Butterfly Dignics 05

In my humble opinion Dignics 05 is the best rubber from BTY and one of the best available in the market. It all began when I borrowed a blade with D05 from a friend to hit for 5 minutes. I immediately fell in love with that rubber. So much control, speed and spin in the right balance, and also a lightweight rubber. And the rubber was old, with around one year of use, which led me to wonder how a brand new one could behave. So I decided to get one, despite the fact it is crazy expensive. And I say it was my best purchase ever! D05 is better than any other rubber I have already tried. The control while being offensive is astonishing. Speed comes easily, as well as spin. With a lazy, half-stroke the ball goes with quality and precision. When putting a great effort it becomes a monster offensive weapon. I am still yet to try the Dignics 80, which is listed even faster then D05. But for now D05 is my favorite rubber, and one of its great aspects is durability. Mine has 3 months and topsheet is still shining. Just cleaning with a humid cotton ball is enough to make it new again. No other rubber I have owned kept the topsheet like D05 for so long. And the sponge also did not fade yet. I believe it will be useful for more than one year, maybe one and a half year. As I said, the best rubber I bought, the durability makes it worth the price. I am pairing it with Goldarc 8 50 degrees in FH, on a Yinhe Pro 01 blade. ---- UPDATE ---- Completed 8 months of use, and the rubber is like new out of package! I just wonder... will this rubber last forever? (rs) It is just amazing a table tennis rubber with more than 100 hours of use can stand with almost no signs in the topsheet. 18 months with it seem very likely, now I want it to last 2 years. This makes Dignics 05 not only the best rubber I have tried in terms of performance, but also financially.

All hail the new king. Imo the best rubber for the new trend in TT (counterattack). Has many gears, not as bouncy as tenergy in the short game and longer dwell makes it easier to load backspin on pushes. Likewise, thin contact brushes are loaded with spin due to class leading grip on the ball. Counterattacking close to the table is super intuitive due to slightly longer dwell and lower, sharper arc while more annoying for opponents due to high spin and speed and deep placement. Blocks are easy to place with high speed but may be tricky due to the rubber's sensitivity to spin. Due to its inherent high speed, high grip and harder sponge, this rubber will not be for beginners or even intermediate players. Well developed strokes will be needed to unleash the rubber or suffer many unforced errors as a punishment. The price is insane but to be expected as the next step forward...... Durability remains to be tested

Blade : Cornilleau Hinotec OFF+ Carbon (Hinoki-carbon) 82g - D05 1.9mm black + D05 1.9mm red - Total 174g - D05 1.9mm is not very fast, not very spinny, does not have the best control. But the overall is well balanced. Can play any style. BH is fast and very spinny. On FH, spin/speed are not the very best, but flat smash is a dream and effortless, especially on heavy spin incoming ball ! Easy to play at 2-3 meter away. Good grip for chikita and short pushes. I think it is a good rubber for BH. The durability is better than T05. Throw angle is lower than T05. Not so heavy for a quite hard rubber. Update: I just confirm that D05 1.9mm is excellent on Hinotec OFF+ carbon and also Amultart, both hinoki-carbon. However 1.9mm is too slow on TB ALC, Darker Esteem (even Hinoki also...), BTY inner force ZLC, Viscaria. For those latest blades, 2.1mm is far better. 2.1mm on Hinotec OFF+ carbon is not bad, but smash is tricky. Update: speed 8.9 is totally under rated. The sponge thickness is important. For 2.1mm, the speed is closed to 9.2, I feel it faster than D80. I tried it on Hinoki-carbon Donic Ovtcharov Carbospeed (86g), it was really good in term of speed, spin (normal top spin, active counter, spin against choppers). I think D05 2.1 had better control on Viscaria (koto) and TB ALC (koto). Rating a rubber depends strongly on the blade and also the thickness of the rubber. So it is important to specify the blade (+ weight) when rating a rubber.

To be honest, the best rubber you can buy. Extremely fast, very spiny, hard and yet very light (compared to the characteristics). I am a Penholder and I use this rubber on the Backhand side. Doing loops and bananas with this feels amazing, all top penholders use this rubber on the backhand, some even on the forehand. 9/10 for me. If it was cheaper, it would be 10/10

Me: USATT 2130 classically attacking player. D05 2.1 FH/BH This rubber needs to be boosted. Without boost it feels dead. Pros: - Extremely spinny, the underspin opening is >>> t05. I would say it's at h3 level. My shots are low and spinny on opening which cause a lot of difficulties to my opponent. The ease of use is also better than h3. - After boosting the feed back on looping feels great. There's this k-cha-poop sound and the ball will fly like rocket with control, curve, and speed. For a top spin rubber, it feels like a brand new t05 (will get to this later) - The durability and longevity is INSANE. For t05 after the first week or 2, the top sheet will lose a little of grip and the performance will drop a little. That's why all pros change their t05 after 2 weeks. D05 however, plays like new and i'm 4 months in. I clock in 10hrs / week multi balling hard core practice. My falco tempo long also permanently boosted my dignics as well, the boosting effect did not fade. So I guess as long as the sponge is soften by boosting, D05 is good. Unlike h3 where you got good durability, you need to boost it every 2 weeks. D05 have best of both world, insane durability and a 1 time boost done deal kind of rubber. cons: - The short game of this rubber is horrid. Spring sponge X activation take too little effort, as many of the reviewers mentioned. I"m at 2150 level (i improve a lot since i got that rating Nov 2019 btw), pushing short with d05 is a nono. You either flick/bannana or push long. You push short you get punish by players that knows how to flick. Period. - The serves are spinny. However it's difficult to keep the serve low like h3/t05. - smashing is terrible. For some reason d05 grips the ball even during smashing so the trajectory is unpredictable. Conclusion: Insane durability, great top spin rubber, great opening rubber, good flicking/banana flick rubber, terrible pushing rubber, terrible smashing rubber