A friend put some on my METLE and they lasted about 15 minutes. Then I put real rubbers back on. They didn't break, but I didn't like them.
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Quoted from NimblePin:Those were Saturn rings Spicoli, not Superbands.
On METLE yes! But all the Superbands I've tried were no different. Remember our trip up the hill? They have had their chances with me. Some they like them, some they don't.
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Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:You make a good point that suggests a lot of "purists" may just enjoy playing with dirty rubbers. And scratched up balls no doubt.
That's hilarious. Some purists like the machine to play the way it was designed to play.
Quoted from someoneelse:Just out of pure interest - do you ever change black factory rubber for colored ones on your machine? If yes, you couldn't be further away from "the way it was designed to play".
I use black rubbers if it came with them. If it came with white, I use white. I have found that by using what the game came with originally, it will play at it's optimal. The designers of these machines knew what they were doing when they put it together in the first place. I change out flipper rubbers whenever they start to show wear, or at least try to.
Changing colors does not seem to have as much effect as changing material. I just don't like the way the ball travels off urethane as it does rubber. Urethane seems to deaden the rebound reducing the velocity of the ball as it travels to the upper part of the playfield. Where as rubber does not absorb the energy, it gives it back. Others have said it's the complete opposite, and that's fine. But not on the ones I've played.
Quoted from phishrace:I won't play at a location that has switched completely to urethane rubbers. A pair here and there are fine, but if the whole place has blinged up rubbers, I'm not spending any money there. All the urethane rubbers play too differently. Nothing like conventional rubbers.
I couldn't have said it better myself. 
Quoted from pezpunk:after about a year my purple ones look perfect, and believe me i have played the hell out of them
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