Bryce Speed (Butterfly)

More speed, more power, a rubber that even exceeds BRYCE. A High Tension, high quality rubber for champions of the next generation; produced under strict quality control, BRYCE SPEED has a higher energy efficiency, more speed and greater power than even BRYCE itself. Try BRYCE SPEED and experience the superb advanced High Tension technology of Butterfly.,P.* This is a highly delicate product. You are recommended to protect the rubber surface with a Rubber Film by Butterfly or a similar product after a match or a practice.

Speed: 140
Spin: 97.5
Density: 38

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Average user rating from: 8 users

Overall rating		4.0
Speed (8 ratings)		4.7
General spin (7 ratings)		4.3
Mechanical spin (7 ratings)		4.6
Topsheet spin (7 ratings)		4.3
Sponge hardness (7 ratings)		3.6
Topsheet hardness (5 ratings)		3.7
High throw angle (6 ratings)		3.6
Weight (6 ratings)		3.5
Reglue effect (3 ratings)		4.5
Speed glue effect: feel (5 ratings)		3.9
Speed glue effect: sound (4 ratings)		3.0
Control (7 ratings)		4.0
Durability (5 ratings)		4.1
Serve (5 ratings)		3.7
Short game (5 ratings)		3.5
Flip (Flick) (6 ratings)		4.0
Over the table loop (6 ratings)		4.6
High arc loop (5 ratings)		3.7
Counterloop (6 ratings)		4.2
Smash (7 ratings)		4.8
Block (6 ratings)		4.2
Chop (5 ratings)		3.0
Value for money (6 ratings)		4.3

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

Sunday, 06 April 2008

Written by Anonymous

Overall rating		4.4
Speed		5.0
General spin		4.5
Mechanical spin		4.5
Topsheet spin		4.5
Sponge hardness		4.0
Control		4.0
Durability		5.0
Serve		4.5
Short game		3.0
Flip (Flick)		4.0
Over the table loop		4.5
High arc loop		4.0
Counterloop		4.0
Smash		5.0
Block		5.0
Chop		4.0
Value for money		5.0

I bougut a sheet of Bryce Speed as soon as it was released, september 2007. To my surprise it plays right now as if I just took it from the pack. Incredible quality and durability, NEVER a rubber has last that long in my blades.
Durability apart, it plays really well, amazing rubber. Undoubtely the fastest rubber I have ever tried. And I'm playing without speed glue, which makes the rubber even more amazing.
I tried first in the forehand side, but I strugled to do proper strokes. Than I changed it to backhand and could experiment all the potential of the rubber. It is just perfect for my backhand. Everything I do with backhand it fits. Blocking is superb! I can really block well with this rubber, a passive block (chop or sidespin) or an active block (pushing the ball with some topspin). It also is very nice to open topspin when my opponent plays passively. It's easy to do this kind of topspin. However the best is still to come and it is... the flat hitting with backhand. It generates so much speed that when I hit a flat backhand usually it's a winner to me. This is one of the tatics I always try to impose: open rally with topspin (forehand or backhand) and wait for my opponent to block in my bachand side. When it happens I always try to hit flat and hard. For this purpose I couldn't find a better rubber than Bryce Speed. Ok, I have to say that my blade also makes the diference. I'm playing with a Juic Kiso-Hinoki Shake ST, very powerful with a very nice feeling. Best combo I have ever tried.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Sunday, 06 April 2008

Written by Anonymous

Overall rating		4.5
Speed		5.0
General spin		4.5
Mechanical spin		4.5
Topsheet spin		4.5
Sponge hardness		4.0
Topsheet hardness		4.0
High throw angle		5.0
Weight		4.0
Reglue effect		5.0
Speed glue effect: feel		4.5
Speed glue effect: sound		4.0
Control		5.0
Durability		4.0
Serve		4.0
Short game		4.0
Flip (Flick)		5.0
Over the table loop		5.0
High arc loop		4.0
Counterloop		5.0
Smash		5.0
Block		5.0
Chop		3.5
Value for money		5.0

I played an agressive game, attack on almost any balls. I have been using Bryce for a long time, due to the speed glue ban I decide to try out other rubbers. At first I thought that I can go for cheaper rubber but unfortunately nothing satisfies me. I never found anything suitable for me until finally I try bryce speed.

Bryce Speed is a very high quality rubber ( you can even visually see the surface of the rubber, you can feel the quality ). Not just built quality, you can feel its power speed and spin by just bouncing ball on it. I think this will be the ideal rubber for people who wants to play fast attacking game while a bonus of having a better control than the regular bryce. 3 month have passed, my bryce topsheet is till in very good condition. Even though its sponge density is same as bryce hard, it feels softer. It is also a very light weight rubber at least 10-20gram lighter than Hurricane 3 provincial.

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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful

Saturday, 26 January 2008

Written by admin - Top 10 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating		3.7
Speed		5.0
General spin		5.0
Mechanical spin		5.0
Topsheet spin		4.0
Sponge hardness		3.0
Topsheet hardness		3.0
High throw angle		2.0
Weight		4.0
Speed glue effect: feel		3.0
Speed glue effect: sound		1.0
Control		4.0

This rubber is fantastic. Bryce Speed sponge is not hard at all (though it's harder than Bryce), and the spin is very good on both serves and loops (unglued). The speed is excellent when I hit even a medium fast loop. The rubber has a crisp feeling at the table when new.

I wouldn't call Bryce Speed that soft, but it definitely has a good hardness for the FH.

Bryce Speed is definitely much spinnier than Bryce. The control, unglued, is better than Bryce too. A speedwise comparison between the two is difficult without having both of them at the same time, but Bryce Speed is quick enough for me. Butterfly has it rated as faster than Bryce - I'm not sure about this, as some people disagree with Butterfly on this rating.

Bryce Speed is quite soft. There's definitely no click with Bryce Speed on my Maze blade, but yes, it's low throw. I much prefer this sponge to that of regular Bryce.

I can compare Bryce Speed with Bryce Powersponge. The latter feels like a speed glued rubber, but this effect dies down quickly - within a week to a month, according to various reports (for me it was about 2-3 weeks, playing about 3 times per week). Bryce Speed has seemingly as good speed and spin unglued (Butterfly rates it as faster and spinnier, but I'm not so sure), but doesn't feel like a glued rubber. I would take Bryce Speed over Powersponge any day, given that it's sure to give you good playing properties for a lot longer.

Because Bryce can last so long, you shouldn't consider it as expensive. You need to look at cost per year rather than cost per sheet. Because I haven't used it for long enough, I can't give a durability or value rating just yet.

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