TTDNA renders its own neutral topsheet visualisation for this brand, generated from verified construction data.
SANWEI · Gear · Inverted
Gear Extra
The softest Gear sheet. It is the easiest of the family to control and works well as a first tension rubber or as a backhand sheet.
Official SANWEI specifications
Official SANWEI models collected from the current manufacturer catalogue: the Target inverted family, the Gear and T88 families, the Pistol sheet and the 388 pips families.
- Series
- Gear
- Category
- Inverted
- Official sponge degree
- 42° ±2
- Hardness scale
- Official SANWEI sponge degree (Chinese scale, no named standard)
- Published thicknesses
- 1.8 mm · 2.0 mm · MAX
- Published colours
- Red · Black
- Technologies
- TENSION SPONGE · OPEN-PORE SPONGE
- Country of manufacture
- China
- Sponge description
- Soft open-pore tension sponge
- Topsheet description
- Grippy tension top sheet
- Lifecycle status
- Active
- Last verified
- 1 August 2026
Sponge degrees are published by SANWEI on the Chinese degree scale without a named laboratory standard. TTDNA stores them exactly as published, with the published tolerance, and never relabels them Shore A, Shore C or ESN.
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are analytical 0 scores derived from official specifications, construction and verified category data. They are never official SANWEI ratings and are never shown as manufacturer values.
Physical characteristics
Playing characteristics
Variants and configurations
6 variantsColour, thickness and configuration are variants of one model — never separate products. Colour never changes a rating, MAX and OX stay qualitative labels, and OX carries no sponge hardness.
Red · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · 42° ±2
Speed 76 · Spin 81 · Control 95
Red · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 42° ±2
Speed 79 · Spin 83 · Control 93
Red · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 42° ±2
Speed 82 · Spin 84 · Control 90
Black · 1.8 mm
Standard · Sponged · 42° ±2
Speed 76 · Spin 81 · Control 95
Black · 2.0 mm
Standard · Sponged · 42° ±2
Speed 79 · Spin 83 · Control 93
Black · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 42° ±2
Speed 82 · Spin 84 · Control 90
Surface classification
Grippy
Surface classification (grippy, hybrid, tacky, very tacky) is a TTDNA editorial classification, not an official SANWEI metric.
Price
- List price
- Varies by retailer
No verified official SANWEI price snapshot is stored in this import, so prices are shown as varying by retailer. CNY and EUR prices are never converted into each other.
Playing characteristics
- Skill levels
- Beginner · Intermediate
- Play styles
- Controlled offense · Allround · Blocking
- Aliases
- SANWEI Gear Extra · Gear-Extra
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Known users
Offensive club and league players who want a spin-first inverted sheet on the forehand or backhand.
SANWEI publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.