Dawei Saviga V Long pimples rubbers

I've just had a try against the Dawei Saviga V Long pimples rubbers, it's a real nice one, one of my favourites. I don't think it's all that different to the Dawei 388D-1 rubber though, visually I could not tell the difference. Above are some close up pictures of both rubbers, the Saviga V on the left, the slighly different angle and lighting make it seem more different than it really is. The sponges looked the same, and they are too thin for me to judge if they were any different.



They did seem to play a little different, but not a great deal. When i took the Saviga V 0.5mm Red out of the packet, it scrolled up a little, which reminded me immediately of the Dawei Sprungfeders, although it didn't scorll up nearly as much. So there may be some tension on this rubber, although the cover does not mention this (as if the covers are ever any use!).

I found it very nice for both chopping and blocking/attacking, although it's a little slow for attack (not always a bad thing!). The fact that the surface is rought, but had very little friction, whereas the edges and sides of the pimples are quit soft and grippy, alweays makes it a great rubber for deception, since the spin that comes back depends so much on how you brush the ball. Calling it frictionless (as stated on the cover) is not true though, it's got a fair bit more grip than something like the Dr Neubauer long pimples rubber. However it's much more versatile than Dr Neubauer frictionless long pimples rubbers, as you can change the spin creating good deception, instead of just reversing the spin.

I have a more detailed review of this rubber here:
Review of Dawei Saviga V long pimples rubber

All in all it a very nice long pimples rubber, not that hard to control, produces good wobble balls, highly deceptive. Very suitable for the modern type defender. Works best with a slower control type blade.