XIOM’s high-end rubber series, Omega VII series, first Omega VII Pro, Omega VII Euro, Omega VII Asia, Omega VII Tour ( 4 types of Omega 7 Tour) were sold. Although it is a little heavy, the impression of the Omega 7 series is that it is easy to get a straight and speedy ball, but I felt that it was stable due to rotation. In addition, it is easy to imagine the features because it is named in the same way as the naming of the Vega series targeting beginners and intermediates. Europe, which uses a slightly soft sponge, which is common in the Vega series, professionals who use a sponge hardness of their choice for the top layer, Asia, which uses a slightly harder sponge, and the world’s highest peak world tour are inferior. The Omega 7 also follows the standing position of the rubber that I want to clearly convey that it is a tour that uses a hard sponge with a performance that does not. This Omega VII Hyper is the first rubber named Hyper in such an Exion rubber. This Omega 7 Hyper is touted as a rubber that is overwhelmingly easy to handle while having hardness and ball power like Chinese adhesive rubber. A rubber developed with reference to the Chinese rubber that is sweeping the world. The point is that it is a spin-type tension rubber like an adhesive rubber. Actually, when I opened it, the sheet was a normal spin tension sheet, but the sponge was extremely hard and the bubbles were quite small, so it was a sponge rubber that seems to be used for adhesive rubber.
Comparison of Omega VII Hyper and Tour, rubberized and weight
Omega VII Hyper
Omega VII Tour
I think it is easier to understand if you compare it with the image. You can see that the Omega 7 Hyper is a fairly dense and clogged sponge, although the bubbles are finer and not as good as the Hurricane. I’m sorry I couldn’t prepare the photos again, but the Omega 7 Hyper was thicker and shorter than the Omega 7 Tour. I think that the grain shape of this sheet is also the shape that can be seen with adhesive rubber.
The rubber weight of Omega 7 Hyper and MAX was 54g on Zhang Jike ZLC (Zhang Jike ZLC)! By the way, the rubber weight of Omega 7 Tour, MAX was 52 g. It’s pretty heavy!
Omega VII Hyper
DYNAMIC FRICTION
CYCLOID
CARBO SPONGE
・Speed: 13.0
・Spin: 14.0
・Sponge stiffness: 55
・7,000 yen + tax
・79 g (before cut) → 54 g (after cut)
Three features of Omega VII Hyper
The tabletop is outstandingly easy to do! Especially the fit of Chiquita is good!
Of course, the stop is short and easy to put down, but Chiquita was easier to do than that! I didn’t over-miss at all even if I tried to make a big turn. Since it can be rotated quickly, it also has a feeling of adding a sense of stability to Chiquita, which was a very good feeling. If Chiquita makes an over mistake, I think it’s an ant to try. There is a feeling that you can hit with adhesive rubber instead of Omega 7 Hyper, but with adhesive rubber, if you do not make the impact quite strong, you will often fall or just send a chance ball. Omega 7 Hyper was outstandingly easy to do as a rubber that can obtain stability and fit while maintaining a constant speed with spin type tension.
Although it is hard, it has a good bite and is easy to handle!
This may be true for the entire Omega 7 Series. To hit a ball with a tremendous amount of rotation that the opponent makes a mistake, it is necessary to have a certain impact, swing speed and how to use the body, but even if you hit it with a force of about 50% to 60%, it is easy to rotate, and any technology You can put it on the opponent’s court very stably! Any technology is made of rubber that is very easy to do. Even if the impact was weak in the back, the middle team back drive was easy to hit and there was a sense of stability. Also, the sponge is hard, so it was easy to meet. To put it badly, it may be a half-baked rubber, but personally, I want to drive and flick, I want to do blocks, I want to meet, I want to do counters, I want to do this and that too! I think that it is a very well-balanced rubber for those who say.
While maintaining speed comparable to the Omega 7 tour, further rotation and a sense of stability!
Compared to the Omega 7 Tour, it is not an adhesive rubber, so the speed was as fast as it was. Nevertheless, the Omega 7 Hyper had a sense of stability and the amount of rotation. Certainly, the speed drive was hard to bite, so it felt more difficult than the Omega 7 tour, but the speed of the drive in the rally was satisfactory. Still, there was a sense of stability, so it was a rubber that made it easy to feel a sense of security. The Omega 7 Tour seems to be a little quicker to get off the ball like the Tenergy 80, but the Omega 7 Hyper was a rubber closer to the Tenergy 05 Hard.
Each technics review
Forehand
Light hit I don’t really bounce. It’s a sticky shot feeling.
Drive on long balls and rallies The ball does not stretch, but it is easy to hit a ball that has been rotated. The amount of rotation is not as high as that of adhesive rubber, so halfway may be halfway. If you want stickiness and speed, you can say that.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin It’s very easy to do. The sponge was hard, and it was easy to hit a low and shallow loop drive near the net. I don’t think the amount of rotation is low, but I felt that a little power was needed.
Counter drive It was easy to do.
Backhand
Counter drive It was pretty easy to get rid of and I was very impressed.
Stop The ball also stopped and it was easy to do.
Push Push was also easy to do. The ball grips, but I felt that skill was needed to cut it firmly.
Chiquita It was easy to do. There was a feeling that it settled down firmly when I took the plunge.
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
Max spin amunt Tenergy 05 > Omega VII Hyper > Omega VII Tour
Speed Omega VII Tour ≧ Omega VII Hyper > Tenergy 05 > Tenergy 05 Hard
MIZUNO, a major sports equipment brand, is a latecomer in the table tennis world, but in order to differentiate it from other table tennis manufacturers, we have taken on the challenge of co-developing rubber with Sumitomo Riko in the table tennis world. The jointly developed rubber is the Q series. Shortly after the launch of the Q3, the Q4 was launched. It is a series of rubber that has been a hot topic since Q3, and the background is the fact that Mizuno jointly developed with Sumitomo Riko from scratch to develop a rubber for top players. It would have been very challenging and inspiring to the table tennis world! Although katsuo000 is not familiar with table tennis rubber manufacturing, basically each table tennis manufacturer does not have a manufacturing factory, and specify the sheet material, sheet grain shape, sponge material, sponge hardness, etc. Most of them are outsourced to factories and manufacturers that can manufacture rubber. Therefore, it is not created from scratch, but the sheet material, grain shape, sponge material, and sponge hardness selected from the options. There will be many combinations, but the combinations required for trendy rubber will definitely be similar. Sumitomo Riko is a manufacturer that has not manufactured rubber until now, so it is clearly different from rubber made at other rubber factories. The rubber that seems to have been used as a reference in the joint development with Sumitomo Riko is probably the Monster Rubber, Tenergy series. Currently, there are three types of Q series sold, Q3, Q4, and Q5, but the Q4 that is being reviewed on this page is the rubber with the highest rotational performance. It’s a rubber that corresponds to Tenergy 05 in the Tenergy series.
Various information is posted on Mizuno’s homepage, so I quoted it.
Q4 has a grain thickness of 1.7 mm, which is the same thickness as the grain thickness of Tenergy. The distance between the grains is 0.58 mm, which is the narrowest in the Q series, and the shape is dense. Tenergy 05 is a rubber with a grain thickness of 1.7 mm, the distance between grains is the narrowest, and it is characterized by ball holding and high rotation amount, and Q4 is a grain very similar to Tenergy 05. It can be said that it is a shape. Also, probably, the Tenergy series does not change the seat thickness / grain height, while the Q series changes the seat thickness / grain height for each Q rubber. As a result, I think that the images of the Tenergy series and the Q series are quite different when compared in the series. In a nutshell, while the Tenergy series feels a difference in published performance values, I feel that none of the rubbers are too sharp, but in the Q series, each rubber has a strong individuality and is the same series, I felt that Q3, Q4, and Q5 each had a strong presence. Regarding Q4, in Q4, the sheet is 0.8 mm thicker and the grain is 0.95 mm lower than other Q rubbers. I think that this sheet is hot because the sheet that is popular in German rubber has a sheet thickness and grain thickness that goes against the thin shape. If anything, the grain shape with thick sheets and thick grains is the shape found in adhesive rubber. I would like you to see the contents of the trial hit to see what kind of characteristics this grain shape gives to Q4.
Published performance value
Published performance values exist in the GF series, but in the Q series, only figures and matrices exist. I quoted it from Mizuno’s homepage.
You can see that the Q series has higher speed and rotation performance than the GF series.
You can see that Q4 has a high arc line like Tenergy 05 and it is difficult to get a long distance.
The above figure is a fairly scientific figure, which is interesting for me personally, but difficult to understand. The rubber material used for rubber has viscoelasticity, so it is a diagram that quantifies how it responds to external forces. This figure seems to be the efficiency of the force that tries to return when the force is applied to the rubber. It seems that if it is hard, the energy loss will increase. Imagine that you probably make a graph like this for each rubber composition. I think we are deriving a rubber that is reasonably hard and properly energy efficient.
It’s easy to understand. It can be said that Q4 is a rubber that corresponds to 05 in Tenergy and Dignix. However, you can also see that they are not exactly the same. Probably, the Q series seems to have been developed in combination with Mizuno’s signature racket, Fortius FT or Fortius FT ver. D (Fortius FT ver. D), and it seems to be a rubber that goes well with wood-based rackets. The wood racket has a good ball holding and is easy to rotate, but the speed is a little slow and the arch line is high and it is easy to come out. I think that it is a rubber specification that compensates for the slow speed and high arc line.
Q4 pasting and weight
Continuing from Q3, Q4 also has a great amount of rubber warping. I think it’s under tension. It’s really amazing that it’s warped so far before it’s pasted. Like Q3, Q4 also has a unique rubber odor. Sweat.
Q4
Tension type (XL52/3)
Thick grain shape, narrowest between grains
・Sponge Thickness: middle (1.7 mm), thick (1.9 mm), extra thick (2.1 mm)
・Sponge stiffness: 47
・6,300 yen + tax
・66 (before cut) → 49 g (after cut)
It’s less than 50 g. I felt it was lighter than I expected.
Three features of Q4
Don’t fly! The drive is shallow and easy to enter!
Q4 has a shallow drive! For this reason, Q4 may feel like a very straight trajectory for some people. Compared to Q3, Q4 felt rather soft, and the adhesive rubber-likeness was a little understated. It is easy to lift the ball against the swing and I do not feel the height of the arc line, but I felt that the speed was rather fast because the flight distance did not come out any more and I entered shallowly and the anti-aircraft time was short. I’ve tried many rubbers so far, but it’s the first time that I have a unique feature like other rubbers! Katsuo000 doesn’t know the rubber that feels the speed because the ball is shallow and straight even though the arc line goes up like Q4. It was a very unique rubber!
Push, stop stops and counter drive is easy!
As with the Q3, the Q4 also had a perfect stop and the overwriting counter drive was a good impression. I felt it in Q5, so it can be said that it is a feature of the Q series. I think the Q series is an ant just because of the features of this Tsuttsuki / Stop and counter drive!
Easy to handle even though it has a strong amount of rotation!
Compared to Q3, Q4 is obviously softer and easier to use, yet I was able to apply a strong rotation! However, when used in the fore, the hardness is a little unsatisfactory for me personally, and there may be a back rather. I think it is a rubber that can produce a ball like a soft adhesive tension / hard spin type tension.
Each technics review
Forehand
Light hit I didn’t feel any discomfort. It smelled a little.
Drive on long balls and rallies Like Q3, Q4 was about to lose its drive. If you try to play a thick ball, it will bite so well that you will feel it hit the board immediately, and the stiffness of the entire rubber may be a little weak. Some people may feel that the rubber loses this. When I drive it by biting it, I feel that it hits the board immediately, so it is easy to get a long distance with Zhang Jike ZLC, but I felt that it is easy to make a speed drive with a weak rotation amount. This is why I felt that Q4 was not suitable for the foreground.
Drive with open face Although it is a hard rubber, I felt that it hit the racket board immediately. Like Q3, if you let Q4 bite too much, it will not rotate and it will be easy to make a mistake.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin Q3 was also a high quality loop drive, but Q4 was also a high quality loop drive as expected. However, I also felt that a harder sponge would result in a stronger loop drive.
Speed drive against back spin As with the Q3, this also requires attention, and the speed drive at about half the speed and half the rotation became stable. However, Q4 is easy to rotate and soft, so I think it is relatively easy to do.
Curve / shoot drive Like Q3, I didn’t hit it very carefully, but it felt pretty good. It was better to get involved a little and drive a little like a curve drive, because the rotation is stronger and the ball is stable because of the lateral rotation.
Block This was as easy to do as Q3. I think this is because it is hard and not easily affected by the rotation of the other party.
Counter drive I’m glad that the overwrite counter drive was easy to do as well as Q3. Also, I felt that the counter drive was easier to get speed than I expected and I didn’t intend to put it out, so it would be a drive that I could aim for no touch.
Stop I’m glad it was easy to stop the ball. I think it is easier to stop than the hardness of the sponge.
Push It was good that this was also low. I think that it will take rotation if you stick it well.
Serve It was good to be able to cut it firmly. It took more rotation than Q3 and it felt very good.
Backhand
Light hit I didn’t feel that hard.
Drive on long balls and rallies It was surprisingly easy to do. I felt it was soft. I think that Q3 makes the sponge harder because the grains are easy to fall down, and Q4 makes the sponge softer because the grains are hard to fall down. There was a sense of stability, I drew an arch line and felt the speed, which was a very good impression.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin It was very stable because I could hold the ball firmly and rotate it. It’s soft, so it’s good that the impact is less likely to occur.
Speed drive against back spin I think it will be easier to hit than Q3 if you practice.
Block It was easy to do because it was hard and not affected by rotation very much.
Stop It was easy to do. There was a net mistake because it stopped a little too much.
Push It was good that this was also low. I think it will expire in Q4.
Chiquita It’s really easy to do. You can go for a full turn.
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
Max spin amount Dignics 05 ＞ Q5 ≧ Tenergy 05 Hard ＞ Q4 ≧Tenergy 05 ＞ Q3 ≧ Tenergy 80
MIZUNO, a major sports equipment brand, is a latecomer in the table tennis world, but in order to differentiate it from other table tennis manufacturers, we have taken on the challenge of co-developing rubber with Sumitomo Riko in the table tennis world. The jointly developed rubber is the Q series. The Q3 was released in 2017, and since its inception, it has been a hot topic as a challenging rubber jointly developed with Sumitomo Riko. Behind this is the fact that German-made rubber has emerged in the table tennis world in recent years, and the number of Japanese-made rubber is decreasing except for the Tenergy series and Dignics series of Butterfly. However, Mizuno searched for a manufacturer that could be jointly developed and developed rubber for top players from scratch. I think it was very challenging and had a stimulating effect on the table tennis world!
Speaking of Mizuno’s rubber before the Q series rubber, I think that the hit product of tension type front soft rubber, Booster series, tension type back soft rubber made in Germany, GF series can be mentioned. The booster series had a strong presence centered on female players, but the GF series did not penetrate much, to say the least. The price range was set to target the intermediate class rather than the top specifications. On the other hand, regarding the racket, Fortius FT, a 7-plywood racket supervised by former Japan national team player Ai Fujinuma, showed a certain presence due to its ease of handling and the power of the 7-plywood. However, once you buy a racket, it is not something that you will buy anew within a year, so it will be difficult to generate profits. Therefore, I think that the development of high-end tension-type back soft rubber that even top players can use has begun.
The rubber that seems to have been used as a reference in the joint development with Sumitomo Riko is probably the Monster Rubber, Tenergy series. Currently, there are three types of Q series sold, Q3, Q4, and Q5, but the Q3, which is reviewed on this page, is the rubber that is said to have the highest speed performance. It’s a rubber that corresponds to Tenergy 64 in the Tenergy series. The focus of this rubber is, after all, the sponges and sheets that are never used by rubber from other manufacturers. Although katsuo000 is not familiar with table tennis rubber manufacturing, basically each table tennis maker does not have a manufacturing factory, and specify the sheet material, sheet grain shape, sponge material, sponge hardness, etc. It seems that they are often outsourced. Therefore, there may be many combinations of sheet material, grain shape, sponge material, and sponge hardness, but the sheet material, grain shape, sponge material, and sponge hardness required for fashionable rubber are inevitably similar, so the same rubber. It will happen that the rubber manufactured in the manufacturing factory will inevitably look similar. However, the Q series is manufactured by Sumitomo Riko, and it seems that Sumitomo Riko does not manufacture other rubbers, so it is different from other table tennis equipment manufacturers. The manufacturer that does the same thing is Butterfly. You have your own factory, and you are trying to make a strong difference that rubber such as Tenergy and Dignix can only be made at the butterfly factory.
Various information is posted on Mizuno’s homepage, so I quoted it.
Q3 has a slightly thinner grain thickness of 1.65 mm and is adjusted to 0.63 mm between grains. The main axes of the Tenergy series, Tenergy 05, Tenergy 80, and Tenergy 64, have a grain thickness of 1.7 mm and the shortest distance between grains is Tenergy 05. , The middle is Tenergy 80, and the farthest is Tenergy 64. Q3 is a 1.65 mm grain that is thinner than 1.7 mm, and seems to be a rubber that is easy to fall down and speed up. In addition, the thickness of the sheet is 0.78 mm and the grain height is 0.99 mm, which is higher than other Q4 and Q5 grains, so you can imagine that it is a rubber that tends to show the characteristics of fine grains.
Published performance value
Published performance values exist in the GF series, but in the Q series, only figures and matrices exist. I quoted it from Mizuno’s homepage.
You can see that the Q series has higher speed and rotation performance than the GF series.
You can see that Q3 has a long flight distance. You can also see that the trajectory is the lowest.
The above figure is a fairly scientific figure, which is interesting for me personally, but difficult to understand. The rubber material used for rubber has viscoelasticity, so it is a diagram that quantifies how it responds to external forces. This figure seems to be the efficiency of the force that tries to return when the force is applied to the rubber. It seems that if it is hard, the energy loss will increase. Imagine that you probably make a graph like this for each rubber composition. I think we are deriving a rubber that is reasonably hard and properly energy efficient.
It’s easy to understand. It can be said that Q3 has a grain shape equivalent to 64 in tenergy and dignics. However, you can also see that they are not exactly the same. Probably, the Q series seems to have been developed in combination with Mizuno’s signature racket, Fortius FT or Fortius FT ver. D (Fortius FT ver. D), and it seems to be a rubber that goes well with wood-based rackets. The wood racket has a good ball holding and is easy to rotate, but the speed is a little slow and the arch line is high and it is easy to come out. I think that it is a rubber specification that compensates for the slow speed and high arc line.
Q3 pasting and weight
The warp of the rubber is amazing. I think it’s under tension. It is clearly warped compared to other manufacturers. By the way, sweat has a peculiar rubber odor.
Q3
Tension type XL52/3
Fine grain shape, narrow space between grains
・Sponge Thickness: middle (1.7 mm), thicke (1.9 mm), extra thick (2.1 mm)
・Sponge stiffness: 47
・6,300 yen + tax
・69 g (before cut) → 47 g (after cut)
I felt it was light. Grain shape close to 64.
Three features of Q3
Hitting feeling like adhesive rubber!
Q3 was a spin-type tension rubber with a very matte shot feeling and just like an adhesive rubber! It feels like a sticky rubber, but the speed is more than enough for a spin-type tension rubber, and I felt that the amount of rotation and weight were at a minimum. Aside from the shot feeling, I felt that the ball I could hit was as good as the previous reputation. As an image, I felt that the sponge grain is a speed-type grain-shaped sheet that easily collapses, but the sponge is a fairly hard and hard rubber.
Push and stop were easy to short!
What surprised me was the Q3’s push and Stop, and it just stopped. The same was true for the other Q series, and it was difficult to float the push and Stop. I think it’s a great feature! It’s not easy to cut, but I was very impressed with how push and the stop stopped. When it became so easy to stop, I felt that I could use it as a normal job!
Easy to do counter drive!
In addition to push and Stop, the counter drive in Q3 was a very good feeling. Anyway, the overwriting type counter drive was a good impression, and there was a sense of versatility that you can usually enter by attracting and overwriting with the drive. I felt this was a very reliable rubber.
Each technics review
Forehand
Light hit I feel the hardness. It was a feeling of hitting the ball because of its hardness.
Drive on long balls and rallies It feels like the drive is about to fall due to its hardness. It is difficult to drive with a weak touch, and if you hit the drive, it will fall if you do not hit it. As I felt when I hit the drive, I felt that it would be better to combine it with a wood racket that makes it easy to draw a large arch line. It is exactly Fortius FT or Fortius FT ver. D. However, both are heavy rackets and have a large rubber area, so I think that it will be quite heavy if you attach the Q series. The speed of the drive was quite good, and the arch line was drawn well. Compared to Rasanter R48, which has the same sponge hardness, it was clearly harder, mad and heavier.
Drive with open face I expected it because it is a hard rubber, but I felt that it hit the board sooner than I expected. It may be because of Q3. I would like to expect from Q4 or Q5. There is a feeling of hitting the board, so if you let it bite too much, it will not rotate and it will be easy to make mistakes.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin Even in Q3, I got a fairly high quality loop drive. I felt that the amount of rotation would drop if I was a little lazy, but it was a loop drive that felt quite good even though it was a speed-type grain-shaped rubber. I would like to expect from Q4 and Q5.
Speed drive against back spin This should be noted, and the speed drive was stable at about half the speed and half the rotation. It is unstable if it bites too much. I think it’s because it’s easy to hit the board.
Curve / shoot drive I didn’t hit it very carefully, but it felt pretty good. It was better to get involved a little and drive a little like a curve drive, because the rotation is stronger and the ball is stable because of the lateral rotation.
Block It was easy to do. I think this is because it is hard and not easily affected by the rotation of the other party.
Counter drive I’m glad that the overwrite counter drive was easy to do. Also, I felt that the counter drive was easier to get speed than I expected and I didn’t intend to put it out, so it would be a drive that I could aim for no touch.
Stop I’m glad it was easy to stop the ball. I think it is easier to stop than the hardness of the sponge.
Push It was good that this was also low. However, it is not cut so much, so I think that good people can type it.
Serve It was good to be able to cut it firmly. I felt that the minimum rotation was applied.
Backhand
Light hit I didn’t feel that hard.
Drive on long balls and rallies It was surprisingly easy to do, but when I was relaxed, I was late and flowed to the middle and fore. I think it’s a rubber that’s easy to drive.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin It was harder than I expected. The ball is released quickly, and if you try to hit it with just your hand, it will fall. I think that if you hit it firmly with your body, it will be stable enough.
Block It was easy to do because it was hard and not affected by rotation very much. I think it’s difficult to take smashes.
Stop It was easy to do. There was a net mistake because it stopped a little too much.
Push It was good that this was also low. But it’s not cut.
Chiquita It was easy to do. It goes up firmly.
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
Max spin amount Dignics 05 ＞ Q5 ≧ Tenergy 05 Hard ＞ Q4 ≧Tenergy 05 ＞ Q3 ≧ Tenergy 80
Rakza 7 is one of YASAKA’s high-end rubber series, Rakza series.
Speaking of contract players with YASAKA, Takuya Kami, who won the All Japan Championship second place in 2014, Mattias Falck (Sweden), who won the 2019 World Championship second place, won the World Cup four times as an advisor, and won the Athens Olympics. Ma Lin (Marin, China) is 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. Also, there are many sharp contract players with Aida Satoshi who is active in TT Saitama with a different back and forth cut man. Including when he was a student, Kami will be a player who has played an active role using both Rakza 7 and Rakza X of Non Slip Sheet reviewed on this page. Not only top players but also amateur players use Lakza 7 and Lakza X, and I think it is a very famous rubber.
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, it seems that Kouma Tezuka of Meitoku Gijuku High School, who is a heterogeneous player who makes heavy use of smash, used Rakuza X when he won the championship, and Ryoichi Yoshiyama of Aikodaimeiden used Rakuza 7 when he won the All Japan Junior Championship. 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 Rakuza 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 Dignix series. Rakza Z ⇄ Dignics 09C Rakza X ⇄ Dignics 05 Rakza 7 ⇄ Dignics 80 Rakza 9 ⇄ Dignics 64 The Rakuza Z, which will be released in the spring of 2020, is an adhesive rubber, and it is in the same classification as the Dignix 09C. Is this a coincidence, isn’t it?
If you explain the Rakuza series in detail, there are four types of Rakuza rubber, each of which is different in detail. There are two types of Rakza Z, Rakza Z and Rakza Z Extra Hard. The Rakuza X uses Non Slip Sheet (NSS) technology and is said to have a high grip that sets it apart from other Rakuza. In terms of performance values, the amount of rotation is higher for Rakuza 7 next to Rakuza Z. And the fastest in the series is Rakuza 9. Soft sponge is sold in two types, Rakuza X and Rakuza 7. The rubber series, which is very popular even though it has different parts in such small parts, is the Rakuza series. The Rakuza 7 reviewed this time is an 80 series rubber among the butterfly rubbers, so I would like to confirm the balance and balance between rotation and speed.
Published performance values of Rakza 7
YASAKA’s signboard rubber, Mark V (Mark Five) series is also posted. I think Mark V is basically a highly elastic rubber. You can see that many tension rubbers have better rotational performance than speed, compared to high elasticity rubbers. Surprisingly, you can see that Rakuza 7 is the rubber with the highest spin performance next to the adhesive rubber among the rubbers of YASAKA. I would like to have a deep review of this area.
Rakza 7 sticking and weight
Rakza 7
Top used rubber that stably creates intense spin
Hybrid Energy
・Speed: 11
・Spin: 14
・Sponge Thickness: middle thick, thick, extra thick
・Sponge stiffness: 45 - 50°
・5,000 yen + tax
・68 g (before cut) → 49 g (after cut)
I pasted it using YASAKA’s Norisuke, but I think it was considerably heavier than expected due to the weight of the rubber before cutting. Rakuza 7 may be easy to absorb the adhesive.
Three features of Rakza 7
Easy to handle!
It has the same characteristics as Super Ventus, but it was easy to handle as expected! However, I felt that it was similar and different from the ease of handling of Super Ventus and Rasanter R48. Super Ventus and R48 are easy-to-use rubbers that can easily hit high-quality balls and are easy to handle in the sense that the quality of the balls is high on average, while Lakza 7 is easy to put in anyway! It was a rubber that entered the opponent’s coat as much as this one word! I was able to use it so naturally that I didn’t have to explore the habits of Rakuza 7. I felt that I could drive and meet by catching the ball as I expected without such a strange habit and letting the whole rubber get stuck. However, it was hard to feel that the quality of the ball was so high. In order to improve the quality of the ball, I felt the need to firmly insert each ball into the entire rubber and then fly it while rotating it firmly. Also, even if I intended to rotate it, I felt that the drop of the arc line during driving was a little weaker than that of Dignix 05 and Fastarc G-1. This area may be close to Tenrgy 80. With outstanding ease of handling, there was no problem with the fore, of course, and I felt that it could be used well in the back! In particular, I felt that Rakuza 7 is the hardness that I feel is quite suitable for me in the sense that I can master the rubber as the hardness of the rubber for the back and that it is moderately hard. Although it is a rubber that is easy to handle, I felt that it is not a rubber that is easy to handle but can hit a high quality ball, but a rubber that can hit a high quality ball according to the corresponding hitting method. Even if the amount of practice drops, you can apply a certain amount of rotation with the feeling of hitting the ball that you have cultivated so far, and the ball will be very stable. Therefore, at least, rather than the rubber amplifying the quality of the ball, I felt that it is a rubber that can easily express the user’s shot feeling, table tennis history and experience as it is. In other words, for a player like myself who cannot secure the amount of practice, a rubber that requires a sense of stability that will surely put in a ball of a certain quality without the delicate angle and touch cultivated by the amount of practice. I felt it was a piece. I think it’s a very good rubber! The impression of Rakuza 7 is that the rubber that does not graduate from what I can do, ensures that I can be stable, and responds to some extent even if I swing for more power.
Less susceptible to rotation!
As it is a rubber made in Germany, I felt that it was not easily affected by rotation! I think he is not sensitive to the influence of the opponent’s rotation like the Tenergy series, but rather insensitive. Therefore, it was very easy to do all the techniques (almost all hits) that needed to cancel the opponent’s rotation by overwriting. Chiquita and backhand drive were also very easy to do. I felt that the sponge bite well and it was easy to feel the ball holding, and it was easy to overwrite from the receive with Chiquita or backhand drive. I didn’t feel that the level of rotation and bending of the ball was so high, but I felt that the sense of stability was the most important weapon. It was also easy to block! No matter what angle the ball was hit, it was easy to feel and feel how much it would repel, and it was easy to adjust immediately. It was easy to fish and lob.
Easy to hit speed drive!
The bite is good, so it was so easy to hit the speed drive that I could aim for the speed drive if I floated a little! Even if I let it bite in, I didn’t feel any weakness that would reach the shot feeling of the racket board, so I was able to bite in with confidence. I was able to feel the goodness of such a high-end rubber.
Each technics review
Forehand
Light hit It wasn’t hard to hit. I felt it was easy to bite in and very easy to hit.
Drive on long balls and rallies It was very good that both the method of rubbing with the sheet and the method of hitting it were stable! However, I think the quality is low. There is a sense of speed and stability of the ball, so I felt that I could put more pressure on the opponent.
Drive with open face This is something I’ve always felt, but it was a very good impression! That is to say, when I used it lightly by a friend, I felt the strength of the core that I could not lose even if I took the plunge into the Rakuza 7 and the Rakuza X that I plan to try out later. The strength of this core is the image of the strength that can be taken to the drive no matter how hard it is bitten. I found it easy to drive with a very open face. It’s easy to do, so even if you drive a lot, it’s unlikely that it will be a drive beyond your imagination.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin This was also good! I strongly felt the grip. I think that the grain shape is easy to grip, the grain is thick and the grain spacing is narrow. However, I felt it was a little repulsive. Still, I felt that it was within the range that could be easily dealt with.
Speed drive against back spin I wrote in the item of drive with open side, but it was very good. However, I think it’s better to let it bite in considerably, so energy is necessary.
Curve / shoot drive Since it is not a rubber that can easily generate a large amount of rotation, I did not have the impression that it would bend significantly on curves or shoots.
Block It was easy to do. It is inconsistent with the previous one, but I thought that it is easy to block because the sponge is hard and hard to deform when blocking, so it is not easily affected by rotation.
Counter drive I think it’s a rubber that is easy to counter.
Stop It didn’t spin as much as Dignics 05, but it was very easy to do. It was a pity that the amount of rotation was small, but it was easy to do because I was able to capture it firmly with the sheet.
Push Like the stop, the amount of rotation was small, but it was not difficult to do.
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 There was no particular strange feeling.
Drive on long balls and rallies Even if it was a mess, I was impressed with the drive. It’s easy to rotate. I felt that the impact would be a little insufficient, but even so, it was a rubber that I felt was quite easy to use among rubbers of the same hardness!
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin This was also very easy to do. I will grip it! Like the Tenergy 80, it felt like it popped out before it was fully gripped, but it still gripped well!
Speed drive against back spin This was also easy to do. I just felt a little hardness and straightness that did not draw an arc. This time I used it by pasting it on Zhang Jike ZLC, but it may not have been there. As an impression, I felt that there was a racket from YASAKA’s popular series Ma Lin series. The outer ZLC racket was a little too straight. I think that a wood-based or inner carbon-based racket that is easy to draw an arc will draw a better arc.
Curve / shoot drive Even if you curve it, it won’t bend that much. I think the amount of rotation is weak. I think that a pretty good ball will go if you rotate it by pushing it with your wrist.
Block It was easy to do. I think it’s because it has a good bite but a good ball holding.
Stop Similar to the fore stop, the amount of rotation was small, but it was easy to do.
Push Same as stop.
Chiquita I think the amount of rotation is small, but I thought it was quite easy to do. I think stability is a weapon.
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
Nittaku（ニッタク）からも販売が開始されたラケット、Hurricane Long V（キョウヒョウ龍5）をレビューさせていただきます。katsuo000が持っているキョウヒョウ龍5はDHS製になりますので、ご注意ください。用具好きの方には釈迦に説法になるかもしれません。「大満貫」＝「オリンピック、世界選手権、ワールドカップ、の3大会全てで優勝」を、2回、あともう少しで3回達成もありえた最強王者、馬龍選手使用のラケットになります。
ロングボールやラリーでのドライブ Omega VII China Ying（オメガVIIチャイナ影）を貼っていることもあって、弾くと安定感が皆無でした。しっかりぶつけてもいいんですが、ドライブをかけるように打つことで、このラケットの真価が得られるように感じました。キョウヒョウを貼る場合も同じだと思います。つまり、ラリーでも馬龍選手のようにバックスイングを後ろではなく、下からとるようにして上方向へ打つようにして、ドライブ回転をかけるように打つことで、回転量と、ボールに対してぶつけて直線的なボールを打っても、しっかりと弧線を描いて相手のコートに沈んでくれるボールが打てると思います。逆にスピン系テンションラバーの打ち方でボールの頂点を捉えて後ろから前へ振ってしまうと味が出せないかもしれません。どちらかというとわざとボールの打球点を落としてもいいので、弧線を描くように描くように打ってあげることで安定感とボールの変化、回転量が得られて相手が嫌がるかと思います。
As a high-end manufacturer of TSP, VICTAS is a manufacturer with a strong presence in Japan, next to Butterfly with its stylish apparel and unified rubber and racket design! It will be a trial hit of V> 15 Extra of the flagship rubber of VICTAS. As of 2020, I have briefly listed the top players who have contracted with VICTAS and are using V> 15 Extra.
In the April 2020 world ranking, you can see that it is used by the world’s top players, including Koki Niwa, who is ranked second in the Japanese. VICTAS contract players basically use V> 15 Extra or completely different rubber (for example, Korean Jang Woo Jin player has a lot of Chinese table tennis elements, Double Happiness Shanghai on the racket and fore side, We use Hurricane Long V (Inner Arylate Carbon (Inner ALC)) and Hurricane NEO III (blue sponge) made by DHS. In other words, it is no exaggeration to say that the rubber that top players want to use in VICTAS products is almost V> 15 Extra! I think it’s easy to understand that there aren’t many types of Tenergy alone like Butterfly.
Published performance value of V> 15 Extra
V> 15 Extra is said to be “a gear that emphasizes the power to produce a decisive hit, a gear that overwrites the opponent’s ball with intense rotation and speed and returns it. A gear that emphasizes the power to punch out the opponent”. VICTAS’s rubber performance table is easy to see, but on the other hand, there is no performance value called spin, and it is items such as arc line height, drive accuracy, seat strength, repulsion. Let’s take a closer look.
Arc line height: Angle change of incoming reflection with respect to the rotated ball Speed: Speed change rate before and after collision with the rotated ball Drive accuracy: Operability when driving the drive by yourself Control: Accuracy of returning the ball to the specified location for the rotated ball Seat strength: Difficult to slip against rotated balls Repulsion: The height at which the ball bounces when dropped from a certain height (Sprinkle potato starch on the rubber surface to eliminate the effect of adhesive)
You should find such an explanation when you look for VICTAS information. I found it difficult to imagine even after reading the above, but I think it is very easy to imagine the repulsion. It’s a little disappointing that there is no information that leads to rotation even if you look at these performance values, but this seems to be the strategy that VICTAS chose. In addition, TSP has posted spin and speed performance like a butterfly.
Depending on the way of thinking, the items that can be considered to be connected to rotation are the numerical values of the height of the arc line and the strength of the seat. Certainly, V> 15 Extra has a fairly high arc height and seat strength. I think that the item of sheet strength is a little worrisome, but I think that the slip resistance is evaluated, but the spin tension is V> 15 rather than the adhesive rubber VJC> 07 Sticky Extra and VS> 402 Double Extra. Extra is more expensive, isn’t it? If it is not slippery, I feel that the adhesive rubber is overwhelmingly less slippery, but I feel that it reflects the strength of the sheet tension and the thickness of the sheet.
When I read the explanation of other VICTAS rubber, I was worried about the V> 01 series, but I felt that the rotation performance may be low in terms of performance value (I do not understand because I have not tried it). Even considering various situations, I imagine that you can get a complete picture of VICTAS rubber by trying out V> 15 Extra, the rubber used most by contract players.
V> 15 Extra rubberized and weight
As usual, I pasted V> 15 Extra on Zhang Jike ZLC made by Butterfly.
V＞15Extra
High Energy Tension
・Sponge thickness: 2.0 mm, MAX
・Arc height: 6.7
・Speed: 8.4
・Drive accuracy: 7.1
・Seat strength: 9.2
・Repulsion: 8.8
・Sponge stiffness：47.5±3°
・6,000 yen + tax
・71 g (before cut) → 50 g (after cut)
I was surprised that it was heavier than I imagined. You may have applied a little too much solvent. But it is also one of the features that it is heavy.
Three features of V> 15 Extra
The counter performance is amazing!
The first thing I felt when using this rubber was the high counter performance due to the strength and hardness of the seat! Since the seat is very hard and strong, I felt that it was a rubber that was not easily affected by the rotation of the opponent’s ball and was very easy to counter. It may be no exaggeration to say that it is the rubber that supports the counter drive of Koki Niwa, who is called the rising counter! The counter was easy to do, whether you were aiming for a drive or a bit of a meet. I think it is ants to change to this rubber for counter performance!
The drive when you let it bite in is amazing!
The hardness of the sponge is 47.5 ± 3 °, but it is a rubber that is as hard and heavy as 50 °. Therefore, the amount of rotation of the drive when it bites into the entire rubber firmly, and above all, the drive that accelerates like a spring had a stronger impact than it looks! When I tried to rotate this rubber with the sheet, it did not rotate so much, I felt that it would be difficult to rotate unless I firmly bite into the entire rubber once and then rotate it by the friction of the sheet from there. However, as I got used to it, it was such a characteristic rubber that I became addicted to a ball with a strong rotation that I could not hit unless V> 15 Extra. I don’t think it is suitable for loop drive because it is difficult to rotate unless it bites into it. Even if you drop the hitting point, you need to catch it as if it hits the ball and let it bite into the rubber before applying rotation. Therefore, I think it takes a lot of practice and getting used to hitting a low, short, shallow loop drive that catches the ball with just the seat. Rather, I think that it is better to think of it as hitting a place with a high hitting point, and then add rotation from there and bring it to speed drive or power drive. It’s a very quirky rubber, but I think it’s also an interesting rubber.
Chiquita is easy to do!
As with all German rubber, Chiquita was pretty easy to do. It bounces quite a bit, and this V> 15 Extra has a part that is quite insensitive to the rotation of the opponent, so I felt like I could enter even if I went to flick it. Maybe you can use it for Chiquita! It was a rubber that surprised me because Chiquita was so easy to do. I think this is because the seat is strong and not easily affected by rotation.
Each technics review
Fore hand
Light hit Although it was heavy, it digged in quite a bit. The hardness of the sponge is 47.5 °, so it is natural, but the bite is quite good. If it’s the fore, I personally like the sponge even if it’s a little harder.
Drive on long balls and rallies I could only use it twice in practice, so I could hardly hit a good drive. I think I could say that I didn’t know how to hit the drive that was in this rubber. The impression I felt was that the trajectory was shallower than usual and the ball was not stretched. I guess I haven’t been able to bite into it.
Drive with open face The drive that bites in is quite good. It’s a rubber that you can’t easily understand unless you get used to this feeling. However, I didn’t have enough skill and often played it, so I didn’t feel stable.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin This was pretty difficult. It lifts up, but when I try to hit it with just the sheet, it’s quite easy to become a baseball ball. I felt that it was difficult to touch because it was better to hit it firmly even with a loop drive.
Speed drive against back spin It is easy to do speed drive of the system that makes you bite. There were times when I ended up hitting a little meat. I don’t have enough technical skills.
Curve / shoot drive It seemed like I could make a curve, but shooting is difficult unless I get used to it.
Block The block that just hits is softer than I expected, so I felt it was affected by the rotation. But it was pretty easy to smash. The seat is strong and won’t lose, so it’s better to take a little rotation by taking it firmly on the ball for a more stable impression.
Counter drive I think it is the true value of this rubber. It’s pretty easy to do. I felt that the counter performance was higher than Tenergy. Actually, those who use V> 15 Extra have the impression that the counter is good, but I felt that this rubber also played a role.
Stop It was a rubber with a good bite, so it was easy to fly. If you hit it with a sheet, it will stop.
Push It’s hard to cut. If you let it bite in, you will be over because you are the outer ZLC. It may be better to push it slightly without being conscious of rotation.
Fore flick Since the seat is hard, it was easy to do because it was not easily affected by rotation.
Serve At first, it didn’t take a turn, so I wondered what to do. Even if you serve, it will not rotate at all unless you bite it firmly. I think that it is easier to rotate if you let it bite in like a bump.
Back hand
Light hit There is momentum, so it was quite easy to put in.
Drive on long balls and rallies I could only hit it closer to meat than to drive. There was no sense of stability.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin I have a habit of driving while pushing, so I was able to hit a good drive several times. Rather than a loop drive, it felt like a drive with a large amount of rotation that dropped the hitting point, but I felt that I was able to hit a drive with sharp growth and a feeling of intimidation.
Speed drive against back spin Speed drive was difficult. It has become a meat hit. It would be nice if we could speed up while rubbing it up like a loop drive, but this is also lacking in technical skills.
Block It was a pretty good feeling. It was especially easy to take a German rubber drive or speed drive. I’m glad that it repels firmly, or that there is a part that is not easily affected by rotation.
Counter drive It was easy to do even in the back. Rather, the faster ball bites into the rubber, so I felt that it was easier to spin by taking advantage of the bite into the sponge. I think it’s a good idea to hit it with a bit of meat and counter it with the image of spinning from there. I felt like I could enter even if I became a meat, and it was a very good feeling.
Stop Since the sponge is soft, I had the impression that it would float when the sponge bites into it.
Push Like the stop, I felt that the ball was floating.
Chiquita It was very easy to do. It was easy to flick, but it wasn’t easily affected by the rotation, so it was easy to drop it where I wanted. However, it wasn’t very powerful.
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
そんなDONICのラバーの中でも異色を放つラバーとして発売されたのが本ページでレビューするBlue Grip C1（ブルーグリップC1）になります。このブルーグリップC1はXIOM（エクシオン）のOmega VII China Ying（オメガVIIチャイナ影）と同時期に販売されたラバーでスポンジ硬度は60度の超ハードラバーになります。先に発売されたオメガVIIチャイナ影のコンセプトが「中国ラバーキョウヒョウを超えるラバー」であったため、このブルーグリップC1も同様に超ハードなドイツ製粘着テンションラバーとしてのイメージが強いラバーだと思います。実際ドイツ基準の硬度で比較した際にここまで硬いラバーは他にはオメガVIIチャイナ影しか存在せず、意欲的なラバーの1枚だと思います。既にレビューされているものを拝見すると、オメガVIIチャイナ影と比較すると使いにくさが丸くなって、スピードと扱いやすさの上がったラバーというものが多い印象でした。実際のところどうなのでしょうか。
強粘着というフレコミですが、昨今のドイツ製粘着テンションらしく、粘着感は低くほぼ微粘着系のラバーだと思いました。キョウヒョウ龍5がブレード面積の広いラケットということで、かなり重たくなったのも特徴的かと思います。重量は57 gで、オメガVIIチャイナ影と比較すると若干軽いかな～くらいで、明らかな超ヘビー級です。Nittaku（ニッタク）さんのHurricane Pro III Turbo Blue（キョウヒョウプロ3ターボブルー）の65 gと比べると、あそこまではいかないものの、というラバーだと思います。
Blue Grip C1（ブルーグリップC1）
粘着テンション
Made in Germany
・Sponge Thickness： 2.0 mm、Max
・Speed：11
・Spin：11++
・Sponge硬度：60
・オープンプライス (4,363円)
・82 g（切断前） → 57 g（キョウヒョウ龍5、158 × 150 mmに貼って）
We would like to review Tenergy 05 FX, one of Butterfly (Tamasu)’s signature rubbers. First of all, I would like to write about Tenergy again. The release of the world standard Tenergy 05 dates back to April 2008, about 13 years ago. 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
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, Tenergy 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: The grain spacing of 1.7 mm is narrow. High rotation performance. No. 25: 2.65 mm grain height is low. Easy to play on the table and counter. No. 64: Wide grain spacing of 1.7 mm. High speed performance. No. 180: Medium grain spacing of 1.7 mm. The rotation and speed are well balanced. No. 219: The grain spacing of 1.5 mm 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 “Spin 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 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. Then, in March 2021, when the transition from Tenergy to Dignics was beginning to appear, Tenergy 19 was put on the market. So far, there are 10 types of Tenergy. Each of them has been sold as a new product, and the fact that Tenergy 05 is still popular is a manifestation of completion and trust.
And I think that Tenergy 05FX is a world standard Tenergy that is easy to handle by combining the world standard Tenergy 05 with a soft spring sponge. As a back rubber for intermediate users, I think it is a very popular rubber for beginners’ first Tenergy.
Published performance value
Published performance values do not depend on the presence or absence of FX. At competitors’ manufacturers, rubber with a soft sponge has high rotational performance, but I feel like Butterfly’s claim that this is not the case. Actually, the soft sponge is easier to use, but it seems that it is difficult to get the maximum rotation amount and speed, but it may be that it is not impossible to get it. In that sense, Tenergy 05FX can be said to be a high-performance and easy-to-use rubber.
Easy-to-use technics
On Butterfly’s homepage, radar charts are posted about the technologies that are easy to do for each Tenergy. I measured the ease of doing each technology 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 Tenergy 05FX is really at the center. There are few technologies that are difficult to do. 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.
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 it seems that there are many combinations with a racket that is basically 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
・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 ・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
・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 use a lot 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 05 FX Weight and Paste
The rubber weight of the Tenergy 05FX was about 46 g. It’s lighter than Tenergy 05 (48 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 05 FX
High Tension
・Sponge thickness: thick (1.9 mm), extra thick (2.1 mm)
・Spin: 11.5
・Speed: 13.0
・Sponge stiffness: 32
・Open price (8,900 yen + tax)
・66 g (before cut) → 46 g (after cut)
Three features of Tenergy 05 FX
Bring it to your backhand!
It’s soft, so I brought it to my backhand anyway! The backhand speed drive of the third ball was very easy to hit! I felt that I could swing with great peace of mind because I could draw an arch line firmly by rotating. In addition, I felt that I could make a table tennis that would not lose even if I went down to the middle team or the apse because I could spin with the ball firmly even with a backhand that tends to have insufficient impact.
Even though it’s soft, it stops and it’s easy to counter!
Both the stop and the counter were very good. I was surprised that the counter drive was easy to do. I think it’s because of the ball holding due to the shape of the seat. With this performance, I think it’s easy to play sticky table tennis!
It’s FX, but it’s surprisingly hard!
I feel the softness because it is FX, but I felt the hardness more than I expected due to the influence of the shape of the sheet. It’s easy to handle, but I also feel the hardness, so I thought it was easy to drive. I felt that this hardness was a performance that matched modern table tennis.
Each technics review
Fore hand
Counter drive It’s easy to do. I felt that I could overwrite it before it was affected by the rotation of the other party. This is high performance.
Stop Easy to stop. I just played it when I tried to rotate it.
Push It is a little harder to rotate than Tenergy 05.
Back hand
Light hit I didn’t feel much difference from Tenergy 05 with a light hit.
Rally drive It was easy to drive. The balls were easy to align and I felt very stable. I don’t think the power is that high.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin It was easy to do. There was a feeling that it came off a little, and I felt that the amount of rotation was low compared to Tenergy 05, but anyway, it was easy to lift, so I felt that I could drive at once.
Speed drive against back spin This was pretty good. I didn’t need that much impact, and it was difficult for the opponent to predict the speed drive from the front backhand, so I felt it was quite easy to get points.
Block I felt that it was affected by the rotation. Especially for katsuo000, I felt that it was a little difficult because I felt that the backhand was easier to block with a stiffer rubber. It is an impression that it is affected by heavy balls.
Counter drive If anything, meat was easier to do.
Stop It was easy to do.
Push Because it is soft, it is easy to repel, so it is easier to rotate with Tenergy 05.
Chiquita It was easy to get up, so it felt very good. The power may be small, but I think that the opponent does not like it if you put a horizontal rotation in the front team.
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
World Standard for all rubbers: Tenegy 05. Even now that the Dignics series has been sold by Butterfly as a rubber that exceeds Tenergy 05, the presence of Tenergy 05 is certain. One reason is that top players and players who contract with Butterfly are still using this rubber. Now that the rubber of the Dignics series has appeared, I would like to review the Tenergy series and what kind of rubber is the representative rubber in the Tenergy series, Tenergy 05. Tenergy 05 was released in 2008, more than 10 years ago. At that time, the big rule change of completely banning speed glue had a strong impact. Tenergy 05 became a monster rubber by running up to the world standard in the tremor. Tenergy 05 and “spin tension” rubber have emerged under the rule that speed glue can no longer be used and the speed performance and spin performance of highly elastic rubber due to post-processing can no longer be drawn out. Even now, the ban on speed glue and the problem of using auxiliary agents for some players (rubber post-processing, which is prohibited by the rules) have not been solved, but even if speed glue cannot be used, high speed With its performance and spin performance, Tenergy 05 can be said to be a savior in the table tennis world. Coupled with the support of such an era, Monster Rubber was born.
Published performance value
What you can see from this performance diagram is that Tenergy 05 is one of the rubbers that has high performance in both rotation performance and speed performance. You can also see that there are only two rubbers, Dignics 05 and Dignics 80, that are superior to Tenergy 05 in terms of rotation performance and speed performance. Both rubbers have a harder sponge hardness than Tenergy 05, so it can be said that they are more difficult to handle than Tenergy 05. I think that this high-balanced performance is a feature of Tenergy 05.
As you can see from the figure that reflects the sponge hardness, the rubber with the highest spin performance when the sum of rotation and sponge hardness is 50 or less is Tenergy 05. It can be said that it is a rubber with excellent rotation performance while the sponge hardness is low.
Next, we will compare Tenergy 05 with other Tenergy. It is a quantification of the ease of use of the six technologies announced by Mr. Butterfly. Speed drive x loop drive Smash x counter drive Block x tabletop
I’m a little closer to rotating technology, but you’ll find that all technologies are very easy to do. I’ve heard that the rubber conditions required by top players include the perspective that any technique can be performed without annoyance. Top players have all the options, so you don’t want to choose a tool that has any drawbacks or challenges. Also, you cannot overlook the fact that it can supplement the amount of rotation that is important in modern table tennis. In summary, it can be said that Tenergy 05 is a rubber with high rotational performance that can surely get above the average score with any technology.
Why Tenergy 05 instead of Dignics 05
As you can see from the performance table and figure, Tenergy 05 has a very balanced speed performance and spin performance. There are certainly rubbers with higher speed performance and spin performance than Tenergy 05, but it can be said that they are basically rubbers that have a harder sponge hardness than Tenergy 05 and that are easier to handle. In other words, even if it was released more than 10 years ago, Tenergy 05 is still favored by top players because of its comprehensive balance of high speed performance, high spin performance, high control performance, and ease of handling. It can be said that it is. The Dignics series is also a very addictive rubber, and it cannot be said that the way of hitting that was in Tenergy 05 does not necessarily match the rubber of the Dignics series. On the contrary, Tenergy 05 has a part where you can feel the adaptability that you can take advantage of the characteristics of any swing. As an impression of katsuo000’s curtain test hitting, Tenergy 05 was able to feel a certain amount of rotation and speed even in the hitting method of opening the surface that matches the adhesive rubber and applying rotation while playing. I feel that this is largely due to the spring sponge. Compared to rubber from other manufacturers, which are said to have similar shot feelings, I feel that the feature of this Tenergy 05 that it can rotate and speed up with any hitting method is amazing. It is understandable that some of the top Chinese players used it.
Paste and weight of Tenergy 05
Tenergy 05
High Tension
・Sponge thickness: middle (1.7 mm), thick (1.9 mm), extra thick (2.1 mm)
・Spin: 11.5
・Speed: 13
・Sponge stiffness: 36
・Open price (8,900 yen + tax)
・72 g (before cut) → 47 g (after cut)
I think Tenergy 05 is the heaviest of the butterfly rubbers, but it’s still a lightweight rubber that fits in the late 40g.
Three features of Tenergy 05
Drive rotation takes place without permission! Automatic performance!
It is said that there is an automatic performance that automatically rotates the drive as a point that seems to be Tenergy of Monster Rubber and Tenergy. In fact, I lent a racket with Tenergy to those who do not even have their own racket and can not hit the foreground. Those who don’t know how to drive or feel, remember that the ball grew strangely even though they were just pushing behind the ball. I felt, “Is this the automatic performance !?” I don’t really feel this benefit because the plastic ball is also hard and hard to rotate, but I think the word “automatic performance” is a word that shows that it is a rubber that is easy to rotate.
High spin performance!
As if you were driving with adhesive rubber, you can invite the opponent’s block over mistake with loop drive! The loop drive of Tenergy 05 is difficult to block, so I think it is necessary to check it firmly when exchanging the racket before the game. You can fly a pretty unpleasant ball. With high grip, it is easy to hit a low and shallow high quality loop drive, and it is difficult to take a counter for the hit loop drive. If I was using Tenergy 05, I would like to aggressively use the loop drive a lot to invite the opponent’s mistakes, or even after the loop drive, I would like to hit the speed drive etc. repeatedly to develop the subsequent rally in an advantageous way. Of course, compared to Tenergy 05 Hard, it feels like it will fly a little, so I feel that the quality of the loop drive will deteriorate a little, but even with Tenergy 05, a sufficient amount of rotation can be obtained.
Light, easy to handle and high performance!
Of particular note is the light weight of less than 50 g with this rotational performance. I think there are many other rubbers that can produce heavy balls with the amount of rotation, but the rubber with excellent total balance such as ease of handling and lightness of less than 50 g, Tenergy 05 is still a unique rubber and the world standard. It can be said that it is a rubber of. Light rubber has the impression that the amount of rotation is insufficient and the ball tends to be light, but I think that it is rare to feel the lightness of the ball with Tenergy 05. It seems that the performance of Tenergy 05, which is light but takes rotation, can only be manufactured at a butterfly factory in Japan.
Each technics review
Fore hand
Light hit It feels like the ball is lively from a light hit. Especially when it is freshly pasted, it gives an impression that a lively ball is easy to come out. I think it’s easy to feel that the arc of the ball is slightly out even with a light hit.
Drive on long balls and rallies The drive is very easy to hit. The harder you hit, the easier it is for the ball to rise, so you’ll want to lay the racket down and hit a strong speed drive. You can hit the right drive just by lying down the racket surface and the rubber surface facing down. Compared to the Tenergy 05, the Tenergy 80 has a weaker grip, the ball separates faster, and the ball does not rise up, so it seems that the 80 is more likely to make a net mistake with the same swing. If you use 05, I think it is better to open the racket surface and hit the speed drive with the rubber facing down.
Drive with open face Although I have already touched on it a little, it was very easy to hit the drive with the open side. I think this is a hidden feature of Tenergy 05. With rubber made in Germany, which is said to have a similar shot feeling to some Tenergy 05, I felt that it would fall if it was a drive with an open surface. I felt like I would just play it without gripping it. I think it’s easier to use with the backhand, but I like Tenergy 05 for the foreground!
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin It is easy to hit a very strong loop drive. I think it is a technology that can demonstrate the high spin performance that is also a feature of 05! Since it is a rubber with a very rich grip, even if the swing speed is slow, by dropping the hitting point and swinging up while firmly biting into the sponge, I think that you can hit a low quality loop drive with a large amount of rotation. increase! Tenergy 05 is a rubber that has a high grip and feels like holding a ball, so if you get caught too much, it will be easier to aim at the counter drive using horizontal rotation, so it is also possible to firmly apply vertical rotation to a flat feeling. I think it’s a nice place for 05.
Speed drive against back spin It was easier to hit the speed drive with the face open. It will be stable if you hit it with the image of spinning while hitting it. It may be said that the feature of Tenergy 05 is that you can apply a strong and strong rotation with this way of hitting.
Curve / shoot drive In a curve drive, I think you hit it like getting involved, but then the ball is a little difficult to run. I had the impression that the shoot drive was easier to speed up.
Block Personally, the block was a little difficult to do. Since the rubber is soft, it is easy to take balls such as smashes, but balls with rotation such as loop drive are easily affected by rotation and it was easy to over-miss. I think this is common with rubber with high rotational performance. Therefore, I think that it will be stable by making it a block that actively rotates by itself like an active block. I think that it is more stable to actively perform side spin block and active block that applies drive rotation
Counter drive The rubber as a whole is soft, so I personally felt that it was difficult to counter drive in the front team. I think that you can hit a stable counter drive by stepping back a little and counter driving so as to overwrite the rotation firmly before and after the apex.
Stop It’s quite soft, so it’s surprisingly bouncy. Also, it was easily affected by rotation, so I had the impression that I was careful.
Push It was an impression that over mistakes would increase if you cut it because it bites unexpectedly.
Fore flick It’s soft, so it was easy to flick on top.
Back hand
Light hit I feel like I have a ball. However, there is also momentum, so it was easy for me to make many over mistakes with my swing.
Drive on long balls and rallies A stable drive is easy to hit. I felt that a stable impact was necessary to hit the speed drive system.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin It’s very easy to hit. I think it’s easy to put in even if the swing is a little slow because there is a ball holding. I felt that it was better to be careful there because it tends to be insufficient in power.
Speed drive against back spin Sometimes I hit it flat and hit it, and a surprising speed drive came in. Either way, I felt that a certain amount of solid impact was necessary to hit a stable drive. I don’t think I had the skill to use it in the backhand.
Curve / shoot drive There were some people who disliked the backhand curve drive, and it became a scoring ability. Even so, I only entered several times in one game.
Block Like the fore block, I felt it was susceptible to rotation. It was easy to suppress the power of the ball and block it by making sure to catch the top of the drive type ball. Actually, I think that the score rate will increase if you can make an active block, but I didn’t have that skill.
Counter drive I didn’t have enough skill, and when I tried to counter drive, I made many over mistakes. I felt that a slightly harder rubber was easier to do.
Stop It was easier to do because the back has a feeling. I couldn’t make a stop or push that I cut with a Tenagy rubber with a good sense of stability. I don’t have enough skill around here either.
Push It was easy to squeeze at a certain level. It was difficult for me to cut firmly like Harimoto. I think it’s workmanship. Zhang Jike ZLC has a thin plate thickness of 5.5 mm, so it doesn’t bounce unexpectedly on the table. Since the shot feeling is hard, the ball can be released quickly, but it may be cut off with a minimum bite with the image that you can catch on the sheet.
Chiquita Because you have a ball, it’s easier to over-miss than you think. I think it’s better to aim below than you think. Also, if you are in good shape and try to speed up, you will make a net mistake this time, so please be careful. Please be careful when you rotate firmly or when you play a speed type chiquita, as it will fall if you do not rotate it firmly at a considerable swing speed.
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
Spin amount Dignics 05 > Tenergy 05 Hard ≧ Tenergy 05 > Omega VII Tour
Tenegy 05, the world standard for all rubbers. Tenergy 05, which reigns over the world standard, was sold in 2008 and has been around for more than 10 years. The ball has changed from celluloid to plastic ball, and top players have come to demand the power and performance of the ball and demand hard rubber within the range that can be handled. The published hardness of Tenergy 05 is 36 ° according to the Butterfly standard. Even with the high manufacturing technology and quality control of the butterfly, it seems that there are differences in weight and hardness due to individual differences in rubber. I hear that the top players are choosing the rubber of the weight and hardness that suits them from the manufactured rubber. Apparently, in recent years, there have been many requests from top players to use the hard Tenergy 05. I think that the talk has progressed from the desire of top players to use it to commercialization. Therefore, in 2018, 10 years after the sale of Tenergy 05, Tenergy 05 Hard, which literally has a harder sponge hardness than Tenergy 05, was sold. It uses a 43 ° sponge that is 7 ° harder than the 36 ° that was not found in other Tenergy series (Tenegy 25, Tenergy 64, Tenergy 80). It will be a rubber that the number of users of top players is increasing.
Published performance value
Unlike other companies, Butterfly does not announce the change in speed performance and spin performance even if the sponge hardness is changed. I imagine that the easy-to-use technology and the potential of rubber are different. For the rubber potential, look at the published performance values, not the sponge hardness. In other words, the potential speed performance and rotation performance are the same with Tenergy 05 FX, which uses Tenergy 05 hard and soft sponge. Depending on the manufacturer, it may be stated that the softer the sponge hardness, the higher the speed performance of the published value and the easier it is to control, but Mr. Butterfly has the impression that he is sticking to a different stance.
↓ The horizontal axis has sponge hardness + spin performance.
Easy-to-use technics
Butterfly’s pamphlet shows a chart of “ease of doing” in various technologies of each “Tenergy” under the title “Let’s find your” Tenergy “”. You can also check it on the “Tenergy” special page on the homepage. Looking at the pamphlet, I measured the ease of doing each technology 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. There are four personally important items: loop drive, speed drive, bench play, and block. It’s hard to hit the counter drive, and if the smash isn’t adhesive rubber, you’ll be used to it.
Looking at this chart, I think that Tenergy 05 hardware is good for drive technology. Blocking may still be difficult.
You can also see that Tenergy 64 is easy to use for smashes and blocks. I think the balanced rubber will end up being Tenergy 05 FX or Tenergy 80. I would like to actually try using Tenergy 05 hardware and review whether this chart applies, the shot feeling, whether it can be mastered, whether there is a difficult technique, etc.
Tenergy 05 Hard with rubber and weight
Tenergy 05 Hard
High Tension
Spring Sponge
・Speed: 13
・Spin: 11.5
・Sponge stiffness: 43°
・Open price (8,900 yen + tax)
・76 g (before cut) → 52g (after cut)
Three features of Tenergy 05 Hard
05 Hard can be summarized in one word as “spin tension rubber close to adhesive rubber (Hurricane)”. And the rubber that supplements the speed that makes you feel dissatisfied with adhesive rubber becomes 05 hard. Then there are three features.
Adhesive rubber High quality loop drive that is as good as it is!
After all, 05 hardware is a loop drive! It will be a little longer, but let’s compare Tenergy 05 Hard with other rubbers.
vs Tenergy 05 & Dignics 05 & Dignics 09C
First, compare it with the same Butterfly rubber, Tenergy 05, Dignics 05, and Dignics 09C. Comparing Tenergy 05 Hard and Tenergy 05, I think that Tenergy 05 also has a strong enough rotation. However, compared to Tenergy 05, I think that 05 hardware can hit a loop drive with the same or more rotation amount, ball weight, and pressure. The weight and pressure of the ball and the expression become abstract. With Tenergy 05, over-misses occur depending on the amount of rotation, but with 05 Hard, in addition to over-misses due to the amount of rotation, net mistakes due to the difference in the amount of rotation of each ball, a stronger impact than Tenergy 05. I felt that the ball was clearly sharper than Tenergy 05, with a simple hitting mistake (such as hitting the racket corner or hitting my finger or arm) due to the pressure from the hitting sound that I could tell that I hit with. Next, I think that the Dignics series has a larger amount of rotation than the Dignics, but the 05 hard has a harder sponge, so I think it is easier to produce a low arc trajectory. Therefore, compared to Dignics 05 and Dignics 09C, I felt that the quality of the total loop drive of 05 hardware is higher in the total amount of rotation + low trajectory and shallowness. Also, because the sponge hardness is hard, compared to Tenergy 05, Dignics 05, and Dignics 09C, the 05 Hard has a slight change in the amount of rotation of the loop drive of each ball, and it looks like a habit ball. It should be noted that it is easy. I imagine that there are many users even among top players because of these characteristics.
vs Hurricane NEO III
Compared to Hurricane NEO III of Double Happiness Shanghai (DHS), which is a typical adhesive rubber, the sinking habit ball that seems to be a sticky rubber has a part in Hurricane NEO3. However, I felt that 05 hardware can be loop driven with a feeling that is quite close to adhesive rubber. In addition, Hurricane NEO3 will rotate and stabilize the speed drive by driving while opening the surface and hitting it. Even if I hit it in the same way as the Hurricane NEO3, I felt that it would rotate firmly on the 05 Hard (although the arc line was straight). Also, as described in the third feature, the speed drive from the middle team clearly had a part on the 05 Hard side. In conclusion, it can be said that 05 Hard is a rubber that can perform loop drive and downward rotation drive with a feeling quite similar to adhesive rubber, but can also drive from the middle team, which is disadvantageous with adhesive rubber.
vs V>15 Extra
Compared to VICTAS’V> 15 Extra, V> 15 Extra will rotate if you don’t rotate it so that it bites into the sponge even in a loop drive rather than driving with only the seat in the first place. It will be a difficult rubber. Therefore, using V> 15 Extra makes it a little harder to control the loop drive. I think that V> 15 Extra makes it easier to get speed and habit ball-likeness by rubbing while hitting even if you drop the hitting point, rather than doing a loop drive controlled shallowly and low. Therefore, it can be said that the types of drives that are easy to do are different. I think that the control of the loop drive and the amount of spin are outstandingly higher in 05 Hard.
vs Omega VII Tour & Omega VII Hyper
Compare with XIOM’s high-end rubbers, Omega VII Tour and Omega VII Hyper. The Omega 7 series is a rubber made in Germany, and it is a rubber that is easy to bite and handle for its heavy weight. Compared to 05 hardware, I think that Omega 7 Tour and Omega 7 Hyper have better overall ease of handling and speed during rallying. On the other hand, I think that the Max value of the rotation amount of the loop drive that draws out the potential of rubber is higher in 05 Hard.
vs Rasanter R53
Compare with andro’s red Rasanter R53. This R53 is a fairly high-performance rubber, and when compared only by the amount of rotation, it is the R53 that can draw out the amount of rotation equal to or more than 05 Hard. However, I felt that 05 Hard is easier to control the low and shallow trajectory required for loop drive. R53 has a slightly narrow grain shape and looks like a clogged shape, so it is a rubber that makes it easy to feel the ball coming off a little faster. It was a very high-performance rubber that was easy to make an arc even if the hitting point was dropped, and it was easy to put out a habit ball like R53, but it was a little difficult to loop drive with a slow, low and shallow trajectory.
vs Rhyzer Pro
Compare with Joola’s slightly older rubber, Rhyzer Pro. The riser pro had the feeling that it was possible to perform a loop drive with a feeling that was quite close to that of the 05 Hard. If you feel that the price of 05 Hard is high, I think there are quite a few riser pros. However, Riser Pro is shallow and easy to control when it bites only into the seat, but as soon as it bites into the sponge, it felt like it bounced more than I imagined. I felt that this area was different from 05 hardware. Also, I felt that the 05 Hard was better in terms of the amount of rotation and the ease of putting out.
Easy-to-stop tabletop Push & Stop
Push is very easy to do! There was a feeling of bitterness on the table that I could easily stop even if I slowed down the RBI or struck after the top. Thanks to this rubber, I often prevented the opponent from driving and took the initiative. If you are looking for a low and short tabletop like an adhesive rubber with a spin type tension rubber, I think it is 05 Hard.
Speed drive, which is difficult with adhesive rubber, is also Good
It was a drive from the middle team that made me feel like using 05 Hard as the main! At that time, I used Hurricane NEO3 for the fore, but I felt that it was difficult for the middle team drive to speed up due to the adhesive rubber, and it was often swung around. 05 I felt that I knew that if it was hard, I could rewind it from behind.
Each technics review
Fore hand
Light hit I didn’t feel any discomfort when using it in the foreground.
Drive on long balls and rallies It is easy to hit a sharp drive. Since the sponge is hard, it takes power to drive from the middle team, but 05 Hard has a feeling that it conveys that power firmly. I think there is little power loss.
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Drive with open face It was surprising, but even if you open the surface, it will take a firm drive. I thought it was peculiar to adhesive rubber and leopard, but even with 05 Hard, it had a pretty good rotation and it felt good. Because of this spin performance, I think that top Chinese players also use Butterfly’s rubber on the back side.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin I’ve already mentioned the details in the features section, but it feels pretty good. 05 Hard I think it is one of the merits. I think it is possible to aim for a score with a loop drive, and I think you can hit a high quality loop drive.
Speed drive against back spin I felt it was not easy. After all, the sponge is hard, so it was difficult to bite into it, and it was difficult to apply drive rotation. In the chart table, speed drive was easy to get rid of, but it can be said that some technical skill or impact is required. By opening the surface and hitting the ball so as to make an arc at the time of impact, I think that speed drive will be easier.
Curve / shoot drive Although it is a hard spring sponge compared to other high-end and hard rubber, it has a good bite, so it was easy to hit a curve / shoot drive with a curved trajectory. By using the opponent’s ball rather than going to spin from myself, when I spin while biting strongly into the sponge, the spin is stronger than I imagined and it felt good.
Block It was better to hit the ball with an active block rather than hitting it flat. It is difficult to speed up because it depends on how you bite into it, but the stability of the arc line is truly tenacious. I think that it was evaluated that blocking is difficult in the chart table, but if you hit the ball so that you can catch it firmly on the ball, it will be stable and the sponge is hard so it is not easily affected by rotation and it was easy to do.
Counter drive If anything, it was easier to do a counter drive that dropped the hitting point and applied my own rotation firmly. Since the bite is good, it was difficult to control the bite with a counter drive with a fast hitting point. If anything, Dignics was easier to counter.
Stop It is as easy to do as mentioned in the features. It can be said that it is also a merit of using 05 Hard. Very low and shallow stops are possible.
Push It’s low and shallow, and it’s easy to get rid of. I’m glad that it was easy to make a half-long push that just barely came out of the table. However, it is quite difficult to cut, and it is easier to rotate it by letting it bite into the sponge, but it was difficult to control.
Fore flick I flick to put it on, but it was quite difficult to use 05 Hard because the ball was released quickly.
Serve It was very easy to put out. I was impressed with the fast, back spin and top spin system serve. I think it’s easy to make a pattern by taking a long serve with a fast ball that you have to lift firmly, and counter-driving it in the back of the opponent or in the middle.
Back hand
Light hit Because it is reasonably hard, it feels like it is easy to drop off as soon as the ball leaves. You need to get used to this feeling.
Drive on long balls and rallies When I dropped the hitting point, it felt like it would take a lot of rotation, but I couldn’t keep up with my arm, and I mainly used a drive that was like playing. I think the good thing about Tenergy is that it still gets in.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin The loop drive in the backhand requires a lot of power. If you get used to it, you can hit a good drive, but if you don’t feel it in the first place, it may be tough.
Speed drive against back spin Honestly, I didn’t feel like I could hit it properly. The backhand skill is insufficient.
Curve / shoot drive When the hitting point was dropped, it was easier to hit a drive that bends more than I imagined.
Block It was good that the ball stretched when I actively blocked. There was a sense of stability and it felt very good. This area is different for each person, and I think it is a part that cannot be imagined from the chart table. However, it may be a little difficult to hit flat.
stop It is good because it is low and shallow. Sometimes push intention was a stop.
Push As mentioned above. It was very good.
Chiquita It was more difficult than I expected. If you let it bite into the sponge, it is easy to get a long distance, so there were quite a lot of over mistakes.
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
