Short review of Glayzer 09c

[John_]

There is no such thing, like best for everyone. This is not top end rubber, but it’s good if you like to spin everything you can. If you came from springy tensors, that doing half of the work for you - then it’s not gonna suit you. My all time forehand favourite is d09c, but I put two g09c on a Revoldia and its pretty good combination, I could say. Spin levels is high, if you put body into shot, you can hear a clicking sound - and ball speed is also became acceptable for a straight winners. There are plenty of faster rubbers, but g09c doing it work pretty well, it’s not even supposed to be the best - it is okay if you like to brush and spin

I've played with hurricane, Tenergy, rozena, baracuda and everything in between. Glazer didn't do it for me.

 

[SleepyMaster]

I've played with hurricane, Tenergy, rozena, baracuda and everything in between. Glazer sucks.

tenergy, rozena, barracuda - i see why you didn’t like it

 

[Lazer]

The only thing that's wrong with Glazer and G09C is the dull feel. Its a great stepping stone towards Dignics...
If You (like me) don't want the speed of Dignics then Glazer is a good option. However I am currently leaning more towards boosted H3.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[SleepyMaster]

The only thing that's wrong with Glazer and G09C is the dull feel. Its a great stepping stone towards Dignics...
If You (like me) don't want the speed of Dignics then Glazer is a good option. However I am currently leaning more towards boosted H3.

Cheers
L-zr

Yeah, this is a downside, top end rubbers gives much more feedback and better in gentle short strokes, moments when this feedback became very important. But it’s not a top rubber so it’s okay 👌🏻

 

[John_]

tenergy, rozena, barracuda - i see why you didn’t like it

09c I did like. But for less price hurricane 3 is vastly superior, and for me easier to use and control. Glazer on the other hand was horrible.

 

[JJ Ng]

I don't like Glayzer 09c at all. I have two sheets and they are not attached to any blades. I mean, yeah, I would even pick Hurricane 3 commercial orange sponge which is not very tacky anymore but you can get a sheet under $20 with bulk buying discount over Glayzer 09c. I think it is the price that turns people off.

I have played with my clubmates' Glayzer regular. I like it on my backhand. But again I would not buy it because for $47 a sheet, I can buy an equally good ESN rubber such as C-1 in the $30 range. For example, C-1 is on the weekly discount list for $31.21 at TT11 right now. I would buy that.

On the other hand, Rozena I actually like. And for $34-$35, I think it is worth it. Rozena also lasts forever!

I personally like Rozena over Tenergy regular and Tenergy fx series. The latter is just too bouncy for me. Come to think about it, Rozena is the only rubber from Butterfly I would use. My table tennis fix can be satisfied by hurricane and a bunch of various ESN rubbers just fine.

 

[John_]

I don't like Glayzer 09c at all. I have two sheets and they are not attached to any blades. I mean, yeah, I would even pick Hurricane 3 commercial orange sponge which is not very tacky anymore but you can get a sheet under $20 with bulk buying discount over Glayzer 09c. I think it is the price that turns people off.

I have played with my clubmates' Glayzer regular. I like it on my backhand. But again I would not buy it because for $47 a sheet, I can buy an equally good ESN rubber such as C-1 in the $30 range. For example, C-1 is on the weekly discount list for $31.21 at TT11 right now. I would buy that.

On the other hand, Rozena I actually like. And for $34-$35, I think it is worth it. Rozena also lasts forever!

I personally like Rozena over Tenergy regular and Tenergy fx series. The latter is just too bouncy for me. Come to think about it, Rozena is the only rubber from Butterfly I would use. My table tennis fix can be satisfied by hurricane and a bunch of various ESN rubbers just fine.

I agree with rozena, I love it and has good control. I prefer tenergy 05 and 05fx over it but it's just preference.

But for the price of a rozena or glayzer you can just buy a better esn rubber.

To me glayzer feels like a cheap old rubber and 09c is just a yinhe jupiter without the speed and effectiveness.

 

[_ak]

Tried it on Tibhar BS1 blade. During the 1st session it was rather slow, a finishing smash required quite considerable effort.
The same day received Seamoon booster so I got tempted and put 2 layers on it, cut weight is 51g with glue residue, 2 layers of booster and a glue layer on top, dry weight should be around 47g.

Booster was a game changer, it's still not super fast but fast enough. The throw is high, required some adjustments in loop-driving and blocks after BD 38d. But it gave something else in return like much more confident loops over the table and quite aggressive FH flicks.

It's still not a speed monster and not for "the tackier the better" folk. It has tons of dwell with ball sinking deep into the rubber, the feel is a bit muted indeed. Perhaps it would feel better on a harder blade.

Not everyone will like but it definitely doesn't deserve all the trash talk overhere.

 

[SleepyMaster]

Tried it on Tibhar BS1 blade. During the 1st session it was rather slow, a finishing smash required quite considerable effort.
The same day received Seamoon booster so I got tempted and put 2 layers on it, cut weight is 51g with glue residue, 2 layers of booster and a glue layer on top, dry weight should be around 47g.

Booster was a game changer, it's still not super fast but fast enough. The throw is high, required some adjustments in loop-driving and blocks after BD 38d. But it gave something else in return like much more confident loops over the table and quite aggressive FH flicks.

It's still not a speed monster and not for "the tackier the better" folk. It has tons of dwell with ball sinking deep into the rubber, the feel is a bit muted indeed. Perhaps it would feel better on a harder blade.

Not everyone will like but it definitely doesn't deserve all the trash talk overhere.

There is no point to trash talk it, if you have technique than even with any of Glayzer you can play at advanced level. Most people (amateurs) don’t even get to that level.
Of course high end rubbers are better - but they are cost x2 more. Glayzer 09c is about pretty same price and range of gears as rakza z - and many people are praising it instead of trash talking

 

[Ioannis]

I believe the feeling and properties Glayzer 09c give depends primarily on the blade somebody uses.
I personally play with very fast blades like Garaydia ZLC and Donic Crest Off and loved playing with Dignics series, mostly with Dignics 09c. While forehand play was pretty good, I did lack control on my backhand. I had also tried hurricane 3, but did not like the feeling.
Then I tried Glayzer 09c and the first feeling was that it is nothing special. It did not excel in any aspect, however as a package it did great work. I gained consistency especially in blocking and after some sessions was able to spin really good as well.
After couple of years, I still use Dignics 09c on my forehand, even with some lack of control, however it is a huge weapon. On backhand though, I find Glayzer 09c as a perfect solution. Not too bouncy, very spinny, easier in short game, but still very fast, due to fast blade

 

[John_]

Tried it on Tibhar BS1 blade. During the 1st session it was rather slow, a finishing smash required quite considerable effort.
The same day received Seamoon booster so I got tempted and put 2 layers on it, cut weight is 51g with glue residue, 2 layers of booster and a glue layer on top, dry weight should be around 47g.

Booster was a game changer, it's still not super fast but fast enough. The throw is high, required some adjustments in loop-driving and blocks after BD 38d. But it gave something else in return like much more confident loops over the table and quite aggressive FH flicks.

It's still not a speed monster and not for "the tackier the better" folk. It has tons of dwell with ball sinking deep into the rubber, the feel is a bit muted indeed. Perhaps it would feel better on a harder blade.

Not everyone will like but it definitely doesn't deserve all the trash talk overhere.

If I want to boost a rubber I'll get a hurricane 3. Not a so called hybrid. That's what the hybrids are supposed to save you from, the need for boosting. It's useless then. Hurricane 3 becomes a beast with booster foe half the price. Much faster, much spinnier and more effective to use.

 

[_ak]

If I want to boost a rubber I'll get a hurricane 3. Not a so called hybrid. That's what the hybrids are supposed to save you from, the need for boosting. It's useless then. Hurricane 3 becomes a beast with booster foe half the price. Much faster, much spinnier and more effective to use.

If you wanted a faster hybrid, you should have bought one. Instead you got a budget one and can't stop whining, especially when someone dares to express a different opinion.

It's especially funny that you've been warned in two different topics

 

[John_]

If you wanted a faster hybrid, you should have bought one. Instead you got a budget one and can't stop whining, especially when someone dares to express a different opinion.

It's especially funny that you've been warned in two different topics

Grow up, jupiter 2 is better.

 

[SleepyMaster]

Grow up, jupiter 2 is better.

There is no such thing as “better” for everyone, you can only speak for yourself. You don’t like hybrids, we get it. You like to boost everything, of course you will not like rubber that requires more physical effort to gain speed from it.

Just don’t use it, instead of continuously repeating that it is bad - because there is a lot of players that will outplay you with any of glayzer or any other rubber from your “very bad” list, and your favourite “better” rubber won’t help you

 

[SleepyMaster]

I used to play unboosted 41° hurricane 3. I'm just fine with these rubbers. Having that said, glayzer is a piece of shit, and jupiter 2/3 are simply made to higher standards, speed/spin and react even better to boosting while costing 1/3rd of the price.

I can tell something like - Jupiter 2/3 is a piece of shit, I don’t care how good it reacting to boosting, bc I don’t want to buy some aliexpress crap, then stink my home with a booster, to achieve some “higher standards” even if it worth 1/3rd of the price - change my mind 😁

But joke aside, you can have your opinion about anything mate, that’s what for this forum is about 😌

 

[John_]

I can tell something like - Jupiter 2/3 is a piece of shit, I don’t care how good it reacting to boosting, bc I don’t want to buy some aliexpress crap, then stink my home with a booster, to achieve some “higher standards” even if it worth 1/3rd of the price - change my mind 😁

But joke aside, you can have your opinion about anything mate, that’s what for this forum is about 😌

It's objective, jupiter is a good rubber. fast and spinny. it's 15 bucks. Glayzer feels much better, but is slow, and almost non tacky, at 45 bucks...

 

[SleepyMaster]

It's objective, jupiter is a good rubber. fast and spinny. it's 15 bucks. Glayzer feels much better, but is slow af, and almost non tacky, at 45 bucks...

it can be better for you - for me personally it can be the opposite, and i dont care how much it cost really, its just a peace of a rubber

 

[Cordell]

There's like a billion different kinds of rubbers out there, some might like the G09C, some don't and prefer something else. Looking at other comments in this thread I have the feeling it does induce mixed feelings, but it is one of many - the only thing that matters is to find the right setup before going bankrupt EJing... I am annoyed that the local TT equipment site doesn't offer volume discounts for Butterfly products, but the sole Glayzer 09C review on it does say that with "a single layer of Falco" it becomes pretty good for... I think they mean the backhand when they said "left side of the table". And it seems about right with what some here have said too that it does become quicker if needed.

Edit: I forgot to make a point. I mean it's counter-productive to spend so long just spitefully bashing on what is simply a floppy piece of rubber with a sponge glued underneath in spite of others claiming the contrary when there's others to try out and have fun with.

 

[_ak]

It's objective, jupiter is a good rubber. fast and spinny. it's 15 bucks. Glayzer feels much better, but is slow af, and almost non tacky, at 45 bucks...

Lol, sounds better than modern H3 Prov slow and almost not tacky at 45 bucks with a tendency to bubble.

 

[John_]

it can be better for you - for me personally it can be the opposite, and i dont care how much it cost really, its just a peace of a rubber

For me it's expensive, I can't justify it for it's performance.