Rumour new Butterfly flagship rubber

[Wakkibatty]

...maybe you can play around with some letters 🤣

Oh I've done that on occasion too

For ages, I considered using names like The Gornwâkkit, or The Dunmèsset for my blades but so far I've chickened out (NB: To get the joke, you need to say these names with a thick rural Australian accent, while stressing the hard 'a', or soft 'e' respectively).

In tribute to a childhood hero of mine (i.e.: The Swedish Chef from The Muppets) I even seriously considered calling one of my blades the Wakkibat Erekömdersmäkken, but I wasn't sure if the intended joke would play well overseas.

(...it worked pretty well in the opening credits of Monty Python & The Holy Grail though, so maybe it would be okay after all )

 

[Wakkibatty]

It sounds much like 'bugger.' Get ready, my precious.

©The Bugger-- I'm coming near

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Oh that brings back memories...

Ads were so much better in the 90's

 

[zeio]

For the record, Zeed 03 first appeared in the 7/2024 LARC.

1/2024
https://www.hktta.org.hk/referee/pdf/LARC_2024A_1-1-2024-31-3-2024.pdf
4/2024
https://www.hktta.org.hk/referee/pdf/Equipment_RacketCovering_6May2024_133.pdf
7/2024
https://www.hktta.org.hk/referee/pdf/Equipment_RacketCovering_6August2024_131.pdf
10/2024
https://www.httv.de/media/000/Schie...TTF/Equipment_RacketCovering_2October2024.pdf

Meeting demand list grows, now published quarterly
https://www.ittf.com/2021/04/08/meeting-demand-list-grows-now-published-quarterly/

Previously, LARC was published twice a year; this policy dates back to the previous century, even before the fax machine when everything was printed, the typewriter was in its heyday and delivery was by post.

Now, in order to provide more flexibility and afford manufacturers the opportunity to announce new products, the list of approved racket coverings will be published four times per year, every quarter. The first day of the month the key date, in addition to April, the list will be released in July, October and January.

 

[SFF_lib]

Unboosted D09c is fine for FH. Boosted is even better

If using on Bh, I find D09c performs much better boosted.

I played D09C on BH in the past and loved it!! Never boosted

 

[longle]

Unboosted D09c is fine for FH. Boosted is even better

If using on Bh, I find D09c performs much better boosted.

you are obsessed with boosting I don't boost anymore, because if you play matches regularly, what you need more is stability and control, not power

 

[TensorBackhand]

you are obsessed with boosting I don't boost anymore, because if you play matches regularly, what you need more is stability and control, not power

hehe, I feel I get much more control and fault tolerance with boosted rubber.

 

[guni4you]

hehe, I feel I get much more control and fault tolerance with boosted rubber.

Which booster works well on 09c and how many layers?

 

[TensorBackhand]

Which booster works well on 09c and how many layers?

I have only tried Taiji booster and Haifu Seamoon, but they both seemed to work fine. 1 or 2 layers is fine. D09c is already a pretty fast rubber, so booster doesn't have the same level of transformation that it does on some Chinese rubbers.

My friend used Falco, but it didn't seem to work well.

 

[VRmin]

zeed = 233d so 233 dollars it is

 

[blahness]

Zeed = Deez nuts

 

[John_]

they need better names for their new products.....

zeed aint it but i guess it sounds better than nuzn and digginicsu

More like better pricing. 80€ for a single rubber is nuts. If this is closer to 50€ and the rubber is high quality and plays to a high standard, it'll be a smash hit.

 

[disaster3]

Seems that Zeed03 was something which was added by BTY long time ago to reserve place, but new one appeared recently Zyre03, curious about it...
Only OuterForce appeared on Global BTy site and new pimple-out rubber Bugller, but nothing about Zeed03 or Zyre03, maybe they do not plan to introduce before vacation, and similar to Harimoto SuperALC they plan to introduce it/them in Q4 2025... hmmmm

 

[zeio]

Zyre-03 was not there on the LARC 1/2025. Can't pinpoint exactly when it was sneaked in. Could be related to the blunder on ITTF's end.

1/2025
https://www.vorarlberger-tischtennis-verband.at/pdf/Belaege_genehmigt.pdf?_t=1735770284

Did ITTF just ban Hardbat & all OX pips rubbers ?
https://ioctt.com/pb27/viewtopic.php?t=3951

 

[enoxzr]

I also saw that the Bugller rubber is officially announced for release in May.

Marked by BTY as Pimples Out (i.e. not long pimple) it looks like a medium pimple rubber with an attacking sponge.

Bugller｜Products｜Butterfly Global Site: Table Tennis Equipment

Bugller | Introduction of Butterfly’s products such as rubbers and blades supporting top table tennis players all over the world. Table tennis equipment brand Butterfly by Tamasu Co., Ltd. since 1950.

www.butterfly-global.com

 

[zeio]

If this patent is for Zeed 03 and/or Zyre 03, then it may come with a softer sponge at 36° and a grippy topsheet given that thinness?

卓球用ラバー
https://patents.google.com/patent/JP7428448B1

【課題】 スピンをよりかけやすいとともに、打球のスピードをより高めることができる卓球用ラバーについての新規な技術を提供する。
【解決手段】 スポンジ状シートと、前記スポンジ状シートに積層して貼着されており、ラバーシート本体の前記スポンジ状シートとの貼着面に複数の突起が形成されているラバーシートとを備え、前記ラバーシートの、前記スポンジ状シートとの積層方向における厚さが１．６ ｍｍ以下であり、前記突起の前記貼着面に占める面積率の値をａｒ、前記突起の高さの値をｈとする場合にａｒ／ｈが５２以上である、卓球用ラバー。

([Problem] To provide a novel technique for a rubber for table tennis which makes it easier to apply spin and can further increase the speed of a hit ball.
[Solution] A rubber for table tennis includes: a sponge-like sheet; and a rubber sheet which is laminated and stuck on the sponge-like sheet and in which a plurality of projections are formed on a sticking surface of a rubber sheet body to the sponge-like sheet. The thickness of the rubber sheet in a lamination direction with the sponge-like sheet is 1.6 mm or less. When a value of an area ratio occupied by the sticking surface of the projections is taken as ar and a value of the height of the projections is taken as h, ar/h is 52 or more.)

 

[chinacurious]

What do you mean by thinness? 1.60mm seems pretty much average for a topsheet without sponge.

 

[zeio]

In the patent, all samples of the topsheet base (not counting the pips) are only 0.5mm and the entire topsheet for the 2 3 thickest samples tops out at 1.4mm, which is around the same as or even lower than that of Bryce Highspeed, which also has a thin topsheet base.

 

[chinacurious]

Ah...I see. I only read the translated part of your post.

 

[ThePongCommenter]

If this patent is for Zeed 03 and/or Zyre 03, then it may come with a softer sponge at 36° and a grippy topsheet given that thinness?

卓球用ラバー
https://patents.google.com/patent/JP7428448B1

([Problem] To provide a novel technique for a rubber for table tennis which makes it easier to apply spin and can further increase the speed of a hit ball.
[Solution] A rubber for table tennis includes: a sponge-like sheet; and a rubber sheet which is laminated and stuck on the sponge-like sheet and in which a plurality of projections are formed on a sticking surface of a rubber sheet body to the sponge-like sheet. The thickness of the rubber sheet in a lamination direction with the sponge-like sheet is 1.6 mm or less. When a value of an area ratio occupied by the sticking surface of the projections is taken as ar and a value of the height of the projections is taken as h, ar/h is 52 or more.)

So, Butterfly has another groundbreaking innovation coming and it isn't just an ESN-style "same shit, different day" release?

 

[Amayzde]

So, Butterfly has another groundbreaking innovation coming and it isn't just an ESN-style "same shit, different day" release?

Well to be fair that has been the game for quite some time now. Butterfly releases a new flagship rubber, and the other brands try to follow.