Customer Reviews

Butterfly 8181 Table Tennis Racket Care Kit

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I play for a couple hours every week day with a Carlos Chiu Butterfly paddle. The paddle when new was incredible, the spins and the speed were beyond what any of my opponents have ever seen. As time went on, with constant cleaning using this product, the paddle has remained FAR stickier than any of my opponents more expensive paddles. For a small $20 investment, I would say it's a small price to pay to double the life of your paddle's spin an control, and keep that winning edge ;).

If you have anything from a mid-range recreational paddle to a high-end professional paddle, you will need to clean your paddle's rubber if you care at all about your investment's efficacy (in applying spin to your shots) lasting. The two components that make up this package are a great way of doing just that. Washing your paddle down with water in a sink to remove the dirt, grease, and oil can only do so much, exactly like how rinsing oily peanut-butter stains from a dining plate with merely water is a lost cause. The foam (which does a massively better job than merely water) comes out of the container explosively quickly, so ration it onto your paddle's surfaces with utmost caution. The sponge is also a well-made utensil in doing the needed scrubbing, in addition to its ability to dry your paddle to some extent.
However, the Butterfly Rushawa Table Tennis Racket Care Kit is way overpriced at $21. If you buy the sponge and the foam cleaner separately elsewhere, together the price is $13.50 instead.

This stuff works well for cleaning paddle rubbers. Really pulls off the grime. Not super sure that it does more than water as regards making the rubber grip the ball better, though. It makes sense that getting the grime and dirt off would make the rubber more efficient than simply wiping with water but I'm not sure lowly recreational players like myself can notice any obvious difference. Still, it's worthwhile to use this every once in a while and maybe use water in between.

This product does exactly what you want it to do. It keeps your rubbers clean and sticky! I play about 4 or 5 times a week and I clean my rubbers once a week and the tackiness returns each time to fresh out of the package tacky!

By far the best rubber cleaner you can find. I reccommend not keeping it on your desk because people begin to question because all it says in english is rubber cleaner, makes for good conversation.

I use this cleaner before all big table tennis games. It is a cheap alternative to buying new rubbers every time you want a stickier paddle. The racket care kit will last you a very long time and it will give you a leg up when playing against friends that have dirty (non sticky) paddles. In additional to cleaning your paddle from time to time I also recommend that you store your paddle in a zip loc plastic bag to avoid the rubber from drying out.

This product does a good job removing the dust that robs my racket of grip. I use the cleaner after every game or practice so that it's ready to go.

I just recently bouth a Carlos Chiu racket and keeping the surface clean makes sure the spin and speed keeps improving. I used it on my old racket and had no idea the amount of dirt that had accumulated on the surface.

The ping pong paddle cleaning kit arrived in a timely manner and in good condition. It works great for cleaning the paddle between uses.