Friendship/729 Focus 3

Friendship/729 Focus 3 reviews and ratings on this inverted table tennis rubber.

Friendship/729 Focus 3 ping pong rubber
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From manufacturer:
Speed 12.0 / 12
Spin 11.0 / 12
Control 11.0 / 12
Tensor   No
From community:
Speed   7.7
Spin   8.1
Control   8.1
Tackiness   1.3 - Slightly tacky
Throw Angle   3.2 - Medium-low
Weight   4.0 - Average
Sponge Hardness   2.2 - Medium-soft
Gears   4.6 - Average
Durability   6.2 - Lasts longer than average
Consistency   9.3
Overall   8.4
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Description from Friendship/729 Focus 3 Packaging

ENERGY-STORAGE JOINTING TECHNOLOGY:

The high-volatility solvent in the strong glue volatizes and stimulates the air cells of the sponge to make them swell and the pore wall attenuate, and as a result the elasticity potential energy within the sponge will be increased. The glue will solidify promptly and produce strong grabbing force in an instant which will fix the elasticity potential energy within the sponge, and simultaneously numerous well-regulated high-energy particles will form between the sponge and rubber particles. Just as the chargeable battery can release the stored energy when the circuit is unobstructed, high-energy terminal of the glue release the stored elasticity potential energy in the instant when a player drives the ball so as to strengthen the driving force for the ball to move forward substantially.

SENSOR TECHNOLOGY:

The SENSOR technology is in the sponge and the rubber after the pretreatment, rubber in hits a ball in the process to be able anti- to reduce, the energy consumption reduces, like the chart shows the energy to pace back and forth between the granule spacing, conducts to each high end granule, the energy is fully used, releases completely, does not lose. Had achieved in constructs the set of rubber energy conduction not to have the loss the characteristic.

Unsmoothed rubber surface, extremely light rubber quality and tension sponge with high elastic molecule structure have maintained long the resilience in the molecule fiber once it is filled with rubber, reduced the energy losses in the attack to the greatest extent, given full advantages to the rotation and speed of the loop ball and helped the athlete to fully experience the free control effect. It is suitable for an all-round way of playing table-tennis.

Reviews of the Friendship/729 Focus 3

Review ppgear said this on March 3, 2008:

This was surprisingly slow, especially for a non-tacky rubber. It's probably more suitable for controlled blocking (though I haven't tried it with speed glue).
Review cole_ely said this on March 15, 2008:

I consider this the highest quality product from friendship. It's unique amongst chinese rubbers in that it doesn't come with any protective film stuck to the topsheet....just tracing paper like the old school japanese rubbers. The finish is very much japanese...I had to really toss a coin between non sticky and lightly sticky. This is like friendship's answer to joola mambo. Soft and good for looping, but a bit soft for the short game and for driving/hitting the ball fast. Beautiful product as chinese rubbers go...the top of the heap.
Review vanjr said this on March 26, 2008:

This is a very good looping rubber. Works best off the table. Not good for chopping. Ok for the short game, but not great.
Review gatisubbu said this on April 1, 2008:

Very high price to performance ratio. It will be better if glued to soft feel and meduim fast blades. If glued to hard or faster blades has a very low throw. Good for mid distance play. Not suitable for chopping. Never tried with speed glue.
Review greg said this on October 27, 2008:

Very strange rubber! I agree with gatisubbu, "better if glued to soft feel and medium fast blades"
Very bad match on a carbon or stiff blade. Feels like dead jello with weird low throw angle on a fast carbon blade.
But, on a wood or soft/medium blade, plays and feels actually pretty good(still slow though) If you're a relatively new player, that uses euro strokes, this may be for you, but DON'T put on a fast/carbon blade!
Review jeff_attc said this on December 9, 2008:

A high quality product. The topsheet is completely nontacky, and looks very nice. sponge makes it feel "dead." Focus III would probably play better with glue.
Review Anonymous said this on October 21, 2009:

Good rubber. High quality, a little soft, but i like soft rubbers. Good for top spin, good control and good speed. Plays great on stiga oc and schlager light. Not the fastest rubber, but good enough to produce enough speed for drives and smashes to make them effective. If you like super fast rubbers this one may not be the one, however if you enjoy decent spin and control then this may suit you. I like this rubber, very euro feel, similar to rapid dtecs, but not as fast.
Review Choo Kwong Ngee said this on November 19, 2009:

Very much like Palio Macro Pro but a bit softer and slower with very good control. A very good rubber overlooked by most players, may be due to lack of promotion by manufacturer. A slightly harder sponge say 4 to 4.5 may improve the speed. Then it will be perfect


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