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Unique combination of touch, speed, power and spin
Pros
  • Lots of feeling
  • Great power reserves while keeping it thin
  • Spins like nobody's business
Cons
  • Accelerates quickly
I picked up this bad boy in a nice deal that I just completely jumped on. Second hand but hardly used, and it got me really curious as to how it plays.
I tested this blade with 2x T05 (which it came with) as well as my current main rubbers, Fastarc G1 and C1.
I mainly compare this to my main blade, the Innerforce Layer ALC.

Touch and push
Regardless of the rubber, this blade has more feeling than I expected. This is probably due to it being slightly thinner at 5.5mm than the 5.7-5.8 on the Innerforce. I grew up using a thin blade which makes it surprisingly familiar despite being a Koto topped, fiber-infused beast.
You absolutely need to have a soft touch, though.

Drive and speed
This is where the blade delivers standout performance. As soon as you start tightening up the grip, it will accelerate. Quickly. You will still feel it clearly, as opposed to a thicker outer fiber blade, but it ramps up really fast and you need to anticipate on that.

Top spin game
Despite its speed in a straight line, this baby can spin! I suspect the thin structure produces enough flex to make it whip around the ball like I'm used to.

Conclusion
This blade is for compact strokes, but if you have a bigger topspin stroke that's OK, too. Keep your flat hits, touches and pushes compact and you will have a good feeling bat on your hands with tons and tons of power when you want it.
Would I buy it for the MRSP? Definitely not. Would I buy it over the IFL ALC for the same price? I don't think so. It ramps up too quickly for me to be safe with it. But players with more flow and relaxed motion can make real good use of this.
Speed
9
Control
8.5
Hardness
8
Pros
  • Control
  • Nimble balance
  • Many gears
  • Versatile
Cons
  • Price
  • Not for specialists
I outright disagree with the review posted by Omri on basically every single point, so I decided to write my own.
I've been playing with this blade for a couple of months and haven't quite mastered it yet, but I feel I can handle it quite well enough to warrant a review.

Rubbers
I have used this blade mainly with Fastarc G-1 on FH and C-1 on BH (both in 2.0), but I've also done a quick test with Hurricane 3 Neo 39d. This blade handles all these rubbers very well. C-1 still feels slightly soft, G-1 has its typical firm topsheet behaviour and explosive sponge engagement and H3N plays from super slow to loopkill fast.
Compared to Korbel Japan, there's hardly any change in rubber feeling until you hit hard into the blade, engaging the ALC.

Touch and serve
Pushes are pretty easy to get short and digging into the rubber for backspin is like an all-wood blade. Any popups I encountered were technique issues, not blade problems.
For serve I feel I can't extract my level out of the blade yet, but I'm getting closer each week. Spinny, short services are still behind, I can do either or but not both reliably at the moment.

Drive and flat hit
This blade doesn't scream at you to make compact strokes like a Koto/Outer blade will, but making your strokes short and decisive works really well on it. Finding the ALC treshold is easy and it's in a place where I feel it's very natural for amateur players. As soon as I start driving harder, the blade wants to scale with me.
Backhand flat hits are amazing. Getting that little extra kick while retaining control is exactly what I like to get my hits more deadly.
FH flat hits honestly aren't my forté. But the blade is very well controlled and, for my skill level, FH hits land well with good speed.

Spin and Power
I can feel this isn't a flexible blade. Yet, I think that it's not significantly less flexible than my Korbel due to it being slightly thinner. I can still utilize the same feeling and get good spin, though I am still getting used to getting the ball to dip well enough so it stays on.
From distance, it's miles better. Compared to a Pro 05 (HL5X structure) it's more controlled, so when you inadvertently engage too much blade, the ball won't just power out of the blade.
Its power isn't fit for being very aggressive at long distance, but still allows for sudden accelerations and fast direction switching from behind the table.

Suitable level and style
I would not recommend this blade to a beginner unless they get coached by someone who understands how to play with it. It's easy to chase that feeling of ALC engagement and just forgetting to use friction and generate spin, because it feels so good to do so.
That being said, the gears are more controlled than I've felt on other inner type blades (Yinhe Pro 05, Andro Treiber CI) which does lend itself well to someone learning to play with fiber blades.
This blade favours spin-based compact play at the table, up to mid distance. The balance makes it a nimble, maneuverable blade and it fits medium-soft (C-1), medium-hard (G-1) and harder (H3N 39) rubbers well without altering their characteristics too much compared to using an all-wood blade like Korbel Japan.

Conclusion
At 87g, my specimen feels solid yet flexible. I have considered dumping all my other blades and getting another one of these as backup. That's how nice it is. This is not a blade that does extremely well at any single point, but the synergy of its properties is very, very well balanced and just fits for almost everyone in the amateur space.

This blade is not for you if you just want something that smacks the ball as fast as possible. Also not if you want the ultimate slow-looping machine. It's right there in the middle and does most things at a 7 or better.
Speed
7.5
Control
9
Hardness
5.5
Durability
9
2 members found this helpful.
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Tyce
I have hit with that one a very short time and I felt the handle on super vis is just slightly less thick, especially where the beveled edge starts near the rubber.
The rest of the shape is pretty much the same, with vis feeling ever so slightly slimmer
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navuzor
Nice review Tyce, doyou feel the throw angle of the G1 changed coming from the all-wood to the inner carbon?
T
Tyce
Maybe slightly lower, but not a ton.
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