Customer review for Butterfly Tackiness Drive

Review by aeroelastic_hyperma for Butterfly Tackiness Drive on December 6, 2013

The Butterfly Tackiness-Drive (2.0mm, black A.D. 1979) is a very popular and finally modernized for the all round play. Tackiness-Drive is the best of this group of Tackiness- rubber sheets. Tackiness-Chop is slower than Tackiness-D. Tackiness-Drive is more neutral and more forgiving than Tackifire. Tackiness-D is lightweight, soft, and very tacky. The sticky surface is strong enough to reverse the spin rotation of the incoming Top Spin ball.
For this rubber sheet to have its consistency, the formulation compromised durability and longevity to yield a more intense performance with a shorter lifespan. In the 1970s this product was economical to buy, today it is most expensive.
Players wanting more stability in their spins should look to Stiga Mark-V 40 which has better control and more spin without "torquing" the ball out of control before leaving the rubber sheet surface.
Tackiness-D is great as a training tool to perfect techniques but other faster rubber sheets should be deployed in competition.
Warning: Tackiness-D and Tackiness-C are very sensitive to temperature and heat sources!
When left with higher than 76 degrees Fahrenheit heat sources- the rubber sheet became "sticky oatmeal" over a short period of time.

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