What's your backhand style/ability?
Where about's in the UK do you play (any leagues?)
OK, assuming you are who I think you are (have you gained 338 points on TT365 in your league this year?), you look to have been playing really well!
What don't you like about your current set up (or what would you like to do more of), because it seems to be pretty successful for you so far?
So, T05 is what I use for now, and it's fantastic if you are feeling confident and have quality strokes (love the spin it produces).
The downside to it is that it's very bouncy, so the short game is harder, and it's easier to pop up some balls for the opposition to get in on.
I'd avoid 05FX personally - It's too soft.
I'm going to try Dignics 05 on my backhand soon. From what I've seen it's a little grippier than T05, similar sort of speed, but with the throw angle coming off a little lower, some of the spin can be deceptive.
T05 looks like a spinny rubber - The shots have an obvious loopy arc (as you probably know from your forehand).
D05 looks to be a bit more deceptive.
I don't think you can go wrong with either, but my recommendation would be to try it out at your next practice session - Just flip your bat and play T05 on the backhand for 30 mins or so, and see how it feels!
Afraid not.
Even though I'm a bit of a sucker for new stuff..... I'm not sure anything has really challenged T05 as an overall attacking rubber.
Especially at our level (top divisions of local league).
Yep thanks looks like I might skip Dignics but not sure I'll probably still try it, but I think I'll like T19 better, I'll probs go T05 both sides or T19 on backhand and T05 on Forehand
OK, so I've had a bit of a play with Dignics 05 tonight.
Initial impression was a little.... Underwhelming. The throw angle is *much* lower than T05, and it didn't feel particularly special at all.
I'd put my bat out to block on the backhand, and the ball would be put in the bottom of the net, where T05 would rebound nicely, with little effort.
However.... The more I played with it, the more I realised that whilst it might look mundane, Dignics 05 is a bit of a beast.
Backhand flicks (especially off serve).... Wonderful. You can hit them very hard, and the direct trajectory of Dignics 05 gives you more room for error over T05.
Spin..... Deceptive as hell! It doesn't look like you are getting much on it (where as T05 is very obviously spinny), which causes more errors from the opposition.
They'll go to block what looks like a relatively average topspin backhand (not much of an arc), and it'll get blocked long.
Punches are also very direct, with much more control than T05.
It'll take a little time to get used to it, especially on those reaction block type shots that I now need to remember to almost play a counter, rather than just a block....... But I think the ceiling is higher.
I still think T05 is better for easy spin production and comfort - You can absolutely rip them with T05 with relatively little effort, whereas Dignics requires you to play a bit of a better shot.
They are more different than I thought they'd be though - It will take a little bit of time playing with Dignics 05 on the backhand to be really used to it.
T05 is easy to use and bouncy, rubber does a lot of the work for you. d05 requires good technique but you will get way more out of it especially the spin. D80 is a very good choice, not as popular as D05 pretty much like T80 which isn’t as widely used at T05. The 05 versions seem to be more popular but I have used D05 and have been using D80 for over 1.5 yrs and I love it. The top sheet is little softer than D05 which makes it easier to use, little softer feeling, it’s great for punch and blocking. Lower arc than D05, and it produces monsterous spin like D05 except it’s easier.
