Almana Sound SynergyTech (Stiga)

Written by dadsky - Top 10 reviewer - View all my reviews excellent for counterlooping away from the table or close. doesn't last too long -- after four months, i'm having trouble bringing up the ball when topspinning. Excellent when brand new. low-arc rubber ensure safe and fast blocks and good hitting and counter-hitting above the table. you have to exert extra effort when looping away from the table.

Written by Anonymous Im using it for 2 weeks now. very fast response rubber, great speed on flat drives and blocking kills and receiving serves does not require much skill coz it's pretty much controllable. not really a tacky rubber

Written by neversolis - Top 5 reviewer - View all my reviews this is a good rubber for people with a slow offensive game. at first feeling, it is very very very soft, with avery elastic and absorbant sponge. it is very good for controlling the ball. for exmaple, you cna block very well, the ball sinks into the rubber very well. but for looping, i feel it is not fast enough. it is very hard to loop underspin balls i felt. also, the loops did not have much momentum, just did not feel good. maybe if you use with a hard, heavy blade, it might work out, i used with a mizutani. but it is not for very good players because it is soo soft.

Written by t3h anarchist - #1 reviewer - View all my reviews Almana Sound Synerytech is part of the synergy tensor series by Stiga. I used it for about two months with a Optimum Sync blade. At first it was awesome, but after about 2 weeks of play it got really shabby. The rubber wears and tears extremely easily. It has a pretty low throw angle, i found it really hard by the end of the two months just to do a good forehand loop. On the other hand, i liked it for backhand, because it provided good control and speed balance for a backhand stroke.