matte like some rubbers are, but I wouldn't call it very glossy.

It doesn't seem to be tuned as right out of the package it laid relatively flat, without much doming in either direction.

And as I said, it is medium tacky so far, and if you bounce a ball on it (glued to the blade) the ball stops right after the second bounce - so it feels rather dead in soft, light strokes.

I will let it breathe for a while and then I will try it again. I am not sure if I should  take it off the blade as it doesn't seem to be tuned much.

I just got the Moon Pro 39 and wow the sponge is hard! It's as hard as my H3 sponge. Not sure if it's playable as either Euro style forehand (too hard) or Chinese style forehand (not tacky enough). I will stick with my Moon Pro 37 for now, as that one is a standard rubber design that is simply well made.

That rubber looks grippy

I intend to play some more today against my regular sparring partner (~2100) and will post second impressions shortly.

As for it getting softer - I hope it won't. I would like for it to lose almost all of its tackiness and start producing some of that promised catapult as it was touted in some places as a Tenergy 05 replacement with better (less, that is) sensitivity.

Played some more with Moon Pro today - about 15 minutes then I stopped.

It is still rather tacky and dead-ish, but becoming a little bit livelier... just a little bit. I would say that so far this is still a Chinese-style rubber. In order to do a proper loop, you absolutely have to play more into the ball rather than brush-loop. Not as bad as heavily tacky like old H3 but somewhere in the middle.

Certainly does not play like European non-tacky offensive rubbers. It does a very nice drive now if you hit it good. Loop is also quite fast, as fast as my PME I would say.

However in medium shots and in gentle touches it plays much more like a Chinese rubber than Euro-Jap one, that's for sure.

It plays better in my opinion (for me) than H3 Neo, although it is probably not as tacky, so that's one of the reasons I guess. Again I want to confirm that this rubber is definitely more consistent than Palio Thors and not as capriciously choosy in terms of blade selection. I tried it already on T-8 and on 729 V-6 and although it plays rather differently (to be expected) but without any strange drops and jerky throws.

Still, once I switched back to my BBC Ultima with Palios I felt so much better ... but that is of course a matter of practice. After all, I used to play with tacky rubbers and felt quite OK as well.

I will put it next on Nexy Sahara. Let's see if it shifts my opinion for the better...

[QUOTE=JimT]
Certainly does not play like European non-tacky offensive rubbers. It does a very nice drive now if you hit it good. Loop is also quite fast, as fast as my PME I would say.

However in medium shots and in gentle touches it plays much more like a Chinese rubber than Euro-Jap one, that's for sure.[QUOTE=JimT]

I think regular moon is what you need because it plays more like euro than pro... it's non-tacky & bouncy for a chinese rubber(almost like focus III snipe, but more durable).  Pro is linear like any other chinese FH rubbers, counter looping is soooo much fun=).  After about more than 6 weeks, rubber is still slightly tacky.
Even though the sponge is hard, it plays softer like BW II black sponge tuned.   

JimT, if you look for the promiscuity embodied, look no further - Mercury 2 is the embodiment of your dreams. This rubber can virtually be consort of any and every blade. It can give a touch of nobility even to this $4 paddle:

Edited by Imago - 11/10/2011 at 1:19am