8 Reviews for Yasaka Rakza XX

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External Review for Yasaka Rakza XX on August 1, 2024

I was playing with Rakza from the early beginning, last half a year with hybrids (mainly with d09c), and now switching back to tensors
So glued Rakza XX on both sides to the Yasaka Reinforce AC blade (82g).
From the first shots, it was clear that the speed is on another level after previous Rakza rubbers. Then I realized that having adopted the technique to hybrid rubber for spinning the ball with the forward movement the Rakza XX is a beast - it generates tons of spin and speed. And unlike hybrid rubbers, you can spin the ball even without engaging the sponge (09c can't do that) to play the soft spinny ball with high trajectory of just a short spinny ball.
After some time it is easy to get used to it on a forehand and serves, on a backhand I feel much improvement in a counters game, speed game, but still, I am not used to it when looping the ball from backspin on a backhand side. Still have to use to it a little for that or move back to a Rakza X (but again with Rakza X I will lose in speed and counters game).
But my forehand became a beast with that rubber.
So in short - a good combination of elastic and soft topsheet with a slightly harder (compared to Rakza 9) but still highly porous sponge with big bubbles gives a way to improve your game after you get used to it.

I think that the past experience with the Dignics 09c rubber have a positive effect when switching back to Rakza, because with Dignics you are learning to play all the strokes forward (more or less but the forward part is necessary), otherwise the ball was falling from the rubber with loud grippy sound. Having this applied to Rakza XX and the Rakza's possibility of playing the ball without engaging the sponge gives a perfect rubber for the all-round game with the focus on attack

After switching to this rubbers I become more unpredictable to opponents, faster and more stable. As as a result I have grown in table tennis ranking in my country

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External Review for Yasaka Rakza XX on April 27, 2024

Excellent upgrade from Rakza X. It maintains the incredible balance that we are used with Rakza X, but now with even more speed and spin, and superb control.

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External Review for Yasaka Rakza XX on February 17, 2024

I was using rakza X until XX came out and I migrated up. I use it in max thickness on my forehand and have used it on both 7 ply wood blades (mainly yasaka Falck W7) and a couple of inner carbon blades. It is a moderate upgrade over rakza X, but to be honest it is not a big one and I could have kept with rakza X and been happy. Linear. My pushing and blocking with it are ok. Serves well. All around great rubber. On my inner carbon blade I wish it was a little softer sponge.

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External Review for Yasaka Rakza XX on January 24, 2024

Very great rubber. The sponge is hard, but when hit it becomes a little soft. great control, and very spinny like Dignics 05. speed is great, like hammond Z2. You can easily do spin, chop and smash punches. highly recommended rubber.

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External Review for Yasaka Rakza XX on January 21, 2024

I've been using this rubber on FH, and I can get an insane amount of spin on my shots, with the thinnes version, the speed is still enough. It's easy to to play topspin against chop. After using it for quite some time, it seems it's very high quality, in my opinion it will last a very long time. Only major disadvantage, it's sensitive to dust. Overall best rubber I've used so far

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External Review for Yasaka Rakza XX on January 15, 2024

Got max sponge(black) for fh and used it on ma lin carbon. Immediately was impressed by the speed of the rubber. Shots dipped in the middle of the table at blistering pace, but also had a good amount of spin and rotation. Not as spinny as Rakza 7 with less control, and slightly tacky which enables lifting low balls with ease and you can even use your whole arm rotation for kill shots on low backspins. Opponets had difficulty returning topspins even though I did not exert max force or make a strong loop. Mostly, the ball dips in with medium high throw angle and makes a clicking sound. I'd say this rubber is a perfect combination of grip, spin and max speed and lies somewhere between the capabilities of fastarc p-1 and g-1 but with more pace and grip. The sheet is slightly hard when you touch it but feels medium hard when driving and you can feel the ball grip the rubber before it shoots out(more dwell time). Hence, I could slap counters too if i timed them right. Around 30-40% faster than rakza 7 when driving but i found that i needed to counter or push smashes far from the table otherwise the tackiness gripped the ball when i made a light touch and the ball fell before it passed the net. Really good for serves, chops and forehand flicks, but slightly spin sensitive on incoming topspins(not serves, I could place them with precision on soft touch) and a bit difficult to block fast drives due to the inbuilt spring effect of the rubber. You'd be 90% inclined to just attack with this rubber and it would even work as a great backhand topspin rubber with 1.8mm sponge but the normal x might be the better choice for more control, counter blocking and punching. Overall, I'd say its my favourite forehand rubber for attacking and requires footwork to reach its max potential. Currently, have no idea about the durability of the rubber, however, its safe to say yasaka never disappoints in this department. Slightly heavy but not enough to be noticeable during matches.

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External Review for Yasaka Rakza XX on January 5, 2024

2.00mm on FH:

Most impressive feature: unbelievably "compliant" in short game. The ball doesn't "jump" during pushes or "drop shots". Not just compared to other ultra-fast rubbers, but compared to all rubbers, including the "Hurricanes". Short, low serves are very easy to do.
2nd most impressive feature: Loops and serves do not feel very spinny, but the opponents keep having issues returning them.

Compared to the "hybrid" Donic A1 2.0 (that I've been using immediately prior to XX), when looping, with XX the ball release feels instant. Not sure which rubber produces higher max velocity - A1 or XX, but b/c of the instant release XX feels "quicker".. The arc is flat, feels like there's no spin. But again, the opponents keep blocking them "long." Flat drives/smashes are deadly, but require perfect timing and tremendous hand speed.

Not so impressive features:
1. I've not been able to "unlock" the 3rd, and 4th "gears". 1st, 2nd, 5th and 6th are brilliant. If you get a little lazy or try to play a slow loop/drive - fuhggettaboutit.
2. Compared to other rubbers, XX is very "sensitive" to dust. While I could use other rubber sheets for the entire 2-3hr practice without a single cleaning and not feel any drop off in performance, XX needs to cleaned every ~45min, otherwise loops "stop working"..

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External Review for Yasaka Rakza XX on November 8, 2023

This is a very, very good rubber!
Second to none. I am impressed and surprised. Cant say much of durability but after three sessions it looks promising, not at all like hybrid rubbers.

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