Friendship
802-40+
Short pipsOFFClassicITTF 27-026
ITTF-approved short-pips from Friendship (27-026). Sponge rated around 40°. Official colours and factory specs, plus a normalised community score.
7.5 community score · 38 reviews · €18
About 802-40+
Friendship 802-40+ is a 2020 short-pips-out sheet for hitting, blocking and fast counters made in China. It belongs to the 802-40+ series, is ITTF-approved (code 27-026), and is aimed at offensive (OFF) players who want offensive close-to-table and mid-distance topspin.
802-40+ uses classic (non-tensor) sponge with longer dwell and a more linear feel and a pips-out topsheet. Manufacturer sponge hardness is 40° (Classic); a cut sheet is about 42 g. Factory sponge thicknesses: OX, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 1.8. Sold with topsheet in Black and Green; sponge in red light.
On the TableTennisReview 0–100 index the Combined figures are speed 86, spin 58 and control 78 (official mapping 87 / 58 / 78). That is a mid-to-high speed short pips profile for offensive close-to-table and mid-distance topspin. Hardness, weight and thickness above are factory facts — not lab tests.
Community score 7.5 / 10 from 38 reviews. Indicative European street price €18. Compare 802-40+ with other Friendship 802-40+ and short pips rubbers on the same scale, or open the catalogue filters for OFF short pips sheets.
Playing specs
Blend of official and community. Community weight 42% with 38 reviews (20–60% as sample size grows).
Speed86
Spin58
Control78
Tick mark on each bar is the official value.
Factory specifications
- Hardness
- 40°
- Weight
- 42 g
- Year
- 2020
- Made in
- China
- Series
- 802-40+
- ITTF code
- 27-026
- Top sheet
- Black · Green
- Sponge
- red light
Factory thicknesses
Factory options: OX, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 1.8. OX means no sponge. Combined figures describe this SKU; an OX sibling with its own product page is a different sheet.
- OX
- 0.5
- 1.0
- 1.5
- 1.8
- OX
- No sponge. On long pips this usually means more reversal and a deader return; on antispin it is a very dead ball. It is a different SKU from the sponged sheet when the shop lists both.
- 0.5
- A very thin sponge under pips or anti. Slightly more speed than OX, still disruption-first.
- 1.0
- Thin sponge under pips or anti — the German-shop step above OX.
- 1.5
- Thicker pips/anti sponge. More speed, less pure disruption. Not an inverted MAX.
- 1.8
- Short-pips attacking sponge, or a thick anti. Not the same job as inverted 1.8.
Vs type average
Combined index against other short pips rubbers. Toggle Official / Community in the spec card — the chart stays on Combined so filters stay comparable.
- 802-40+
- Type avg
Zoomed 40–100 scale · the inner ring is 40, not 0, so gaps around the average actually show.
Speed
86
0 vs Type avg
Spin
58
0 vs Type avg
Control
78
-1 vs Type avg
