Silicone or Rubber?

[Alpha1]

I like silicone on my games to stop perished rubber dust crap.

Who thinks this should be standard on certain expensive collector NIBs?

What's everyone else think?

 

[Jason Catrine]

100% agree. Silcone that doesnt have all the cr*p stuck to it is so much better. I litterally put new rubbers on my pins flippers last week ahead of the league meet here that saturday and all of them need a good clean already. Some of the slingshots are silicon that have been on for donkeys and look the same as they did when I bought them.

 

[JAG555]

Silicone! You should have done this as a vote.

 

[Jib]

I like silicone on everything except post sleeves. Standard on nib? Not sure, locations and top players probably prefer regular rubber.

 

[Calimori]

Vote added.

 

[Pooman2084]

I don’t like the bounce with silicone. That said my games didn’t get a huge amount of play.

 

[Alpha1]

I don’t like the bounce with silicone. That said my games didn’t get a huge amount of play.

Interesting you say that as I haven't noticed much of a difference.

I'll have to look into it more.

 

[Crewey]

Prefer silicone for the reasons stated, however the extra bounce can transform a game. Family Guy which is one of the easiest Pins out there; with established rubber on I could regularly achieve 150m+ scores. With the extra bounce, lessened grip and speed of ricochets from new titans I’ve had on since Pinfest, theres not been too many games in excess of 50m.

 

[Pooman2084]

The difference between red and black rubber is quite noticeable as well.

 

[Pinballer]

As a newbie to pinball, I have just changed my ehoh and cactus le and used titans, I prefer them and find it much easier, the big difference for me is the titan low bounce flippers and has given me a lot more control, also I went for translucent which lets a bit more light onto the playfield by the slings

 

[PinballNoobie]

Silicone for me please - cleans up easier but flippers wear more on ends and need rotating regularly

 

[Ant-H]

As a newbie to pinball, I have just changed my ehoh and cactus le and used titans, I prefer them and find it much easier, the big difference for me is the titan low bounce flippers and has given me a lot more control, also I went for translucent which lets a bit more light onto the playfield by the slings

Yeah I agree that Titans definitely seem to have less bounce. When I first got my IJ it had an unknown brand of silicone rubbers fitted and the bounce on the flippers was crazy compared to my other games.