Tibhar Nianmor Review

Recently, I got to try out this new Tibhar rubber that has been hyped(maybe over-hyped) in Europe. The main selling point of course is unlike those ESN rubbers, Nianmor is made in Japan and can be a good rival to Tenergy series from Butterfly. Although I have used max version of Sinus and tenergy 05 before, for some reason I decided to pick 2.0 version Nianmor for my forehand(in Jpen).

  1. Gluing: I must admit, I had a really hard time getting this rubber to stick in, i used the same glue that i have been using all this time, tibar clean extra. The problem was the rubber had a distinct semi-dome shape when I took it out of the packaging, (the dome shape that super glued rubbers have). And that was even before applying any glue to it yet. I also made the mistake of not applying enough pressure on it after gluing and attaching to blade I guess and the internal tension of the rubber took over, I went to the play next day and saw part of the rubber had already come off. Now its better after regluing and putting it under books for few days. Here’s how it looks nowphoto
  2. Looping:   I felt this rubber definitely has more kick to it, compared to the Sinus. Looping, especially over the table was pretty easy and forgiving, it has a lower throw than tenergy 05 and I got used to it within minutues really. Since I was using 2.0 version I can’t say it was faster than tenergy05 for sure but it definitely felt fast. I think it has close enough spin that tenergy 05 generates, not higher though.
  3. Serves: My serves were generating pretty good amount of spin whenever I wanted to, again, I wouldn’t say more than what tenergy05 was doing though.
  4. Pushes: pushing/over the drops were pretty consistent as well
  5. Blocking: I felt this is one dept where I liked it better than tenergy, because of lower throw blocking was more easier and consistent.
  6. Overall: I think this is a pretty decent rubber for offensive game, but doesn’t warrant the price tag it carries. Tenergy series was quite pricy at first too and came down a bit later…hopefully tibhar will do the same..but for those who doesn’t like the throw of tenergy but want a similar spin and speed, I would say this rubber is definitely worth a try.

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