Explanation
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 powerTenergy 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
Ease of fore counter drive
Dignics 05 > Tenergy 19 > Tenergy 05