H3 Boosting results and report

Here are my experiences with boosting H3 (Non Neo).

Thank you so much for a detailed explanation of how to cheat at your chosen sport.   

Don't really know for sure since I didn't play a tournament until the 3rd or so re-boost so by then the effect was really weak. I'd say over the last 3 months my rating has gone up maybe 50 points?

Initial boost took me around 3 days. Three layers can be put down in about 24 hours. After 48 hours of the last layer you're usually good to glue.

nice description!

I use dianchi oil, some say its better than seamoon (which I havent tried so I have no comparison), anyway, dianchi works good for me. I use H3 prov, non-neo.

I also noticed that 2nd, 3rd... reboost gives worse results. The reason for this I think is the stretching of the rubber. Although I should say I usually dont rest the rubber after I take it off the blade. Probably I should wait a day before I start reboosting... Anyway, every time I reboost, the rubber gets bigger and bigger, I have to cut a few mm-s from the edge every time. Consequently, the topsheet gets thinner and the whole rubber will be under more tension. The feeling then gets very hard (differently hard than unboosted) and difficult to play with. Speed is there, but the spin is not, especially on the serves and when you want to use the topsheet only. These are just my two cents though.

yeah, thats probably normal, the rubbers are not really designed for multiple reboosting...

with that said, H3 boosted is still better and half price than a t05

I'm not saying no one at all boosts, I am however totally confident it's less than 1% of tournament level players, you would be amazed at how many players in Australia use ESN tensors. It's at least 90% of everyone. The serious players using Chinese tacky rubber is around 1 player per hundred, no more than that and I've never seen evidence any of those 1% are using boosted rubber at tournaments either. The culture is different, there's a very strong idea that you should play fair in Australia and those that don't are heavily punished by society as a whole. You wouldn't be brave enough to ever show your face at a tournament again if you were to boost and someone found you out

Edited by bluebucket - 09/28/2013 at 1:33am

Hey bluebucket,

Most people don't know who's boosting and the one's not.You can not smell a boosted rubber, heck I can use speed glue to prime a sponge and after a few days no one can smell that. And people that use rubber cement and there are a lot that use that, are effecting the sponge. I play club games and most people know I am boosting. I don't hide it. Most of the stuff if not all that are esn are boosted at the factory. I don't get why people cry about boosting, it's like back in the puritan days when they had witch hunts. Well that's my 2 cents,had to vent(lol)

bluebucket wrote: I'm not saying no one at all boosts, I am however totally confident it's less than 1% of tournament level players, you would be amazed at how many players in Australia use ESN tensors. It's at least 90% of everyone. The serious players using Chinese tacky rubber is around 1 player per hundred, no more than that and I've never seen evidence any of those 1% are using boosted rubber at tournaments either. The culture is different, there's a very strong idea that you should play fair in Australia and those that don't are heavily punished by society as a whole. You wouldn't be brave enough to ever show your face at a tournament again if you were to boost and someone found you out

Fair play? That's interesting concept in our sport isn't it. With boosters, tensors, long pips and all the other crap no wonder beginners don't stick around to learn the basics.  Hardbat I like exactly for that very reason. Now how can we boost a hardbat? How can we boost our blades? It's all stupid to me. I have been playing this sport for 40+ years...go figure. Bluebucket is correct in his observations.

I don't know why that every time there is a thread about boosting, that people will start posting their opinions about cheating, thats not what the thread is about. When I get on a thread to check how people are boosting and their results. I don't really care about their opinions of it being legal,that's not the topic !!

It's like 2 people having a conversation about something and a third party butt's in on the conversation about something else.   

LethalForehand wrote: its a fact that most esn rubbers are factory boosted. So then factories are allowed to cheat but players not? What if I boost to restore the feeling of a new esn rubber and save some money? Another example: a player using a new sheet of a factory boosted rubber (i.e. all of the currently popular tensors) vs. a player who boosted his hurricane 3 at home. Who is cheating? The second player could have just bought a hurricane 3 Neo, which is factory boosted as well, but more expensive. Yet another: a player using a new sheet of a factory boosted rubber vs. a player who did not boost his hurricane 3 at home. Who is cheating?

Have used Falco Long boost on DHS H3 Provincial. 2 thin layer on the bare sponge for the initial and 1 layer on the bare sponge after 2 months. It took atleast 10 days for the rubber to relax a bit for the initial and a day for the reboost. Applied 1 layer of wbg on the rubber and blade. Effect was profound for a month and starts to diminish thereafter. Unfortunately the rubber did not last long as bubble has developed after 3 months of use. I play 8 hours average per week btw and hit hard most of the time- full swing loop on my FH.

Edited by mertus - 09/29/2013 at 5:17am