Has Butterfly Blundered?

First of all, the name of an athlete is supposed to give out a msg that blade is meant for players with that style.  But some of these have descriptions for a blocker/hitter.

Second, how does Butterfly expect to make a sale when they release 6 new-line Butterfly expensive blades???

Third, Butterfly has started lying...it claims some blades as spinniest in the world...but its clear they aren't.

Old & stale news, indeed.

What realm? Only the people at Butterfly knows.

sidofmillenium wrote: Second, how does Butterfly expect to make a sale when they release 6 new-line Butterfly expensive blades???

It's like a common noun really BTY to pp/tt world. Even during my teen years where Nirvana and Manchester United Eric Cantona version made more sense than pp, I couldn't help but got caught by the praise given by my seniors about BTY product. As if it's a MUST for those who play pp, to at least try BTY's.

Then getting the saying their equipment weren't up to what's claimed, it sounds to me that the sayer is not on par with the level posed by the eqs.

Yes of course marketing gimmick or trick is at work with every product of a company but BTY seems to g0t away with greater ratio of very satisfied customer. Am I satisfied with what I'm having? No, I want more and giving more is what BTY can do so well that they can sponsor a player with your money.

Why WOULDNT they be producing new age blades left and right? Now is the time to be doing this. The glue ban impact has very much set in, and you see all kinds of players, pro and non pro looking for their new blade. the more blades they have, the more people will be looking to butterfly for their answer to the increased blade speed with feeling that they need. Butterfly=genius company.

The only product that butterfly has which is exceptional is Tenergy (though this is still way overpriced). The blades I have used are no better than other cheaper offerings and I wouldn't swap either of my T-4s for any of them.

sidofmillenium wrote: Even Tenergy has terrible feeling.   Pretty sure after 2 years, we will find out all the Pro's use a diff. version of Tenergy 05.

Only 50% cheaper? I can get 6 sheets of Wraith for a sheet of Tenergy if I buy Tenergy at catalogue prices in the UK.

Juan King Carlo wrote: Only 50% cheaper? I can get 6 sheets of Wraith for a sheet of Tenergy if I buy Tenergy at catalogue prices in the UK.

More like 3 to 4 sheets here in the US. Is the Wraith cheaper or the Tenergy more expensive in the UK?

One thing that makes Butterfly successful is charts like this:

http://butterflyonline.com/shake_pen_racket_specs.asp?ID=135&racktype=shakehand

It gives people points of reference. Accurate or not is a different issue, but it gives people ideas for EJing. "Hmm, I want a medium feeling, OFF, not-thicker-than-6mm blade..."

Whereas, Sword, who makes quality stuff, has a million different blades with the description "Loop/Attack".

729 FX wrote: Yes, Butterfly makes a lot of research and produced chart for the public to see. ppmax is right in saying that it gives people points of reference, unlike other brands which generalised their findings. (Whether the data/information is accurate or not is another matter.)

Beer Belly wrote: Dont read product description. Read reviews instead. Problem solved. :)

Depends who's doing the Review.

figgie wrote: sidofmillenium wrote: Even Tenergy has terrible feeling.   Pretty sure after 2 years, we will find out all the Pro's use a diff. version of Tenergy 05.   Posting your subjective nonesense as fact? Here I will counter with T05 is a rubber. It is neither good or bad. The good or bad comes from the user (like you) which in your case is bad.       Pretty sure after two years some new rubber will be out.

+1 figgie, its his skills that are lacking not Tenergy 05

call it a scam all you want but few companies blades can compare to butterfly. prove me wrong.