Butterfly Dignics 05 Reviews?

I play at a variety of different places. I live in Q9. I have a small club with 2 tables in my apartment complex, but luckily it has air con. The only air con place I know of actually other than Hoa Lu Stadium which has air con but never turns it on. Recently its been so hot outside that I've often just stayed there to play at my apartment . The nearest club to my house is Hai Son club. I play there sometimes. Sometimes I go to Ti Long, Nguyen Van Troi (formerly Hoang Lam), Huong Tram, or Hoang Tan. On the weekends sometimes we visit my girlfriends parents in Tan Binh and I'll play at the railway club in Q3 on Troung Sa. By far, my favorite club is in Binh Duong. The club in Di An, Binh Duong is a two story building with like 10 tables. Di An club is super clean, well lit, and nice tables. 

I think that's only somewhat true. There are other things to consider than just simply max speed and spin, such as durability and easy of use. A lot of those cheaper rubbers require a lot more precision than Dignics because the margin for error is very small with a lot of rubbers from the latest ESN generation. 

I read many opinions and I  see very biased opinions like if its butterfly is good I dont think people who post wonderful things about this rubber can pass a placebo test with dignics

For my sins, I've been using T05H and D05 for a few weeks now.

This is right, but I would apply caution here.  

For hardness - D05's sponge is harder than T05, but the topsheet feels softer and the overall hardness is only slightly more IMO.  Whereas T05H is much harder than both.

Speed is about right, but D05 isn't slow by any means.

Spin - tricky to compare I think, and you'll likely get different answers from different players.  For my 2p, D05 generates more spin on thin contacts than T05, and this gives a real edge when opening up, bananas, flicks, slow loops.  It's less "explosive" though, more of a smooth experience, and you don't get that dramatic wow factor when looping hard.  Whereas T05H is a real beast on a hard FH stroke in comparison.

The pro trend (which isn't definitive, or absolute, by any means) of Dignics on BH and some sort of Tenergy on FH gives a hint, perhaps.

Good to know that you like D05. What blade do you play D05 with? I have several sheets and am mulling on whether I should put one on my main blade to try.

I haven't had enough time with D05 to make a permanent opinion. It is all relative isn't it: For me, T05H (on the ZJK-ALC blade) is by far the best Tenergy and possibly the best FH rubber I've played with (along with the higher grades of H3). In fact, I thought that T05H was quite good at smashing but it absolutely shines in power-loops, short game, and pushes.

I went from 05 to 05H to D05 on the FH.  BH is still 05 for now.

I think these play differently with different blades.  

T05 is at its best on stiffer blades.

T05H is at its best on medium stiffness blades.

I switched to a softer blade when I found T05H.  It was too much for me on the Mazunov.  With D05 I was able to go back to the Mazunov.

D05, to me, clearly has a gripper topsheet than Tenergy for serves and pushes which is the primary reason I switched to it.  Looping with it feels pretty familiar to me.  It is similar to T05 on openers and similar to T05H on bigger shots.

Ball stays low with D05 after the bounce, which makes it a little similar to T05H in that regard.  The ball with regular T05 definitely sits up a little more.  With D05 it stay nice and low.  I rely on heavy spin openers a lot, so D05 helps me in that regard.  When the opponent tries to take a stay away from the table and  counterloop, the ball dips down in front of him.

D05 does require a somewhat different contact than T05H, so it took me a little time to adjust.  It also seems to work better with blades that have hard outer plies.  I did not like too much the feel with cypress outer ply, but Planchonello is a good fit.

I tried D05 on the BH a little, but not enough to form strong opinions.  It was very good on the opener, but I like to punch with the BH, so I need to experiment with that a little more.  None of the Tenergies are great for that (other than T25), but I make do.

ILya