I’m not exaggerating when I say that Butterfly’s Dignics 09c is the best forehand rubber in the world. In true Butterfly fashion, they have been able to engineer the unthinkable.
In 2008, Butterfly released the Tenergy 05, which took the world by storm. It was decades ahead of its competition. 15 years after its release, most other manufacturers haven’t yet caught up to the Tenergy 05’s quality.
It had a level of grip that was unparalleled at the time and a unique high arc that granted it great control for looping despite its blazing-fast speed.
Now, Butterfly has seemingly tricked the laws of physics once again. They have achieved nearly optimal speed, spin, and control all in the same rubber.
In this review, we’ll go over why I think the Dignics 09c is objectively the best rubber in the market. This isn’t to say that it’s the right choice for everyone, I simply believe that it has the best, most advanced design out of all the rubbers currently available.
I have used the Dignics 09c for around 140 hours across 3 months of training, and I’ve fallen in love with it. But is it the right rubber for you? Let’s find out!
As for its design, its crimson Spring Sponge X is very hard at 44 degrees and it has lots of inbuilt tension. The topsheet itself is medium tacky and extremely grippy. The Dignics 09c is a very fast and spinny rubber with a high arc and a very pronounced parabola.
The strongest attributes of this rubber are its control, its spin, and its maximum speed when looping. It excels at all kinds of loops, be it open-ups, counters close and away from the table, brushed loops, and power loops.
The differentiating attribute of the Dignics 09c is that its tacky topsheet and hard sponge make it a lot easier for the player to control the ball, as the rubber is noticeably less bouncy compared to most modern offensive rubbers. All of these attributes make it a superb rubber not only for rally play but also for 3rd ball attacks. In addition, its durability is very high.
The only con I could find of the Dignics 09c is its steep price. However, considering its durability, I’d still say that the Dignics 09c is good value.
Perfect for: Intermediate and advanced attackers on the forehand side, advanced offensive players on the backhand side. 4-10+ years of playing.
Ace
About the Reviewer
Alvaro brings 7+ years of playing experience. He’s tested 20+ rubbers for Racket Insight and his style is The Controller.
About the Review
Blade Used: Stratus Power Wood
Rubber Thickness: 2.15mm
Hours Tested: 40+
Recommended Playstyles
We recommend the Butterfly Dignics 09c for high-level attackers who want to use the best of the best out there.
Design of the Butterfly Dignics 09c
The Butterfly Dignics 09c comes in the typical Butterfly packaging we’ve seen time and time again.
I think it would’ve been nice if Butterfly did something different for the Dignics line considering it’s almost $100. In hindsight, however, I can see that our money was very well spent elsewhere, so I can’t complain.
Upon opening the package, we find the rubber. The version we ordered is a deep black 2.1mm sheet of Dignics 09c.
Durability and value
This is how the Dignics 09c is looking after 3 months of very intensive use:
Both pictures were taken on the same day, under different lighting.
As you can see, the Dignics 09c is holding up wonderfully. Signs of wear are evident when the light hits it at the right angle, but it still plays at 90% of its initial capabilities and it looks perfectly fine in other lighting scenarios. Ball slippage is still non-existent if there isn’t too much humidity.
Other rubbers, such as the Donic Bluestorm Pro AM, or the Tibhar Evolution MX-P would have needed replacing by now (I’d probably be on my 3rd MX-P by now), and the Dignics is still in very good condition.
Because of this, and because of the Dignics 09c’s incredibly high performance, I believe that the Dignics 09c is an acceptable value despite the high price.
If it lasts around 5-6 months at around $80-90 per sheet, I don’t think it’s as expensive as it may initially seem. Assuming it lasts me 6 months, it’s an even better value proposition than a $50 rubber with average durability (3 months of intensive use).
$90 may seem outrageous for a table tennis rubber, but we have to keep in mind that Butterfly does all of the R&D and manufacturing by themselves, while most other manufacturers outsource these processes to a German factory (ESN).
Key design attributes of the Butterfly Dignics 09c
The topsheet of the Dignics 09c is extremely grippy and medium tacky, and its sponge is an intense crimson color. The spong definitely rates as ‘hard’.
Butterfly states the Dignics 09c’s hardness to be 44 degrees. In ESN terms, that’d be well above 55 degrees, maybe even above 60.
In practice, the Dignics 09c plays at around 50-52 degrees ESN. I didn’t feel that it plays as hard as Butterfly states its hardness to be.
The Dignics 09c features an absolutely groundbreaking design. Butterfly states that it was designed together with Timo Boll, who tested many prototypes until they settled on the current iteration.
About the Dignics 09c, Timo stated: “(it’s) a rubber of a totally new type. I have long wished to play with such a rubber”, and “I’m very happy to play with this rubber, because this is for sure the best rubber I ever had”. (source: Butterfly)
I have to say I completely agree with Timo. It is indeed a completely new rubber, and it’s also, in my opinion, the best rubber available.
The Dignics 09c managed to blend the sponge and topsheet wonderfully. With hybrid rubbers, it’s hard to get the balance quite right. Butterfly absolutely nailed it with the 44-degree Spring Sponge X and the 09c topsheet.
What makes the Dignics 09c truly special is that it has the dynamism of the fastest European rubbers together with the spin and control of the best Chinese rubbers.
European rubbers and Chinese rubbers have always been thought of as complete opposites. We even wrote an article explaining how different European and Chinese rubbers are.
The Dignics 09c was released to bridge the gap between these two worlds, and it has the advantages of both types of rubbers.
In fact, Butterfly’s slogan for the Dignics 09c is: “An advantage from overcoming a paradox”, the paradox being that the Dignics is a very fast and dynamic rubber while having tons of dwell time and control.
This is why I said that Butterfly “tricked the laws of physics” in the introduction of this article. How does the Dignics 09c achieve this effect?
There are two factors that make it possible, the very hard and fast sponge, and the medium tacky topsheet.
Starting with the sponge, 44 degrees is so hard that it’s difficult to wrap our heads around that number. It’s such a high number that it’s hard to believe, honestly, especially considering how it plays.
For reference, Ma Long’s forehand rubber is 42 degrees (on the same scale), and it’s said to be one of the hardest rubbers there is.
It seems completely outrageous to me that I’m playing with a harder rubber than Ma Long, but according to Butterfly, that’s what’s happening. However, DHS rubbers play a lot harder because of their sponge’s high density.
My theory is that because of the very porous design of the sponge, its advanced technology, and its very fast nature, the rubber plays a lot softer than it actually is.
If it is indeed 44 degrees (we’d have to test it with a durometer), in theory, we’d get access to more gears than with virtually any other rubber in the world. In practice, it certainly does have plenty of gears.
This is the genius behind the Dignics 09c’s design. Butterfly thought outside the box.
They created a very fast, incredibly hard sponge that doesn’t play that hard because of its speed and its design while retaining the gears of an extremely hard rubber.
In addition, the tacky topsheet helps slow down the ball, granting the player much more dwell time with the ball when performing difficult shots.
In practice, the Dignics 09c is very controllable in the short game because of its hardness and how the topsheet kills speed.
It’s also very controllable for countering and opening up, as its safe high throw gives a lot of clearance over the net, it’s very stable and predictable due to its hardness, and again, we have a lot of dwell time due to the tacky topsheet.
And, when you swing hard, the very fast and insanely hard sponge shows its true colors: You can get tons of speed and spin behind your powerloops.
These are the attributes that professional players like so much about the Dignics 09c.
In terms of weight, the Dignics 09c weighs in at 50 grams when cut to my Butterfly Fan Zhendong ALC.
Speaking of the Fan Zhendong ALC, I’d like to mention that the Dignics 09c is best suited for fast composite blades. I wouldn’t use this rubber on OFF- blades and below. It pairs best with OFF blades and above.
The Dignics 09c’s base speed isn’t very high, and it isn’t a bouncy rubber, even on my Fan Zhendong ALC.
When we say that the Dignics 09c is a very fast and dynamic rubber, we’re referring to the power you can get when looping. Looping at 80% power and above yields great results in terms of speed. However, if you don’t swing hard, the rubber is very tame and controllable.
Because of this moderate base speed, Butterfly states that “since Dignics 09C is very good at holding the ball, it will be a well-balanced racket when combined with an outer-ply artificial fiber blade that has a high reaction” (reaction meaning speed).
They recommend the Dignics 09c for fast, outer composite blades, and I agree with them.
I wouldn’t pair it with my Tibhar Stratus Power Wood (all wood OFF- blade), as it would suffer from a lack of base speed.
- Speed: High
- Spin: Very High
- Control: High
- Tackiness: Medium tacky
- ITTF Approved: Yes
- Sponge Thickness: 1.9mm or 2.1mm
Summary: Overpower opponents with serves, receives, loops, and counters with the ultimate hybrid rubber.
Playtesting the Butterfly Dignics 09c
The Dignics 09c is a truly special rubber, and we can feel it from the moment we start playing with it. Its high throw angle, its hardness, and its extreme grip make it a very fun rubber to use.
One feels compelled to swing harder and harder to get more speed and spin, and the safe, high arc this rubber produces makes you feel like you’re always in control.
It’s honestly quite difficult to miss wide from mistimings because of how much dwell time we have when looping. This is something that happens to me quite often with faster rubbers, but it never happens to me with the Dignics 09c.
I have exclusively used the Dignics 09c on my forehand side. I can see why professional players also use it on the backhand side, but I don’t think I’m at a level in which I can activate its very hard sponge enough to get speed on the backhand side.
I’d only recommend the Dignics 09c for the backhand side for very advanced players who can powerloop consistently on that wing. Otherwise, you won’t be able to produce as much speed as with bouncier rubbers that have more base speed.
Driving and looping
Once you start driving the ball with the Dignics 09c, you’ll notice the rubber’s moderate base speed. The Dignics 09c isn’t a fast rubber when driving. The tackiness of the topsheet plays a major role in the stroke because the sponge isn’t activated much in this type of shot.
When driving, the Dignics delivers a relatively neutral, very hard feel on the hand. The trademark high throw is also present on these forehand drives.
It is only when we start looping that we can understand why the Dignics 09c is such a special rubber.
The Dignics 09c is the best looping rubber in the world according to many of the best loopers in the world.
Fan Zhendong, Timo Boll, Tomokazu Harimoto, Kristian Karlsson, Marcos Freitas, Dimitrij Ovtacharov, and Dang Qiu are some of the best players in the world, and they are currently using the Dignics 09c.
Looping with the Dignics 09c is all about managing how much you brush the ball versus how much you hit into the sponge.
If you activate the sponge and hit through the ball more, the harder sponge is activated to a higher extent, resulting in tons of speed. If you graze the ball more, the spin of the tacky topsheet takes over.
This is not only applicable to the Dignics 09c, it is also the case with most other rubbers. The more you activate the sponge, the more power you get, and the more you graze the ball, the topsheet plays a bigger role.
The difference with the Dignics 09c is that this effect is taken to an extreme.
The sponge of the Dignics 09c is hard and fast like no other sponge, and the topsheet of the Dignics 09c is grippy and spinny like virtually no other topsheet.
This is why its maximum speed and spin values are so high.
However, if you graze the ball and you don’t activate the sponge that much, you get more of the dwell time of the tacky topsheet, instead of activating the fast sponge. This gives much more control when playing open-ups and spin shots.
It’s almost like you have two different rubbers in one. When opening up, when brush looping, and when counterlooping, you have the dwell time, the control, and the spín of Chinese rubbers.
When you powerloop and you hit through the sponge, you get the dynamism of European rubbers.
Here are some clips of myself looping for speed with the Dignics 09c in a recent league match:
In this video, we can see 2 of the key points we’ve talked about before:
1) That the Dignics 09c is actually very, very fast provided that you swing hard enough, and
2) That the Dignics 09c doesn’t play as hard as its 44-degree rating would indicate, given that with a non-professional swing speed, we can activate the sponge enough to get very fast shots.
Here are some clips of myself looping for spin with the Dignics 09c in tournament and league games:
In these clips we can see how simple it is to win points out of sheer spin when we utilize the grip of the Dignics 09c to our advantage.
The main downsides to the Dignics 09c when looping are 2:
1. To reap these benefits, you need a high swing speed.
Even though the sponge of the Dignics 09c plays softer than it is, it’s still very, very hard. In addition, its base speed is not very high so in order to activate its sponge to get high-speed loops you need a relatively high swing speed.
The same happens when opening up and when brush looping, in order to get the monstrous spin this rubber is able to generate, you need to swing fast enough.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to get the incredible speed and spin this rubber is able to generate, and you might be underwhelmed by the Dignics 09c.
2. It needs to be played actively.
Players using the Dignics 09c won’t be able to just flick their wrist and get good quality on their shots like you can with the Tenergy 05 and most fast European tensor rubbers. This is also why I can’t use it properly on the backhand side.
If you want to utilize the Dignics 09c to its fullest potential, you need to move and execute the weight transfer properly.
If you do all of this, I think that the Dignics 09c is a very forgiving rubber because of its high grip, its safe, high arc, and its moderate base speed.
Because of its arc, grip, and lack of bounciness, the Dignics 09c is ideal for opening up and counterlooping.
Open-ups are made very easy with this rubber, and they carry tons of spin. It is very easy to clear the net and the ball then dips down a lot more than with less grippy rubbers.
As for counterloops, the Dignics 09c is ideal because of its hardness, its arc, and its dwell time. You get a lot of time with the ball, a lot of safety over the net, and very good stability.
Playing away from the table requires a bit more effort but it’s great nonetheless. When you swing hard, you can get tons of speed and spin on the ball.
Another factor to keep in mind is that, when you’re at mid and long distances, you have a lot more time to set up your strokes.
Using this rubber, I find that I’m very comfortable looping at mid-distances since I have more time to set up a higher-quality loop, resulting in more speed and spin.
As for flat hitting, it’s more than good enough. Tacky rubbers are usually terrible at flat-hitting, but this isn’t the case with the Dignics 09c.
With the Dignics 09c, if you hit into the hard sponge and the blade, you’ll get more of them than you’ll get off the tacky topsheet.
Flat hitting with the Dignics 09c and the Fan Zhendong ALC is actually very good. I can just hit into the hardness of the rubber and the blade and get very good speed and stability.
Serve and receive
Serving and receiving are two of the differentiating attributes of the Dignics 09c. Lots of professional players are using it because of how easy it is to play out the short game.
Starting with the serves, though, it is excellent at generating spin. Serves carry a lot more spin than your average rubber.
In addition, it isn’t very bouncy and it has a medium tacky topsheet. It is the ideal rubber for serving because of its high grip and its high dwell time.
With the Dignics 09c, you can load serves with spin and place them wherever you want easily.
Active serve receives are great with the Dignics 09c. I liked forehand flicking with the Dignics as its hardness instills a very nice sense of confidence.
Passive serve receives with the Dignics 09c are better than with most other high-performance rubbers. It is a bit strange at first, but, when you get used to it, it’s one of the best rubbers in the market in terms of maximum speed compared with the ease of playing out the short game.
The Dignics 09c may be sensitive to incoming spins but its lack of bounciness makes every passive serve receive a lot easier.
Touching short with the Dignics 09c is superb once you get used to the topsheet and sponge combo.
I found that when my opponent served backspin and I didn’t activate the sponge enough, that is, I grazed the ball with low acceleration, the ball would fall into the net because the tacky topsheet absorbed the spin.
And, when I contacted the ball slightly too thickly, the sponge would get activated more and its high throw would show more, resulting in me popping up the ball.
Touching short is stranger than with other rubbers, but, when you get used to it, it’s definitely easier than with other offensive rubbers.
Pushing long is not an issue because I consistently use roughly the same swing speed and I already know how to angle the racket and how to hit the ball to get the result I want.
Blocking and chopping
Blocking with the Dignics 09c is quite good.
It isn’t as good as grippy rubbers because it’s slower and more spin-sensitive, but it’s actually very easy to control and fast enough to trouble opponents with active blocks. I think blocking with the Dignics 09c is quite underrated.
Its main strength when blocking is that it’s easier to control fast shots with this rubber than with most other high-performance rubbers. For that, the Dignics 09c is excellent.
As for chopping, the Dignics 09c is quite good. I don’t chop too often, but when I do, I’m able to put a lot of spin on the ball and control it properly.
You get quite a bit of dwell time with chopping and the grip is superb. I wouldn’t really recommend it to choppers but it’s a good rubber for chopping every so often if the situation arises.
Alternatives to the Butterfly Dignics 09c
Overall reflections on the Butterfly Dignics 09c
The Butterfly Dignics 09c is, in my opinion, the best rubber currently available because of its incredible design. It’s very hard to fathom how the Dignics 09c is one of the best rubbers for power looping and touching short at the same time.
In fact, the Dignics 09c is one of the best rubbers for looping, counterlooping, opening up, serving, and playing out the short game.
It’s one of the spinniest rubbers available, it has one of the highest maximum speeds you can find, it has tremendous control, more than adequate dwell time, and a safe, high arc.
I still find it hard to believe that Butterfly managed to combine all of these advantages into one single rubber.
The main disadvantages of the Dignics 09c are that it’s very, very expensive, it needs to be played actively, and it needs relatively high swing speeds to be utilized properly.
Hence, the Dignics 09c is the perfect choice on either wing for offensive players who have high enough swing speeds, play an active game, and can afford to pay for it.
Alvaro’s a qualified ITTF Level 1 Coach who's been playing Table Tennis since he was 15 and is now ranked within the top 50 in his native Argentina. He loves to compete in provincial tournaments and is always looking for ways to improve. Alvaro made his favorite memories with a racket in hand, and he joined the RacketInsight team to share his passion with other players!
Blade: Butterfly Fan Zhendong ALC | Forehand: Butterfly Dignics 09c | Backhand: Butterfly Tenergy 19
Playstyle: The Controller
Greeting from Brazil!
Appreciete very much all reviews. Please keep with the awesome work!
Can you help me with same advice? I’m a intermediary player learning table tennis with the dhs h3 neo unboosted(really like the spin and the control but find it very demanding to speed) then move to tibhar mx-s(get more than enough speed but lost a little control and some spin) now thinking about get the dignics 09c, can it be the dhs h3 with the little speed that I need?
Hello Lucas! Thanks for the nice words!
The Dignics 09c may very well be the Hurricane 3 with more speed that you’re looking for. Note that the Dignics 09c has a very high and pronounced throw angle when compared with the Hurricane 3’s flat and lowish angle. That’s probably the biggest difference I can find between them, other than the Dignics’ faster speed, of course.
Other alternatives you can try are the Yinhe Big Dipper which is closer to the H3 NEO and the Rakza Z.
Great review! I learned how to play with chinese technique and setup for a couple of years now, but 09c caught my eyes and I have a few questions. What do you think about this rubber compared to boosted national hurricane 3? If one has chinese-style looping technique, does 09c require great stroke adjustment? Also, what do you think if 09c is combined with inner carbon blade like innerforce or long 5?
Hello Erriza,
I’m sorry but I can’t quite answer your questions because we haven’t tried National Hurricane 3s yet, nor have we boosted them.
As for your other two questions: 1) you will very likely have to change your technique to be more forwards rather than upwards because of the Dignics’ high throw angle, you don’t need to brush upwards with the Dignics as you do need with the Hurricane. You will benefit from the high swing speed the Chinese style requires, though, if you do make the switch to Dignics’.
2) I think the Dignics 09c is best suited to fast blades, so I think it’d suit the Hurricane Long 5 better than the Innerforce ALC, but it should be fine with both of these.
Cheers,
Álvaro
2) I have a Dignics 09c on my innerforce ZLC. And it has sufficient speed too. As long as the blade has carbon layers, the speed and dynamics can be always be activated. I may be a bit slower on inner carbon blades, but miles better than on allwood blades.
Very good review.
I’m curious to know which rubber you prefer? And why?
Dignics 05 or Dignics 09c?
Cheers,
Dennis
Hello Dennis,
I prefer the Dignics 09c because it gives me more dwell time and a higher arc. That’s why I’ve been using it on my forehand.
From my experience, the Dignics 09c’s arc makes it a lot easier to get the ball on the table when opening up, counterlooping and just looping in general. I also really like how much spin I can get with it.
However, the Dignics 05 has two key advantages from my point of view: It’s much better at blocking and it’s also more durable.
Both are excellent rubbers and it’s down to personal preference which one you like better. I personally appreciate more of the high arc and dwell time of the D09c but you may like the D05’s lower throw, directness and blocking much better. Both are also superb looping rubbers, each in their own way.
We also have a D05 review if you want to check it out.
Cheers,
Álvaro
Hi Alvaro,
What is your thought about the set up:
Blade – Viscaria ALC
FH- Dignics 09C
BH – Dignics 05
I am planning to try the Dignics 80. Which side should I fit it in, FH or BH?
Thank you
Sounds great!
I’m using the D09c on a FZD ALC which is basically a Viscaria with a different handle and it pairs superbly. If you were to try the D80, I’d use it on the backhand side with the 09c on the forehand side, but it’s a great rubber for both forehand and backhand.
Cheers,
Álvaro
thanks for the advice…… and hope to see some more of your reviews….
Hi Alvaro,
You use frequently terms: grippy and tacky. What is the difference?
What do you think about using 09C on FH and Rakza Z on BH? I use TB ALC, or Zhang Like Super ZLC, or Garaydia ALC or 5000.
Thank you.
Mark
Hello Mark!
We’re about to publish an article to respond to your answer, I hope you like it!
Both rubbers are good pairings for all the blades you mentioned.
Cheers,
Álvaro
Hi Alvaro,
What are your thoughts on this setup (i’m intermediate level two wing looper and kind of struggle in the short game and receive)
Viscaria Super ALC
Dignics 09C FH
Dignics 80 BH
Been using Fastarc G1 FH and Fastarc P1 BH for a bit on the Vis SALC and I find it very suitable for my level, but want to experiment later on with Butterfly Rubbers since I can afford them
Hey Josh,
If you’ve been using Fastarc G-1 and Fastarc P-1, I wouldn’t see the reason to change them if you’re an intermediate level two winged looper. That setup is perfectly fine for improving.
If you want to experiment later on, I’d change one thing at a time and see how you like them. Tenergy 05 imo is a better version of Fastarc G-1, and Tenergy 19 may be a good improvement of Fastarc P-1. Dignics 80 and 09c are totally different from what you’re using so there’s no telling whether they’d be a good change or not without a lot more information.
Cheers,
Álvaro
Hi Alvaro,
Firstly, I like this website and your reviews, and it has helped me out a lot.
I consider myself an intermediate player trying to improve to my controller playstyle. I am currently using a Timo Boll ALC blade with Tenergy 05fx and Tibhar 5q. But these rubber are quite old, and I would like to change it to new rubbers.
I have also played with Rakza Z on a Stiga Allround classic and I like what a hybrid rubber like Rakza z has to offer for top spins and the short game.
So for my Timo boll ALC I would like to get the Dignics09c on my forehand and Dignics05 on my backhand and improve the quality of my offensive controller game. I find myself liking to block, try creative shots to change up the pace of the game and I am also trying to improve my open ups and consistency in looping. Should I go with the Dignics or should I start with Glayzer09c and Glayzer pairing instead? I’m not too worried about cost, but I’m worried that the Glayzer rubbers wont be strong enough to improve my offensive game against other players in my club.
I’d be very grateful for your advice, thanks
Hello Aditya,
Thanks for the nice words!
Dignics 09c on the forehand sounds like a nice idea, though Dignics 05 on the backhand will need a quite high swing speed to get the ball to go fast, as it’s an extremely hard rubber. It’s superb for blocking, but you’d probably miss some speed when looping. I’d probably go for a Rozena for example or the Tenergy 19 if you want something faster.
Cheers,
Álvaro
Hello. Is it better to place Glayzer 09c or Dignics 09c on FZD Super ALC for intermediate player (2 years active game in clubs)?
Right now I have Timo Boll ZLF and Dignics 05.
Hello Dima,
It depends, if you have a strong forehand you can go for the Dignics, otherwise the Glayzer could be the better choice. Intermediate player and 2 years is a relatively vague estimation, and the FZD Super ALC is a very fast blade, quite a bit faster than the one you have now.
I do not feel like I can recommend any of the two accurately enough for you especially because of the blade, I myself play with FZD ALC (regular) and I found it plenty fast with D09c.
Cheers,
Álvaro
Hi Álvaro,
Thanks for the detailed information you provided here. I am planning to change my forehand rubber; currently playing with Yasaka Rakza 9 on Sardius. As you mentioned, D09C matches well with high speed blades, but is this also true with old tech carbon blades like Sardius? Is it possible to benefit the D09C pros by pairing it with Sardius?
Bests,
Sohrab
Regarding my previous comment, I’m currently using Rakza 9 on Sardius for my forehand. I’m satisfied with this combination but I need to renew it since it’s pretty aged. I tried D09C on Super Viscaria ALC, comparing to mine, definitely lower speed but also lower errors when you put the right amount of effort and technique for your shots. I need to be really careful about every aspect of my shots to score when playing with my racket; but more easily I was able to score when using D09C on Super Viscaria ALC. The difference between the blades makes it hard to make a firm decision. So, I’m wondering how D09C will be like on Sardius and whether it really worth to pay double the price of Rakza 9 or not!
Hello Sohrab,
D09c will likely be too hard for that blade, especially since you’re coming from Rakza 9.
D09c is an extremely, extremely hard rubber and so is your blade, so the combination may end up being too hard.
Viscaria Super ALC is softer, flexier, and slower than Sardius, so it’s a better match.
For your blade, I’d recommend using medium-hard rubbers like the one you’re using now. I think Rakza 9 is probably a better fit for that blade than D09c.
Cheers,
Álvaro.