XuShaoFa 3 star 40+

Product information

Brand
XuShaoFa
Category
Balls
Reviews
32
Rating
4.25 star(s) 32 ratings
Price
$30

User stats

Roundness
7.7
Hardness
7.8
Speed
6.8
Durability
7.9

Reviews summary

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Overall rating
4.25 star(s) 32 ratings

Item details

XSF's exclusive technology creates balls as a single unit, not by fusing parts together under old methods. By getting rid of seams, we also got rid of unevenness in shape, weight and thickness that prevented a clean and accurate bounce in the past. XSF eliminated those inconsistencies in performance caused by the ball, not by you.

Seamless balls have no soft spots. XSF are tougher, more durable, and consistent all around.

Latest reviews

Pros
  • Durability
  • Roundness
Cons
  • Speed
The only disadvantage is that the ball is slightly slower than DHS’s ball, apart from that it is flawless. Way longer lasting than Butterfly’s 40+ ball, so much so we’ve stopped using them at our club.This ball is a must buy!
Roundness
10
Hardness
10
Speed
9
Durability
10
Pros
  • Speed
Cons
  • Roundness
I'm a big fan of this ball, not to sure why it's not used more. It's used a lot here in the UK in local league and VETT events.
Pros
  • Good feel
  • Spin
Cons
  • Still breaks
  • Not always round
There's nothing majorly wrong with this ball. The balls sometimes vary in roundness, but there are a lot of round balls. When using a round ball there is nothing wrong with it. Consistent bounce, good spin as well as speed. So the only real flaws are that they can vary in quality quite often and also break easily.
Roundness
8
Hardness
7.5
Speed
7.5
Durability
7
Pros
  • Perfect
From all the plastic balls I tried so far (except the new DHS) this is the best I came up. It has the best balance between hardness, durability and roundness.
Also the quality of the balls is good, not many "eggs". Can't go wrong with this.
Roundness
7.5
Hardness
8
Durability
9
Pros
  • Nice game
  • Easy to control
  • Bounce
Cons
  • No round in box
  • wears fast
  • no spin
Hello All!

At first I tried the one star version of this ball, and I could not find a round one. Many balls got stuck in the robot (Butterfly Amicus). I nearly gave up on these balls. This time our country distributor announced the three star balls which are round and perfect in every sense. So I bought a box (6 balls). My initial thoughts and expectations were to find 1 perfect round 2-3 imperfect but very good, 2-3 eggs and 1 Butal egg shaped balls. I found 1 imperfect and 5 eggs. Because of these characteristics there is a great chance when you loop a ball with decent spin, it will simply jump or sneek on the table after contact, which makes the game untolerable and dissapointing. Also handling spinny balls is a pain, because predicting the bounce is hard math. Compared to other balls the durability is average, other balls like Butterfly MQ are more durable. Xushaofa can handle 2-3 blade edge hits before cracking. The ball gets polished quickly, which is a real pain to loopers, not to mention, that this ball is seamless. Usually seamless balls tend to rotate less, and they have a differrent feeling, when playing. The effective lifespan of one ball is around 5-6 training hours. Plastic ball in general does not support spin oriented game, this particular ball does not support it further more.

This ball is suitable for "girlish" fast and flat exchanges, for some hours, then it loses grip and deforms to an egg shape.

Sorry if being negative, but old celluloid balls were better. Nowdays there are good plastic balls, I have official competition balls (like ETTC 2016 Nittaku, HUN World Tour DHS) and they play better then commercial balls, but the durability of these balls are also low.
Roundness
3.5
Hardness
5.4
Speed
6.2
Durability
7.8
Pros
  • durability
  • consistent bouce
  • hardness
Cons
  • loses grip after
This is the best ball you can buy at least from what I've tried. It lasts a really long time and has a great bounce. It's not too heavy and it's hardness, roundness, etc. are great. It bounces a little tiny bit slow though but I guess no ball is perfect. Also, they are not cheap. Anyone now about the one star training versions? How are they compared to this one?
Roundness
9.7
Hardness
10
Speed
9.3
Durability
10
Pros
  • Roundness
  • Good feel
Cons
  • Durability
This is the best plastic ball in the market,in my opinion.The ball has a great feel and really feels right,it's not too fast or too slow.It's also not too expensive compared to other plastic balls.The only downside is that this ball will break quite easily if you 'top edge' the ball.Other than that it's a great ball!
Roundness
10
Hardness
8.2
Speed
7.3
Durability
5.1
Pros
  • Round
  • Durable
  • Bounce

The first batch XuShaoFa 40+ was bad quality. It kept breaking after using them for one hour.

This has vastly improved with the new 2016 batch. It does not break easily, are round and have a good bounce.

The only issue I have with this ball is that its very fast.
Roundness
9
Hardness
6.9
Speed
7.7
Durability
8.1
Pros
  • Hard
  • Durable
Cons
  • High bounce
My local league uses these balls and I've had a decent experience with them, they don't seem to break too easily and seem to be relatively consistent, bounce does seem quite high. It seems quite hard, I've tested this by pressing my fingers into it and it won't budge unless pressed pretty hard. Haven't heard any complaints from other players and as they're used in the local league they must've been some-what tested so I would recommend this ball.
Roundness
7.6
Hardness
8
Speed
6.3
Durability
7.3
Pros
  • Surface
  • bounce
The XSF 3* balls have been improved (in 2016), there are more balls being: round and consistent. Bounce is still a little higher than BTY 40+, however, I've adapted and play with them. I like XSF 3* over BTY 40+ and the BTY G40 as the BTY surface smooths out too soon (and the balls are only good for maybe multi-ball). The XSF 3* retains that flat (non-smoothed, not shiny) surface and I've used the same balls repeatedly for 3 months in informal matches.
Roundness
8.6
Hardness
8.9
Speed
6.7
Durability
9
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