I have been playing with Helix platinum H for a few months on both sides. For me it is a sane forgiving version of dignics 05 (comparing them on the same blade): slower but not very much, high arc, consistent, spiny, forgiving, softer so easier to open against backspin, and like 05 it is not very bouncy.
Using it on a low throw Carbonado 145 balances the low throw and gives me a moderately fast consistent bat with safe arc. On blades with high arc the ball flies high and either end in the net or outside the table.
The worst thing about the rubber is low lifespan. The sponge on my forehand was dead after just 2 months of usage. I hit hard with my forehand, I train one hour per week and play for 6 hours per week at most - usually I do less hours because I am busy or because of competition schedule.
Two exact rubbers on the same blade, both bought together two months ago and I know the forehand was dead because of the feeling of hitting the bare wood, balls ended up in the net or flying away during exercise and things become sane when I revert the bat, losing to people I don't lose to frequently, etc. Things return back to normal when I buy a fresh rubber. I saw the same experience with friends who use it at the same hardness. the topsheet is good but the sponge is dead.
I buy helix with discounts, so it is 30% cheaper than dignics that only gets discounts once per year, but there is no way that dignics lasts only 2 months. helix at this lifespan is way more expensive than dignics.
The idea that went into my head is that if butterfly release dignics 05 with softer sponge, 50 degrees instead of 53 - dignics is 53 degrees not 50 on ESN scale, I know some forums say that it is 50 degrees but formal conversions between shore A and Shore O says otherwise and the feeling of the rubber says otherwise - it would be a way better replacement to helix. The market it saturated with either bouncy fast rubbers or hybrids, I don't know another 50 degrees rubber that has such grip and is not crazily bouncy and fast and not a hybrid.
Using it on a low throw Carbonado 145 balances the low throw and gives me a moderately fast consistent bat with safe arc. On blades with high arc the ball flies high and either end in the net or outside the table.
The worst thing about the rubber is low lifespan. The sponge on my forehand was dead after just 2 months of usage. I hit hard with my forehand, I train one hour per week and play for 6 hours per week at most - usually I do less hours because I am busy or because of competition schedule.
Two exact rubbers on the same blade, both bought together two months ago and I know the forehand was dead because of the feeling of hitting the bare wood, balls ended up in the net or flying away during exercise and things become sane when I revert the bat, losing to people I don't lose to frequently, etc. Things return back to normal when I buy a fresh rubber. I saw the same experience with friends who use it at the same hardness. the topsheet is good but the sponge is dead.
I buy helix with discounts, so it is 30% cheaper than dignics that only gets discounts once per year, but there is no way that dignics lasts only 2 months. helix at this lifespan is way more expensive than dignics.
The idea that went into my head is that if butterfly release dignics 05 with softer sponge, 50 degrees instead of 53 - dignics is 53 degrees not 50 on ESN scale, I know some forums say that it is 50 degrees but formal conversions between shore A and Shore O says otherwise and the feeling of the rubber says otherwise - it would be a way better replacement to helix. The market it saturated with either bouncy fast rubbers or hybrids, I don't know another 50 degrees rubber that has such grip and is not crazily bouncy and fast and not a hybrid.
