This is a review of XIOM’s flagship rubber, the Omega VII Tour. XIOM is a Korean manufacturer, but it also has a solid presence in Japan. Especially for general users, the Vega series rubber may be familiar as a rubber that has been seen once. Vega Euro, Vega Japan, and Vega Asia are the impressions that beginners and intermediates are using as introduction rubbers for spin tensions. In recent years, rubbers that use Dynamic Friction (sheets that do not easily slip) such as Vega Euro DF and Vega Asia DF, which are compatible with plastic balls, are also popular. The Vega series is a rubber for beginners and intermediates, but the rubber that is considered to be the upper model is the Omega series. As of 2020, I think that the Omega V series and the Omega VII series are mainly available. The Omega VII Tour reviewed this time is a rubber that has the highest numerical values in both speed performance and rotation performance among the rubbers of XIOM. It is also used by top players, and seems to be used by Hugo Calderano (Brazil) and Jeoung Young-sik (South Korea), who are in the single digits of the world rankings.
Performance comparison of Omega series
After the sale of the Omega 7 Tour, the Omega VII Hyper and the Omega VII China, which attracted a lot of attention in 2020, also include the light (Guang) and shadow (Ying). Except for Omega 7 Hyper and Omega 7 China, you can see that the Omega 7 Tour has high rotation performance and speed performance. At least the speed performance is the fastest in the Omega series. Also, Omega 7 Hyper is not sticky on the sheet, but is aware of sticky rubber, and Omega 7 China is completely sticky rubber. In other words, the OMEGA 7 Tour can be regarded as the highest peak of spin-type tension rubber in the OMEGA series.
In the explanation of XIOM, a monster rubber that combines a very hard sponge with a sponge hardness of 55 ° and a specially designed sheet in the Omega 7 series, a service that cuts strongly, a stop that stops at will, a changing loop It is said that it is a rubber that is second to none, such as drive, Chiquita, and aggressive power drive. The counter drive does not slip and has a catapult effect that can be doubled.
Omega VII Tour Weight and Paste
Omega VII Tour
Dynamic Friction
Cycloid
Carbo Sponge
・Sponge thickness：2.0 mm, MAX
・Spin: 13.0
・Speed: 13.0
・Control: 10.0
・Balance: 11.7
・Sponge stiffness: 55
・7,000 yen + tax
・77 g (before cut) → 52 g (after cut)
It’s pretty heavy. I think you will feel that the shot feeling is mad and heavy than the weight on the numbers. I think this area is a part where tastes are likely to differ.
Three features of the Omega VII Tour
It’s hard, but it’s easy to rotate! Even so, the potential is high!
Surprisingly, I think it’s easier to rotate than I expected. I was able to hit the backhand drive enough with my own backhand skill. I think that it is easy to bite into the Omega 7 series in general for its hardness and it is easy to rotate! Also, since the sponge is very hard, I feel that the maximum performance of rotation when the performance of the rubber is maximized is also high! Not only the power drive, but also the loop drive and counter drive, I felt that the technical hurdles at the level of being able to enter the opponent’s court were low with a minimum sense of stability. It’s very easy to use. Still, it feels like you will be able to hit a wonderful ball that is powerful enough to master it. I felt that it was a rare rubber that had both ease of use and high potential.
Anyway, the ball is fast!
I think one of the features of the OMEGA 7 series is its high speed performance. Among the Omega 7 series, the Omega 7 Tour has a fairly hard sponge and rubber weight, so the amount of rotation of the ball and the weight of the ball when the impact is solid are very high. I feel that it is characterized by its high speed performance while having the amount of rotation and weight of the ball. This is a speed rubber like Tenergy 64, and the ball speed is fast, but the amount of rotation of the ball drops, so you feel the power and the amount of rotation are insufficient, but like Tenergy 05. It means that it is a rubber that is easy to produce high speed performance while producing the amount of rotation.
Rally x power!
It’s easy to rotate, so I think it’s a rubber that’s easy to stabilize and easy to bring into the rally! When using Tenergy, the average value of the amount of rotation of the ball when it is rotated is quite high and I feel that the performance is high, but I feel that the technology and impact to apply that rotation are required. On the other hand, I feel that the average value of the amount of rotation is low in the Omega 7 tour because it is easy to rotate. However, although it may be a ball that is easy for the opponent to take, it is easy to spin, so there are few mistakes in the game and it is stable anyway. And since the potential is high, the range of rotation amount is wide, and the rotation amount when hit with a very good impact is equal to or higher than Tenergy! Also, because the speed performance is high, it is easy to take the opponent’s time, and I think that it is easy to take the initiative even in the rally. It can be said that it is a rubber that can produce a powerful ball at the time of a chance in the rally orientation.
Each technology review
Forehand
Light hit You can feel the hardness of the sponge. The hitting sound is also a high sound like a hard rubber.
Drive on long balls and rallies I feel the ball go up. The sponge is hard, but I think it’s hard to feel it fall off.
Drive with open face Since it is a rubber with high potential, it felt very good when I tried to open the surface and rotate and speed, and it seemed that I could achieve both rotation and speed.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin Since it is a very hard sponge, the amount of rotation of the loop drive is high and I think that it is easy to do a very high loop drive.
Speed drive against back spin Since the sponge is hard, speed drive to hit with impact may be quite difficult. It is necessary to hit with a considerable impact.
Counter drive I think it’s easy to do.
Serve It takes a lot of rotation! Since it grips firmly, you can easily feel that strong rotation is applied.
Backhand
Light hit It’s still hard. It’s also heavy, so I’m quite tired.
Drive on long balls and rallies Surprisingly, I can hit it. It was a very good feeling. I think it’s easier to hit a strong ball, but it’s even easier to put in more stably.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin It was easy to hit. It was fairly stable. I immediately felt that it was easy to enter even if I could not catch the ball in the middle of the racket.
Speed drive against back spin It was difficult. I think the impact is overwhelmingly insufficient.
Curve / shoot drive It bends, but I don’t think it’s as stretchy as the Rasanter R53.
Block It’s not difficult to do, but the seat is easy to get caught, so it’s an impression that it took a lot of rotation.
Counter drive It was easy to do. I think it will be easier to stabilize if you can catch the top of the ball.
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
Spin amount Tenergy 05 Hard ＞ Tenergy 05 ≧ Omega VII Tour ＞ Blue Storm Z1 Turbo
Dynaryz series is Joola’s latest rubber, which will be released in the spring of 2020. As of 2020, it is located in Joola’s latest high-end rubber. Joola is rather a famous manufacturer of large ball table tennis in Japan, and I think that many of you are familiar with it. However, Joola’s equipment is often mentioned when reading the World Table Tennis Kingdom. I imagined that there were many good products. The rubber that katsuo000 tried this time is Dynalyz AGR. There are two types of dynamization, soft ACC and hard AGR. The naming is so cool that I don’t want to say “Dynaryz!” Dynaryz uses a new technology sponge and sheet, which gives a good shot feeling! That was emphasized. I didn’t have much information about what kind of rubber it was, but I bought it with the expectation that it was not a bad rubber because of its performance value and price range.
Published performance value
Dynaryz is the highest-ranked rubber in Joola’s rubber category called premium, and the price is also the highest at 7,600 yen + tax. Will it be discounted to around 5,500 yen? It’s quite expensive. The Dynaryz AGR has better rotation and speed performance than the Rhyzer Pro, so I didn’t like it, but my expectations were high! You can think of Joola’s No. 1 spin tension rubber as the Dynaryz AGR!
Dynaize AGR pasting and weight
It wasn’t that heavy. Even with the ball, it was a softer rubber than the Rhyzer Pro 50.
Dynaryz AGR
Spin tension
Next Generation Hyper Bounce Sponge
Advanced Surface Traction
Made in Germany
・Sponge Thickness： 2.0 mm, Max
・Speed: 11
・Spin: 10
・Category: Premium
・Sponge stiffness: Hard
・7,600 yen + tax
・72 g (before cut) → 50 g (after cut)
The bite was better than I had imagined, and I was worried if I put it on to be honest. When I actually tried it, it ended up in a misery.
Three features of Dynaryz AGR
Feeling is Tenergy 80! Spin amount is Tenergy05!
The first thing I felt when I used it was, “Oh, this is a hard sponge, but it’s a rubber that bites into it!” And it looks like Tenergy! The ball is released a little early, so it feels like a Tenergy 80 hit. The person who received it said that it was a lively drive with a lot of rotation. The amount of rotation is a sensation, but I felt that there was something close to Tenergy 05!
As an aside, I imagine that German manufacturers have been developing rubber like Tenergy with the aim of overthrowing Tenergy. Anyway, it was a rubber that can be used even with a back that has a good bite and a relatively weak impact. The price is high, but I thought it was a very tenacious rubber! I think it’s cheaper than Tenergy, and I think it’s an ant considering its lifespan!
The ball is heavy even though it is easy to hit repeatedly with a light feel!
What I felt after using it was that it was easy to hit repeatedly! However, you said that the ball is heavy to some extent. I don’t think it’s that heavy in terms of shot feeling, but it seems that there are balls that are spinning more than I imagined because of the good bite. In the past, German-made rubber had the image of being able to put out a ball like a habit ball if it was hard and could be bitten into it, but I think it was difficult to hit repeatedly. However, Dynaryz AGR is easy to hit repeatedly! I think this is not a German rubber, but rather a rubber that has the characteristics of a Japanese rubber!
Satisfactory both spin and speed even in backhand!
Very well balanced rubber, easy to use in the fore and back! The fore of katsuo000 likes hard rubber, so if you use Dynaryz, I think it’s on the back side. I tried to hit the downward rotation loop drive with the backhand, but I noticed that the person who did the opponent was quite over-missed and the amount of rotation was higher than I imagined from the shot feeling. I think that the amount of rotation was about the same as Tenergy 80 or Tenergy 05! Also, the drive was very lively, and I felt that it could be expressed that the drive is easy to stretch with the amount of rotation, rather than being violent or rough. I think it’s a very high-performance rubber that is easy to handle but powerful! The image of katsuo000 was a rubber that made Rasanter R48 a little harder. If you make it harder, it may look like Rasanter R53, but it’s not as hard as R53, and if you want more power than R48 but R53 is too hard, it may be just the right rubber.
Each technical review
Forehand
Light hit It was 50 g, but it is soft. At the same weight, Dignics 09C and Tenergy 05 Hard, but the Dynalyz AGR was overwhelmingly easier to bite and handle.
Drive on long balls and rallies It’s easy to bite in, so it’s easy to speed up, and it’s easy to hit a strong rotation drive because it gets caught firmly.
Drive with open face It’s better to open the surface, but if you let it bite too much, I felt that the thicker sponge makes it easier to get a longer flight distance than I imagined.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin I was able to obtain a satisfactory amount of rotation even when using it in the foreground. Since it is good to pop out, it seems that a deep loop drive with a fast ball foot by rotation is more likely to be a weapon than a low, shallow and slow loop drive.
Speed drive against back spin It was easy to hit because the speed drive was also easy to bite. Since it hits the board compared to Tenergy 05, if you try to speed up too much, it may not rotate and it may not be stable.
Curve / shoot drive It was not so hard so it was a normal curve / shoot drive.
Block Since the seat is strong, it was easy to do for the bite.
Counter drive If the hitting point is too early, it will not be stable, so if you take a good distance and overwrite it, it will be stable.
Stop I couldn’t cut it, but I was able to return it low.
Push I couldn’t cut it, but it was possible to suppress it.
Back hand
Light hit I was able to use it without any discomfort.
Drive on long balls and rallies It was easy to rotate and very stable. Since the shot feeling is not a mad rubber, it was easy to hit repeatedly.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin Although it is easy to hit repeatedly, I was surprised at the amount of rotation. It’s a good rubber!
Speed drive against back spin It’s a little difficult, but I think it will be stable if you practice because it bites well.
Block It was easy to block meat balls because it bites well.
Stop It doesn’t rotate, but it was easy to do.
Push It doesn’t rotate, but it was easy to do.
Chiquita I made a little too much bite and made some over mistakes, but once I get used to it, I think I can do it without any problems.
Comparison with other rubbers (individual impressions)
The best-selling rubber in Japan. It’s neither Butterfly’s monster rubber, the Tenergy series, nor Dignics, which surpasses monster rubber. The best-selling rubber in Japan, it will be Nittaku’s Fastarc G-1! It can be said that it was too late to review, but I was finally able to try it out, so I will review it again.
Why is Fastarc G-1 the best-selling product in Japan?
There are three main reasons why this rubber is the best-selling rubber in Japan. The three reasons are as follows.
・Introduction of plastic balls ・Price increase of the Tenergy series (open price) ・Use of top players
・Introduction of plastic balls With the introduction of plastic balls, the balls have become harder. When the ball was changed from 38 mm to 40 mm, it became harder to rotate, but it didn’t rotate anymore. Following the change from cell balls to plastic balls, the evaluation of hard and rotating rubber has risen. Fastarc G-1 is a hard and rotating rubber, so it can be said that it is a rubber that fits plastic balls. It can be said that the introduction of plastic balls has raised the evaluation of Fastarc G-1.
・Price increase of Tenergy series (open price) Monster rubber and Tenergy series are now open price. This is a real price increase. Before the open price, the table tennis shop was able to benefit from a 20 to 30% discount on the list price, which was around 5,000 yen. However, Mr. Butterfly has become an open price, and now Tenergy has become an expensive rubber that costs more than 7,000 yen. It has become a rubber that selects the user again. It seems that the number of players exploring post-Tenergy has increased due to this influence. Certainly, when it costs 10,000 yen for one piece of rubber, it seems that many table people’s wallets seemed to be tough. The Fastarc G-1 has a list price of 6,000 yen + tax and pricing may have been just right. From this price, you can get a store discount at the table tennis shop, so you can actually buy it for less than 5,000 yen!
・Use of top players And finally, it’s the usage record of top players. After all, it is Kasumi Ishikawa and Mima Ito of the Japan Women’s National Team. In addition, both boys and Masatoshi Morizono use Fastarc G-1 for Chiquita. It can be said that the fact that both male and female top players have a track record of use in this way has a very large advertising effect. It seems that Kasumi Ishikawa is not currently using it, but Mima Ito is using it on the fore side! (Rumors such as SNS say that Mima Ito is currently using the 50 ° Fastarc G-1, but he is using the Fastarc G-1 anyway). It is true that the fact that Mima Ito is using it has become a huge advertising effect and trust, and many tablemates have come to think that they want to use it or want to use it.
Fastarc series
I would like to touch on the origins of the Fastarc G-1 and other Fastarc series. According to Nittaku, Fastarc’s name is a coined word that combines the English words Fast and Arc! The rubber with the highest rotational performance in the Fastarc series is the Fastarc G-1. Other Fastarc series have the same sponge hardness and speed type sheet grain shape, Fastarc P-1, and the sponge hardness is soft and the same type sheet grain shape as G-1. Fastarc C-1 is on sale, and Fastarc S-1 is a speed type sheet with a soft sponge hardness. There are not as many types as the Tenergy series, but it can be said that it is easy to pick up as a post-Tenergy because the explanation is easy to imagine on the pamphlet. Also, unlike the Tenergy series, the Fastarc series has different prices depending on the type, G-1 and P-1 are the highest, and C-1 and S-1 with soft sponge hardness are also happy that the price is set cheaply. Hey. If you feel that G-1 is too hard, you may want to change to C-1. The G of Fastarc G-1 seems to be the G of Grip, and it is said that it is a rubber that “grips with a seat and draws an arc”.
Published performance value
Nittaku also sells the Hurricane series that uses seats made in China, and two of the Hurricane Pro III Turbo series and other Hurricane series that have become a hot topic in recent years. The rotation performance of the is remarkably high. Rubbers such as the Fastarc P-1 and Alhelg, which disappeared from the 2020 pamphlet, are more expensive than the Fastarc G-1 in terms of speed performance. It can be said that the rubber that is most often referred to as the balanced type is the standing position among the Nittaku rubbers of Fastarc G-1. Or is it the rubber with the highest rotational performance among spin tension rubbers?
Fastarc G-1 sticking and weight
Fastarc G-1
Tension Spin Sheet
Strong Sponge
・Speed: 15.00
・Spin: 12.50
・Sponge Thickness: 1.7 mm, 1.9 mm, 2.1mm, Max
・Sponge sttifness: 37.5 (German standard: 47.5）
・6,000 yen + tax
・70 g (before cut) → 48 g (after cut)
Three features of Fastarc G-1
If you can control it well, it will take a lot of rotation!
This rubber felt very good. After all, I felt that it would take a lot of rotation. I’m seriously thinking about using it for my job. Sweat. It took a lot of rotation! Serve was also able to make a downward rotation like the ball returns like Dignics 05! This is great! It will be a comparison with Dignics 05, but the ease of handling is overwhelmingly G-1, and the speed performance is better with Dignics 05. Also, while I felt the high performance of Dignics 05 for the ease of aligning the balls, I felt that the G-1 had a wide range of rotation. I felt once again that this difference is a part that must be noted when the opponent uses the G-1 in the game.
Chiquita is easy to do! Easy to control both spin type and speed type chiquita!
After all I felt that Chiquita was extremely easy to put in. You have plenty of time to grip the ball. I felt that the amount of rotation would drop a little, but the Fastarc G-1 was easier to do with Chiquita than the Dignics 05! I understand why Morizono uses it!
You can hit a drive with a wide range of spin!
As I mentioned in the first one, I think it’s a habit ball that seems to be German rubber or G-1. Even if I was driving in the same way, I felt that there was a considerable range of rotation amount depending on when I was able to apply rotation as much as I could and when I just put it in or bounced it. I felt that this has the effect of disturbing the opponent’s block angle by using the Fastarc G-1. Actually, I also felt that the block angle was easy to get out of order when the opponent was driving with G-1 in the game, but I felt that it was easy to hit such a drive!
Each technical review
Forehand
Light hit I didn’t feel any discomfort. I felt that the hardness was quite similar to that of Dignics 05. I felt that it was a little hard and hard rubber compared to Tenergy.
Drive on long balls and rallies When using the G-1, I felt that the lower the ball, the less the ball stretched. If it goes down, it will drive like playing, but I felt that it would be a drive that does not stretch and speed does not come out with such a rotation method. If you rotate it with a sheet like using adhesive rubber, or hit it like V> 15 Extra and make it bite into it, and then rotate it from the bite before you play it, you can hit a good drive with rotation. I felt that. Perhaps the G-1 has a Tenergy 05-like feel and a grip like an adhesive rubber, so I felt that it would be easier to drive even with a drive that captures only the seat and takes the plunge to rotate. I’m not used to driving when I bite into it and spin it, but I felt that V> 15 Extra is probably more likely to be a violent drive. Also, because it is a hard rubber, I felt that the ball was released fairly quickly. In the front team, I think you can feel the speed of the ball because it is quite fast. On the other hand, when driving from the middle team and the apse, if you do not hit it fairly firmly, you may feel lack of power such as insufficient speed and insufficient rotation. On the contrary, if it doesn’t go down to that level, I felt that G-1 was better than Dignics 05.
Drive with open face This is also easy to hit! It felt very good. It was quite difficult to put the amount of rotation on the speed drive, but it was easy to stabilize, so it felt very good!
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin This was a pretty good feeling! I felt that you could drive with a very strong rotation. I think it’s a good rubber. In terms of the amount of rotation, I think it is at a level comparable to Tenergy 05 and Dignics 05. Probably, in plastic balls, the maximum value of the amount of rotation may be higher in G-1 than in Tenergy 05 due to the hardness of the sponge.
Speed drive against back spin I think the amount of rotation will drop, but it was very easy to hit. This was a strange feeling. The image of Tenergy is that the swing speed and angle are more severe. I think it’s because I’m not good at spinning with speed drive.
Curve / shoot drive This didn’t bend as much as I expected. After all I felt the range of the amount of rotation.
Block It was easy to do because I could grip the ball. Especially the block for speed drive was pretty easy to do!
Counter drive I felt that it was a little more susceptible to the influence of the opponent’s drive because it was easy to spin. I felt that it was necessary to get used to this area.
Stop It grips, so it was very easy to stop. nice one!
Push It was good because it also grips. However, it seemed to be lighter if I took it easy.
Serve I’m glad I was able to cut it firmly. It felt pretty good!
Back hand
Light hit I’m glad I didn’t feel any discomfort here either! Rasanter R48 and Rasanter R53 were also good rubbers, but due to the difference in the grain shape of the sheet, it was easy to feel the ball coming off, and I felt that it was necessary to get used to it. However, I like the G-1 because it has a thick grain and a narrow grain shape between the grains, so you can hit the ball with the image of firmly gripping the ball and then releasing it, which gives you a sense of stability. Is good!
Drive on long balls and rallies This was also very easy to do! In the case of Dignics 05, the speed and the amount of rotation are very high, but the appearance of the arch line and the trajectory of the ball change considerably depending on whether you hit it like playing or hitting it with rotation. With a backhand that tends to slow down the swing speed, it often fails to rotate the ball, so it’s really difficult to stabilize, isn’t it? Sweat. On the other hand, since there is no such thing in G-1, I felt that the return ball itself was very easy to do. However, I think that the ball quality is likely to be low. However, by using high-performance rubber such as Dignics 05 for the forehand, I felt that the difference in ball quality could be used as a weapon! This was also felt when using V> 15 Extra. I think the combination of Japanese rubber and German rubber is an ant!
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin Very easy to hit! nice one~! It grips so it was easy to hit the ball as you imagined! By taking the plunge, I was able to put it on the opponent’s court without anxiety!
Speed drive against back spin It’s also an easy-to-play rubber, so it was easier to do than Tenergy 05! Dignics 05 is also easy to get speed, and recently it has come in quite a bit, but maybe it is easier to handle than Dignics 05, so I feel that G-1 can enter even if the swing speed is slow!
Block German rubber balls are easy to block, but loop drives such as the Dignics 09C are subject to rotation and have many over-misses. I felt that it was necessary to get used to this area. I don’t feel like the seat is losing, so I think you can get used to it.
Counter drive I found it easier to do than Tenergy 05. I feel that the seat is strong.
Stop This was also good! It will stop!
Push It will expire! Is good! Because it grips firmly, it didn’t float and I liked the shot feeling!
Chiquita It’s easy to do! It was great!
Comparison with other rubbers (individual impressions)
Spin amount Dignics 05 ＞ Fastarc G-1 ≧ Tenergy 05
Ease of spin Tenergy 05 ＞ Fastarc G-1 ＞ V>15 Extra
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
