TableTennisDNA
Butterfly

Butterfly · OFF-

Xstar V

5W · All wood

Specifications

Playing style
OFF-
Price
Not published
Weight
83 g
Thickness
5.6 mm
Plies
5
Composition
5W · All wood
Outer ply
Limba
Core wood
Ayous
Carbon type
Not published
Fibre placement
None
Blade size
158 × 152 mm
Handle types
FL
Made in
Not published
Release year
Not published

Metadata confidence: Specialist measured

Blade construction

Verified

5W · All wood

5 plies · Limba surface · all-wood · Ayous core · 5.6 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 Xstar V with 5 plies: Limba · Ayous · Ayous · Ayous · Limba.
HANDLE · NATURAL BLOND WOOD · BLUE AND WHITE STRIPES

Stack order · outer face to outer face

  1. 1 · Outer ply

    Limba

  2. 2 · Medial ply

    Ayous

  3. 3 · Core

    Ayous

  4. 4 · Medial ply

    Ayous

  5. 5 · Outer ply

    Limba

  • Limba

    Outer ply · layers 1 and 5

    Softer touch · Longer dwell

  • Ayous

    Medial ply · Core · layers 2, 3 and 4

    Lower weight · Wider sweet spot

Stack order — face A to face B

  1. 01
    LimbaOuter ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

  2. 02
    AyousMedial ply

    Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

  3. 03
    Ayous — coreCore

    Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

  4. 04
    AyousMedial ply

    Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot.

  5. 05
    LimbaOuter ply

    Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes.

Specialist measured · 5 of 5 plies with published material · stack order confirmed

About this blade

Butterfly Xstar V is a 5-ply blade built around an all-wood stack, with Limba on the playing surface and a Ayous core. Limba in the outer layer: Soft, open-grained outer veneer — long dwell, a wooden feel and easy spin on slow strokes. Ayous in the medial layer: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. Ayous in the core: Very light medial or core wood — keeps the blade low in weight and widens the sweet spot. Physically it measures 5.6 mm thick, around 83 g. Butterfly positions it for off- play.

TTDNA ratings

Normalized

Performance

Speed52
Control70
Spin Potential62
Feel76
Flex·58
Dwell Time66
Catapult43
Stability35
Precision56
Forgiveness49
Power42
Short Game61
Blocking56
Looping61
Countering54
Flat Hitting51
Flicking64
Chopping62
Lobbing64
Touch65

Construction

Stiffness·42
Vibration·85
Sweet Spot25
Ball Hold58
Head Heaviness·34
Balance77
Weight·43
Weight Consistency69
Thickness·24
Overall Thickness·24
Handle Thickness·50
Handle Size·50
Handle Comfort82
Surface Hardness·55
Surface Finish62

Material properties

Carbon Feel·13
Carbon Intensity·0
Outer Feel42
Inner Feel76
Wood Feeling90
Crispness39
Softness·50
Elasticity52
Rebound Speed48
Energy Return37
Damping83

Playing profile

Offensive Rating53
Defensive Rating61
Allround Rating93
Beginner Friendliness63
Advanced Potential52
Technique Requirement·44
Spin Sensitivity·68
Passive Stability70
Active Stability31

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