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I used this rubber in version 2.0 ( I think) on my forehand with the blade Timo Boll ZLC
The rubber is similar to the popular tibhar mx-p and I would go on to say that it is basically the same rubber with a different brand name on it. However, the feel of the rubber is slightly softer.
The rubber generates good quality spin on loops close and far away from the table. Looping from mid-distance feels very good as the rubber produces good amounts of spin while being able to hit the ball safely over the net onto the opponents side of the table. You can both use safety loops and some chaotic loops where you try to out power your opponent, this rubber can do it all. Yes, you can even chop with it from off the table!
Open-ups off a backspin ball also feel very safe and large amounts of spin can be produced with this rubber. The amount of spin does not reach chinese rubber level like the DHS Hurricane series but it has a decent level for a tensor rubber.
On a more serious note, I seriously recommend this rubber for players ranging from intermediate to proffesional levels.
Mat

It's getting close to 10 years since Tenergy was first available. Does that mean it's outdated? Certainly not!

I had a chance to play with a friend's setup using T05, and I had not touched T05 in years. It was as if those years had never existed! The great thing about classics like Sriver, H3, or T05 is that you can just pick it up, gets out of your way, and just lets you play! It allows you do everything well. I don't really understand what people mean by "beginner rubber" or "advanced rubber". Training grounds like ICC are filled with beginning children using T05. Rubber is either bad, average, or good. T05 is good rubber, and if you can afford to use it, you definitely should!

*update: I had to get my own sheet and play with it longer term. It's interesting that my old perspective of it being a fast rubber is no longer true. Back then it felt much faster when spring sponge was something new in the market, but with the experience of the latest that's out there, T05 is actually more of a control rubber in my mind now. In comparison to MX-P, T05 has more control with the short game. T05 conveys more feel from the blade.

I have 1 year using Evolutiom EL-P is a product of excellent quality, at first I had my doubts, because I come to use TENERGY 05 in the Backhand. And the truth I do not regret at all.
SPIN: A lot especially in the type of technique, is perceived as the ball accelerates on the court opposing putting very difficult opponent to return the ball
BLOCK: Wonderful, control comes out this time, you can place the ball where you want taking care of the angle of the racquet, you can make passive blocks or punch blocks very easily.
SPEED: it seems to me a quick rubber maybe a little less than TENERGY 05
Topspin: As much SPIN comment before puts everything depends on the technique, I am using the backhand and I have good wrist movement and feel that thanks to the mixture control with SPiN my attacks have greatly improved. You want to make a soft attack with much spin or a strong attack or Smash. with this rubber you will not have any problem with that.
CONTROL: This section rubber seemed to me better than TENERGY 05 and the 64 to the speed and spin that is, control is high, very high.
SERVES: As I said before the rubber has a lot SPIN, but sometimes I feel that it is very bouncy in Serves, one thing is certain they are going to spin a lot.
THROW ANGLE: At the beginning i think it was more medium but adjusting the tecnique i agree that is medium ti high.

A rubber highly recommended good speed, excellent control, precise blocks, attacks with much spin, spin in Serves much. and especially all for a great price

It is a rubber that has enough to offer, does not really have any grip, but the structure of the pimples allow to do loops and topspin with good rotation. To have nothing tacky is very insensitive to the spin so the reception is quite easy when making flicks with the backhand. Usually I use Tenergy 05 but this rubber has been on offer, the angle is medium and sometimes medium high depending on the strength of the loop or the topspin, in flat strokes if you do not measure well it most likely ends on the net. To block is a wonder both passive and surprise, to counterattack I like a lot because they come out balls with good rotation and good speed, never and never as a tenergy or as an evolution but leaves a good experience. It is average in services everything depends on the technique. I liked it more for the forehand than for the backhand. Before I used a Tenergy 05 they do not compare at all, but for the price I can not fault it. Now to see how it performs after 1 month of use. I recommend it to intermediate players or beginner players in development.

I replaced my Instinct shoes which were great in all other aspects except durability with Instinct 2´s. What a mistake that was. Instinct 2´s are comfortable to wear but has no grip what so ever and are quite heavy as well. I have soft spot for Stiga so it does hurt a bit to say that to me these shoes are just unplayable.

I'm an intermediate player, sriver is excellent ! After testing tenergy and others last generation rubber, I finally ends up with sriver ! Good allround rubber, not as fast or spinny like tensor rubber but has more control, more dwell Time, more controlled shots, less bounciness than tensor ! You have to put your own power to generate the speed and spin, which is good to develop your strengh and techniques.
No boost and speed glue needed.
I pair it with a allround+ blade and I can still play powerful shot far from table

After using the rozena, I saw blocking was very easy. The downside was the rubber did not produce enough speed and spin that i normally am used too. I would recommend this rubber to beginners who love butterfly and are not used to the high speed and spins of the game to help develop their game. Overall, a decent rubber for $50 from butterfly.

Some impressions from playing 3 hours with Rozena today, glued on a BTY Innferforce ALC.S:


- Spin generation is definitely below Tenergy 05 and 80. I'd say its about on-par with the 64. It generates less spin than EL-S and MX-P. I'd even go and say it generates less than a Karis M.
- Speed is about 20% slower than a Tenergy 05; speed is again very similar to the Karis M, maybe a tad quicker.
- The arc of the shot is significantly lower than the one of the 05. I'd say its in-between the 80 and 64. (close to 80)
- The rubber is very easy to play. Pretty tolerant to incoming spin
- Rubber is significantly easier to handle in passive play than the Tenergy's, about the same level of a Karis M.
- Rozena is less bouncy than Tenergys
- Category-Wise I'd put it on OFF-


I think $50 for Rozena is OK. Yes, it can always be cheaper but its certainly a high quality rubber that is very suited to developing players and people with a less than stellar technique that don't practice often. Is it cheap? No, but other high quality material such as the Karis are also in the same price bracket.

more suited as a backhand rubber rather than a forehand rubber. this is more suited for players who are still developing their game and also for all around type of play where every stroke counts a a point earning stroke liek push chops and flicks. advanced players can use this more as a backhand rubber and just stick to Tenergy 05. Spin is much less compared to Tenergy 05 or MX-P.

This rubber has good balance between speed and spin. It is not very fast but fast enough. Can lift heavy underspin balls with no problem. Playing it on cornilleau aero off+ soft carbon. The short game is also very good. For the price you can get those rubbers today (under 30$) it is no brainer. Can recommend also the Xiom Euro and Pro rubbers (slower+softer and faster+harder) - good rubbers for intermediate level players.

From all the plastic balls I tried so far (except the new DHS) this is the best I came up. It has the best balance between hardness, durability and roundness.
Also the quality of the balls is good, not many "eggs". Can't go wrong with this.

Like this blade very much. I have the WRB handle but the older model. Very good touch for the ball. Speed is also enough if you are playing faster hard or medium hard rubbers, and playing lower level league. The flared handle is perfect.

This ball is the most similar to the old celluloid balls. It is very slightly heavier/slower, but not significantly different. Out of all the plastic balls, it has the best quality control and is the most durable, although it does break more often than the old balls. Overall, there are no other 40+ balls that compare to this one in terms of quality.

This blade is excellent and provides superb feeling. I switched to this from the Timo Boll ZLF and love the wood/vibration feeling. You can really feel the "click" and "pop" of the ball from each stroke. It is fairly fast but also provides good control for short game and blocking

Excellent rubber for the price. I really like rubbers with a loud "click" sound that resembles the old speed glue feeling, so if you are looking for something like that, this rubber does the job. You get a nice speed glue effect with good speed and spin. This reminds me of the bluefire m2, except with more spin. However, it is not too great for blocking - it's pretty sensitive to topspin, so you have to compensate well and get perfect timing. The quality is decent - it plays perfectly for 1-3 months depending on how much you play, and can withold up to 6-7 months and still perform at a decent level.

I bought this blade recently to compare with my current Viscaria blade hoping for a replacement. I'm using boosted Battle II 39 and 38 Pro version. In general I'm very happy with my Viscaria blade and the only reason of thinking about another blade was the forehand. I have found that Viscaria is perfect for backhand but not as good for the forehand as my strength is forehand attack. So this is my conclusion after 1 hour of practice with Yasaka Alnade with the same rubbers as mentioned above:

Alnade is a sophisticated blade and made for professional players, well I'm not a pro player now, but many years ago.
Weight about 87 grams and produces higher pitch sound than Viscaria. It means that this blade is much harder. On loops, the ball travels lower and a bit longer. It was a disappointment in the first couple of minutes because I hoped to have a softer and higher throw blade. The blade is definitely faster than Viscaria and after a while I found Viscaria very slow.
Surprisingly Alnade was so stable and accurate you hardly miss any shot. I'm happy that my forehand loops became stronger and more accurate, although the high pitch was a negative point for me.
On the backhand, I should confirm that Viscaria is slightly better.
Loop against backspin, I can say that you will get the same results, although Alnade seems to produce sharper and faster loops with both forehand and backhand.
Serves with Alnade is much better. You can produce short and accurate serves with ease.
Blocking is again another advantage in comparison to Viscaria, but I should mention that I'm not a blocker. I just feel that my blocks were effortless with Alnade.

Negative points:
The blade needs sealing, so I can admit that Viscaria has a better quality. The sharp edge near the handle needs some treatment. In general, Viscaria has a better handle in my opinion. Alnade has a slightly thiner handle, so it was not very comfortable for me.
The harder feeling and higher pitch was a minus for me as I preferred something softer.

In overall, I preferred to try Alnade for a while until the final conclusion. In general, I think Alnade is a wild blade and although has some negative aspects, like comfort, but I was impressed by its accuracy.

I will post more about this blade soon.

Butterfly Rozena (44.9€) (21/04/17)
Cheaper than Tenergy, but more expensive than most other tensor rubbers (with some "price reduction" in France for exemple)

Speed : it is fast (isn't for beginner at all !) little bit faster than t05fx
Spin : the spin is good but not like t05/t05fx which is spinner (more speed than 05fx but less spin because of the speed)
Control : good control, 35 degree is great, the ball is fast and spinny but is "linear", it doesnt make any weird trajectory
Weight : between t05fx and t80
Hardness : between t05fx and t80, it has a harder sponge than 05fx but a more elastic topsheet than 05fx like a 80 but the overall is quite the same
throw angle : medium/medium high (lower than t05/t05fx like the 80/80fx
durability : seems to be good like tenergy

special points : good for counter topspin because of a softer sponge like t05fx, also good for blocking

Conclusion : very good rubber ! Like a mini tenergy but with lower price ! Not for beginner, it isn't so forgiving

This ball is fast,round,but not much spin.I would say it is soft if you hit the ball with an edge it does not crack it becomes not round witch some kind of dent

Waldner Dicon is all wood blade bud faster than Promorac OFF- or Stiga offensive classic.This wood has good feeling better than carbon blades a little bit slower.

The Butterfly Hadraw blade, is a great blade for youth elite players, ranked just under top 3 national. It has great control and good speed, and its great wwith rubber with spin, creating a great balance between spin and speed