Hexer reviews

There are a few fancy ones already out but finally I can do a real Butterfly Tenergy vs Andro Hexer Review for myself!

Although I love my tenergy 05 I still search and review.  I just got my new sheet of Andro Hexer black 2.1 today and stuck it on my blade.  I am about 1750 two tenergy 05 winged looper in Australia. I will add to this tenergy 05 versus andro hexer review over the next few days, it's midnight and I just got home from the club after a few hours of comparing Hexer in matches with an older tenergy 05 red 2.1 on the other side of my butterfly ishlion blade.

First thoughts: Hexer feels softer than tenergy 05 and smells very different to tenergy out of the packet.

Hexer has nowhere near as much spin or speed as tenergy 05.

After reading many mixed reviews I bought a sheet of Hexer to totally make this clear.  I am 100% sure Tenergy 05 is by far faster and spinnier than Hexer even though my tenergy 05 is about 3 months old and my Hexer is about 3 hours old. 

But I really like Andro Hexer for many reasons.

Once you realise and accept that Hexer is a lower level or performance rubber than Tenergy, Hexer's strengths start to appear. Andro's Hexer without a doubt is better for the short touch game.  Hexer is also super easy to control.  Blocking fast attacks and slowing down the game is so easy. I like hexer as a contrast especially for service return but it lacks danger to my opponent.

I am excited by the rubber it reminds me of a speed glued solcion or put another way it feels like the best tensor I have tried yet.  Hexer is an improvement on something like donic f3 or impulse speed.  I like it a lot but it has nothing to worry my opponents exept  for my ability to control their attacks. 

day 2 - 15 hours

I played fixtures tonight with a variety of levels.  I played 2 singles a doubles and two other regular practise partners tonight.

High Toss serves are almost more effective than tenergy 05!

 Because Hexer's topsheet has barely no grip compared to the tenergy the high toss is almost a total must to get big spin serves.  The total lack of speed from hexer makes it very good almost like hurricane 3 neo in this department for serving.  You get a lot of curve in your sidespin back or top without kicking forwards, so the second bounce is at the danger length bouncing right on the end line.  You can do this with 05, and when you do get spinny serve with 05 it is spinnier but very hard to keep that short consistantly.

Looping backspin with Hexer is a lot of hard work with very little gain compared to Tenergy 05

It's not just against backspin, it's looping any lower ball. With Hexer you have to work so hard to get the ball to go over the net.  If you do manage to, it's like lots of rubbers I've used where the ball just clears the height and length of the net.  Hexer really lacks any forward kick.

How did I go in my matches with Hexer instead tenergy 05 on both sides?

I won just the same as if I used Tenergy 05 both sides but I had to work so much harder and give up a lot more easy points and golden opportunites.  In the toughest match which I won easily only in the 5th game though, I really felt it was due to turning my blade over so the tenergy 05 was on my backhand and the Hexer on the forehand.   

Over the last 2 days of play I have tried on both backhand and forehand, and both ways have strengths and weaknesses.  If you get someone with really good attacks you can block near the table and know it won't go long with the Hexer, but at the same time you lose out because when you get the chance to attack Hexer really is gutless compared to any tenergy rubber.

What are the worst things of the Hexer versus Butterfly tenergy 05?

You have to stay near the table with Hexer.  It really lacks danger once you step back.  You can send a power shot back but it much less consistant, with less spin, less speed, in a word less danger to your opponent.  In countering away from the table Hexer bottomed out to quickly for me, often plain slipped off the topsheet, the throw angle was much lower giving much less window.  I really think the only control Hexer gives is for a play trying to learn how to block a good attackers 1st serve and 3rd ball.  But what it returns gives an easy 5th kill. 

Which rubber is Hexer most similar to?

Well the topsheet of the Hexer feels and looks almost identical the Xiom Vega pro.  The Sponge of the Vega Pro was firmer and black.  Hexer is the most similar to Tenergy 64 in the way it plays, but of course much slower and less surface grip.

Hexer is in my opinion a control rubber and I can't imagine many top division players choosing it over Butterfly tenergy.

Hexer is better than any other rubber I have tried for a long time apart from tenergy. lol

day 3 - now used Hexer for 20 hours

I put my Andro Hexer and an old Butterfly Tenergy 05 rubber onto my Timo Boll Zlf.  I wanted to finish up my review with atleast a non carbon blade.

Hexer felt much nicer and even easier to keep the ball on the table in all shots.  The control was really there.  The only thing it still wasn't giving is the same as the last 2 days. 

Andro Hexer is too much slower and too much less spin for someone that has developed a game around Tenergy 05.

Tenergy 05 is the slowest and has the most control of the Butterfly Tenergy series.  Hexer really is great for players in the lower levels looking to just mostly hit the ball onto the table and get good at looping.  Last night, I played one of the best players at our club who practically attacks every ball that lands on the table.   He pulverised me while using this slower less spinny set up.   He said don't you have any other rubber to play with?  He said it was very very noticably slower and I felt I had no way to send the ball back to him that would cause much trouble.   I then pulled out my ishlion again with tenergy 05 on both sides and the tables started turning.  Sure he punished me for passive returns, but his errors started coming out with all the weird side spin and deeper more penetrating shots.  With Tenergy I could attack first much more, and when I did attack it was much harder for him to counter.  My serves improved with spin and errors appeared there too.

For people looking for a replacement to their tenergy speed and spin.  Hexer is not the answer.  For people looking for a less "hot" rubber Hexer is excellent choice.  If you are coming from using old generation rubbers, the Hexer is great.

Andro Hexer Price 

The Price is often the reason people stop using tenergy, but Hexer is only few dollars cheaper than Tenergy. 

Andro Impulse Impuls Speed review vs Hexer

I think a better review would be to compare andro Impuls speed which I used about 2 years ago (I think).  They both fall into the same kind of slower speed lower spin category.  They both have spin and both have speed but are not serious power or spin.  The Hexer would win on spin and the dynamic front for sure and the Impulse speed would win on the light punchy bounce side.

This concludes my review of Andro Hexer.  It cost me $50 Australian to buy from Europe.  I sold it to an Andro lover last night for $30.  So this review cost me $20.  I am happy about that.  $1 an hour to rent and try a rubber is a fair price. 

vergleich hexer tenergy

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