試打のために、いっきにラバーを貼りました。貼ったのはBlue Grip C1（ブルーグリップC1）、Rakza Z Extra Hard（ラクザZエキストラハード）、DNA Dragon Grip（DNAドラゴングリップ）、などですが、やはり全体的に良く弾むなーと感じました。硬度のわりにかなり弾むので、自分はこれらのラバーをアウターカーボンに貼ると扱いきれないと感じると思います。これら最近のドイツ製の超ハード粘着テンションラバーはインナーカーボンでこそ、本領を発揮する印象ですね。オメガVIIチャイナですら、癖球を腕と練習量がないと出づらいと感じているので、中国製粘着ラバーとは方向性が違うと感じます。
やはり木星IIブルースポンジは、非常にもっちりしていてキョウヒョウのブルースポンジっぽさがあります。でもちょっとスピードが出ない気がするのと回転も弱い気もしますが。またGewoのNEXUS PRO XTも触ってみました。思ったより軽快な打球感で驚きましたね。もっとハードかと思い気やくい込みも良かったです。試打が楽しみです！
We would like to review Butterfly (Tamasu)’s Tenergy 19 which is one of the highlights of the new products in the spring of 2021. Although it is still new, I would like to write about Tenergy 05 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. It has become commonplace for all-Japan championship rankers to have multiple players, regardless of gender, who use Tenergy 05, and it has become commonplace for competitors to catch up with Tenergy 05 and develop new products to overtake. At the moment, katsuo000 thinks that the rubber that is conscious of Tenergy 05 is Evolution MX-P (TIBHAR), Target Pro GT-H47 (cornilleau), and rotation performance with similar shot feeling. I think the Rasanter R48 (andro), which is similar to the Rasanter R48, and the Dynaryz AGC (joola), which has a similar shot feeling and rotation performance. In addition, it is compatible with wood plywood rackets and has similar rotation performance, and the counter performance is Q5 (mizuno) which can be said to exceed Tenergy 05 and Rasanter R53 (andro) which makes you feel the rotation performance higher than Tenergy. Even rubber that makes you feel that it exceeds Tenergy 05 has come to appear. On the other hand, Butterfly will release Rosena, which is a low-priced version of Tenergy in April 2017, and 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 surpasses. Then, in March 2021, when the transition from tenergy to dignics was beginning to appear, the new tenergy, tenergy 19, was released again. The published performance value of this Tenergy 19 is a rubber with spin and speed performance of Tenergy 05 or higher, so after disseminating information, it became a hot topic on SNS and Youtube at once. What kind of strategy and customer needs did Butterfly, who has released a new product of Tenergy, decide to sell Tenergy 19? I don’t know the true meaning, but all the famous You Tubers are giving a test shot video here because it is a newTenergy. katsuo000 is completely unknown, and I think it will be a latecomer review when I post this review, but I would like to reiterate what katso000 felt, and I hope you enjoy including such content.
Top sheet
The characteristics of each rubber are different depending on the grain shape used for the top sheet. Up to now, there are 4 types of 05, 80, 64, 25 depending on the difference in sheet shape, and 2 types of 4 x 2 types depending on the hardness of the sponge. In addition, there are nine types of Tenergy, including Tenergy 05 Hard, which has a harder sponge to further emphasize the characteristics of Tenergy 05, which is highly used by top players. Each top sheet is sold with a key phrase, which is said to be “Rotation 05”, “Balance 80”, “Speed 64”, and “Front 25”. The 10th Tenergy 19 top sheet was released with the key phrase “Power 19”. The top sheet of this Tenergy 19 uses “development code No. 219” with a narrow gap between the tubs, which means that it is a rubber that has both speed and rotation and has a feeling of grasping the ball especially in the Tenergy. I think there will be the following types of Butterfly’s top sheets, including Dignics.
No. 05: 1.7 mm grain spacing is narrow. High rotation performance. No. 25: The height of 2.65 mm grains is low. Easy to play on the table and counter. No. 64: 1.7 mm wide grain spacing. High speed performance. No. 180: 1.7 mm grain spacing is in the middle. The rotation and speed are well-balanced. No. 209: The height of 1.5 mm grains is low. Achieves both adhesive strength and momentum at a high level. No. 219: 1.5 mm grain spacing is narrow. It is easy to grab the ball well and put out power.
You can see that the top sheet has already exceeded 200, and we have been studying that much grain shape. Although the above mentions grains, there are three factors in grain shape: grain height, grain thickness, and grain spacing, which are probably 0.01 mm to 3.00 for grain thickness alone. I wonder if it’s about mm (300 types by itself). I don’t know how many combinations of grain height and sensation there are, but it seems that there are about 1000 types. I think that we are developing by aiming rather than sieving in detail and considering mass production technology. I definitely want to do this kind of examination, katsuo000, a science expert. I thought it would be fun.
Published performance value
After all, I think that the point of interest of Tenergy 19 is that it has a numerical value with performance exceeding Tenergy 05. I think that it is an amazing rubber that the rotation and speed are higher than the world standard Tenergy 05.
Easy-to-use technology
Radar charts are posted on Butterfly’s homepage for easy-to-use technologies for each Tenergy. I measured the ease of doing each technology with a measure, and made the numerical values in the figure below. Top spin slow drive Speed drive Counter drive Play on the table Block Smash Personally important items are loop drive, speed drive, bench play, block and counter drive. If the smash is not adhesive rubber, you will get used to it.
Looking at this chart, Tenergy 19 seems to be more difficult to drive and block than Tenergy 05. While the published performance value is high, it may be inferior to Tenergy 05 in terms of high quality drive.
Recommended blade combination
Combinations recommended by the manufacturer are also posted. I will post this as well. All of the following are quoted from Butterfly’s homepage.
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 19 with a very good ball holding is proposed to be combined with a ZLC racket and Timo Boll ALC with a tip center of gravity, which is easy to exert power among outer ALC. Certainly, the feel is soft, so the combination with the hard outer Super ZLC seems to be balanced. I also think that it will be suitable for outer ZLC, Timo Boll ZLC and Zhang Jike ZLC (Zhang Jike ZLC). I feel like I pushed for a new racket that will be released in 2021.
Pre-trial information from You tube
As for the performance when the information is transmitted on the net, the information of rubber located between Tenergy 05 and Dignics 05 is also transmitted, and it is receiving a lot of attention. As far as I watched the test shot video, I heard some opinions that it was more suitable for the back than the fore, and also that the amount of rotation was lower than that of Tenergy 05. I would like to review that in the words of katsuo000.
From the already available Youtube video Tenergy 19 test shot video, I think that the following is a brief summary of Tenergy 19. Shot feeling: soft Tenergy 19 < tenergy 05 hard Arc: strong Tenergy 19 > Tenergy 05 linear Easy to spin: Tenergy 19 > Tenergy 05 Maximum spin amount: strong Tenergy 05 > Tenergy 19 weak Based on these points, I would like to review katsuo000 as well.
Tenergy 19 weight and paste
The rubber weight of Tenergy 19 was about 47 g. It’s a little 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 too, it is light and of high quality!
Tenergy 19
High Tension
・Sponge thickness: Thick (1.9 mm), Extra thick (2.1 mm)
・Spin: 11.7
・Speed: 13.2
・Sponge stiffness: 36
・Open price: 8,900 yen + tax
・70 g (before cut) → 47 g (after cut)
I didn’t notice katsuo000, but the notation of Tenergy has changed. ↓ is Tenergy 05.
Three features of Tenergy 19
To be honest, it was a betrayed rubber in a good way. Especially when I used it in the foreground, the impression was quite good. Even though it was soft, the stop stopped and it was easy to counter, so I felt it was quite cheat. This unique feeling is exactly the Butterfly Quality that leads the world! Certainly I was a little dissatisfied with the amount of rotation, but it was a rubber that I could swing forward with confidence without feeling the anxiety of over-missing that is often felt with speed rubber and the feeling that the ball does not sink due to rotation!
It is easy to power drive the third ball a little forcibly!
It’s very difficult to hit, so it was easy to hit with swing speed and power without worrying about the amount of rotation of the ball. Students may not understand it now, but it feels like you are hitting the third ball with a rubber coated with an organic solvent, and you can use a speed drive (power drive) to forcefully hit the rubber. It was very pleasant to feel that! Also, as mentioned above, there was a sense of security that the speed drive would sink firmly and enter the table because it would rotate! I felt that this feeling did not exist in Tenergy 64 and Dignics 64.
Even though it is soft, the stop is stuck! It’s easy to counter!
Both the stop and the counter were very good. Rubber that feels soft tends to be affected by the rotation of the opponent at the stop and counter, but rather this Tenergy 19 is surprised that the stop is just right and the counter is easy to do! It’s really tenacious!
In top soin rally, the arch line is ugly!
By adopting the No. 219 sheet, which has a good bite, I felt that the trajectory became more aggressive in addition to the ease of handling! After drawing a very strong arc and entering the opponent’s court, I felt the ball jumping up like Dignics 09C and Dignics 05! This sometimes appears in Tenergy 05, but I think it will be difficult if you do not hit the ball in a fairly good position. On the other hand, with Tenergy 19, I was able to get this trajectory quite easily and it felt very good. It’s not just about speed, but I felt that the strong arc and the bouncing trajectory were the third feature of the new Tenergy 19!
Each technical review
Fore hand
Light hit I didn’t feel any difference with a light hit. After all I feel the softness.
Drive in the rally I didn’t feel that the speed drive that I hit in the rally was so good. It’s just normal. However, even with smash and meat, it is easy to get a long distance and it feels stable, so I felt that this is the characteristic of Tenergy 19. It feels like you can carry smashes and meat with power. I feel that this feeling has led to inspiration for the ease of hitting the third ball.
Drive with open face The speed drive with the face open was pretty good as mentioned above. In addition, I’m glad that I felt like I could forcefully drive even if I got involved a little!
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin I felt that even a difficult half-long ball was easy to make a high-quality loop drive. Rather than just attacking with the amount of rotation, it was easier to screw in with power (feeling that you can create the arc line of your own image with a swing and take it as it is).
Speed drive against back spin This was the best. Although it is said that the rotation performance is better than Tenergy 05, the amount of rotation that comes from the shot feeling when hit with a seat feels a little weak, and it is undeniable that I feel dissatisfied with the amount of rotation compared to the usual Dignics 05. I didn’t, but I’m wondering if I should use Tenergy 19 for this speed power drive.
Block It feels like a soft shot, but I didn’t feel that it was easily affected by the rotation of the opponent. In particular, I feel that soft Tenergy like Tenergy 05 FX is very susceptible to the rotation of the opponent, but I felt that it was not the case.
Counter drive It’s easy to do. There was a feeling that the ball was sinking firmly. I felt that I could counter drive with confidence.
Stop It’s easy to stop. I just played it more than I thought I would spin it. This area will be an arm.
Push After all, I felt that Tenergy 05 and Dignics 05 had more rotation.
Flick Since it is a rubber that is easy to handle, the way of hitting it was stable. Of course, I think it will be stable even when rotating.
Serve A serve with a high amount of rotation was produced by applying rotation so as to hit it like Dignics 05. I didn’t feel it was difficult to put it out.
Back hand
Light hit There was no particular discomfort with the light hit.
Drive in the rally It was easy to drive. However, I felt that the quality of the ball was a little low.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin It was easy to do. It’s very grippy so it’s easy to lift. Its quality may be a little low.
Block It was easy to do. I think it is not easily affected by spin.
Counter drive It was easier to do counter meet than counter.
Stop Easy to stop.
Push I flew a little. I felt that Tenergy 05 was easier to do.
Chiquita It was easy to get up, so it felt very good. I think it was as easy to do as VICTAS Triple Double Extra.
Comparison with other rubbers (individual impressions)
Spin amount Tenergy 05 ＞ Tenergy 19 ＞ Tenergy 80
Speed Tenergy 80 > Tenergy 19 > Tenergy 05
Ease of speed drive when biting Tenergy 19 > Dignics 09C > Dignics 05
DONIC is a slightly minor manufacturer in Japan, but Swedish genius Jan-Ove Waldner and Jorgen Persson, and until last year Dimitrij Ovtcharov. It will be the manufacturer that the player has contracted. Ovcharov is a close friend and rival of Jun Mizutani! Recently, I imagine that it is a manufacturer that has been picked up by You Tuber “Goblinzu” in Kansai and is receiving a lot of attention. Goblin’s recommendation seems to be this Blue Storm Z1 turbo.
There are many DONIC rubbers named Blue, and there are currently 20 types.
・Blue Grip (Sticky) 5 kinds ・Blue Storm 7 kinds ・Blue Fire 9 kinds ・Acuda Blue 4 kinds
The blue storm I tried this time will be a speed rubber. It seems that the rotating rubber is blue fire.
Performance value
In the performance announced by Mr. DONIC, I converted +1 to 0.25 and-to 0.1 to create a diagram. As expected, the Z1 turbo is the latest rubber, so the spin and speed will be the best performance among DONIC’s rubbers except for the adhesive rubber. This is promising! Basically, all rubbers with a turbo have the same rotational performance, and it seems that the characteristic of the Blue Storm system is that the speed is fast.
Z1 turbo sticking and weight
Blue Storm Z1 Turbo
・Sponge Thickness: 1.8 mm, 2.0 mm, MAX+
・Speed: 11
・Spin: 10+++
・Control: 6-
・Sponge stiffness: 50°
・Open price (about 5,000 yen)
・73 g (before cut) → 50 g (after cut)
Three features of lue Storm Z1 Turbo
In the rally of the upper rotation, it will not fall even if it is delayed!
The feature of the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo that I felt the most is that it does not fall at all even if it is delayed during the rally of the upper rotation. Therefore, it was possible to apply the minimum drive, and it was possible to rally very stably. The hardness of the sponge is 50 ° according to the German standard, but it bites very well and I felt it was about the middle hardness. I think that the power of the rubber will give you a high level of ability to respond even if you are passive and the reaction is delayed during the upper rotation rally!
The lowness of the arc line and speed is No. 1 in blue rubber!
The low arc line of the Brue Storm Z1 turbo, the speed of ball separation, and the high linearity were far higher than other blue rubbers! The first feature is that it is a rubber that bites well so that it will not fall even if it is delayed, so you can hit a drive with a very stable feeling, yet the drive has a low arch line, the ball separates quickly, and the straightness is good. The high price means that this is a back rubber that has the image of a back main battle type! It was a rubber that was very easy to speed up, and if you noticed just by being aware of putting it in, you could overwhelm the opponent in the rally, or you could turn the opponent behind and behind!
The seat is stiff and not easily affected by rotation!
As I felt with Blue Fire, the seat was stiff, so it was less affected by rotation than I expected, and it felt very good! Since it is not easily affected by rotation, it was quite easy to block and counter drive. Probably it is a stiff sheet, but the thickness is Max + and the thickness of the sheet is thin, so I imagine that it is a sheet that is easy to bite but has a core. There was a feeling that the ball was easy for the opponent to take, but it was a rally-oriented rubber that was stable and easy to handle.
Each technical review
Forehand
Light hit I didn’t feel the hardness. The ball draws an arc, but I felt it was very low.
Drive on long balls and rallies When I went down and tried to hit the drive, I strongly felt the low arc line. If it goes down, it feels like it will fall if you don’t hit it on the net a little. I didn’t feel that the ball would sink due to the amount of rotation, and I simply felt that the arch line was low. Also, I was told by those who received that the drive was not taking at all. On the contrary, I received a comment that it is difficult to take. In a sense, it may be difficult for the drive to rotate. By combining the fore and back with an adhesive rubber or a spin-type tension rubber that often rotates, you may be able to expect a synergistic effect aimed at the difference in the amount of rotation of the drive.
Drive with open face Since the arch line is low, it is easy for the ball to enter shallowly if it is a curve drive that involves it, and inevitably the surface is opened and it is often driven with a slight bump. I didn’t feel that it was easy to increase the amount of rotation because the surface was opened, or to rub it while hitting it, which is peculiar to adhesive.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin It was quite difficult. I had the impression that the number of net mistakes was more likely than I expected because the arch line was low.
Speed drive against back spin This also has a low arch line, so I felt the need to lift it up.
Curve / shoot drive I had the impression that I didn’t curve / shoot very much. I may be lacking in my ability, but I felt that the amount of rotation was a little weak.
Block The block was easy to do. It was not easily affected by rotation, and it was easy to take from drive to meat knuckleballs.
Counter drive In the foreground, I felt that the ball was released a little faster and I felt it was difficult, but it was generally easy to do.
Stop It floated quite a bit. Also, I think the amount of rotation is small.
Push The speed push was easy.
Fore flick This was easy to do. It was easier to do it closer to angle hitting than to apply rotation.
Backhand
Light hit Is it really 50 °? I felt soft enough to feel.
Drive on long balls and rallies It was easy to do. There was also a sense of stability because it draws an arc even when it is low.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin It was a little difficult. The arch line was too low and there were a lot of net mistakes.
Speed drive against back spin It’s easy to do with a floating ball, but it was difficult with my own skill in the back.
Curve / shoot drive I could drive sideways, but it didn’t turn much.
Block It was easy to do. I think that it is quite easy to do because it is less affected by rotation and it bites firmly.
Counter drive It was easy to do because it countered like a back hammeet. However, I imagine that it will be difficult to drop the hitting point.
Stop It was not as easy as the fore, but it was easy to float.
Push I couldn’t lower it, but I found it quite difficult to cut.
Chiquita Chiquita, which is faster than I expected, was easy to do. Against vertical strong back spin chiquita was difficult.
Comparison with other rubbers (individual impressions)
Spin amout Blue Fire M1 Turbo > Tenergy 05 > Blue Fire JP01 Turbo > Blue Storm Z1 Turbo
In the performance table, it was hard to feel that it was a rubber with the same amount of rotation as the Blue Fire M1 Turbo. I think the Blue Fire will take overwhelming rotation.
The Evolution series is a rubber series for top players of German table tennis equipment manufacturer TIBHAR. There are 6 types of Evolution series, 3 types of sponge hardness and 2 types of sheet type, and 3 types of sponge hardness x 2 types of sheet. Flexible (Flexible, FX) with the softest sponge hardness, Elastic (Elastic, EL) with intermediate altitude, Hard Maximum (Maximum, MX), Power type sheet (P) and Spin type slightly adhesive sheet (S) is not it. The Evolution MX-P (Evolution Maximum Power) reviewed this time will be a rubber like Tiver’s flagship rubber, which is also used by many top players.
Evolution MX-P is a rubber used by many top players who contract with Tiver, and is used by the following players.
・ Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus)
・ Paul Drinkhall (England)
・ Tazoe Hibiki (Japan)
Speaking of Belarusian Samsonov, he is a 44-year-old European “giant” who is still active. In his 40s, he is still active and features a very stable backhand and a tall and intense forehand drive, and his play style is centered on blocks and counters. He has been ranked number one in the world rankings many times in the past, and still has the ability to win top prizes in European competitions. In addition, Drinkhall is England’s No. 2 young player, and is characterized by forehand drive and counter drive from Recibuchikita and the middle team. The Japanese team is suffering from England’s Drinkhall player in world groups. In this way, the top European players have signed a contract with TIBHAR and are active on the front lines. TIBHAR is a German manufacturer, and although it is a little less well known in Japan, it can be said that it has a solid presence in Europe to support athletes.
Performance Value
I am sorry that it is very difficult to understand. Since the speed and spin performance of Evolution MX-P and Evolution MX-S are the same, they are plotted in the same place.
As you can see from the performance, you can see that the speed performance is high. Some sites use expressions like “10+”, but we have adopted the ones that are evaluated by three-digit numbers. After all, when reflecting the hardness of the sponge, I felt that I could understand what the performance of rubber corresponds to. In the German notation, if the sponge hardness is soft, the bite is good, so it is often thought that rotation will take place, so I think that it is necessary to be careful when comparing within the manufacturer.
MX-P sticking and weight
I pasted it on Zhang Jike ZLC as usual.
As an aside, the color of the sponge is similar to the Dignics series. If you look from the side, you can’t tell the difference unless you look at the rubber name.
Evolution MX-P
Spin tension OFF+
・Sponge Thickness：1.7/1.9/2.1 mm
・Speed：125
・Spin：120
・Control：80
・Sponge stiffness：45.7-47.7°
・6,000 yen + tax
・71 g (before cut) → 48 g (after cut)
In the past, when I put it on a racket with a large racket blade area, I remembered that it weighed about 50 g, which was surprisingly lighter than I expected. You may have a light individual with a standard weight. A hard type called MX-P 50 ° has also been released for MX-P, so if you want to use something heavy and hard, you can use MX-P 50 °.
Three features of Evolution MX-P
The ball holding and shot feeling is very similar to Tenergy 05!
It is easy to feel the ball holding when driving downwards or in a rally, and the shot feeling is exactly Tenergy 05! I felt that. It’s very easy to handle and I think many people like it. In addition, it is easy to rotate, and I felt that the response when hitting the ball and the amount of rotation are linked. Of course, the amount of rotation is still alive, and I think it will take a firm rotation.
Easy to play and meet, just rubber for the back!
I felt that the biggest difference from Tenergy 05 was the ease of playing. I felt that the Evolution MX-P 50 ° was also easy to play. After all, the MX-P sponge is not Tenergy’s Spring Sponge, so I feel that there will be a difference when it is applied thickly. It is MX-P that I felt that it was easy to reach the racket board when I hit it thickly. Therefore, I felt that it was a good feeling to use it for a bag that uses a lot of meat. I think the difficult part of Tenergy 05 is that it is difficult to meet, but MX-P is easy to meet and if you want to use both well, MX-P is recommended.
The sheet is stiff! It is not easily affected by rotation and has a long life!
MX-P is similar to Tenergy 05, but I felt the seat was a little stiff. Therefore, I felt that the MX-P is less susceptible to rotation than the Tenergy 05, and has a long life that bothers me with the Tenergy series. Although it is similar to Tenergy 05, it can be said that it is a part that can be said to be more advantageous than Tenergy 05.
Each technical review
Forehand
Light hit I thought that there was no performance that would automatically rotate like Tenergy 05.
Drive on long balls and rallies I felt that it was quite easy to hit the board when I let it bite into it. I don’t hate it, but I felt that the amount of rotation of the speed drive was a little insufficient.
Drive with open face There is a feeling that it bites into the ball and wraps it tightly, so I felt that it was spinning to some extent.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin I felt it was very easy to do. I especially liked the feeling that it was easy to control the height and depth of the ball. Also, I think that the amount of rotation is not as much as Tenergy 05, but I felt that it was taking.
Speed drive against back spin I felt that the speed drive itself would fit in, but I felt that the amount of rotation was a little insufficient.
Curve / shoot drive Since it takes rotation, it bends firmly. I think the arch line is a little low.
Block It was easy to do. It was my favorite shot feeling. It’s a little hard, so I think people who are not good at it are not good at it.
Counter drive This was also easy to do. It was difficult to catch the counter drive during the ascending period, but I felt that it was easy to control when making the arc line by myself.
Stop It stopped and felt better than I expected.
Push This is also low. However, it may not be very sharp.
Service Spin is good.
Backhand
Light hit I didn’t feel that hard.
Drive on long balls and rallies There was a feeling that it would enter stably even if it was driven with a slight speed drive.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin This was also easy to do. I felt that the amount of rotation was not that much, but it was good that there was a sense of stability.
Speed drive against back spin This was also pretty easy to do. I think it’s because the bite is good.
Block It was easy to stop.
Counter drive I could hardly try it, but since I entered with the first ball, it is not difficult to do.
Stop This also stops.
Push It is low and easy to control.
Chiquita It was easy to do. Since I have the ball, it was easy to spin firmly and prevent the next ball from being smashed.
Comparison with other rubbers (individual impressions)
