2 Reviews for Stiga DNA Hybrid M

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External Review for Stiga DNA Hybrid M on September 24, 2024

Tried this rubber for around 6 hours on a DHS Long 5. The rubber is slightly tacky but can't lift a ball like Chinese tacky rubbers. That said the grip is still really good and gets better after around 2 hours of play. Compared to DNA Platinum - this rubber is slower in the same hardness, so blocks and flat shots aren't as hard for your opponents to return. Where I felt like this rubber was significantly better than the Platinum was attacking backspin shots. Hybrid has a very high throw angle so you can play with a more closed bat and with a bit more of a forward motion resulting in shots that can really bounce up on your opponents side. With DNA Platinum you really have to engage the sponge to get good spin resulting in very fast and shots that are harder to control. I actually prefer this for backhand because I felt like I could return any ball aggressively with a high margin for error. I'm still not sure this rubber is better than my favourite ESN rubber - DHS Gold Arc 8. DNA Hybrid is definitely easier to play with, has even higher throw than the Gold Arc, and is overall on of the most spin insensitive tensor rubbers I've tried, but I feel like the balance of speed, spin, and high arc is better with Gold Arc 8. Will need to test it a bit more.

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External Review for Stiga DNA Hybrid M on April 10, 2024

Fantastic rubber!

I tried this rubber recently and I think its amazing. For many reasons.

1. Great control and feeling on the counter topsin. I felt like I could go almost full power and always get the ball on the table. This rubber is a mix of a normal rubbers and chinse rubbers with more tackiness. Because it has this litte bit of tackiness it is great on this ball.
2. When you play forehand topspin you get great qualtiy. Because it has more grip then normal rubbers. You get a lot more spin on the top spins but you still have that power .
3. You can almost go full power when the ball is little bit under the table. Because it has good grip you can still go full power when the ball is under the table.
4.. Also good control on the first balls serve, return and block.

The only thing you need to consider is that you have to be active with this rubber when playing. Because if you just stand still and block the ball will not great speed and quality and the opponent will have it easy. Because if you play with the Stiga DNA Platnium for example you can hold the bat pretty still and the ball will still get good speed.

And think this rubber is great on forehand especially. Because it easier with forehand to be more active. So not the best rubber on the backhand.

If you want to play with this rubber you need to be pretty good at game.

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