Butterfly Tackifire Drive

Review text:

Very Interesting Rubber

I play this rubber on my backhand. It has a slightly tacky surface. It performs very well when blocking and allows for substantial spin. Looping is generally easy, although it can be a bit slow.

I had a quick hit with my friend’s bat, which had this rubber on his forehand. He’s a very defensive player, relying on chops and spin to win. He played well with it, but from an attacking point of view, I found it dead and hard to loop with. It is designed for defensive players only, so I won’t give it an overall score as it’s not suited to my style of play.

However, after another hit with it, I realized that it’s great for chopping and defense, and also not bad for blocking and looping. While it’s still not my favorite, it’s a good rubber for defensive players.

Lovely rubber for back-hand to have good control for blocking & cuts near the net. Also, you can attack whenever you want to. You can also hit flat on forehand. The best control rubber for an all-round player.

Nice average defensive rubber, very consistent! Fast attacking players will be very disappointed with this rubber.

Good rubber but now really hard to find. The speed is okay, but the spin is monstrous! A good all-round rubber from Butterfly, better than Mark V and Sriver.

I have no idea what the excitement is all about. At best, it’s average. It’s not cheap, it’s not fast, not (overly) spinny, and not great control.

Try a Stiga Magna instead. It’s got the speed and spin that the Tackifire wishes it has.

I had a sheet of red in 2.1 sponge and did not speed glue. Frankly, this was a good rubber, but at the price, it was nothing special. It was no better than a number of rubbers I have used.
It was okay to good for looping, serving, and short game. I probably had too high of expectations, but it did not impress me.