Setup lab

2010s default

Viscaria + Tenergy 05 both sides

Outer ALC with the Spring Sponge looping reference. Direct first ball, high throw, the combination European shops still mean by “a Viscaria setup”.

2020s Butterfly

Viscaria + Dignics 09C / Dignics 05

Stickier 09C on the forehand, grippy 05 on the backhand. Same Spring Sponge X generation, two topsheets — a common tour split, not a rule.

Named outer ALC

Timo Boll ALC + Tenergy 05 / 05 FX

Viscaria-class outer ALC with a named handle. FX on the backhand is the usual safety step when 36° Spring Sponge felt lively on the shorter stroke.

All-wood OFF

Clipper Wood + MX-P / R47

7-ply wood with two German tensors in the same price band. Stay on wood if Viscaria felt metallic; shop MX-P vs R47 by family, not by one Combined point.

Japanese dwell

Acoustic + Fastarc G-1 both sides

5-ply hinoki-mix wood with Nittaku’s looping tensor. Habit, not physics — G-1 does not require Acoustic — but this is the pairing coaches name for Japanese feel.

Tacky forehand

Innerforce + Hurricane 3 National / Tenergy 05

Selected sticky Chinese forehand, European tensor backhand, inner ALC in between. Combined figures for National are unboosted — the boosted sheet is a different weapon.

After a hobby bat

Allround Classic + Vega Europe both sides

Control wood and the usual first tensor. Do not put Tenergy 05 on this blade and call it an upgrade — hardness and throw are the next conversation, not this one.

Named Innerforce

Harimoto Super ALC + Zyre 03

The named inner-fibre wood with Butterfly’s current high-end inverted both sides — as listed for Tomokazu Harimoto in May 2026. Not Dignics, not Viscaria.

Penhold hybrid

Félix Lebrun Hyper Carbon + K3

Tibhar named carbon with Hybrid K3 both wings. The rubber is a European hybrid, not boosted Hurricane. Penhold is the other half of the copy — shakehand Krypto is Alexis.

Combination racket

Korbel + Rakza 7 / Spectol S1

Wood dwell, Japanese Super Tension on the looping wing, classic Spectol on the hitting wing. Short pips is a second language — not a safer inverted.

Classic chopper

Defensive Classic + Tackiness Chop / Feint Long III

Control 5-ply, sticky chopping inverted, Butterfly long-pip spare. OX versus sponge on Feint is the next shopping fact, not a Combined point.