Official Durability Comparison of D05 and T05

[zeio]

Pics from the shop owners invited to the Butterfly Spring 2019 Fair.

 

[Ilia Minkin]

"The price of Tenergy is justified because it lasts longer" lol

 

[vik2000]

Are these two used by the same person and played in the same way?

 

[zeio]

These were put through mechanical testing by shooting balls at it repeatedly.

 

[The Champ]

So does D05 lasts longer than tenergy?

 

[Archyan]

So does D05 lasts longer than tenergy?

If you look at the pictures, I think it's pretty clear that Dignics lasts longer than TO5!

 

[Ilia Minkin]

Why is the spot on T05 much bigger than on Dignics?

 

[Dr Evil]

Why is the spot on T05 much bigger than on Dignics?

To simulate real play they probably shot balls at different locations on the rubber surface with the highest frequency at the sweet spot. More visible damage on T05 presumably reflects more total damage.

 

[Ilia Minkin]

To me it looks like they shot more balls with larger dispersion at T05.

 

[symbat]

To me it looks like they shot more balls with larger dispersion at T05.

No, I think the T05 just shows more wear. The wear spot is larger, hence it appears to be less durable. If the durability was the same, the wear spot would be the same.

 

[Ilia Minkin]

What makes you think they did a fair comparison?

 

[Dr Evil]

What makes you think they did a fair comparison?

It would be beyond foolish for them publish easily falsifiable data. For what it's worth, the few early reports I've heard suggest Dignics is in fact more durable than Tenergy.

 

[Tinykin]

This thread is basically saying that Dignics durability is about on par with Tenergy. That's good enough for me.
The Tenergy pair on my bat are about 2-3 yrs old. The ones on the spare are definitely on the end of life parade. But they are about 5yrs old.
However, I have a pair of T05H/T05 on order.

 

[yoass]

These were put through mechanical testing by shooting balls at it repeatedly.

Methodically, that would show relative wear, given the same number of identical hits — for the type of contact generated with one particular angle, spin, speed, ball. Different types of feed, different contact angles and different balls can be expected to fit the pattern, but that’s no absolute certainty.

So this testing method is insightful, but within its limit.

Furthermore, a sample size of one counts as anecdotal. Significant measurements require a large sample size.

 

[BiGuang]

What blade are those

 

[The Champ]

butterfly kenta matsudaira alc

 

[vik2000]

I'd rather just wait until hundreds people start reporting their findings with D05 vs. T05.

 

[Tinykin]

I'd rather just wait until hundreds people start reporting their findings with D05 vs. T05.

Yep, that's the most sensible thing to do.

 

[zeio]

Methodically, that would show relative wear, given the same number of identical hits — for the type of contact generated with one particular angle, spin, speed, ball. Different types of feed, different contact angles and different balls can be expected to fit the pattern, but that’s no absolute certainty.

So this testing method is insightful, but within its limit.

Furthermore, a sample size of one counts as anecdotal. Significant measurements require a large sample size.

Will this help?

BTW, pix from another shop owner.

 

[igorponger]

Butterfly would import raw rubber material from Vietnam heveya plantation, in large. And traded complete items to Vietnam at discount. It is global economical cooperation of today's