Retail price was recorded at collection time and may differ at checkout.
Coupang delivers inside Korea only, so we link to the brand’s own page instead. The price above is the Korean retail price.
Gold Arc 8
A non-tacky rubber in the Gold Arc family, raising reaction speed and friction together.
About this product
The Gold Arc (金弓) family is DHS’s tensor line rather than a tacky one. If Hurricane represents Chinese tacky rubber, this sits closer to the European tensor tradition.
Its hardness is quoted as 47.5 and 50, a completely different range from Hurricane’s 37 to 42. That does not mean it is harder — it means the measuring standard differs. Hurricane uses the Chinese scale, Gold Arc the German one. Even within a single brand the basis changes by family, so comparing the numbers directly is simply wrong.
Thickness is given only as grades, "medium / thick", with no millimetre figure published. We reproduce the manufacturer’s notation rather than converting it ourselves.
If tacky rubber has not worked for you and you want to move to tensor without leaving the brand, this is where to go. ₩72,000 is mid-range for a tensor rubber.
What the numbers say
Inverted, 47.5 / 50 sponge. Its elasticity of 10.0 ranks 1 of 7 rubbers, among the very highest. It is on the less tacky side. Based on the manufacturer’s published figures.
This paragraph is not a copied review — it is generated from the figures and rankings collected on this site, and changes when they do.
Where this rubber sits among DHS rubbers
Positions read from the rubber positioning chart DHS Korea publishes (7 rubbers). The original has no numbers, so only relative position is meaningful. Further right is tackier; higher means more elastic. Variants that differ only in sponge colour or grade are plotted by DHS as a single point, so they overlap.
Manufacturer figures
DHS official positioning map (scale maximum not published)· bar shows position among products on the same scaleEach brand uses its own scale, so these numbers cannot be compared directly across brands
Not shown
Not published — Official Spin, Official Speed (the brand does not publish this figure)
Weight 71~72g (2.0mm) / 71.35g (Max), uncut
Full specifications
| Surface type | Inverted |
| Tackiness | Non-tacky |
| Sponge hardness | 47.5 / 50 |
| Thickness options | Medium / Thick |
| Colours | Black / Red |
| Made in | China |