tenergy 05 fx timo boll zlf day 2
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Day 2 of my tenergy 05 fx reviewing. Yesterday I used it on Timo Boll Spirit, today I put my new tenergy 05 fx on my Timo Boll Zylon fibre blade.
My impressions are mixed and changing. The rubber does suit this blade also, possibly better but I am not sold on the idea. I mean the rubbers seem to fit this blade better but the overall effect of this combination doesn't really feel like I am playing with Tenergy any more.
Throw angle of 05 fx
The first thing I have to talk about is the throw angle because although I played pretty well overall with some great shots, The lower throw angle and the more bouncy nature of this rubber meant I had a smaller window to land my shots. The much lower throw angle means I can't do my side spins as much. I actually cursed a million times because of how many times I looped right into the net. Tenergy 05 fx is reminding me of Hexer everyday.
Side spin looping with 05 fx
My main reason I love tenergy is because of the super high throw angle which allows sidespin looping. Once you drop to a low throw angle it is quite hard to side spin as you will hit the net first. Tenergy 05 fx does not feel good at sidespin looping balls lower than the net, which the original tenergy totally beats it hands down. Side spin flicking serves near the net also felt much harder as it was hard to lift the ball.
05 fx on forehand looping bottoming out
although I played for almost 6 hours and as I kept playing I got more used to the throw angle and possible less spin, I never really felt happy with the softness especially on my forehand. On the backhand I seemed ok with it, but on the fh I felt like I was hitting into the blade too early sometimes.
Which blade to use with tenergy 05 fx?
After using it with the TBS yesterday and the Boll ZLF today I felt I wanted it be on an even softer blade. I just felt the bottoming out meant I wanted a blade that the ball could dig into even more to get the dwell I felt I was starting to lack.
Serves
I started to adjust by the last couple of hours, building more confidence in digging deep and applying full action. The sidespin and kick beats the orignal 05 for serves which just go over the base line, but on stability of short backspin the softness and the bounciness is a pain in butt.
Amazing after one day that I could change my feelings so much. In a nut shell what is the main thing I don't like about 05 fx?
STABILITY
I felt the softer bouncier nature, more dynamic, as you hit harder into the rubber the parabola becomes a much straighter line and blocking etc just all felt less stable.
Out of position, reaching and dropping balls
The throw angle, bounciness and lower speed makes this rubber hard to control when you are not in position for the "perfect shot". Reaching away from the table or trying to loop up ball which has fallen lower than table or looping back away from table becomes increasingly difficult. Stay at the table with this rubber.
It is early still I will write more tomorrow. But my impressions is that this rubber is going in the Hexer direction I didn't really like.
Day 3/4 using tenergy 05 fx boll zlf
After much more play, I took off the 05 fx on the fh and put an original 05 on. It was much better right away. Then after more play, decided that it was just too slow (zlf with 05 fx on bh) so then glued 05 and 05 fx on my tbs. Felt much better.
I will be staying with original tenergy 05 on my forehand for sure. The question is whether to change back to tenergy 64 or stay with the 05 fx longer.
Tenergy 05 fx megaspin
Submitted by TT energy on 24 November 2010 - 4:12pm.
So even though I said I hated tenergy 05 fx compared to the original I went and bought another couple of tenergy 05 fx. I still feel the original is a better rubber especially for players that want more forward kick and or are using faster and heavier blades. But I really gave tenergy 05 fx at least a month of solid play now and I must say I am getting used to it and it suits my new blade the super defense style.
Now the Australian dollar is stronger and makes it worth buying from the United States more often. It took only a week to arrive from when I ordered from Megaspin.net. Thumbs up from me again for the quick service.
I will be sticking a black one on to replace my tenergy 05 which is looking quite worn now.
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Because I opened two new sheets of tenergy 05 fx I will use them as my backhand rubber until they are worn out, and after that period I will re test if I will go back to tenergy 64. The ZLF is ruled out because the fx is too slow (although feels perfectly matched). Even the TBS feels too slow with the 05 fx (other players might find it gives them lots "reduced speed control" Looks like I will return back to my Ishlion with t05 fh and t05 fx on backhand because it is the fastest of the blades that I wish to use. Once the t05 fx are feeling worn out I will look at moving back to t64 bh t05 fh on my timo boll spirit again since I like everything about it (except the weight).
Is it easier to block with compared to normal tenergy 05?
blocking is easier with a slower and less spinny rubber, but in my opinion the softness of the sponge makes it less stable.
After watching this video and high arc's videos it seems that the only thing better about the 05fx is the weight. I think the 64 has more stable blocking capabilities and even more spin.