Short review of Glayzer 09c

[Egon]

Reviving thread because I've used both Glayzer and Glayzer09C on inner and outer carbons for both forehand and backhand. Just my 2 cents.

The non-tacky Butterfly Glayzer is decent. It has that unique butterfly clicky feel, so I won't say rubbers like Vega X or Fastarc G1 is a replacement unless you don't bother for feel and just want performance. Glayzer is a good learners rubber, with good clicky feel, enough speed, arc and spin to push into mid intermediate on faster blades. After that level when your strokes get very consistent and your footwork improves, it's probably time to move on to stronger tensors like D05. But I can see the amatuer club player using it for long and getting their money's worth since it's durability is pretty good (durability as good as D05). Probably better on carbon blades, with the best probably outer carbon to give it some speed. I can see myself recommending this rubber to some people. I think it's okay on forehand and quite good on backhand.

Butterfly Glayzer09C, however, is not 'a little different', it's an entirely, TOTALLY different rubber from the Butterfly Glayzer. First it has a mildly tacky, very soft topsheet that just makes for a weird combination that I don't really like. Second, it has a hard sponge with very little catapult and feels a little dead. Both topsheet and sponge nature combine to give off a weird feeling, a little unpredictable due to mushy topsheet and quite weak. I say this from experience as I used it on Innerforce ALC and Tezzo Spartan for a season, then replaced it.

I honestly won't recommend this rubber to anyone but the beginner or the intermediate that really wants a hybrid, slow rubber with good durability and not overly dead sponge. And I would NEVER recommend it for backhand to anyone. It's just weird on backhand. I played okay with other hybrids on backhand like the Rakza Z or Big Dipper V, but the Glayzer09C is just unpredictable. Probably due to the very soft topsheet that feels a little mushy. Sponge is clicky and good, but quite weak. It's not as bad as some say here, but it's not very good. Spin is decent, but other rubbers that are cheaper can do better.

Short, regular Glayzer not too bad, Glayzer09C you can probably get better for cheaper.

With booster and oil on a fast blade, G09C plays well on the backhand; give it a try. The booster provides more speed while the sponge remains firm. A little oil softens the sponge. With G09C, you should try to play with spin rather than speed. G09C has better grip on the ball than the Dignics 05, the speed is lower, but in skilled hands it is a formidable weapon.
Another advantage of Glazer09C is its light weight: the 2.1 in the 157x150 size weighs only 45-46 grams. If you use a heavier rubber on your forehand, using the G09C on your backhand can balance the racket perfectly.

 

[dprsspins]

With booster and oil on a fast blade, G09C plays well on the backhand; give it a try. The booster provides more speed while the sponge remains firm. A little oil softens the sponge. With G09C, you should try to play with spin rather than speed. G09C has better grip on the ball than the Dignics 05, the speed is lower, but in skilled hands it is a formidable weapon.
Another advantage of Glazer09C is its light weight: the 2.1 in the 157x150 size weighs only 45-46 grams. If you use a heavier rubber on your forehand, using the G09C on your backhand can balance the racket perfectly.

What oil do you use to boost the G09C? How many layers? Haifu Seamoon? Black? Interesting though, might give it a try.

 

[Egon]

What oil do you use to boost the G09C? How many layers? Haifu Seamoon? Black? Interesting though, might give it a try.

I applied a thin layer of regular yellow seamun, but it froze in the winter, after which it seemed to soften the sponge less. After this boost, I tried playing with the rubber – there was more speed but less dwell time, so I also applied a thin layer of Vaseline oil to the sponge. This oil is sold in pharmacies here. If you can't find it, you can use Johnson's Baby oil, it works just as well.

 

[Angerer]

With booster and oil on a fast blade, G09C plays well on the backhand; give it a try. The booster provides more speed while the sponge remains firm. A little oil softens the sponge. With G09C, you should try to play with spin rather than speed. G09C has better grip on the ball than the Dignics 05, the speed is lower, but in skilled hands it is a formidable weapon.
Another advantage of Glazer09C is its light weight: the 2.1 in the 157x150 size weighs only 45-46 grams. If you use a heavier rubber on your forehand, using the G09C on your backhand can balance the racket perfectly.

Imo, G09c is not a good rubber for backhand, regadless of booster. The arc is too high, which practically eliminates effective punching or blocking, only leaving room for spin, which is still suboptimal due to needing to putting a lot of effort to accelerate the ball.

Still a very solid, spinny FH rubber.

 

[steve888]

I use the G09c on the backhand on FZD alc blade, plenty of control, not spin sensitive and reasonable speed.