With the speed rating by butterfly at 13.5, it is only 0.5 slower than the fastest rubber Bryce Speed 14. Everyone says its very dynamic in how quick it works in a number of broader gears. Some even defy Butterfly the company and say it is faster than Bryce Speed. It has that butterfly punch feeling even though it leans a touch more toward the loop side.
It all depends on what you are looking for, if you are looking for power, speed, more stable blocks then tenergy 64 is the best. If you are finding tenergy a little heavy, like the soft rubber because it doesn't throw the ball as long as it is not as fast then tenergy 05 fx is better.
Most professionals will not touch fx as they want the full power set up.
tenergy05.com says:
Ok so I (Boz) have just tried red diamond with golden cake sponge and know Silvalis (Dan) and want to discuss it here
Dan has
Daniel says:
uh
i haven't tried the golden cake version
haha
sorry
tenergy05.com says:
I am confused about this rubber because I think it is the first Chinese rubber I can play a tenergy stroke with
I believe they will be pretty similar
Before using Red Diamond - Hey I forgot to say when I bought my red diamond I had 2 choices of the normal sponge which was pink and looked like a normal chinese sponge and the other choice was "golden cake sponge" and I looked at it and I swear I can't see any difference to the tenergy sponge with this one. I took it out of the packet now and was feeling it with my fingers and guess what? It released the same kind of chemical that makes my fingers kind of dry and white powdery as no other rubber ever has except tenergy and this happens with absolutely every sheet of tenergy although I found the tenergy sponge even more chemically to my fingers.
Although there are people out there who use Chinese style rubber (tacky hard) on the backhand, Butterfly spinart rubber does not really work well on the backhand. Spin art is a forehand rubber because it is harder heavier and a little tacky. This makes it too slow and adds weight to the overall blade. Heavier and tacky rubbers require much more effort to produce a faster ball and that is why all the top Chinese use tacky on the forehand and faster often more European or Japanese style on the backhand.