TableTennisDNA
Butterfly

Butterfly · DEF

Diode Pro

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style
DEF
Price
Not published
Weight
90 g
Thickness
5.5 mm
Plies
5
Composition
5W · All wood
Outer ply
Kiso Hinoki
Core wood
Not published
Carbon type
Not published
Fibre placement
None
Blade size
165 × 156 mm
Handle types
FL · AN
Made in
Not published
Release year
Not published

Metadata confidence: Partially resolved

Blade construction

Estimated

5W · All wood

5 plies · Kiso Hinoki surface · all-wood · 5.5 mm total

One blade, drawn as technical linework at real shakehand proportions. The laminated edge along the crown and right rim exposes every ply boundary in the stack. Edge depth is illustrative because physical veneer thickness is not published.

Exploded view of Diode Pro with 5 plies: Kiso Hinoki · Material not published · Material not published · Material not published · Kiso Hinoki.
HANDLE · NAVY BLUE · SILVER AND GREY STRIPES

Stack order · outer face to outer face

  1. 1 · Outer ply

    Kiso Hinoki

  2. 2 · Medial ply

    Material not published

  3. 3 · Core

    Material not published

  4. 4 · Medial ply

    Material not published

  5. 5 · Outer ply

    Kiso Hinoki

  • Kiso Hinoki

    Outer ply · layers 1 and 5

    Very high dwell · Full, resonant feel

  • Material not published

    Medial ply · Core · layers 2, 3 and 4

    Material details have not been published by the manufacturer.

Stack order — face A to face B

  1. 01
    Kiso HinokiOuter ply

    Premium single-ply cypress — very high dwell and a full, resonant feel through the handle.

  2. 02
    Material not publishedMedial ply

    Material details have not been published by the manufacturer.

  3. 03
    Material not publishedCore

    Material details have not been published by the manufacturer.

  4. 04
    Material not publishedMedial ply

    Material details have not been published by the manufacturer.

  5. 05
    Kiso HinokiOuter ply

    Premium single-ply cypress — very high dwell and a full, resonant feel through the handle.

Partially resolved · 2 of 5 plies with published material

About this blade

Butterfly Diode Pro is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Kiso Hinoki on the playing surface. Kiso Hinoki in the outer layer: Premium single-ply cypress — very high dwell and a full, resonant feel through the handle. Physically it measures 5.5 mm thick, around 90 g. Butterfly positions it for def play.

TTDNA ratings

Normalized

Performance

Speed38
Control76
Spin Potential63
Feel79
Flex·62
Dwell Time69
Catapult38
Stability34
Precision57
Forgiveness55
Power32
Short Game70
Blocking60
Looping60
Countering48
Flat Hitting45
Flicking63
Chopping69
Lobbing68
Touch71

Construction

Stiffness·38
Vibration·87
Sweet Spot23
Ball Hold57
Head Heaviness·64
Balance87
Weight·67
Weight Consistency68
Thickness·20
Overall Thickness·20
Handle Thickness·50
Handle Size·50
Handle Comfort82
Surface Hardness·60
Surface Finish64

Material properties

Carbon Feel·11
Carbon Intensity·0
Outer Feel41
Inner Feel78
Wood Feeling91
Crispness40
Softness·49
Elasticity51
Rebound Speed38
Energy Return30
Damping85

Playing profile

Offensive Rating44
Defensive Rating69
Allround Rating80
Beginner Friendliness71
Advanced Potential44
Technique Requirement·35
Spin Sensitivity·68
Passive Stability76
Active Stability27

A TTDNA blade rating measures how much of the named characteristic a blade has. For descriptive rows — flex, stiffness, vibration, head heaviness, weight, thickness, carbon feel, softness, technique requirement, spin sensitivity — a higher number means more, not better.

TTDNA ratings are normalized comparison values, not laboratory measurements. They are built from published specifications, technical sources and structured product evidence, converted to one 0–100 scale. Where a directly comparable measurement is unavailable, the value is an evidence-based estimate. Overall-style scores are composites of several characteristics. Methodology