H3 normal, Neo and blue sponge

I've played with all 3 in H2, like your experience after 1 or 2 weeks there's almost no difference between any of them. Blue sponge is slightly more elastic in the sponge and provincials have a slightly better quality top sheet, the new neo's have a top sheet just as good as the old provincials.

neo H3 is tad harder and much crispier during play, more noise as well

I have played with H3 Prov (which I am using now) and H3 Neo Prov..... reg H3 is much easier to control for my style of play (think Tang Peng) but I did notice also that the Neo's do lose their pop after a couple weeks and then are basically regular H3.... So, why not just buy H3 and then just tune them every couple weeks instead of having to buy a new Neo once it wears off like I do :-). Anyways that is my two cents.

sweetstrike wrote: Someone mentioned the reg H3 has a tackier topsheet than NEO H3?

I have the problem of the ball not grabbing as well on the normal NEO as it does with the Regular Provincial ones and NEO provincial ones. There is indeed a boost in quality and performance from the commerical NEO stuff. 

Edited by beeray1 - 02/24/2012 at 2:17am

i got a provincial H3 neo and it felt as hard maybe harder than normal H3 by touch. but deffinately harder when hitting and a lot crispier .. but not as tacky like they used to be

The H3 blue sponge #21 from ttnpp is pretty good after superpriming.
Nice cheap replacement for H3 Neo Provincial.

H3 normal is blah. The #20 sponge is simply not that much fun.

beeray1 wrote: that blue sponged one from ttnpp is what I've been using since september. I'm okay with it. I have doubts about the sponge being a genuine DHS#21, it plays identical to one of those 5 dollar sponges from eacheng.net. Also completely different to a TG3#21 that had DHS packaging labeled #21 that was actually really impressive. This blue is just mush unless you really alter it chemically.

You're probably right.

And that TG3 Blue#21 was pretty amazing. Mine broke after only 2 blade switches (literally the sponge broke into pieces) when I tried a different WSB (Stiga Synchro)...

I switched from Skyline III Neo Commercial (40<= deg.) to Hurricane III Neo Provincial 38 deg. and I found that the sponge was way softer than I had expected it to be.

My basic loops turned out slower and spinnier than previously, so it almost felt like I had a Euro/Jap rubber on my hands. I say 'almost' because having tried looping with Tenergy on my FH I know that my shots won't end up that badly; it still embodies the fine control and raw speed that Chinese rubber is expected to offer. But still, my strokes need some adjustment.

Also, far-distance looping speed has increased - obviously touch has decreased compared to my old rock-hard Skyline but overall it is much better as you have some leeway in the amount of force you put in.

Anyway, my review has been somewhat irrelevant because if anything, I'm describing the differences between Skyline and Hurricane rather than just the sponge hardness.