with balls now travelling at the speed of light with new fully shopped games, or even brand new Sterns, I am buying those really shiny plastically feel, but still seems likmix of rubber n plastic in their construction, and have syayed away from simple OLD rubbers cause they just aren't cutting the mustard.
if you know the ones I am talking about, they feel like a 3/4 cooked piece of macaroni and I think they are called post quides versus post rubbers. hope it helps.....I still get heaps of bounce in the right areas, just no breaks at all.