Butterfly Dignics 05 Reviews?

Coming from Rakza 7 1.9, I tried the Dignics 1.9 on FH. Throw is much lower. Easy to counter slow spinny loops. I really had to start lower or swing harder with the same angle to clear the net on just a normal top spin block ball or drive. Too much of a stroke change for me to like the rubber. That was just quick practice on my robot. I would say it is much harder than the Rakza 7. I'll give it a go against real opponents tomorrow, but I would say I am definitely sticking with Rakza 7.

KLHfan said he (~2100) beat 2 2300+ rated players using Dignics 05, so looks like the D05 is here to stay for the long haul.

Got clobbered by a slightly lower rated player using Yasaka Anti Power (BH) very effectively to mess with rhythm and pace.  Looks like Yasaka Anti Power is here to stay for the long haul! 

There is another whole thread about Dignics, but it doesn't seem to receiving as much hype as Tenergy 05 Hard had when it came out. It seems that people are less excited about Dignics. 

ericd937 wrote: There is another whole thread about Dignics, but it doesn't seem to receiving as much hype as Tenergy 05 Hard had when it came out. It seems that people are less excited about Dignics.

vik2000 wrote: liulin04 wrote: KLHfan said he (~2100) beat 2 2300+ rated players using Dignics 05, so looks like the D05 is here to stay for the long haul. No offense but this means nothing.

ericd937 wrote: mykonos96 wrote: vik2000 wrote: liulin04 wrote: KLHfan said he (~2100) beat 2 2300+ rated players using Dignics 05, so looks like the D05 is here to stay for the long haul. No offense but this means nothing.  No way a rubber can up a player 200 points I tried playing T05 Hard on my forehand for about 2 weeks. I would say I played 200 points lower than I play with my normal forehand rubber, T80.

SmackDAT wrote: ericd937 wrote: mykonos96 wrote: vik2000 wrote: liulin04 wrote: KLHfan said he (~2100) beat 2 2300+ rated players using Dignics 05, so looks like the D05 is here to stay for the long haul. No offense but this means nothing.  No way a rubber can up a player 200 points I tried playing T05 Hard on my forehand for about 2 weeks. I would say I played 200 points lower than I play with my normal forehand rubber, T80.  Boost the T05H and you may have a different outcome :p

ericd937 wrote: I'll try boosting the T05 Hard when my booster arrives. It should be here in the next few days.

tom wrote: I am trying to see why the T05H need booster as well.  As for your H3, if the whole process took only 24 hours, I think you missed something - there are threads on this already

My experience with Tenergy in the extreme humidity of southern Vietnam has been pretty good. Yes, it does get moisture on it, but its a lot easier to keep it dry than some of its ESN competitors. I've been playing T80 on my forehand for about a year and I rarely experience ball slippage. 

You're right. I loop with the sponge more so than brushing with the topsheet in most situations. I also use a towel and my finger to dry the rubber very often. On some ESN rubbers, I dry it with the towel, but it still has this layer of condensation on it that is impossible to remove. I just find it easier to keep Tenergy dry. Unfortunately, the clubs in Saigon don't have air conditioning and humidity is a big problem here. 

Edited by ericd937 - 04/18/2019 at 8:25pm

Yesterday I tried brand new T05H on forehand and Dig05 on backhand on my custom carbon blade similar to Viscaria. T05H feels great on the forehand dignics is just ok on the backhand, I found nothing really special about this rubber. Topsheet of both rubbers to me looks identical and feels identical. Dignics has this weird way of sometimes sending the ball in a higher flight than what u intend to do with your shot. Also I do not like how often it shoot the ball long past the table. Feel for hard hitting is there, you can also perform good backhand topspin but I feel as T05H in reality might just be a better rubber in most of the departments. I find dignics to often generate uncontrollable behavior such as out of nowhere too much catapult, or ball goes just weird. I heard it has some break in time so I will give it some time. Anyhow I will say I am a bit disappointed with this rubber. I also did pull some of the cutting remainders of both rubbers to see under force which rubber breaks easier when pulling apart with two hands. To my surprise Dignics breaks much quicker therefore I do not see how can this rubber have a better durability than lets say T05H or regular T05.

I can tell just by watching the video and hearing the contact that Dignics has a lot more dwell than T05 Hard. That's what I hate about T05 Hard. 

Edited by ericd937 - 04/20/2019 at 6:48pm