I prefer factory rubber or Marco PRW rubber. Give me great feel and great play over spiffy looks, and if I gotta clean my pins a little more, so be it, it's pretty darn easy to do. I'm here to play.

To preface, I am a purist through and through. I like my games bone stock and playing as near to how the designers intended.

I’ve tried all the rubber: Marco, silicone, Titan, the stuff from Steve Young, and Pinball Life.

The absolute best natural rubber rings comes from Marco Specialties. It lasts, has a good color, and doesn’t split around post corners (like lower slingshots). Used it for years, until pinsider dmacy convinced me to try Titan silicone—and I’m so glad he did.

Titan silicone is just as good as Marco stuff. The white looks identical, and it plays and feels like the real rubber deal, but so far, has been holding up much better. It’s definitely more durable. It’s the clear winner. I plan on converting all my games over to it as needed when they’re due for a shop out.

So, I definitely

I put Marco rubber where it matters.

I like the silicon bands, and don't hesitate to use them, but in general, Marco PRW is what I use.

I tried both the Superbands and PerfectPlay rings when they came out, and actually have both in a cart at Pinballlife right now because I can never remember which is which when I put them on the games, but they feel "stickier" to me and I find I can control the ball better and the color is more intense compared to rubber.

I rarely get anything from Marco but may try the PBL brand too.

No there are numerous threads on the subject

Real rubber

I am the complete opposite of this. The Superbands look nice, but I can't control the ball at all with them. The factory rubber bands I have a lot more control.

Perfect play on everything. Super bands are prettier, but harder for me to control

Anyone know what Spooky uses? I saw their booth at SFGE and the one machine I played the flippers would bounce the ball halfway up the playfield just holding. Ball was bouncing all over the place and never seen that before.

Real rubber here. Cliffy post sleeves on all posts just due to the fact that they wear like iron.

Titan was the worst product in the synthetic rubber that I tested. The rings especially on slings wouldn't last a few months on a route game.