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2022.08.14

Review Triple Double Extra

Explanation

It’s been a long time since the release, but I would like to review VICTAS’s Triple Double Extra. At the time of its release, it became a hot topic that Koki Niwa used it for the back side! Due to the integration of TSP and VICTAS, TSP’s Triple rubber was released again in December 2020 under the VICTAS brand. Butterfly released the super popular Dignics 09C in April 2020, so I think that each company was conscious of releasing adhesive rubber. This VICTAS Triple series is made in China, which is famous for its adhesive rubber. It will be a tension type rubber. Moreover, the sponge is a blue sponge, and it is clearly a rubber that is conscious of the leopard NEO3 blue sponge.

It was popular at the time of its release, but Niwa didn’t show much results after changing the equipment, and at the Tokyo Olympics 2020, he returned to V>15 Extra and participated in the war, so the impression that the popularity has declined slightly after that. is. On the other hand, Kobe TC coach Kazuya Yoshida, who participated in the All Japan Championship as a table tennis YouTuber, uses Triple Double Extra on the back side, which is reviewed on this page. It seems that the 2-ton push, which is also mentioned in the technical video, has become even sharper by using the triple-double extra, and the back volley in Chiquita and the rally and the triple-double extra’s features are used to score. It’s explained in game videos.

2-ton push: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJJPQOxcog4

This rubber was well received by the people around me, and some players used it on both sides immediately after its release. It was used because the sheet is soft, so the ball is held well and the Chiquita is stable. I also felt that the rubber is characterized by the softness of the sheet in spite of the hardness of the sponge, and it is a rubber that does not feel that peculiar. I will introduce a review that I bought myself this time and put it on the outer ALC and tried it!

Performance value

Let’s compare the published performance values.

VICTAS’s performance chart was a little confusing, but from the 2022 pamphlet, a chart centered on speed and seat strength (spin) has been published. When creating such a diagram, the rubber in the upper right will be the rubber with the highest performance. In the figure, V>15 Stiff and V>11 Extra look like high performance rubbers. I would like to do an actual trial comparison in the future. Of course, V>20 Double Extra and V>22 Double Extra, which are hot topics in 2022, have high performance values. On the other hand, Triple Double Extra reviewed on this page has a fairly low speed performance due to its strong adhesion, and the sheet is soft, so the spin (sheet strength) performance is not that high. .

It should be noted that Triple Double Extra has the highest arc height of 9.4 among VICTAS rubbers! Since VICTAS rubber has many straight rubbers, triple double extra can be said to be a rubber characterized by the strength of the arc line among them. Next is a comparison of values measured with a hardness tester.

The weight is the same as V>15 Extra, and the hardness is the same as V>15 Extra and Ventus Extra. Comparing sponge hardness in the VICTAS catalog, V>15 Extra has a hardness of 47.5° according to German standards, and Triple Double Extra has a hardness of 57.5°, which is V>15 Extra suggests that the seat is hard, while triple double extra suggests that the seat is soft. Even though the sponge is hard, the triple double extra rubber seems to have the same hardness as high-end rubber.

If you check the difference between the hardness on the seat side and the hardness on the sponge side, you can clearly see that the triple double extra seat is very soft. I think that this difference in hardness between the sheet side and the sponge side plays a role in creating a strong arc line.

Triple Double Extra application and weight

Triple Double Extra
　Tacky rubber
・Sponge Thickness: 2.0/MAX mm
・Sponge stiffness: 57.5°
・Arc height: 9.4
・Speed: 6.2
・Drive accuracy: 7.3
・Sheet strength: 8.0
・Backlash: 5.8
・5,200 yen + tax
・67 g (before cut) → 50 g (after cut)

At 50g, it’s a bit heavy. Recently, heavier rubbers have appeared, so I can’t call it the heaviest, but I think it’s a heavy rubber.

Three features of Triple Double Extra

Easy to handle for strong adhesive rubber made in China!

I felt that the rubber made in China, in short, was much easier to handle than the Hurricane rubber. Instead of trying to drive, I drew an arc even if I hit it, so even if I didn’t intend to hit the drive, I felt like I could draw an arc and enter the opponent’s court. Also, if you spin it as much as you want, it feels like a strong drive rotation like an adhesive rubber, but if you hit it like you hit it, you can hit a drive with speed and weight. Only when trying to make a strong habit, it is necessary to strongly bite into the hard sponge of 57.5 °, and in my case I felt it was a little difficult unless it was fore. Although the sinking and peculiarities of the arc line are superior to the leopard, it is an adhesive rubber that can achieve both rotation amount and speed, and I think it will be popular like the recently popular German-made adhesive tension rubber.

Push is cut well, and chiquita is stable!

It was very good to use it in the back, and it was easy to draw out the high rotation performance of Lin Gaoyuan ALC. I can’t go as far as a cut man, but I think I can dare to hit the opponent’s long serve and aim for a mistake. Also, since the arc is very high, it was very easy to lift the opponent’s serve and backhand drive or chiquita. This ease of use was reminiscent of the Moon Blue Sponge of the Galaxy. Dare to show the hardness comparison with Moon Blue Sponge here.

Moon Blue Sponge has a slightly harder seat, and the sponge is softer. However, I personally felt that both rubbers have similar shot feeling. The feel at impact was quite similar, so if you want a feel at impact, Moon Blue Sponge may be cheaper and better. However, I felt that the speed was higher with Triple Double Extra than with Moon Blue Sponge.

Rubber swinging forward

I think that the adhesive rubber itself is a rubber that comes out good by opening the surface and swinging, but this Triple Double Extra was the same. If you try to hit with just the sheet too much, the sheet will be soft, so it will be difficult to get a good taste. Rather, I think that you can hit a pretty good drive by opening the face and swinging forward, hitting the sponge while hitting it and giving it a lot of rotation. I think that it will be difficult to get the taste of this rubber if you hit it with a sheet. I think the way to bring out the taste of the Triple Double Extra is to drive with the sides open as if you were digging into a hard sponge.

Each technical review

Forehand

Light hit
I didn’t feel any particular discomfort. I think that Omega VII China Ying has more momentum.

Drive balls and rallies
After all, I thought that Omega VII China Ying, which has a harder hardness, would be easier to put out. Also, the sheet was too soft, and when I tried to spin with just a thin sheet, I slipped well. I personally feel it takes some getting used to.

Drive with open face
When I open the arc and hit it, I hit the sponge with all my might, but at this time I felt that the sponge was harder than I imagined. I felt a gap because the seat was soft.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
It’s not bad, but the seat is a little soft, so I felt that it was hard to apply a lot of rotation. V>15 Extra may be higher only in the amount of rotation.

Speed drivae against back spin
It was very easy to hit because it was easy to make arcs. Even if the hit point was dropped a little, I felt that I could easily enter the opponent’s court by firmly attracting the ball and hitting it with all my might. This sounds good. It was very good because the speed came out reasonably well.

Curve / shoot drive
I don’t recommend curve drive. I think that the shoot drive is good because it opens the side.

Block
I felt that the seat was more cushioned than I thought, so it didn’t bounce. Because it is an adhesive rubber, it is said that blocking is difficult, but I did not feel that it was easy to do.

Counter drive
I hit with a sheet, so it was difficult.

Stop & push
It stopped well, cut well and was my favorite rubber.

Serve
I can cut it. However, since the seat is soft, it was necessary to make it bite with all one’s might.

バックハンド系

Light hit
It was a rubber that can be used even in the back. The seat was soft, so it was better than I thought.

Drive balls and rallies
Since the seat is soft, it was easy to give a sense of stability anyway. Personally, I felt that I wanted to use it for the backhand. However, in my case, it was difficult to make a habit that I could put out in the foreground because of the lack of impact in the back.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
The sheet is soft, so it was easy to just put it in.

Speed drive against back spin
It was easier than I thought. However, if the impact is not strong, it will not be stable.

Block
There were more network mistakes than I expected. I think that it is good to settle down as much as it does not bounce.

Counter drive
It was difficult with my own hands.

Stop & push
Like the fore, it stopped well and cut well.

Chiquita
Easy to do! It was great!

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions only)

Max Spin
　Dignics 09C ＞ Triple Double Extra ≧ Rakza Z

Speed
　Rakza Z Extra Hard ＞ Triple Double Extra ＞ Hurricane

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2022.08.05

Review Jupiter II Blue Sponge 39°

Explanation

This review will be a review of adhesive rubber from a Chinese manufacturer. When it comes to China, Double Happiness Shanghai (DHS) is famous, but this time we will review Jupiter II Blue Sponge (YINHE, Miky Way, Galaxy)! Everyone knows WRM’s rubber. I lightly googled the information of the manufacturer galaxy, but I could not get much, so I will omit it. Ginga is a manufacturer that names celestial bodies in rubber names, and there are other names such as Apollo, Moon, Venus, and Sun. I’ve reviewed Moon Blue in the past. It’s a little heavy, but I personally felt it was similar to VICTAS’s Triple Double Extra with good cost performance adhesive rubber. Push cuts well, the sheet is soft and the ball is good. Following such moon blue, I would like to review Jupiter II Blue Sponge.

The Jupiter II Blue Sponge has been described as close to the Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for the provincial team by Mr. WRM’s Guccii. I would like to touch on that. Of course, I tried the Jupiter II blue sponge, 39° black.

Public performance value

I tried to look it up but couldn’t find the performance chart. This time, I will only compare the hardness.

As I mentioned in Moon Blue, it is heavy because it is made in China. The Jupiter II blue sponge weighed 52 g, which is the same weight as high-end rubber in recent years. The Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for the ministry team is light and weighs less than 50 g, and the butterfly rubber is also light. Focusing on hardness, the Jupiter II Blue Sponge is hard, resulting in it being harder than Dignics 09C. If you can master hard rubber, you can hit a powerful ball with a large amount of rotation, so this is something to pay attention to. It’s harder than Moon Blue, so it’s easy to imagine that it’s easier to put out more power than Moon Blue!

When focusing on adhesive rubber, what we think is important is the difference in hardness between the sheet and the sponge. It can be seen that the difference in hardness between the sheet and the sponge is very close to 0 for the Hurricane NEO III blue sponge for the provincial team. On the other hand, you can see that the seat of Dignics 05, which has a hard seat and is difficult to bite into, is 2° or more harder. You can see that the moon blue sponge is 4 degrees harder than the sponge, and the Jupiter II blue sponge is about 6 degrees harder. As you can see, rubber with a sponge that is harder than the seat is characterized by being easy to show outstanding ball retention. I think that it will be a rubber that can be used on the back side depending on the person because it is easy to feel the ball holding strongly, so it is easy to make a high quality loop drive. The 36° Jupiter II Blue Sponge is also on sale, so I think it can be used as a bag.

Jupiter II blue sponge paste and weight

I pasted it on the Pro-13S. Jupiter II blue sponge is pasted on the outer carbon side. I pasted Dignics 05 on the inner carbon side.

Jupiter II Blue Sponge
・Sponge Thickness：2.2 mm
・Sponge Stiffness：36°、39°
・3,480 yen + tax
・77 g (before cut)　→　52 g (after cut)

It was a sticky adhesive rubber that seems to be made in China. Recent German-made adhesive tension rubbers, such as Rasanter C53 and Omega VII China Ying, do not have a sticky feeling, but Chinese-made adhesive rubbers still have a good stickiness. I think there are different tastes in this area.

Three features of Jupiter II Blue Sponge

Easy to handle and high quality loop drive like a Hurricane blue sponge!

I felt that the Jupiter II Blue Sponge certainly has a shot feeling similar to the Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for the provincial team. The shot feeling is clearly different from the so-called Fukyo NEO3. Jupiter II Blue Sponge is close to the Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for the Ministry Team in a good way, so it is a rubber that I would like to recommend to those who cannot afford the Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for the Ministry Team because it is expensive! Also, the ball holding is outstanding, so it was very easy to do a high-quality loop drive. Other galaxy sticky rubbers such as Venus Blue Sponge and Apollo 5 were stiff and easy to play, so I felt it was difficult to rotate with a speed drive, but Jupiter II Blue The sponge is easy to rotate even with a speed drive, and I think it’s a rubber close to the Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for the Ministry of Teams. I had a pretty good impression of this area. Speaking of greed, 39° is still a little soft, so I personally prefer a little harder one, and the Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for the Ministry of Teams was still better in terms of rotation performance and habits. However, the Hurricane NEOIII Blue Sponge for the provincial team is expensive, so I thought that Jupiter II Blue Sponge was a pretty good rubber if I thought it was a cheap version.

It’s easier to hit a speed drive than Hurricane Blue Sponge!

Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for the Ministry of Teams is still super strong, so if you don’t use a method that suits your needs, you won’t be able to take full advantage of its high performance. Also, Hurricane is a rubber that is difficult to speed up, so I think it is necessary to compensate for the speed according to the outer ALC blade racket. I think this hit is the difficult part of Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for provincial teams. With the Jupiter II blue sponge, the speed drive was more stable than I imagined because it was soft. I think that this area is a rubber that can be driven more easily than leopard. However, its speed performance is also at a level that is better than hurricane-type rubber, and it may be easy to be dissatisfied with its speed performance compared to spin-type tension rubber. I imagine that this is a part where tastes are greatly divided. If possible, I imagine that the overall power can be increased by pasting it on an outer ALC blade racket to supplement the speed. If you still want to use Chinese-made adhesive rubber, the racket should be made of inner carbon (such as Hurricane Long V, which is said to be closer to outer than inner carbon) or so-called ALC type outer carbon (Zhang Jike ALC). ) or Lin Gaoyuan ALC), you may be a little worried about speed performance.

It is easy to put on the table, just an honor student rubber

After all, it is an adhesive rubber, so there is a tremendous sense of security on the table. Although it is not a rubber that specializes in rotation, you can get the same amount of rotation as the top rubber of the spin type tension rubber, and it may pale in comparison to the amount of spin of the Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for the Ministry of Teams. However, it is also a rubber that is easier to handle than the Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for the provincial team, so I think it will be an honor student rubber. An excellent balanced rubber, including the price, will be the Jupiter II Blue Sponge.

Each technical review

Forehand

Light hit
A sticky rubber-like hitting feeling was transmitted. I think that it is good for those who want to hit the ball slowly.

Driving long balls and rallies
Compared to spin-type tension rubber, the speed is slow because it settles well. Compared to the latest spin type tension rubber Evolution MX-D, the speed is still slow. It’s a stiff sponge, so I think you can hit the drive with a taste if you hit it.

Drive with open face
After all, when hitting a speed drive with a Chinese adhesive rubber, I felt that it was easier to hit by opening the surface and applying rotation while flipping.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
It was easy to hit a very high quality loop drive. I think that the Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge for the provincial team can achieve a higher quality including shallowness and the sinking of the ball, but I think that the Jupiter 2 Blue Sponge can also hit a high-quality loop drive that can score enough points. .　

Stop / push
Because it grips, it was very easy to stop. nice one!

Serve
It was good that the amount of rotation of the lower rotation could be obtained even with the serve that involved because it was an adhesive rubber. However, the serve as a whole is slow, so I think it’s better to check the power of a fast long serve and the quality of missing the opponent’s timing.

Backhand

Light hit
I have the ball!

Driving long balls and rallies
When you go down, the slowness of the ball stands out. This area may depend on your backhand technique. However, since it is easy to rotate, I thought that there was a great sense of stability.

Block
Since the seat is soft, I felt that it was easily affected by the rotation of the other party.

Chiquita
It’s really easy to do. Chiquita with a high sense of stability was made. The power (speed and amount of spin) may be a little low.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions only)

Max Spin amount
　Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge ＞ Jupiter II Blue Sponge ≧ Tenergy 05

Speed
　Tenergy 05 ＞ Jupiter II Blue Sponge ＞ Hurricane NEO III Blue Sponge

2022.07.18

Review Blue Storm PRO

Explanation

・Blue Grip (tacky tension) 5 kinds
・Blue Storm 7 kinds
・Blue Fire 9 kinds
・Acuda Blue 4 kinds

There are 25 types of blue rubber! Among them, we will review DONIC’s new rubber, Blue Storm PRO, which was released in January 2022. Speaking of DONIC rubber, there are many rubbers that are blue. It also features a large lineup of the Blue Fire series with high spin performance, the Blue Storm series with speed performance and low trajectory, and the Blue Grip series with adhesive tension system for ease of handling and further rotation performance and habit. I think this brings the merit of being able to finely change the hardness and seat according to the skill of the player. The 2022 pamphlet does not include the Blue Fire JP series, but it does appear on the DONIC website in Japan. It may be out of print, but it seems that it is currently available. As a manufacturer, I think that it is a strategy that costs a lot for the company because it handles a lot of inventory, but I think that DONIC’s stance, which has a large lineup of hardness and sponge thickness in each series, is a user-first manufacturer. Let’s check out the hottest rubber, Blue Storm PRO, in DONIC’s latest work.

takkyu-navi: https://takkyu-navi.jp/you/article/3852

The performance of German-made rubber has improved considerably these days, and I expect that it will have the same or higher performance as the evolved Tenergy rubber. The Blue Storm PRO this time probably uses the same technology, and it seems that it has high rotation performance comparable to Tenergy.

It seems that Suzuki of Aikodai Meiden, who is a contract player of DONIC and one of the candidates for the Inter-High championship triple crown this year, also used Blue Storm PRO for a while, but now he is returning to Blue Storm Z1 Turbo. It has been done. It seems that he used blue grip rubber for a while, but he seems to be using the Blue Storm Z1 turbo in search of a habit ball that is drawn out by technology, not a habit of relying on rubber.

The information on DONIC’s homepage and pamphlets is as follows.

Professional select version.
The top sheet has been renewed, and the touch feeling, response, and spin of the ball have been greatly improved. Dynamic rubber with extraordinary ball popping out.
https://www.donic.jp/

In addition, Suzuki’s comment posted on “Table Tennis Goods 2022” is as follows.

In 2022, “Blue Storm PRO” was used for the back in all Japan. Personally, the shot feeling is soft and the bite is good, and I have the impression that it is a rubber that emphasizes rotation rather than speed. Fore uses “Blue Storm Z1 Turbo”, but “PRO” takes rotation even if hit lightly, and it was easier to use the opponent’s ball in blocks etc. I also tried “PRO” in the foreground, but I found it a little difficult to control with my feeling and how to hit. The image of “Z1 Turbo” is that you can make a strong rotation with your own swing, and “PRO” is that you can rotate naturally without being aware of it. I think “PRO” is suitable for players who play in the front team and players who are not good at spinning themselves.
From “Table Tennis Goods 2022”

In this blog, I will review the Blue Storm PRO and compare it with the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo.

Public performance value

Let’s compare the published performance values.

It is the default that it is difficult to refer to the rubber published value of DONIC. You can see that the latest Blue Storm PRO is well-balanced, but there is also an image that the Blue Storm Z1 turbo is better in speed performance, so it is still a little difficult to refer to. Next is the comparison of katsuo000 hardness testers.

When comparing the hardness, I feel that the characteristics of rubber come out. Among DONIC’s rubbers owned by katsuo000, it is lighter than the Blue Fire M1 Turbo and weighs almost the same as the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo. The Z1 turbo was a rubber that bites in very well and feels soft, but the PRO is a little harder, isn’t it? I think it will be about the same hardness as Tenergy 05. As mentioned in the previous reputation, PRO is a rubber with great expectations if it has the same spin performance as Tenergy 05

Blue Storm PRO sticking and weight

Recently, I put it on YASAKA’s Reinforce AC because it’s an inner.

Personally, it was not too hard, not too light, and it was a rubber that could be used by a wide range of players.

Blue Storm PRO
・Sponge Thickness: 2.0 mm, MAX
・Speed： 11+
・Spin：11
・Control：5+
・Sponge stiffness: 50.0°
・7,800 yen + tax
・72 g (before cut) → 50 g (after cut)

Three features of Blue Storm PRO

High spin performance! This is fantastic!

I felt the outstanding rotation performance among the blue rubbers so far. Blue rubber with high rotation performance is Blue Fire M1 Turbo (Blue Fire M1 Turbo) and Blue Grip C1 (Blue Grip C1), but the overwhelming difference is the good biting. While other rubbers rotate with the hardness of the sponge, Blue Storm PRO is a rubber that makes it very easy to feel that it is rotating with a strong twitch while gripping the ball with the good bite of the sponge. did. I think that strong rotation performance is a condition of good rubber, so it is highly recommended.

Although the spin performance is high, the trajectory is low!

The interesting thing about this Blue Storm PRO is that it has a high trajectory but a low trajectory! A ball with a low trajectory that is close to the grain shape of 80 or 64 series will come out! The Blue Storm Z1 Turbo was also aggressive with a similar low trajectory arc, but the Blue Storm PRO has even higher rotational performance, and I felt that it was a rubber with unprecedented characteristics! I think that it is an interesting rubber that it is aggressive but has high rotation performance. Dignix 64 and Dignix 80 also show aggressive and high rotation performance, but I think that it is also a rubber that is a little difficult to rotate because the seat is hard. I felt that this Blue Storm PRO could be described as a rubber like the Tenergy 64 with the rotational performance of the Tenergy 05. Or is it Tenergy 19 that feels similar? Of course, it bears the name of Blue Storm, so I think PRO is more aggressive than Tenergy 19.

It’s not as sticky, but it’s easy to do on the table!

Since the rotation performance is high, it is easy to do on the table! Of course, it is not as easy to stop as adhesive rubber, but I felt that I was able to stop the ball by rotating it. The seat of the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo is hard, but I also felt that it was a little easy to float, so I felt that it was ant to use PRO for ease of use on the table. The price is a little high, but I think it’s a highly recommended rubber!

Each technical review

Forehand

Light hit
It’s a 50 ° rubber, but I didn’t feel its hardness.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It was very nice to be able to hit a drive that can be applied when you want to apply rotation, and when you want to apply speed, you can apply pressure due to speed with a low trajectory. This slowness may be exactly the difference from the Blue Storm Z1 turbo. With Blue Storm PRO, I think it’s very easy to shoot a chance ball by shaking it with the amount of rotation of the drive!

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
Even though I could hit such an aggressive drive, I was able to hit a fairly satisfying loop drive. This is highly rated!

Speed drive against back spin
The weight of the ball may be reduced, but a good ball was hit. It was good to feel the stretch like a spin tension rubber.

Curve / shoot drive
Since it has high rotation performance, it will bend considerably if you take the plunge. You will be able to hit a characteristic curve and shoot drive compared to the rubber with high speed performance so far.

Block
Compared to the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo, it is the PRO who feels that the entire rubber is soft. Therefore, PRO is a little more susceptible to the influence of the opponent’s rotation. However, because the arc line is low, there were more net mistakes than I expected. PRO is recommended if you want to rotate and stabilize the block!

Counter drive
The arc line is lower than I expected, so it was surprisingly easy to do counter drive! This was surprising!

Stop & Push
I think it can be stopped enough. I felt that it was possible to attack aggressively with a deep push.

Serve
Since the spin performance is high, I was able to give a satisfactory serve!

Backhand

Light hit
It feels soft enough so I felt it could be used in the back.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It’s very good. I felt that I could aim for the course with grip power even if I was late for swinging because I could wait for my pocket with confidence because the bite was good.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
It was easy to do and the rotation performance was sufficient!

Speed drive against back spin
It’s easy to bite in, so it’s easy to do! I want to use it if I don’t have Dignics!

Block
I was surprised that there were more net mistakes than I expected. It may be due to the grain shape.

Stop & push
It was easier to do than the Z1 turbo.

Chiquita
The bite is good, so I felt like I could go to Chiquita after waiting for the ball to the very limit. This is due to the good bite.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　Dignics05 ＞ Q5 ≧ DNA Platinum XH ≧ Target Pro XD-52.5 ≧ Rasanter R53 ＞ Blue Storm PRO ＞ Fastarc G-1 max ＞ Rasanter R48 ≧ Evolution MX-D > Tenergy 05

Speed
　Dignics 05 ≧ Evolution MX-D ＞ Blue Stom PRO ＞Rasanter R53 ≧ Q5 ≧ Rasanter R48 ＞ Target Pro XD-52.5 ＞ DNA Platinum XH ＞ Fastarc G-1 Max

2022.07.11

Review Evolution EL-S

Explanation

We would like to review TIBHAR’s attention rubber, Evolution EL-S. Speaking of TIBHAR, even if we retire, we will be a German manufacturer contracted by our legendary Belarusian giant Vladimir Samsonov. Recently, G.C. Foerster, who sells TIBHAR on You Tube after working as a private coach for former Dutch representative Jun Mizutani, and Bernadette Szocs, a beautiful Romanian player, are also Tiber contract players. Darko Jorgic of Slovenia, who made Tomokazu Harimoto stand out with a full set at the Tokyo Olympics, is also a contract player of Tiber!

I will review one of Tiber’s rubber, Evolution EL-S. The rubber used by many contract players as a high-end rubber is the Evolution series. Currently, the Evolution series has the latest and highest performance MX-D, 3 types of hardness x 2 types of sheets = 6 types, and 50 ° of MX-P, totaling 8 types of rubber are on sale. The latest MX-D released in 2021 is clearly a rubber that sets it apart from other Evolution series rubbers. We have a review about that, so please take a look there.
Review of Evolution MX-D (Evolution Maximum Dynamic)
　　　: https://katsuo000.com/review_evolution_mx_d/
Returning to the Evolution series, the three types of hardness are MX (maximum = approx. 47.5 °), EL (elastic = approx. 43 °), and FX (flexible = approx. 40 °). And the two types of sheets are P (power) and S (spin, slightly adhesive sheet). This page reviews EL (elastic) with a hardness of about 43 °, that is, EL-S (elastic spin), which is a combination of a medium hardness sponge and a slightly adhesive sheet. EL-S is a hit rubber, and TIBHAR also put out a color advertisement in the magazine Table Tennis Kingdom for the first time in 11 years. Now that the plastic balls have become harder and the rubber with medium hardness is often attached to the back side, I think that the most suitable rubber for the back side rubber will be EL-S. Let’s check the EL-S information posted on TIBHAR’s homepage.

Evolution EL-S
● Latest generation non-slip sheet
● Re-installed! Medium sponge with coarse bubbles that leads to increased elasticity
The MX-S type sheet, which has a long ball holding, a large amount of rotation, and is durable, uses a sponge with coarse bubbles, which is the biggest feature of the series, which was not installed in the MX-S, with an intermediate hardness. As a result, it demonstrates the true nature of non-slip rubber, which is that the ball becomes heavier. We have created a rubber that can improve the quality of play widely in the front middle team. Experience “evolution” with EL-S.
http://www.tibhar.jp/rubber.htm

Evolution’s MX-P and MX-S have the same hardness as 45.7-47.7 °, but when you actually use it, you will feel that MX-S is harder because the sheet is harder. Similarly, when comparing EL-P and EL-S, the hardness is EL-P: 42.4-44.4 °, while EL-S: 43.8-45.8 °, which is the published hardness. I think you can feel the uniqueness of German spin tension rubber around here as well.

Performance value

Let’s compare the published performance values.

*Since the speed and spin performance of Evolution MX-P (Evolution MX-P) and Evolution MX-S (Evolution MX-S) are the same, they are plotted in the same place. EL-S is a rubber with higher spin performance than MX-S and MX-P, and among spin tension rubbers, it is the rubber with the highest spin performance next to MX-D. This is a very promising rubber! Next is a comparison of hardness with a hardness tester.

As it has an intermediate hardness, it is clearly softer than Tenergy 05, MX-P, and MX-S. The sheet feels stiff. As I will touch on in the future, I felt that this EL-S is quite close to rubber such as Joola’s Rhyzer Pro 45 and Rasanter R45. What these rubbers have in common is a sponge with a middle hardness, which makes the sheet a hard rubber.

EL-S pasting and weight

I pasted it on Zhang Jike ZLC as usual.

Evolution EL-S
　Spin type tension　OFF+
・Sponge Thickness：1.7/1.9/2.1 mm
・Speed：123
・Spin：122
・Control：85
・Sponge stiffness：43.8-45.8°
・6,000 yen + tax
・73 g (before cut) → 49 g (after cut)

The impression is that it is heavy for a rubber of medium hardness.

Three features of Evolution EL-S

Both the sheet and the sponge have a mess of balls!

Since the sheet is a slightly adhesive sheet, I do not feel it sticky to the touch, but I felt that the twitching was very good. Also, because it bites into the sponge very well, it was a rubber that I felt that the whole rubber would hold the ball firmly. If it is a hard rubber, the ball holding time is very short, so when you hit the drive, you will feel that the ball will come off quickly, but since the medium hardness rubber has a very long ball holding time as a whole, the ball holding time It was EL-S that made me feel the ball holding the ball as much as I could upset the timing of the opponent. Also, compared to R45 and Riser Pro 45, which are rubbers with similar intermediate hardness and hard sheet as mentioned above, EL-S was characterized by ball holding and arc line height. The R45 and Riser Pro 45 have the ease of meeting and the goodness of playing in the overall softness, but I felt that the EL-S is the rubber that is most conscious of ball holding and rotation performance. Also, because it is a rubber with this much ball holding, I felt that the amount of rotation was extremely high.

Rubber that can be recommended in the back or fore

I think that rubber with medium hardness is generally suitable for back. As usual, this EL-S was a rubber that was highly recommended for use in the back. Chiquita and back hand drive are weak and I felt that it was easy to lift up even with a slow swing and put it on the opponent’s court. Also, I felt that Tsuttsuki was hard to float because the grip of the seat was strong among other soft rubbers with intermediate hardness. This hit was also a good feeling.
What I personally felt was that it could be used in the foreground. Compared to other R45 and Riser Pro 45, EL-S is a little hard and has a good ball holding, so I felt that it is a rubber that can be fully recommended even in the foreground. The point that I can recommend for the fore is that EL-S has the amount of rotation of the serve obtained from the good holding of the ball, the ease of driving, especially the ease of producing the arc line when the hitting point is dropped. It was good to be able to drive as I imagined even if I used it in the foreground. I felt that it was good to aim for a polite and rally-oriented table tennis that was easy to aim at the course.

Like the rubber of TIBHAR, there is also a good meat and momentum!

It’s easy to spin, but when I hit it with a meat or a strong play, I felt that the flight distance would be longer than I expected. I felt that this area was like TIBHAR. Although it is easy to handle, the meat and playing are quite intense. However, it is not a butterfly rubber or adhesive rubber, so I felt that the amount of rotation would drop if I hit it with a meat type or a little playing. There is a feeling that it will fly away without being settled. However, once I get used to it, I think it’s easy to get around the no-touch ace like a TIBHAR player and decide the counter.

Each technical review

Forehand

Light hit
I didn’t feel any discomfort.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It was a little too soft and I felt an energy loss. I usually use rubber of 50 ° or more, so it may be natural. The ball is shallow and easy to enter. When using rubber with medium hardness, I feel that the energy loss will be reduced if the ball is attracted more carefully. Also, when I tried to hit the drive with all my might, I felt that the amount of rotation was low. However, since the speed is outstanding, I think that it is a rubber that makes inquiries and competition from the middle team fun. In addition, it is a rubber that can be attracted to the very limit and it is easy to make arch lines, so it may be a rubber that is easy to attack technically by driving, such as turning it upside down or dropping it on the net.

Drive with open face
The first impression is that it bites too much, but thanks to the grip of the seat, it was easy to drive even if the surface was opened. I felt that the amount of rotation was very large and the ball could be sunk firmly.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
I felt that it was easy to hit the ball with a sense of security and loop drive to drop it on the net. Even if the impact is strong, the ball does not pop out, so I felt that it was easy to do a fairly high quality loop drive. I think that this alone can be used as a Mazumazu weapon. This point was a pretty good feeling.

Speed drive against back spin
I personally found it difficult to do. If you hit it yourself, you will speed up too much and the ball will not sink. I felt that I couldn’t put it in the opponent’s court stably unless I hit it with a little more open surface and hit it firmly. However, I think that this way of hitting will also cause energy loss, so I think that Evolution’s MX series high hardness sponge rubber (MX-P, MX-S, MX-D) can hit a better ball. increase. Also, I think there is a way to speed drive by rubbing because of the middle hardness. However, the maximum speed may drop.

Curve / shoot drive
I think it’s easy to bend because it’s easy to control the ball shallowly.

Block
This was relatively easy to do. However, I also felt that it was easily affected by the rotation of the other party. There seems to be a preference around here.

Counter drive
Since it is a little good to bite in, it may be difficult to suppress it if you try to change the rotation. Meat type may be better.

Stop & Push
It was easy to stop because of the seat. It was a good feeling that there was little popping out. I don’t think it’s inseparable. This is also hard to float, but the ball seemed a little light.

Serve
It was good to be able to cut it firmly.

Backhand

Light hit
It’s soft, so I thought it would be easy to hit it thickly and play it. This kind of thing is difficult for rubber with medium hardness, isn’t it?

Drive on long balls and rallies
Compared to Dignics 05 and Tenergy 05, it is hard to get an arc, so I felt it would be difficult to go down. However, the swing speed is slower than that of hard rubber, and it is easy to drive even with a weak force, so I feel a sense of stability and security.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
There was a sense of stability. I’m glad. However, the maximum amount of rotation may be low. This may be a lack of skill in your backhand drive. Personally, I felt that it was a nice point in the backhand to be able to attract the opponent’s ball to the last minute.

Speed drive against back spin
I felt it was more difficult than the fore. I felt even more lacking in my arms here.

Block
It was very easy to do. Meat balls are also easy to block.

Counter drive
I felt it with Rhyzer Pro 45, but the meat-like counter was good.

Stop & Push
It was easy to do without floating. I like the S type seat for the Evolution series. It’s not inseparable, but when I tried to cut it to the maximum, it was quite difficult. I think it’s easier to cut if you drop the hitting point like chopper.

Chiquita
It’s easy to do. It’s easy to put in with a weak force. The power is low.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Spin amount
　Evolution MX-D ＞ Evolution EL-S ≧ Quantum X Pro

Ease of spin
　Tenergy 05FX ＞ Evolution EL-S ＞ Evolution MX-S

Speed
　Quantum X Pro ＞ Evolution EL-S ＞ Tacky rubber (such as Hurricane)

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2022.05.15

Review Tenergy 80 FX

Explanation

We would like to review Tenergy 80 FX, one of Butterfly (Tamasu)’s tenergy series. The release of the world standard Tenergy 05 dates back to now, about 13 years ago, in April 2008. Tenergy 05, which still wants the name of the world standard even after more than 10 years have passed due to the prohibition of post-processing with organic solvents, has become an existence that can not be talked about without it when thinking about table tennis. .. Considering the features of this Tenergy series as katsuo000 as of 2021, I think it will be as follows.

Features of the Tenergy series
・High rotation performance
・High speed performance
・Light

In addition to Tenergy 05, which has the highest usage rate of the top players and high rotation performance, Tenergy 64, which has high speed performance due to the difference in the top seat, Tenegy 80, which has a good balance of spin and speed, There are 5 types of seats, including the Tenergy 25 (Tenergy), which is strong against counters and fronts, and the Power Tenergy 19, which was released the other day. The explanation of each sheet is as follows.

No. 25: The grain height of 2.65 mm is low. Easy to play on the table and counter.
No. 64: 1.7 mm wide grain spacing. High speed performance.
No. 180: The grain spacing of 1.7 mm is in the middle. The rotation and speed are well balanced.
No. 219: 1.5 mm grain spacing is narrow. It is easy to grab the ball well and put out power.
As mentioned above, the characteristics of each top sheet are reflected, and there are key phrases such as “Rotation 05”, “Balance 80”, “Speed 64”, “Front 25”, and “Power 19”. It is crowned.

About 13 years ago, after launching Tenergy 05 in April 2008, Butterfly launched Tenergy 25 in November 2008, Tenergy 64 in April 2009, and Tenergy in July 2010. 05 FX, Tenergy 25 FX in November 2010, Tenergy 64 FX in November 2011, Tenergy 80 (Tenergy 80) in January 2013, 2014 Tenergy 80 FX in April 2017, Rozena in April 2017, Tenergy 05 Hard, which is a harder version of Tenergy 05 in November 2018, in April 2019. Dignics 05 has been released as a rubber that exceeds Tenergy. And in March 2021, when the transition from Tenergy to Dignics was beginning to appear, Tenergy 19 was put on the market. To date, there are 10 types of Tenergy. Each has been sold as a new product, and the fact that Tenergy 05 is still popular is a sign of completion and trust.

The Tenergy 80FX reviewed on this page is one of the easy-to-use tenergy with a soft spring sponge. I think it is a popular rubber as a back rubber for intermediate users or as a tenergy for beginners.

Published performance value

In Butterfly, the published performance value does not depend on FX. At competitors’ manufacturers, rubber with a soft sponge has high rotation performance, and if it is easy to repel, it has high speed performance, but Butterfly’s claim that this is not the case is the published performance value. Become. Actually, the soft sponge is easier to use, but there is certainly an impression that it is difficult to get the maximum rotation amount and speed. However, I think that the amount of rotation and speed will increase if it is firmly inserted. In a sense, it seems that technical skills are required to increase the amount of rotation and speed of Max with soft rubber. In that sense, the Tenergy 80FX is a high-performance and easy-to-use rubber.

Easy-to-use technology

On Butterfly’s homepage, radar charts are posted on the technologies that are easy to do for each Tenergy. I measured the ease of doing each technique with a measure, and tried to show the numerical values in the figure below. Items
・ Ease of loop drive
・ Ease of hitting speed drive
・ Ease of counter drive
・ Easy to play on the table
・ Ease of blocking
・ Ease of smashing
It will be six. Personally important items are loop drive, speed drive, bench play, block and counter drive. If the smash is not adhesive rubber, you will be accustomed to hitting it.

I quoted from Butterfly’s homepage.
https://www.butterfly.co.jp/product/tenergy/

If you look at this chart, you can see that the Tenergy 80FX is in the middle as well as the Tenergy 05FX. I think this is a manifestation of the fact that there are few difficult techniques. It can be said that it is a rubber that can be recommended from beginners to intermediates if you do not consider the cost.

Recommended racket combination

Combinations recommended by the manufacturer are also posted. I will also post this. All of the following are quoted from Butterfly’s homepage. First, I tried arranging the Tenergy FX system.

I quoted from Butterfly’s homepage!
https://www.butterfly.co.jp/product/tenergy/

Tenergy 05 FX
　・Timo Boll ZLF: For players seeking stable play
　・Inner Force Layer ALC: For learning various techniques
　・Maze Advance: For players who are not confident in their strength

Tenergy 80 FX
　・Marcos Freitas ALC: For playing in a well-balanced and wide area
　・Timo Boll CAF: For all-round play in pursuit of power

Tenergy 25 FX
　・Timo Boll ZLC: To players who want to use the opponent's play

Tenergy 64 FX
　・Timo Boll TJ: To junior players aiming for the top
　・Maze Advance: To players who use Tenergy for the first time

Basically, I felt that there were many phrases for beginners and intermediate users. Only the Tenergy 25FX has been proposed to be combined with the Timo Boll ZLC, and basically it seems that there are many combinations with a racket that is very easy to handle. Personally, I feel the intention of the manufacturer to feel the ease of handling and the fun of table tennis rather than the power. However, as a beginner, Tenergy makes the household account book cry. If my daughter wants to do that, I’ll cooperate.
It’s almost April, and if you want to step up or take on the challenge of Tenergy in a new environment, it is recommended to combine it with the Tenergy FX system as described above.

Tenergy 05 Hard
katsuo000's Review↓
　　https://katsuo000.com/review_tenergy_05_hard/
　・Viscaria: For all-round power play
　・Inner Force Layer ALC: For playing in the front middle team with an emphasis on rotation
　・SK7 Classic: To power hitters who prefer wood plywood rackets

Tenergy 05
katsuo000's Review↓
　　https://katsuo000.com/review_tenergy_05/
　・Zhang Jike ALC: For all-round play without blind spots
　・Harimoto Tomokazu Inner Force ZLC: For aggressive play that emphasizes the rotation of the hit ball
　・Inner Force Layer ALC: For players who want the rotation and stability of the hit ball

Tenergy 19
katsuo000's Review↓
　　https://katsuo000.com/review_tenergy_19/
　・Lin Yun-Ju Super ZLC: Pursuing both speed and spin
　・Inner Force Layer ZLC: Powerful play with an emphasis on rotation
　・Timo Boll ALC: For all-round play in pursuit of power

Tenergy 80
　・Mizutani Jun ZLC: For players aiming for technical play
　・Tiago Apolonia ZLC: To players aiming for solid play
　・Inner Shield Layer ZLF: For all-round cut play

Tenergy 25
　・Mizutani Jun Super ZLC: To players who want to use the opponent's play
　・Inner Force Layer ALC.S: To the players who make full use of rotation in the front team

Tenergy 64
　・Matsudaira Kenta ALC: For speedy play in the front team
　・Inner Force Layer ZLF: For players who make heavy use of flat striking methods
　・Petr Korbel: For players who want to acquire the feeling of spinning

Looking at Tenergy as a whole, Tenergy 64 is recommended for beginners and intermediates, Tenergy 25 is recommended for intermediate and advanced players in combination with the bouncing outer Super ZLC, and Tenergy 05 Hard and Tenergy 19 are recommended for advanced players and top players. It is an impression. The combination of Tenergy 25 and Jun Mizutani Super ZLC is not a story that started in 2021, but it is an impression that Butterfly has been proposing for a long time. It’s a pretty interesting combination.

Tenergy 80 FX Weight and Paste

The rubber weight of the Tenergy 80FX was about 45 g. It’s a little lighter than Tenergy 05FX (46 g). Butterfly’s characteristic is that there are many high-performance and lightweight rubbers as a whole, and you can see that this time as well, it is light and of high quality.

Tenergy 80 FX
　High Tension rubber
・Sponge thickness：thicke (1.9 mm), extra thicke (2.1 mm)
・Spin：11.25
・Speed：13.25
・Sponge stiffness：32
・8,900 yen + tax
・66 g (before cut) → 45 g (after cut)

Three features of Tenergy 80 FX

After all bring it to the backhand!

It’s soft, so I brought it to my backhand anyway! After all, due to the influence of the grain shape of the sheet, I felt that the Tenergy 80FX was easier to block and meet in general than the Tenergy 05FX. Of course, if you insert it firmly into the sponge, the drive will rotate firmly, but I felt that it sometimes slipped when trying to catch it thinly, so if you hit it thickly with the back, 80FX is recommended rather than 05FX. Probably.

Easy to put blocks!

As a technique that is easy to do with virtue, I felt that if I used the momentum in the block, I could manage to put it on the opponent’s court. I felt the same with Tenergy 80, but I think it’s very easy to put it on the opponent’s court with the momentum of the racket and rubber even if the opponent is spinning or knuckle! I think it’s a very good rubber if you want to learn to make a face and put it on the opponent’s court. On the other hand, it also tends to be a stick ball, so I think it would be better if you could push or rotate it a little in the game.

It’s easier to get speed than rotation!

Compared to 05FX, I felt that it was a rubber that could be pushed at a speed rather than rotation. I think that 80FX can be used when driving and chiquita are used to take away the opponent’s time with pitch, straightness and speed rather than the amount of rotation. Especially the speed type Chiquita was very easy to do and it was good. However, rather than catching the top, it is easier to do by shifting the axis of rotation. I thought it was a very good option if I wanted to be easy to handle and pitch and ball speed.

Each technical review

Fore hand

Rally drive
I felt that it was difficult to sink when flying with rotation, and it was necessary to hit a little weakly to reduce the flight distance. In Dignix 05, if you fly with a lot of rotation, you can feel at ease that the ball will sink with the amount of rotation, so you will feel that you will enter the opponent’s court, but after all the shape of the 80 sheet takes a little rotation, and the arc line on your own court side I felt that I should drive with the image that the top of.

Stop
It’s easy to stop. I just played it when I tried to rotate it.

Push
It is difficult to rotate. It is very easy to put in.

Serve
It’s not that it doesn’t take rotation, but I was a little dissatisfied with the maximum amount of rotation.

バックハンド系

Light hit
I felt that the ball was released faster than the Tenergy 05 from a light hit. I think it was influenced by the grain shape of the sheet.

Rally drive
There was a relatively stable feeling. If I could bite it in firmly, it would take a good impression that it would rotate well. After all it is easy to speed up and I think it is easy to supplement the power of the backhand.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
The ball was released earlier than 05, and it was difficult to catch it with just the seat because it seemed to slip a little. In particular, I found it difficult to loop drive a half-long ball. On the other hand, if the ball has a long flight distance, it can be pulled in firmly, so if it can be pulled in, it feels like it can be easily lifted. I think this is the effect of a soft sponge.

Speed drive against back spin
The angle is a little difficult, so I think that you will drive with the image of flying straight and crossing the net rather than dropping it by rotation. I think I like this area, but I didn’t like katsuo000 very much.

Block
I didn’t think it was so susceptible to rotation compared to Tenergy 05FX. I think it’s much easier to block than 05FX.

Counter drive
If anything, meat was easier to do.

Stop & Push
It was easy to do. Because it is soft, it is easy to repel, so it is easier to rotate with Tenergy 05.

Chiquita
It was easy to do because it was easy to get up. I think it’s easy to aim for an ace because it’s easy to speed up.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Spin amount
　Tenergy 05 FX ＞ Tenergy 80 FX ＞ Evolution MX-P

Speed
　Evolution MX-P > Tenergy 80 FX > Fastarc G-1

Ease of handling
　Tenergy 05FX ＞ Tenergy 80 FX ＞ Tenergy 19

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2022.04.22

Review Rakza Z Extra Hard

Explanation

Review Rakza Z Extra Hard. This rubber is YASAKA’s high-end rubber for a long time, and it will be an adhesive tension rubber! At the timing when Butterfly released the latest adhesive tension rubber, Dignics 09C, in 2020, this Rakza Z was released so that Yasaka would also chase after it. There are two types of hardness, Rakza Z, which is about 50 °, and Rakza Z extra hard, which is one or two of the hardest rubbers in Yasaka. This page reviews Rakza Z Extra Hard. The user of this rubber will be Fumiya Igarashi, who joined TT Saitama after graduating from Waseda University, and recently Takuya Jin, a signboard player of Yasaka. It seems that You Tuber and Goblin’s Yanma are also using it.

Speaking of Yasaka’s contract players, Takuya Kami, who won second place in the All Japan Championship in 2014, Mattias Falck (Sweden), who won second place in the 2019 World Championship, and Ma Lin, who won the World Cup four times as an advisor and won the Athens Olympics. (Marin, China) The players are famous. There are also many contract players from Waseda University, including Fumiya Igarashi, who won the Kanto Student Championship, Asuka Sasao, who won the Junior Division of the All Japan Championship, and Yuko Kato, who won the second place in the Kanto Student Championship. In addition, there are many sharp contract players with Aida Satoshi who is active until TT Saitama with a different back cut man. God is a player who continues to use Rakza 7, Rakza X, Rising Dragon (Shoryu), Rakza Z extra hard and Yasaka’s high-end rubber in order, including when he was a student. Not only top players but also amateur players use Rakza 7, Rakza X, and Shoryu, and I think they are very famous rubbers. Rakza Z is likely to spread in no time.

The Rakza series is a very proven series, and in the olden days, the god player mentioned earlier used Rakza 7 when he won the All Japan Student Championship and Rakza X when he won the All Japan Championship runner-up. Also, in recent years, Meiji University’s Tezuka Kouma, who is a heterogeneous player who makes heavy use of smash, used Rakuza X when he won the championship, and Yoshiyama Ryoichi of Aiko Daimeiden used Rakza X and Rakza 7 when he won the 2022 All Japan Junior Championship. I am. It is not a minor rubber, but a rubber series that even top players can get enough results!

Rakza series

The Rakza series is YASAKA’s signature tension rubber series. All Rakza rubbers are Hybrid Energy type rubbers, which are “combined with the high grip and spin performance of high elasticity and high friction rubber, the high repulsion of tension rubber and the refreshing shot feeling”.

Similar to Butterfly’s Tenergy and Dignics series, the image of the hitting trajectory is posted on the YASAKA homepage and pamphlets. The rubber with the highest arc is the Rakza Z, which was sold in the spring of 2020. This is followed by Rakza X, Rakza 7 and Rakza 9. I think you can think of it as follows when it is compatible with the Dignics series.
Rakza Z ⇄ Dignics 09C
Rakza X ⇄ Dignics 05
Rakza 7 ⇄ Dignics 80
Rakza 9 ⇄ Dignics 64
The Rakza Z, which will be released in the spring of 2020, is an adhesive rubber, and it will be in the same classification as the Dignics 09C released at the same timing. Is this a coincidence, isn’t it?

If you explain the Rakza series in detail, there are four types of Rakza rubber, each of which is different in detail. There are two types of Rakza Z, Rakza Z and Rakza Z Extra Hard. Rakza X uses Non Slip Sheet (NSS) technology and is said to have a high grip that sets it apart from other Rakza. In terms of performance values, the amount of rotation is higher for Rakza 7 next to Rakza Z. And the fastest in the series is Rakza 9. Soft sponge is sold in two types, Rakza X and Rakza 7. The rubber series, which is very popular even though it has different parts in such small parts, is the Rakza series.
The Rakza Z EH to be reviewed this time is a Dignics 09C type rubber among the butterfly rubbers, so I would like to confirm the performance of the Rakza Z EH as an adhesive tension rubber.

Performance of Rakza Z Extra Hard

Coincidentally, when the performance values are quantified and compared, the Rakza Z EH is in the same position as the Rakza 7 software. Of course, reflecting the hardness, it can be said that Rakza Z EH is the rubber with the highest spin value. On the other hand, although it is faster than Shoryu, you can see that Rakza Z EH is faster than Rakza 7 and Rakza X. This area can be said to be a characteristic of adhesive rubber.

The Rakza Z Extra Hard is quite heavy, but the hardness is as hard as Tenergy 05 (from the result of the shore c sheet). However, YASAKA’s rubber does not have a good hardness, so it is Rakza Z Extra Hard that feels as hard as Dignics 09C.
Also, the characteristic is the difference between the seat side and the sponge side of shore a. In short, you can see that the seat side is softer and the sponge side is harder is Rakza Z. It seems that the theory is that the seat side of rubber called Dignics 09C and spin type tension rubber is hard and the sponge side is soft, but the sponge is hard and the sheet is soft for Rakza Z and Chinese leopard. It may be a feature. The soft seat gives the impression that the quality of the loop drive is easy to improve, so you can expect the goodness of the loop drive from the Rakza Z Extra Hard!

Rakza Z Extra Hard Sticking and Weight

It’s a little confusing, but the Rakza Z Extra Hard sponge is a sponge with a lot of air bubbles. The amount of bubbles is like a spin tension rubber. (The black sponge is Omega VII China Ying.) Bubbles can be confirmed in Dignics 09C, but the bubbles are quite fine. Also, Hurricane is a sponge with almost no bubbles. I felt that this area was likely to appear as a difference in rubber.

The pasted racket will be Hurricane 301. It’s an inner racket. After all, the adhesive tension made in Germany bounces as a whole, so I think that inner carbon is the best if you want to taste it. Or if it’s Rakza Z Extra Hard, is it wood plywood like Yasaka’s contract player? I highly recommend the 7-plywood Ma Lin Extra Special.
Also, the adhesive feeling is stronger than that of Dignics 09C and the adhesive tension rubber made in Germany. I felt that it was the same as Shoryu, or a little weaker than Rakza Z Extra Hard. While the Dignics 09C and recent German-made adhesive tension sheets do not seem to be adhesive at all, I was happy as an adhesive user to feel the strong adhesiveness of Rakza Z Extra Hard.

Rakza Z Extra Hard
"Equipped with a hard sponge for more powerful attacks"
    By combining an adhesive top sheet with excellent rotational power of Rakza Z with a harder sponge, it is possible to create higher power. Even when hitting a ball with a strong impact, it accurately conveys to the ball without losing energy. It is a rubber for hard hitters that can perform power play that satisfies top players.
　Hybrid Energy
・Speed：11-
・Spin：14+
・Sponge Thickness： Extra thick
・Sponge stiffness：52〜57°
・5,500 yen + tax
・77 g (before cut) → 55 g (after cut)

Features of Rakza Z Extra Hard

Good adhesiveness and good tension! And Rakza Z Extra Hard is easy to handle!

Although the weight of Rakza Z Extra Hard is heavy, I felt that it was easy to handle because it was a rubber that added the good points of adhesive rubber and the good points of spin type tension rubber! Like an adhesive rubber, the front team felt that it was easy to rotate and overwrite. I felt that overwriting push and stop could be easily made high quality, and loop drive was easy to make low rather than the amount of rotation, and I felt that this was also high quality. On the other hand, the feeling of running from the middle team was quite strong, and I did not feel the deceleration as in the adhesive rubber. It was an adhesive tension rubber that put together the good points of adhesive and spin tension rubber.
Also, as a feature, there are many bubbles in the sponge and the hardness is around 55 °, so it is easier to handle than the recent 60 ° class adhesive tension rubber (Blue Grip C1 (Blue Grip C1), Omega VII China shadow, etc.). Was outstanding. I felt that the pointer of this rubber was not to compete with Chinese-made adhesive rubber such as leopard, but rather to try to get the best of adhesive rubber and tension rubber. Among them, I think that it is a rubber that makes the sponge hardness harder and makes it easier for the goodness of the adhesive rubber to come out. I think it’s a differentiated rubber in a very good way.

The sponge is hard and easy to counter drive!

The sheet is a softer rubber, but since the sponge hardness is hard in the first place, I felt that it was not easily affected by the amount of rotation of the other party. Also, although the bite is good, the flight distance is not so easy to get out, so I felt that it was very easy to counter drive. I think this rubber is a good point. It may depend on my skill, but it is Rhyzen ZGR that I felt that the counter drive fits well with the same hardness. I felt that the Rhyzen ZGR was less sticky and could be hit with an image close to spin tension, but in both cases the counter drive was a fairly easy rubber. Personally, I felt that Rakza Z Extra Hard would be better for the fore, and Rhyzen ZGR would be better for the back. I think that the counter drive fits well if Shoryu can do the same, but the Shoryu I purchased is a fairly light individual and easy to use, but I got the impression that the rubber itself seems to be defeated by the hard plastic ball. rice field. I think the Rakza Z Extra Hard is more suitable for the current plastic ball.

If you bite it firmly, you can hit a heavy drive that seems to be an adhesive rubber!

Although it will be a comparison with the Rhyzen ZGR, the Rakza Z Extra Hard was a rubber that you can feel that a very sticky ball is coming out when you hit the drive with all one’s might. I felt this part was very good. On the other hand, the Rhyzen ZGR seemed to be able to produce a ball that seems to be an adhesive rubber, but the shot feeling was similar to that of a spin-type tension rubber, so I felt that there was a strong gap between the shot feeling and the image of the ball. I feel that my tastes are different around here. In any case, I felt that I could hit a heavy drive like an adhesive rubber only after biting it quite strongly, so it is recommended to use Rakza Z Extra Hard in the foreground.

Review Each Technics

Forehand

Light hit
There is no discomfort.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It will bounce. I don’t think it feels strange to switch from spin tension rubber. However, it is also a heavy rubber, so you may need to be careful about that. The Hurricane 301 is also a heavy racket, but I felt it was easy to handle, so I felt the ease of handling the Rakza Z Extra Hard.

Drive with open face
As with Rakza Z Extra Hard and other adhesive tension rubbers, it is better to open the surface and hit it before spinning the ball. Even if you don’t open the surface to that extent, Rakza Z can be used like a spin-type tension rubber. I think it’s a good point that the ball goes.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
This was good. I felt that it was easy to control even if the hitting point was lowered or attracted because the bite was good. The amount of rotation may be lower by that amount.

Speed drive against back spin
It was easy to do. Perhaps it was easier to get speed than other adhesive tension rubbers and I felt that it had a feeling of running.

Curve / shoot drice
I felt that the way of turning was a little weak because of the speed.

Block
It was easy to do. I felt that I could hold the ball because the entire rubber had a good bite.

Counter drive
It was a rubber that was easy to counter. Above all, I like how it fits nicely.

Stop / push
I felt it would stop firmly. It was good to be able to cut it firmly.

Serve
It was a good impression that I was able to rotate it firmly. You can cut it! It’s a little easy to bounce, so I was worried about that, but once I got used to it, I felt that I could produce a well-cut serve.

Backhand

Light hit
It’s a little hard.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It’s not bad, but it’s a little difficult. I felt that it was difficult to reach the full potential of rubber with my own skill. Of course, since it is a rubber with a ball, it may not be impossible to handle it, but I strongly felt that I lacked skill.

Stop / push
It was easy to stop. It was easy to cut. Because the sheet is sticky, I felt it was easier to cut than the Rhyzen ZGR.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Spin amount
　Dignics 09C ＞ Rakza Z Extra Hrd ＞ Tenergy 05

Speed
　Dignics 05 ＞ Rakza Z Extra Hard ＞ DNA Dragon Grip

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2022.04.18

Review Dignics 64

Explanation

Dignics 64 is the most specialized speed performance in Butterfly’s high-end rubber series, Diginics series. The target layer of Dignics 64 is the layer that uses Tenergy 64, and it seems that the intention is to propose Dignics 64 if you want more speed and rotation.
The reason why katsuo000 paid attention to Dignics 64 is that Zhang Jike ZLC (Zhang Jike ZLC) and Dignics 64 were introduced on the Butterfly homepage as being compatible. The following is reprinted from the special page of Butterfly.

Also, katsuo000 is ashamed to never use Tenergy 64. I’ve used Bryce Highspeed, which is more specialized in speed, but I wondered if Tenergy 64 is a rubber similar to Blythe Highspeed, and I wasn’t even thinking about hitting it. .. I have repeatedly praised Dignics 05 as good on this blog, but I tried to use it to find out how it compares to other Dignics.

Comparison of published performance values

As you can see from the performance, Dignics 64 is a rubber with spin performance higher than Rozena and high speed performance next to Blythe High Speed. The speed performance is the second fastest among the butterfly rubbers after Bryce High Speed, so you can see that it is an overwhelmingly speed-based rubber.

Spring Sponge X and Dignics series seats

The Spring Sponge X used in the Dignics series is said to be an evolved version of the Spring Sponge used in the Tenergy series. The spring sponge is a closed-cell sponge, and it is a butterfly original technology that cannot be manufactured by other rubber manufacturers. Spring sponge X is made by making the closed cells of the spring sponge finer while maintaining independence. As a result, it seems that Spring Sponge X is 14% easier to deform than Spring Sponge, and the repulsive force is improved by 3%.
Speaking of the spring sponge of the Tenergy series, the orange sponge is characteristic, but the spring sponge X of the Dignics series is characterized by the red color that can be said to be crimson, and you can tell at a glance that it is the Dignics series. By the way, sponges of similar color are from other manufacturers, and they are very similar in color to the sponge of THIBAR’s Evolution series.

It is also introduced that the surface strength and ball holding have been improved. Regarding ball holding, it is introduced that the counter and Chiquita caught on the seat are more stable. In addition, although it is strong, Mizutani also mentioned that it took longer to replace the rubber. Certainly, it takes longer for the sheet to turn white than the Tenergy series, and if the storage conditions are good, the sheet will not deteriorate for nearly a year. Considering the rubber as a whole, the tension of the spring sponge X seems to loosen, so I feel that the state changes from moment to moment.
The seats of the Dignics series have a stronger transparency, but it seems that they use strong seats that are close to the cloudy seats made in Germany, so I feel that Chiquita and counters are extremely easy to do.

Dignics 64 sticking and weight

Dignics 64
   High tension rubber
   Spring sponge X
・Sponge Thickness: Thick (1.9 mm), Extra thick (2.1 mm)
・Speed: 14
・Spin: 11
・Sponge stiffness: 40
・9,800 yen + tax
・67 g (before cut) → 45 g (after cut)

It’s thick and sticks, and 45 g is light. It will be a fairly light rubber in terms of weight.

Three features of Dignics 64

The features of the Dignik series, the hardness of the hard sheet, the ease of stopping, and the ease of counter-driving are apparent!

The shot feeling was more similar to that of Dignics 05 and Dignics 80 than I imagined. Although the Dignics 64 is a rubber with a characteristic of speed, I felt that it was easy to firmly fix the push and the stop like other Dignics 05 and Dignics 80. At Blythe High Speed, of course, the speed was fast, and I felt that it was a rubber that was easy to rotate, but it was quite difficult to stop and stop. However, I felt that the Dignics 64 is one of the few rubbers that speeds up even though the push and stops can be stopped low. Like other Dignics, it was a very reliable rubber that could firmly fix push and Stop.
In addition, the ease of counter drive, which has been acclaimed repeatedly in the Dignics series, was alive and well. It is not easily affected by the rotation of the other party. Dignics 09C may be different, but I think that Dignics 05, 80, 64 use the same sponge and the same material sheet, and the only difference is the grain shape of the sheet. Therefore, I thought that Digg 05, 80, 64, which use the same sheet material and the same sponge, have similar characteristics that appear from the sheet and sponge. I feel that the grain shape changes the shot feeling, especially the shot feeling when biting into it. Digg’s 05, 80, 64 may be quite close if the ball does not bite into the sponge. I think that the only counter drive is to bite into the sponge, but the ease of doing my counter drive seems to be whether the seat is hard or the seat is easily affected by rotation, so it is hard. I felt that the Dignics sheet, which is not easily affected by rotation, is easy to do. In other words, Dignics 64 was easy to counter drive.

The easiest to handle in the Dignics series! Hard to feel the hardness!

Although it is the content that the contract player of Butterfly is transmitted, Dignics 64 had a better bite than other Dignics. Therefore, I felt that Dignics 64 was clearly easier to handle than other Dignics. Especially meet, block and speed drive were very easy to do. In Dignics 05, the ball often falls due to insufficient impact, and you may make a mistake due to the hardness of the rubber before holding the ball. katsuo000 is conscious of the trunk to make up for the difficulty of Dignics 05, and is conscious of shaking by the rotation of the waist instead of shaking only by hand, but the fore and back are turned back by that amount. It’s easy to be late, but with Dignics 64, I could use it without worrying about it.

The fastest ball separation and fastest pitch in Dignics!

Dignics 09C is an adhesive rubber, and Dignics 05 is also a rubber that makes you feel the ball holding very much, so I felt that the ball release was slow. The slower the ball is released, the easier it is to spin and control, but the pitch is only a small difference, but it slows down. On the other hand, Dignics 64 was faster than any other Dignics! Therefore, if you feel the benefit of putting pressure on your opponent at the speed of leaving the ball, you should definitely recommend Dignics 64.

Each technics

Fore hand

Light hit
I didn’t feel any difference from other Dignics. However, I felt that I didn’t feel the tension of the rubber when I put it on.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It was very easy to speed drive and was straight. Even with Dignics 05, it is easy to hit a straight speed drive, but Dignics 64 was more stable.

Drive with open face
I felt that the ball was released a little faster. It may not be very suitable.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
It’s not difficult to do, but I felt that the amount of rotation was a little unsatisfactory.

Speed drive against back spin
I was a little worried about over mistakes, but I think it’s an arm problem.

Block
It was easy to do. It will be difficult to rotate.

Counter drive
Counter drive was good.

Stop / push
It settled low. After all the amount of rotation is a little small.

Fore flick
It was easy to do. It’s softer than Dignics 05, so I felt like I could grip it firmly and hit it.

Back hand

Light hit
I felt the speed of leaving the ball a little. I also want to grip the back and hit it, and I also felt that it was a little difficult to do because I used outer carbon.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It’s not bad, but the flight distance is quite long, so I just wanted to speed drive and I got a lot of unreasonable hits.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
I made a few net mistakes, but I didn’t think it would be difficult.

Speed drive against back spin
I made a lot of mistakes due to my lack of skill, but it’s easy to do.

Curve / shoot drive
Chiquita was more powerful in the speed type.

Block
It was easy to do.

Counter drive
I’m not good at it, but I feel that I can do it if I practice.

Stop / push
It was easy to do, but the amount of rotation is small.

Chiquita
It was easy to do. Dignics 05 is hard and the arc line is too high, so it is difficult to feel, but I think that some people may find Dignics 64 easier to do.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Spin amount
Tenergy 05 > Dignic 64 ≧ Bryce Highspeed > Blue Storm Z1 Turbo

Speed
Bryce Highspeed ＞ Dignics 64 ≧ Dignics 80 > Dignics 05

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2022.03.20

Review Rozena

Explanation

We would like to review Rosena, one of Butterfly (Tamasu)’s signature products. To talk about Rosena, I think it starts with Tenergy. The release of the world standard Tenergy 05 dates back to now, about 13 years ago, in April 2008. Tenergy 05, which still wants the name of the world standard even after more than 10 years have passed due to the prohibition of post-processing with organic solvents, has become an existence that can not be talked about without it when thinking about table tennis. Considering the features of this Tenergy series as katsuo000 as of 2021, I think it will be as follows.

Features of Tenergy series
・High spin performance
・High speed performance
・Weight light

I think that the characteristics of the Tenergy series as described above are largely due to Butterfly’s unique sponge. The sponge used in the Tenergy series is an orange sponge called Spring Sponge, and the bubbles in the sponge have a closed cell structure, and it seems that they are able to show high performance. This spring sponge is a technology that differentiates it from other competing table tennis makers with only Butterfly technology. While other competing table tennis makers basically outsource rubber manufacturing, Butterfly, despite being a table tennis maker, owns a sponge manufacturing factory and is trying to differentiate itself. Because of this spring sponge, Tenergy can produce high performance, but due to the fact that it costs research and development in addition to resale and counterfeiting, it has become an open price and it is almost double the price compared to other rubbers. It can be said that it is also a (bad) feature. However, there is no doubt that the usage rate of top players is high and it is the world standard.
In addition to Tenergy 05, which has the highest usage rate of the top players and high rotation performance, Tenergy 64, which has high speed performance due to the difference in the top seat, Tenegy 80, which has a good balance of spin and speed, There are 5 types of seats, including the Tenergy 25, which is strong against counters and front teams, and the Power Tenergy 19, which was released the other day. The explanation of each sheet is as follows.

No. 05: 1.7 mm grain spacing is narrow. High rotation performance.
No. 25: The height of the 2.65 mm grain is low. Easy to play on the table and counter.
No. 64: 1.7 mm wide grain spacing. High speed performance.
No. 180: The grain spacing of 1.7 mm is in the middle. The rotation and speed are well balanced.
No. 219: 1.5 mm grain spacing is narrow. It is easy to grab the ball well and put out power.
As mentioned above, the characteristics of each top sheet are reflected, and there are key phrases such as “Rotation 05”, “Balance 80”, “Speed 64”, “Front 25”, and “Power 19”. It is crowned.

About 13 years ago, after launching Tenergy 05 in April 2008, Butterfly launched Tenergy 25 in November 2008, Tenergy 64 in April 2009, and Tenergy in July 2010. 05 FX (Tenergy 05 FX), Tenergy 25 FX in November 2010, Tenergy 64 FX in November 2011, Tenergy 80 in January 2013, 2014 Tenergy 80 FX in April 2017, Rozena in April 2017, Tenergy 05 Hard, which is a harder version of Tenergy 05 in November 2018, in April 2019. Dignics 05 has been released as a rubber that exceeds tenergy. And in March 2021, when the transition from Tenergy to Dignics was beginning to appear, Tenergy 19 was put on the market. To date, there are 10 types of Tenergy. Each has been sold as a new product, and the fact that Tenergy 05 is still popular is a sign of completion and trust.

Rosena, reviewed on this page, is, so to speak, a cheaper version of Tenergy. Combined with a soft spring sponge, it becomes an easy-to-use tenergy-like rubber. I think it is a popular rubber as a back rubber for intermediate users or as a rubber with a spring sponge for the first time for beginners. In terms of price range, it is cheaper than the signboard rubber of other manufacturers and cheaper than the best-selling rubber, Fastarc G-1 of Nittaku, and the real selling price is fiercely competitive 4,000 It will be a rubber dropped on the circle! For cheaper and better performance than this price, Yasaka’s Rakza series and Rigan, and XIOM’s Vega X and Vega Tour 3,000. Will it be a round rubber? I would like to make a comparison with this area in the future.
Recently, a review of Rosena was posted on YouTuber, Goblin’s, but it was quite badly criticized. I think she has some likes and dislikes that don’t meet. I think she feels uncomfortable using hard rubber.

Published performance value

Shows the published performance values of Butterfly.

It may be no exaggeration to say that Rosena is Tenergy 05, which has inferior spin performance in a sense. Actually, I tried it again this time, but I have used thick Rosena in the past. In that impression, I had a strong impression that it was a rubber with low rotational performance. On the other hand, I remember that the shot feeling was certainly the shot feeling of the spring sponge, and the feel was not bad.

Rozena weight and paste

Rosena weighed 48 g. Butterfly’s rubber seems to have a correlation with sponge hardness basically, and the Tenergy FX series has softer sponge hardness and lighter weight. The sponge hardness is 35, which is a little softer than Tenergy, so 48 g is a heavy weight.

Rozena
　High Tension rubber
・Sponge thickness: thick (1.9 mm)、extra thick (2.1 mm)
・Spin: 10.80
・Speed: 13.00
・Sponge stiffness: 35
・5,000 yen + tax
・69 g (before cut) → 48 g (after cut)

Three features of Rozena

Recently, I mainly use Tenergy rubber for the back, so I could use it with a good feeling rather than a very strange feeling. To be honest, I could not deny the lack of power, but I still felt that the ease of handling was higher than the Tenergy series and Tenergy FX series! It was a level that I was wondering whether to use it in the main. I think it’s a shield-like rubber for sticking rather than using it as a weapon. If you want to attack, it’s like playing a little at the counter or block using the opponent’s ball to meet.
The current candidates for back rubber were Tenergy 05 and Rakza X. Compared to Rakza X, Rakza X tends to be heavier due to individual differences, so it costs around 500 yen, but I felt that I liked Rosena better. Of course, the quality of loop drive and push is higher than that of Rakza X and Tenergy 05, but I think Rosena is better in terms of total balance and ease of handling.

Anyway, various techniques are easy to do!

To be honest, I didn’t expect it so far, but I didn’t have any difficult technology. I felt like I was holding the ball a little too much, but it was very easy to do loop drive, speed drive, block, counter, stop. I personally found it easy to do with blocks, which was pretty easy to do! I felt the flexibility to enter if I hit it. There was a feeling that the entire rubber absorbed the power of the opponent’s ball. The only thing I felt was that when I tried to take the ball with just the seat, it felt like a slip, and I felt that this part was difficult to handle. I felt that it was a rubber that was firmly bitten into the sponge and hit.

The rally of the upper spin gives you a feeling of spring sponge!

At the time of the rally of the upper rotation, by playing while driving and biting while biting in, it was possible to reapply the upper rotation and it felt like it would fit on the opponent’s court, so it was a good impression. With Tenergy 05, I feel like I’m going over or going to the net if I don’t drive more. It is Tenergy 05 that makes it easy to feel the hardness, and if you just hit it, it will be difficult to exert power and you can only get a good ball by flying while rotating firmly. On the other hand, Rosena fits well just by playing, and it may be said that there is a part that seems to be Tenergy 64 or Tenergy 80. I don’t have any definite information about the grain shape of the sheet, but I think it’s a sheet that is closer to 64 or 80. Therefore, it was easy to hit a ball that accelerates while drawing an arc with less energy in the upper rotation rally. I think this arc and acceleration are like spring sponges. I think that being able to put out such a ball is a characteristic of Rosena and a good point.

Bring the ball with good bite!

I think the grain shape of the sheet is close to 64 or 80, but the sponge is a little soft and grips the ball very well. I felt that it was close to Tenergy 05. Therefore, it was easy to hit the loop drive. However, I felt the need to hit while considering the flight distance to some extent because it does not sink completely by rotation, not the feeling that anything can be entered by rotating and flying. This area seems to have different tastes, but I am convinced that it is a spring sponge rubber suitable for beginners and intermediates. I think that the good points of Tenergy 05 and Tenergy 80 (because katsuo000 has never used Tenergy 64) and the desired parts coexist in a well-balanced manner. From this Rosena, I felt that it was a rubber that could be changed to each Tenergy in order to use my own characteristics and frequently used techniques as weapons. On the other hand, I certainly felt disappointed when I wanted the features of Tenergy 05 and the features of Tenergy 64 as they were. Since it is a balanced type, Tenergy 80 may be the closest. I think it is difficult to obtain sharp performance. It’s a very well-balanced rubber, and I thought it could be recommended for Penholder who have to do anything.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
You have a ball. I felt that it had a lot of spheres compared to Dignics 05.

Rally drive
It’s not particularly difficult to do, but I felt like I was going too far to the foreside because I had a ball. Is this used to it? Since the amount of rotation is the first time when it is bitten in, I felt that it was easy to apply rotation in the upper rotation rally and it could be dropped by rotation. Is this a place like a spring sponge?

Backhand

Light hit
It was very easy to do. It was a good impression to have a ball and the rubber absorbs it even if you push it unreasonably, so even if you push it forcibly, it will enter quite a bit. I think this is the one you can count on in the game.

Rally drive
Since the backhand is not good at my arm and footwork, the hitting point is easy to move back and forth and it is unstable, but Rosena was very nice with the rubber that absorbs the front and back of the hitting point. The quality may be low, but I was happy that I could get it if I tried to put it in anyway. Also, he was very easy to drive in front of the top of the front team and did not feel bad.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
Since it has the same ball as Tenergy 05 and Tenergy 05 FX, the ball quality is low, but it feels easy to control. I think that it is a rubber that is easy to make a loop drive of such a connection that connects firmly and attacks the next ball.

Speed drive against back spin
It was easy to drive speed because it was good to bite to some extent. Although I can’t expect the ball to sink as much as the Tenergy 05FX, it was a rubber that made me feel like I was hitting it.

Block
It was the block that I felt was the best compared to Tenergy 05 and Tenergy 05 FX. It was very easy to do and I was impressed. I think that the sponge is hard and the sheet is insensitive to the rotation of the other party in a good way.

Counter drive
I was impressed by the feeling that the counter was stable enough even if I caught the front of the top a little like meat. I think that it is a rubber that is a little difficult to drop by rotation, so on the contrary, I think that it is a rubber that has a meat-like way of hitting. I don’t think that the back is counter-driven by taking the plunge, so I felt that it was a rubber that fits the back in that sense as well.

Stop
The only thing I found difficult was the stop. It’s easy to play, so if you don’t touch the ball in a short time, I feel that it’s easy to receive the rotation of the opponent directly.

Push
Like the stop, it was difficult to rotate. It was a little difficult to bite in too well and overshoot, or slip on the contrary and make a net mistake.

Chiquita
It was easy to give and easy to do. However, I felt that it was not very powerful. If you are looking for power, it will be the Tenergy series.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Spin amount
　Tenergy 80 FX ＞ Rozena ＞ Evolution MX-P

Speed
　Tenergy 80 > Rozena ＞ Tenergy 05

Ease of handling
　Rasanter R48 ＞ Rozena＞ Rakza X

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2022.02.25

Review DNA Dragon Grip

Explanation

We would like to review the German-made adhesive tension rubber, STIGA’s DNA Dragon Grip, which is a hot topic in the streets. In recent years, the quality of German-made rubber has improved remarkably, and the number of German-made adhesive tensions has increased. I would like to compare them.

DNA will be Stiga’s high-end rubber series. To date, there are three types, all of which are Stiga’s first German-made rubber series. DNA Pro series, DNA Platinum series, and this DNA Dragon Grip. Only the DNA Dragon Grip is an adhesive tension rubber, and the other DNA series are basically spin tension rubbers. Until the release of the DNA series, Stiga sold and handled rubber made in Japan. Such Stiga will release a high-end rubber made in Germany, the first of which will be the DNA Pro series. DNA Pro is a rubber that seems to be the original German spin tension rubber, and it was very similar to the best-selling rubber Fastarc G-1 in Japan. And the second release last year is the DNA Platinum series. This is very popular and has been highly rated by table tennis YouTubers (Goblin’s) and other reviewers. katsuo000 also reviewed DNA Platinum Extra Hard as a good impression rubber.

The DNA Platinum series was a rubber very similar to Butterfly’s Tenergy 05. The grain shape of the sheet is thick and has a characteristic of spin system, and it was a rubber that feels quite good to bite even when combined with the 52.5 ° extra hard sponge (XH). Tenergy 05 is also a rubber that feels good in the hardness, but this DNA Platinum series is also a rubber series that is very good at biting into the indicated hardness, and it is a hard rubber that can be easily bitten, so the amount of rotation It will be terrible. It is a sponge that is not similar to the butterfly spring sponge, but it makes you feel that German technology is evolving. Is the feeling of use about 47 ° with the hardness of the German standard? I feel that it is the closest rubber to Tenergy 05 among the post-tenergy rubbers.

And the DNA Dragon Grip was released in quick succession. Recently, we have entered the era of adhesive rubber group male division, and each company has released adhesive tension. I would like to review what kind of rubber the DNA Dragon Grip is.

I can only tell you how amazing it is, but I would like to touch on the technology. First of all, DNA Platinum and DNA Dragon Grip are said to have adopted technologies such as Longer Trajectory, Direct Power Hit Effect, and Power Sponge Cells. Perhaps a new sponge called the Power Sponge Cell will perform like the Tenergy 05 to show similar performance to the Butterfly Spring Sponge.

・Longer Trajectory
・Direct Power Hit Effect
・Power Sponge Cells

In addition, the DNA Dragon Grip uses a technology called C Touch Tensor. The phrase “C-Touch” is the technology used in the seats of DONIC’s Blue Grip C1 and I imagine it’s probably similar. I quoted the explanation about C Touch Tensor from the STIGA site. ↓

C Touch Tensor
Adhesive top sheets provide exceptional grip and a high level of control on serve and receive. The newly installed sponge was developed based on AI (artificial intelligence) and advice from top players. By digitally analyzing the data, we identified the important characteristics of the material, and made the strong rotation amount and high control performance of the adhesive top sheet coexist with the powerful speed of the new sponge.
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Published performance value

You can clearly see that the DNA Platinum series has improved rotational performance compared to the previous DNA Pro series. And you can see well that the adhesive tension rubber with higher spin performance from the DNA platinum series becomes the DNA dragon grip. Next is a comparison with a hardness tester.

As you can see from this figure, DNA Pro H, DNA Platinum XH, and DNA Dragon Grip are as hard as Tenergy 05. Of course, the German-made rubber STIGA rubber is heavier, and the butterfly rubber is lighter, which is also a characteristic of the result.

Finally, the difference between the hardness on the sheet side and the hardness on the sponge side is plotted. Katsuo000 feels that the larger this value is, the easier it is to handle or bite into the rubber. I have included Tenergy 05 as an index, but you can see that Tenergy 05 is a rubber that is very easy to handle and easy to rotate because it has a good hardness and is very easy to handle. On the other hand, the DNA Dragon Grip seems to have specifications that are conscious of Dignics 09C, and the hardness difference between the seat side and the sponge side is close. The difference between the seat side and the sponge side is smaller than that of Dignics 09C, and I think it is a rubber that is difficult to bite into. However, the value of shore c itself is harder in Dignics 09C, so its influence may be stronger. (For adhesive rubber, the difference in hardness between the sheet side and the sponge side is not a very good index, and I feel that it is easier to understand if you compare purely by hardness. What kind of comparison is good in the future? I would like to think about it.)

DNA Dragon Grip sticking and weight

DNA Dragon Grip
・Speed: 132
・Spin: 146
・Control: 80
・Sponge Thickness: Max (2.3 mm)
・Sponge stiffness: 55.0°
・6,600 yen + tax
・74 g (before cut) → 52 g (after cut)

I pasted it using YASAKA’s Norisuke. After all it is heavy! By the way, I pasted the racket on my favorite WRM 970XX-KLC recently. This racket is an inner Kep1er carbon racket with a 5.7 mm thin plate, a hard upper plate dyeing material, and the lightest among Chinese rackets. The cost performance is very good (5,980 yen + shipping fee for sale), so it is recommended.

By the way, the sheet doesn’t feel very sticky. Recent German adhesive tension rubber does not have the sticky feeling of the sheet like Chinese adhesive rubber. The smell is a little peculiar, but compared to Chinese adhesive rubber, it is a level that even people who do not know table tennis do not mind. If it is not sold as an adhesive tension rubber, it will be difficult to recognize it as an adhesive rubber in the first place. Of course, the performance has the characteristics of adhesive rubber!

3 features of DNA Dragon Grip

Adhesive rubber that bites in with a light force!

As you can see from the results of the hardness comparison, it was a rubber with a very light force, which was hard enough to hit by hand, and it was easy to put out a sticky ball. First of all, regarding the hardness, it was a rubber that bites well and is easy to handle compared to the adhesive rubber made in China. The bite is too good and you may even feel like a spin tension rubber. The sponge is a hard sponge that is even harder than DNA Platinum XH and has fewer bubbles, but I didn’t feel that hard. In the review of Karahashi Takukyu Yoyogi store, it was also reviewed that the DNA Dragon Grip can add vertical rotation with a small force without making a big swing when used in the back, and it can get points. If you want strong rotation even with such a weak force, I think the DNA Dragon Grip is a very good option.

A seat that emphasizes ball holding and rotation rather than Rakza Z

The characteristic of DNA Dragon Grip is that the seat is thick and the grain shape is low and thick, that is, the seat shape is characterized by the rotation performance that is adopted for the spin type tension rubber that emphasizes rotation. The sheet of the DNA Platinum series also had a sheet shape similar to Tenergy 05. On the other hand, the sponge is not as hard as other super-hard adhesive rubbers and feels more biting than I expected. Of course, there are multiple German tension rubbers of the same hardness, such as Omega VII China Guang from XIOM, Blue Grip C2 from DONIC, and VICTAS. Examples include Triple Extra. For this comparison, I mentioned Rakza Z Extra Hard, which has already been tested to some extent and has the same hardness. I hope it can be compared with other adhesive tension rubbers, but I haven’t. The Rakza Z XH is symmetrical compared to the DNA Dragon Grip, and the overall weight of the rubber is heavier than the DNA Dragon Grip, while the sponge has a lot of bubbles and the sheet is rather thin and the sheet is thin and Tenergy 80 (Tenergy 80). It has a shape like a speed tension rubber such as 80) or Tenergy 64. It was an adhesive rubber because it was heavy and hard as a whole, and it was a rubber that was somewhat like a speed tension rubber. The DNA Dragon Grip has a symmetrical design guideline compared to the Rakza Z XH, and I felt a great difference in its rubber design. The DNA Dragon Grip has a seat and grain shape similar to that of a spin-type tension rubber specializing in rotation like Tenergy 05, but the sponge is a sponge that is not too hard. It was a well-balanced rubber like between the adhesive rubber and spin tension, which is perfect when you want more spin performance than DNA Platinum XH.

It’s easy to bite in and handle, but it’s also easy to get rid of habits (misleading by the amount of rotation)!

Although it is not completely comparable to the rubber mentioned above, I think that the DNA Dragon Grip is probably classified as a habit ball (or easy to make mistakes due to the amount of rotation) rubber side even in the hardness of 55 °. I will list the same degree of hardness again.

　・Omega VII China Guang (XIOM) 55°
　・Blue Grip C2 (DONIC) 55°
　・Rakza Z Extra Hard (Yasaka) 52~57°
　・Triple Extra (VICTAS) 55°
　・Dignics 09C (Butterfly) 44° (Butterfly standard)
　・Hybrid K3 (TIBHAR) 53°
　・Hybrid K1J (TIBHAR) 52.5°
　・Blue Grip R1 (DONIC) 50°
　・Rakza Z (Yasaka) 47~52°
　・Rising Dragon (Yasaka) 47~52°

There are rubbers that I have used and rubbers that I have not used, but among the above, DNA Dragon Grip was a rubber that was easy to get a habit (misleading due to the amount of rotation). For example, even if I drive in a state close to hand-striking without wearing shoes, I felt that the rotation and the way the ball bounces and flies from the table will change. I think that this amount of rotation and habit is the performance you want if you use adhesive rubber! Personally, I felt that it was a rubber that could make mistakes with the amount of rotation more than the Rakza Z XH and the Dignics 09C (of course, the Rakza Z XH is faster than the Rakza Z XH and the Dignics 09C is better if you want ease of handling in addition to speed. I think). Please refer.

Each technology review

Fore hand

Light hit
There was no discomfort with the momentum like tension rubber. At least I don’t think I feel like I don’t fly like a leopard.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I felt it was a little soft. Compared to the spin type tension rubber, there was an impression that the ball enters a little shallower because the arc line is very easy to come out. It grips the ball very well, so it is easy to spin. I personally like the one that is a little harder, but it may be easier to use if you want to speed up. Since the sponge hardness is 55 °, I felt it was soft, but I didn’t lose to the opponent’s ball.

Drive with open face
Even if I opened the surface, it would rotate firmly and sink, so it was very good. This area was just like an adhesive rubber. Also, I felt that the drive would be stable because it would sink by rotation if it was rubbed without opening the surface in the opposite direction due to the shape of the seat.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
Since it grips firmly, I was able to hit a drive with abundant rotation. However, it is not a rubber that is hard and does not bounce like a leopard, so I felt a little power loss. I felt that it was shallow and low and easy to control.

Speed drive against back spin
Even if I hit it like rubbing, I was able to hit the speed drive and the impression was good. However, since it is an adhesive rubber, I felt that the ball would run better if I hit it with the surface open. I think that hitting like rubbing will increase from the opponent’s court.

Curve / shoot drive
I felt that the ball would bend well when it was curved or shot because the ball entered shallowly. The course is also easy to aim for.

Block
I felt that it was a little susceptible to rotation. Instead, it was easy to block balls such as smashes.

Counter drive
It was easy to bite in firmly and rotate, and it fits well and it was easy to counter drive. Is it really an adhesive rubber?

Push / stop
I felt that it took some getting used to cutting because the bite was a little too good. Since it is an adhesive rubber, it was very easy to do without popping out.

Serve
It was easy to rotate firmly. However, I felt that it was softer than the Omega VII China shadow and that it popped out a little better.

Back hand

Light hit
After using it in the fore, I tried using it in the back, but as I imagined, I felt it was easy to use in the back. With a sponge hardness of 55 °, the weight is certainly as heavy as 50 g, but I felt that it was easier to handle than Chinese adhesive and could be used in the back without any discomfort.

Drive on long balls and rallies
I felt a sense of stability because I held the ball firmly. I also felt that the ball was a little slow to leave. I also felt that impact was needed to speed up from the middle team.

Top spin (loop) drive against back spin
It was very easy to do. I felt that I could make a loop drive with just the right hardness and a sense of stability. Also, because it grips the ball firmly, I felt that it could be lifted even if the hitting point was dropped.

Speed drive against back spin
I felt that the speed was a little mature because I had a good ball. I also felt this in DNA Platinum.　

Block
I felt that it was easily affected by rotation for its hardness. It wasn’t that difficult.

Counter drive
It was easy to do. I felt the feeling of holding a ball more than Dignics 05, so it was easy to feel that I had a counter drive.

Push / stop
Since it is an adhesive rubber, it will not float. However, since the sponge has a good bite, I felt that it was easy to overshoot if I was not careful about the touch.

Chiquita
It was easy to do. It was easy to rotate!

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Spin amount
　Omega VII China Ying ＞ DNA Dragon Grip ＞ Dignics 05

Speed
　Dignics 09C ≧ Rakza Z Extra Hard ＞ Rhyzen ZGR ＞ DNA Dragon Grip ＞ Hurricane NEO III

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2022.02.18

Review Rasanter R50

Explanation

andro sells rubber that feels outstanding rotation performance among German-made rubber. For katsuo000, if you can’t use Butterfly’s Tenergy series or Dignics series, you can be sure that you’ll use andro’s signature rubber, the Rasanter series. The reason is that the Lazanta series has high rotational performance! Considering the price, I think it is a very good series. It’s been a long time late today, but we’ll be reviewing the original Rasanter sign, the Rasanter R50!
Speaking of andro, the stylish apparel and the green color of the rubber sponge always give off a unique presence. Players contracted with andro include Simon Gauzy, who has defeated Jun Mizutani at the 2017 Table Tennis World Cup and China’s Xu Xin (Xu Xin, China) at the 2019 World Championship. (Simon Gauzy, France) and Akifumi Hamakawa, who entered the 2019 All Japan Championship as a ranker. Also, in recent years, you have contracted with table tennis club coaches from all over Japan, and the coach who has participated in the All Japan Championship, who is also indebted to katsuo000, has also contracted with andro. I think this area is strategic.

From Rasant to Rasanter

andro was selling the characteristic green sponge rubber Rasant series (Rasant Grip, Rasant Power Grip), Rasant Power Sponge, which was sold as a signboard until 2016. The 6 types of Rasant Power Sponge, Rasant Beat, Rasant Turbo, and Rasant have all been discontinued, and a new lineup called Rasanter has been launched in 2017. The Razanter series is a new flagship rubber that uses the same green sponge as the Razant series. The Lazanta series includes the R series, which has high rotational performance and makes it easy to make arcs, and the V series, which has high rotational performance and high speed performance, and is sold with a number that reflects the hardness of the sponge attached after R or V. In addition, ahead of other German manufacturers, it will be a rubber lineup equipped with a technology called Ultra Max, which has a sponge thickness of 2.3 mm. This technology seems to have been applied to top players before that, and it is a rubber that makes the seat thinner than the current one and makes the sponge thicker by that amount. There is an international rule that the thickness of rubber, including the adhesive layer, should be 4.0 mm or less, so it is necessary to make the sheet thinner in order to make the sponge thicker. It is said that rubber with a thin seat and a thick sponge is easier to get rotation, speed and flight distance, and it is easier to get the performance to receive top players. However, thinning the sheet is prone to manufacturing variations, and it seems that it was not widely available before that. Probably the latest technology could increase productivity, and as a result, it became possible to produce rubber with a thin sheet and thick sponge at a low price, and it seems that it was sold to the general market. This technology is not sold to the general public by Butterfly’s rubber, which sells the Tenergy series, which is the world standard for leading table tennis equipment in Japan and around the world. As of 2020, Butterfly has the thickest sponge, with a sponge thickness of 2.1 mm. In recent years, the number of rubbers made by other German manufacturers or made in Germany with thin sheets and thick sponges, so-called rubber thickness Max, is increasing.
Up to now, 8 types of Razanter have been sold, 6 types for the R series and 2 types for the V series.

Rasanter series

The Razanter series has a naming like the series in which the sponge hardness can be finely selected with the rotating R and the speed V, but when I actually tried it, it was different from my imagination. Apparently, the hardness of the sponge was changed, and the shape of the seat was also changed, so the shot feeling, performance, and easy-to-use technology were different. Furthermore, although the V series is certainly fast, it is not a rubber specialized for speed because it takes a lot of spin tension and rotation. katsuo000 has tried out R53, R48, R50, R47, V47 and R42, and would like to summarize the comparison in the future. I would like to comment here that the grain shape of the R53, R48, and R50 sheets is a little thin and the grain shape feels a little quick to separate from the ball. Compared to Dignics 05 and Tenergy 05, I think that the grain shape of the sheet makes it hard to feel the ball holding. On the other hand, the sheet is soft and the sponge has a good bite, so I think that it is a rubber that feels like holding a ball when it bites into the whole rubber. Initially launched in 2017, there were six types: R50, R47, R42, R37, V47, and V42. Furthermore, in October 2019, the R53 equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released, and in May 2020, the R48 also equipped with Energy Cell technology was newly released. Currently, andro’s flagship rubber is R53 and R48.

Recently, I think that the R53 and R48 of the red Razanter are the focus of attention in the Lazanta series. We have already created a review, so we hope you will read it as well.

Published performance value

It is a comparison of performance values announced by andro. Is it characteristic that andro adds an item called control in addition to speed and spin? After all, R53 and R48 with energy cells have high performance and you can see that they are the current signboard rubber (as of September 2020)!

The R50 has also been used by Simon Gauzy in the past, and I think the first one I used after signing with andro was the R50. I feel that there are many reviews that this rubber also has speed and flight distance. In fact, it had a German-made rubber feel, not the heavy hardness of adhesive rubber or Omega VII Hyper. To put it simply, the R50 was designed to have the same level of rotational performance as the R47, and I had the impression that the remaining performance was a rubber with speed performance. The Razanter series are not rubbers with different hardness, but are probably developed with their own concepts. I think the R50 is a rubber that seeks speed performance such as meat while maintaining an arch trajectory. It is only clear that R47 and R50 are not related to Tenergy 05 and Tenergy 05 Hard. If you don’t know the Lazanta series at all, you may think that R47, R48, R50, and R53 have different hardness, but it’s not just a difference in hardness! I would like to summarize the above points at the time of this review and the review of R47. Thank you for your cooperation.

R50 paste and weight

Rasanter R50
    UM Tension (Tensor Bios UM)
    For 40+ Plastic Ball
・Sponge Thickness: 1.7 mm, 2.0 mm, ULTRAMAX (2.3 mm)
・Speed: 120
・Spin: 122
・Control: 80
・Sponge stiffenss: 50
・6,200 yen + tax
・72 g (before cut) → 51 g (after cut)

Three features of Rasanter R50

R50 is easier to bite than R47!

The grain shape of the sheet was different between R47 and R50, and R50 seemed to be finer and wider than R47. Therefore, I felt that R50 was easy to bite into the entire rubber. As a result, R50 is easy to use meat technology, and I think it is easy to hit speed drive even if it goes down! However, since the sponge is hard, even if it bites into it, the ball will last for a short time and the ball will come off quickly.
From here, it is arbitrary and prejudiced, but while many rackets of Mr. andro are thick rackets, they do not have special materials such as carbon, so considering that the design of rubber will also speed up. It seems that it was designed. For other Lazanta series, I felt that there was no rubber designed with the concept of maximizing ball holding and rotation performance at the expense of speed performance. As a result, I think that the rubber of the Razanter series has many balanced grain shapes that are close to the grain shape 80 of the butterfly sheet. And I thought that R50 goes well with andro’s racket. Specifically, I thought that R50 is a rubber that goes well with plywood rackets. If you match it with a plywood racket, the hard shot feeling and spiky feeling of R50 will be round and soft, and I think that you can supplement the speed performance that is easy to feel if it is insufficient.
It’s a little digression, but I think the rubber that I felt similar was Q5 or Q3, and the rubber that made Q5 feel softer was R50.

Of course, the rotation performance is high! Equivalent to or better than R47!

R50 felt high rotation performance like R47. The R47 that I tried earlier has very high rotation performance and I felt the rotation performance comparable to Tenergy 05. I felt that the R50 also had high rotational performance, but I felt that it was at the same level as the R47. R47 was a rubber that was very hard and felt the hardness derived from the grain shape like Tenergy 05. Therefore, I felt that it is easy to rotate with a sheet even among German rubber, and it is easy to obtain high rotation performance. On the other hand, R50 feels the hardness of the sponge, but since the sheet is soft in grain shape, it is easy to bite into it, and I think that it is a rubber that bites into the whole rubber and spins. The rotation performance is high for the soft sheet, and I felt that it was easy to draw an arc. I felt that katsuo000 was good for speed drive and meet, and I felt that the speed ball was more stable than I expected. I think it depends on how you use it, but I think that the speed ball with a sense of stability with the minimum rotation and arch line is a feature of the R50 rally. Depending on the user, I think that you can also find a feature by taking advantage of the rotation performance and continuing to hit a heavy drive while dropping the hitting point a little!

Push and stop are good to stop!

It was a rubber that was easy to fly because of the momentum and flight distance, but on the other hand, it was easy to stop and stop. It was difficult to cut it, but I think it is clearer than V47 and easier to stop than R48. I think that very important performance, push, and stop are reasonable performance.

Each technics review

Forehand

Light hit
Because of ULTRAMAX, I didn’t feel the hardness of the light hit.

Drive on long balls and rallies
If anything, speed drive is easy to do. I felt it was easy to play. Maybe the order of the rough balls
Rough R53 ＞ R50 ＞ R47 ＞ R48 ＞ V47 Beautiful
It is an image. R48 is a rubber that is more beautiful than a rough ball because it is very easy to bite into it despite the hardness of the sponge. You may feel that R47 is harder. R53 is the hardest, but R50 also has a similar hardness. Probably the R50 has the most speed drive seat shape among the R47, R50, R48 and R53. Therefore, I think that R50 will be quieter than R53 in terms of roughness.

Drive with open face
The sponge was so hard that I didn’t expect it to hit the racket right away. It was good.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
I felt that the ball holding was a little short and it was difficult to control the loop drive.

Speed drive against back spin
On the contrary, I think that this is fine if it is in the foreground. I think it’s easy to do.

Curve / shoot drive
I think R53 is more addictive and bends more. The R50 is easy to bite into, but it is a hard rubber, so I think it is easier to handle it if you use a drive with a little lateral rotation to master it!

Block
I felt that it was quite susceptible to rotation.

Counter drive
If anything, overwrite type counter drive is easy to do.

Stop
I’m glad it was easy to stop the ball.

Push
It was good that this was also low.

Serve
It was good to be able to cut it firmly. It was a rubber that could secure enough rotation amount of my rubber.

Backhand

Light hit
It’s hard, but I was surprised that it went unexpectedly.

Drive on long balls and rallies
It was easy to become a speed drive. I was also told that it didn’t rotate much. On the other hand, if it’s a back, I think it’s an ant. I think you can also aim for a gap with the fore.

Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
It was a little difficult. Sometimes I dropped it due to swing speed and lack of impact.

Block
Since the seat is soft, I think it is easily affected by rotation.

Stop / Push
It was easy to do. It was good that this was also low.

Chiquita
The flight distance was a little too long and over mistakes were conspicuous.

Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)

Max spin amount
　R53 ＞ Tenergy 05 Hard ＞ R50 ≧ R47 ≧ R48 ＞ Tenergy 05 ≧ V47

Speed
　V47 ＞ R53 ≧ R50 ＞ R48 ＞ R47 ＞ Tenergy 05 ＞ Tenergy 05 Hard

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