Review: DARKER VLON-S Blue V

Purchased from: Beijing, Sports Street @ $13. The earlier generation of the same rubber was available for $10 at the same shop.

Colour: Black
Boosted with: Falco Long Term Booster, 4 layer
Tested on: Hayabusa Zxi

Out of the package:
This rubber is very tacky out of the package. The sponge is hard. There is a strong smell of booster. The sponge is significantly harder than H3 NEO 41 Degrees. The top-sheet is thick, hard and has very short thin pips. The rubber weighs a 74g uncut which is really heavy.

Boosting:
The rubber was stupid hard. I had to boost it using 3 layers of booster. The dome took 2 weeks to come down. The hardness was still a bit on the higher side, so another layer of booster was used.

Day 1: This rubber is heavy as hell. After boosting, the weight of the rubber cut to the Zxi is 55g, which is way too heavy. The tack held well and though slow on slower shots the rubber has good speed compared to H3N on faster strokes. It is a bit faster than H3N and after 3-4 hours play, quite a bit faster.

I however don't think I'll be trying this anymore as the weight is too much to play with and at this weight a rubber has to be magic to even be considered.

Edited by ashishsharmaait - 08/11/2013 at 7:53am

This is the updated version I guess. It plays good but its way to heavy for anyone using a max inverted rubber on BH. Cut to the Zxi it was 55g which is way to  heavy.
Good speed on hits and a nice loud crack.

I loved this rubber, really hard but fast on my super stiff blade. I've found that rubber cement gives a good glue feel when playing with it. I've found that you must put this rubber right o after you speed glue it. Also you must clean this rubber alot. It has great durability for that cheap of a rubber been a year and still plays like new!!