2nd best snooker rubber

[chas6868]

We all know that northern rubber is the top rubbers but anyone know what's a grade down from it.
Anyone used peadon club rubber

[Geoff Large]

Club rubber is just imported rubber from China .

the UK made Northern rubber is made in Retford Nottinghamshire and is owned by Hainsworth

it is not just the best for rebound value and consistency in manufacture , but of long lasting too .

where rubber will degrade over time go hard or sometimes spongy , the Northern Rubber in my experience is good for around 25 years use .
but is normally rated at 10 year replacement life

the club rubber is just a 5 to 8 year life span , you may get 12 years at useful bounce response , but after that time period it fails to match up to even 25 year old Northern rubber .

I am still re-covering tables made in the 1980s with Northern rubber still intact after 40 years use .

Riley used to use Barton white rubber in the 1980s

this white rubber is now well past it's sell by date , but if they had used Northern Rubber it may still be passable for a club table ( Not Match ) even after 40 years life span .

you get what you pay for I'm afraid , but don't forget the labour and time to fit low cost options is the same as fitting high class rubber or if fitting yourself the time and effort , Northern Rubber is around three times more expensive than imported rubber .
Fit and forget is the motto I use for Northern rubber ,
Fit import rubber expect to re-rubber at least every 10 years .with back end of them years not good rebound value .

you can tell the difference import rubber is canvas backed , Northern rubber is not .

the same can said for Michelin Tyres over budget tyres if you want a comparison of good or bad products and you get what you pay for , I got 50.000 miles out of a pair of Michelin tyres on front drive wheels of my Movano van , the rears still good after 60.000 miles , I doubt that budget tyres would get to half that miles .

99.9% of pool tables are fitted with imported rubber . that is why you have to change cushions on them around every 5 or 6 years , even Supreme tables .
but that is not a bad thing as witha re-cover every 6 months for winter and summer pool leagues , the wood work that the rubber is fitted to becomes flaky and crumbly with staple firing into them after 10 to 12 re-covers,
so best to just change the whole cushion .