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    Posted: 06/15/2018 at 9:11pm
How does R42 compare with T05FX? Any other similar playing rubbers from the current generation of ESN/Stiga?
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I don't want to say that Rozena is similar to T05FX because for me it is far better, because I put a premium on control. Rozena does not have the catapult or grab of Tenergy because it had a different top sheet, but because you can control the ball more, it has every bit the same ability to create excellent spin n and c speed. A rubber we'll work considering. I have to hand it to Butterfly, they know how to create great rubbers.
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Originally posted by richrf richrf wrote:

I don't want to say that Rozena is similar to T05FX because for me it is far better, because I put a premium on control. Rozena does not have the catapult or grab of Tenergy because it had a different top sheet, but because you can control the ball more, it has every bit the same ability to create excellent spin n and c speed. A rubber we'll work considering. I have to hand it to Butterfly, they know how to create great rubbers.

Err, Rozena has an identical topsheet to T80 pretty much? Do your research
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Originally posted by richrf richrf wrote:

I don't want to say that Rozena is similar to T05FX because for me it is far better, because I put a premium on control. Rozena does not have the catapult or grab of Tenergy because it had a different top sheet, but because you can control the ball more, it has every bit the same ability to create excellent spin n and c speed. A rubber we'll work considering. I have to hand it to Butterfly, they know how to create great rubbers.

I play with ROZENA as of now. Not the same or close.
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I tried R42 in the supermax sponge, and I have used t05 fx for more than a year, although it was a while ago and on a different blade. They onviously don't play the same. R42 was great for topspin, but the 2.3 sponge felt mushy to block. I could feel the wxtra dponge and it made blocking seem quite randon. I block a lot of my bh so that killed it for me. T05fx never had that problem. I didn't care enough about r42 to try it in 2.1, which might have solved the problem.

So it doesn't feel quite like tenergy, nothing else does, but it's a really nice rubber. Just try different thicknesses before you buy, if you can.
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Originally posted by BRS BRS wrote:

I tried R42 in the supermax sponge, and I have used t05 fx for more than a year, although it was a while ago and on a different blade. They onviously don't play the same. R42 was great for topspin, but the 2.3 sponge felt mushy to block. I could feel the wxtra dponge and it made blocking seem quite randon. I block a lot of my bh so that killed it for me. T05fx never had that problem. I didn't care enough about r42 to try it in 2.1, which might have solved the problem.

So it doesn't feel quite like tenergy, nothing else does, but it's a really nice rubber. Just try different thicknesses before you buy, if you can.


Yes, I meant the non-ultramax version! On BH, I never use ultramax (currently using Aurus Prime 2.1).
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A lighter version of EL-S or Evolution FX-P, however no Tensor as far as i know has the Tenergy Feeling. 
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