Tenergy 05 (Butterfly)

This is the first rubber to feature Butterfly’s new “Spring Sponge”. Spring Sponge feels hard yet its new technology allows it to hold the ball on the racket longer. Tenergy 05 combines this new explosive sponge with a new tensioned top-sheet with maximum surface grip.

The result is a rubber that produces massive amounts of spin on serves and topspin drives. Tenergy is also the fastest most explosive rubber in our line all without the use of any speed-glues or tuning. Tenergy will keep its speed throughout the life of the rubber without need for any special treatments. Finally a rubber that will make you feel like you are playing in the days of the 38 mm ball again!

Speed: 130
Spin: 115
Density: 36
Reglue Effect: Medium

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Average user rating from: 18 users

Overall rating		4.1
Speed (18 ratings)		4.5
General spin (18 ratings)		4.4
Mechanical spin (16 ratings)		4.4
Topsheet spin (16 ratings)		4.6
Sponge hardness (18 ratings)		4.0
Topsheet hardness (17 ratings)		4.0
High throw angle (17 ratings)		4.3
Weight (17 ratings)		4.0
Reglue effect (5 ratings)		3.2
Speed glue effect: feel (9 ratings)		3.8
Speed glue effect: sound (9 ratings)		3.3
Control (17 ratings)		3.6
Durability (15 ratings)		4.0
Serve (16 ratings)		4.4
Short game (15 ratings)		4.2
Flip (Flick) (16 ratings)		4.3
Over the table loop (17 ratings)		4.3
High arc loop (17 ratings)		4.2
Counterloop (17 ratings)		4.4
Smash (17 ratings)		4.3
Block (16 ratings)		4.3
Chop (16 ratings)		2.9
Value for money (18 ratings)		3.9

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Friday, 19 September 2008

Written by jonyer1980 - Top 10 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating		4.3
Speed		4.0
General spin		4.5
Mechanical spin		4.5
Topsheet spin		5.0
Sponge hardness		4.0
Topsheet hardness		3.5
High throw angle		4.0
Weight		5.0
Control		4.0
Durability		4.0
Serve		5.0
Short game		5.0
Flip (Flick)		4.5
Over the table loop		4.5
High arc loop		2.0
Counterloop		4.0
Smash		4.5
Block		5.0
Chop		4.0
Value for money		4.5

One of the latests best rubbers by butterfly. It´s spring sponge is quite hard, and control and spin are great. It´s feeling is more alike than best chinese rubbers, but Tenergy isn´t not Tacky, just very grippy. It´s best characteristics are durable, and superb for short game, blocks, chops, services and returns, but isn´t slow at all. However, It´s not as fast as others brands rubbers with "built in speed glue effect" but it has a better balance, and much more control. Don´t think this is Commom chinese rubber by BTY, it´s an alive rubber that doesn´t neeed to be reglue.
The weak points are that it isn´t affordable at all, extremely expensive for a TT rubber and also weights really much.

For me, the best Butterfly rubber for the glue-ban era.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

Friday, 19 September 2008

Written by Schlager - Top 50 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating		4.4
Speed		5.0
General spin		4.5
Mechanical spin		4.5
Topsheet spin		4.5
Sponge hardness		4.0
Topsheet hardness		4.0
High throw angle		5.0
Weight		3.5
Speed glue effect: feel		5.0
Speed glue effect: sound		4.0
Control		3.5
Durability		4.5
Serve		4.0
Short game		4.0
Flip (Flick)		4.0
Over the table loop		4.5
High arc loop		5.0
Counterloop		4.5
Smash		4.0
Block		4.5
Chop		5.0
Value for money		5.0

Finally! I answer to all my praiers considering a rubber that actually felt like it was glued, without being soft and mushy like he...y! It also has spin! That's not usual for rubbers with built in speed glue effect. It has a strange sponge, it feels hard in the short game, but softens up when you put more power into a shot (like looping). Good sound, actually really great glue feel (it's not like glued up mambo, which explodes like a firecracker, but it actually feels like a glued up hard rubber) and really spinny when needed. It's a little fast when it's brand new (I play it on a Maze OFF) but it slows down after a couple of days, and plays great! I'm struggling a bit with getting the spin I want on serves, but it pushes and loops great! I had to adjust to blocking with it, it was very springy, and had a very high throw compared to glued Bryce, but after a while it went smooth. Now I can't wait to try out the Tenergy 25 which should come to my house in about a week!

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful

Friday, 19 September 2008

Written by dalamchops - Top 5 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating		3.8
Speed		4.5
General spin		5.0
Mechanical spin		4.5
Topsheet spin		5.0
Sponge hardness		4.0
Topsheet hardness		4.0
High throw angle		4.5
Weight		4.5
Speed glue effect: feel		4.0
Speed glue effect: sound		3.0
Control		4.0
Durability		3.5
Serve		4.5
Short game		3.5
Flip (Flick)		4.0
Over the table loop		4.0
High arc loop		3.0
Counterloop		2.5
Smash		4.5
Block		3.0
Chop		2.5
Value for money		3.5

Since the release of Tenergy in April, I have used over 6 different sheets of Tenergy 2.1. As usual from Butterfly, the quality of the product is very high.

The topsheet is VERY grippy, probably the spiniest non Chinese top sheet I have ever used. I was hooked onto this rubber with my first hit. This is truly a one of a kind rubber, during a loop, the ball sinks in very nicely into the sponge and catapults it back with massive amounts of spin and plentiful speed.

The rubber has a very high throw angle, making it very easy to loop kill underspin balls, but that also increases the difficulty in counterlooping.

This rubber costs $65 retail in the US, but it is worth every cent, it is much more durable compared to the $45 tensors. This IS the ultimate glue substitute (so far).

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