Dignics needs break-in?

[ben1229]

D09C,D05, D64, D80, these will getting the best performance after 10-15 hours play, so call break-in, or in other word, massage the sponge.

 

[ttmonster]

I have a friend (2200) who thinks that the rubber gets spinnier with use and practice. Just pointing out an alternative perspective.

tbh I felt it was more practice … the use part may be I will be able to tell if i switch to new rubbers next time … until then ..

 

[Dr Evil]

I like Dignics straight out of the package. If I had a free supply of 09c I'd use new sheets after 5-10 hours. For D05 would probably be more like 15-20 hours. Purely subjective of course.

 

[kingkimchi]

Maybe the difference is the hardness. Dignics is harder so it needs a little more activation to come alive.

You could also try boosting it a little

I would say no to boosting dignics. In my previous experience, the pimples on the dignics enlarge (kinda like hammond z2) and the topsheet cracks easily. Ofc the quality might improve by a bit, but I wouldn't risk the durability of such an expensive rubber for a bit more spin and speed that can be generated by yourself( which is the point of dignics, really). If you want an automated rubber for amazing speed and spin, get tenergy lmao.

 

[speaquinox]

I do believe it will feel better after more hours. It happens with most rubbers, some more, some less signficant. We can call it break in or adaptation of the player. My Glayzer plays faster, spinnier and more lively after couple of weeks. With Tenergy this was almost non existant. Since Dignics is the new Bty top tier rubber, I expected it would be similiar to Tenergy in this regard.