Butterfly
Dignics 09C
InvertedOFFHybridITTF 14-035
The stickier Dignics: Spring Sponge X, 44°, a tackier topsheet — Butterfly’s factory answer to “I want Hurricane grip without boosting”.
9.5 community score · 1,980 reviews · €80
About Dignics 09C
Dignics 09C is not a Chinese rubber. It is a Japanese High Tension sheet with a stickier topsheet on dense Spring Sponge X. Combined spin is the highest in the Butterfly inverted wall (97); speed 89; control 77. Hardness 44°.
It became the common two-wing upgrade from Tenergy 05 in the 2020s because it grips the first ball harder without a booster calendar. It still wants a proper brush — it is not a magic tacky shortcut.
Compare it with Hurricane 3 National (boosted Chinese) and Tibhar Hybrid K3 / Donic BlueGrip C2 (German hybrids) on the vs pages. Spare sheets are expensive; try before you commit two wings.
Played by
ITTF snapshot names mapped onto this SKU (ITTF Week 36–37 · 31 Aug – 7 Sep 2026). Reported lists, not a lab test and not a sponsored roster.
Playing specs
Blend of official and community. Community weight 60% with 1,980 reviews (20–60% as sample size grows).
Speed89
Spin97
Control77
Tick mark on each bar is the official value.
Factory specifications
- Hardness
- 44°
- Weight
- 50 g
- Year
- 2019
- Made in
- Japan
- Series
- Dignics
- ITTF code
- 14-035
- Top sheet
- Black · Red
- Sponge
- red
Factory thicknesses
Factory sponge thicknesses sold in Europe: 1.8, 1.9, 2.0, 2.1, MAX. These are shopping facts — Combined speed / spin / control on this page do not change with thickness.
- 1.8
- 1.9
- 2.0
- 2.1
- MAX
- 1.8
- Thinner inverted sponge. Allround and first-upgrade backhands live here more often than attacking forehands.
- 1.9
- The usual club backhand thickness on inverted tensors. A bit more control, a bit less catapult than 2.1 / MAX.
- 2.0
- Mid-thick. Common on the backhand when MAX felt lively, or as a two-wing compromise.
- 2.1
- Still a thick attacking sponge. A small step down from MAX on some tensors — shops treat it as the other FH thickness, not a control sheet.
- MAX
- Thickest factory sponge. Most catapult on a tensor; the usual attacking forehand. Combined figures on this page are for the SKU, not a separate MAX score.
Vs type average
Combined index against other inverted rubbers. Toggle Official / Community in the spec card — the chart stays on Combined so filters stay comparable.
- Dignics 09C
- Type avg
Zoomed 50–100 scale · the inner ring is 50, not 0, so gaps around the average actually show.
Speed
89
+7 vs Type avg
Spin
97
+10 vs Type avg
Control
77
-6 vs Type avg
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