Tenergy 80FX coming!?

I've only had my 80-fx for a week, but I really like it on my BH.

I used 05-fx for a season, and liked it apart from the elastic behaviour. From distance, it was a dream. I found it slingy on faster stokes. I found it difficult to judge in some situations - generally when coming back into the table from distance for a kill.

I then moved to 64-fx. Overall, I preferred it to 05-fx. It was rock solid, dependable, linear, lower throw. It didn't do anything special (and so seems expensive for what it is), and it wasn't as effortless as 05-fx when lifting backspin or looping.

80-fx seems close to 05-fx for me in many respects. It still slings the ball out and high on hard stokes, just not so high. It does feel much more reserved over the table than 05-fx though, and this was my main quibble. And it feels quite insensitive to spin on thin contacts, so lifting backspin is easy once more. I immediately felt comfortable with it. Blocking very, very hard incoming loops (loop drives, really) was a bit tricky, but it's a fresh sheet and feels a bit lively at the top end.

Good rubber, a nice balance of stuff for my BH.

Johnny Erasure wrote: How sensitive is T80FX from the spin that comes from the opponent, as it involves the receipt of services?

Snakefish wrote: right2niru wrote: Snakefish wrote: Got my T80FX sheets today. It's like Xmas in April  Hopefully I can try it out this weekend. Just trying to figure out which blade to glue 1 sheet for BH use How do you compare it against your existing BH rubbers ? How Does T 80 FX play ?  I changed my mind, didn't use it as BH. Instead, I used it as FH on Donic Walder Legend Carbon blade. Man, this is a treat to play. I know this blade is fast, but the match allowed me effortless FH loops & loop drives. Push shots were normal, nothing to write home about. Blocking control was above average. I managed to get a lot of feel from this blade. FH counter-hitting, ball just zings off the rubber. I like T80FX over T80 because of more feedback.

kakapo wrote: proSpin wrote: Bought a tenergy 80 fx red 2.1mm to try last week  Weighs 43g cut to Jun mizutani size.  After a few hits with t80 fx on the bh of my Jun Mizutani, i find the feeling to be the closest to tenergy 05, probably a lighter version. Lifting backspin isn't much of a problem, however it is still quite sensitive to spin compared to tenergy 05fx. Rubber gives a nice clicking sound when blocking topspin shots, also relatively lower throw when looping compared to t05 and t05fx. I have tried T80 before, not really to my liking in terms of hardness, speed and spin and weight. But for t80fx, it is pretty impressive. May need more time to utilise the rubber fully.  Comparing T80fx to T05fx & T05 Spin : (T05 > T80fx > T05fx) Speed : (T80fx > T05 > T05fx) Control: (T05fx > T05 > T80fx) Note that this is based on what i feel. May not be the same for the rest of us.  Hope this helps a little. Well, for me it is much slower than the 05 one but the control is better :))) It's really a unique sport...so many different ways of playing with the same material !!!!

My T80FX feels like a strange bird compared to T05FX and T64FX. I will need to give it more playing time to decide to keep it or not.

Snakefish wrote: Got my T80FX sheets today. It's like Xmas in April  Hopefully I can try it out this weekend. Just trying to figure out which blade to glue 1 sheet for BH use

T80FX now available at www.butterflyonline.com

Edited by frogger - 04/19/2014 at 10:50am

Ray wrote: CraneStyle wrote: I think the whole rubber market has been inflated due to the price of Tenergy. True. And if you look at the new Stiga and Tibhar rubbers, their MSRP/RRP are almost as high as Tenergy. However, the most expensive rubber I ever bought was less than 29eur incl. shipping.

More power to you Ray...

I had a smoke of a free Tenergy and now I'm hooked for life...

Edited by CraneStyle - 04/18/2014 at 5:13am

frogger wrote: sales would be off the charts thus increasing profit margins

Here was my review, done a few weeks ago:
http://tabletennis-reviews.com/tenergy-80-fx-review

In a nutshel, it's quite similar to T05FX, which only a few minor differences. It's a good rubber though.

T25 has a major counterintuitive throw from distance in all versions.

Tenergy 80 FX review...

Another great review by the TableTennisDaily.UK Guys...

http://youtu.be/v6ZhiE_mMYY

Maybe someone can embed the video in their post.

I'm new to this...

Edited by CraneStyle - 04/17/2014 at 12:45pm

CraneStyle wrote: @ AndySmith - I've tried T64-FX and it does work at lifting backspin and balls off the table from serves. I couldn't exactly bond with it though and found I netted more shots than usual during rallies. Don't know if you've tried T25-FX..? It might be what you're looking for in terms of spin, arc and more power...

25-fx is the only tenergy I've never owned. I've always been curious, but it's not as popular as the others so I haven't had much chance to even have a knock with it.

JimT wrote: I actually liked Aurus Soft on FH more than BH. It's ok on BH too but I am more in need of a grippier topsheet on my BH than on FH... go figure.

As a wise JimT once said - to each his own.   

My BH is quite sensitive to rubber changes, and since I've been using hinoki outers it has been tricky for me to find something with a good balance. I just find that 64-FX gives me the best balance on my BH side of all the sheets I've tried. Ideally, I'd like slightly more spin/arc/throw, but not as much as 05-FX, so...