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Good blade for beginners. The flex kills a lot of the speed but makes up for a good BH dominate style. The large sweet spot is very forgiving with not to bad of vibrations. Very light blade

One of the the best by stiga. This blade can do it all. Great touch for close attackers and defense. Perfect dwell for spins and control. The best part is its affordable, $75. It slightly lacks in power, but makes up for it in precision.

Great rubber for a fast control, and close to the table play. The rubbers quick responsive sponge will keep your opponent on their toes, not giving them second to think. The only thing that makes this rubber lose a star is the topsheet. The topsheet has no tack, and no tensor, nothing to improve spin.

Slow for a rubber engineered around speeding up the game for the poly balls. Not to bash this rubber all the way, but the durability isn't good. Spin fades off in days and your left with a dead, slow rubber.

I love this rubber, it improved my game a lot in my serves, and spin kills. The rubber has a medium sponge with a tensor that tightens it up to a medium hard, that gives u a perfect dwell for spin, and control without losing speed. The quality and durability is unreal, with care it will last a long time.

Hello Everybody I tested the Butterfly Marcos Freitas Alc blade.

My Blade wheight 86 gramms so it's a light one.

The blade Should be similar to the old Butterfly Michael Maze Alc blade. In some points the blades are the Same, but my tests showed me that Freitas is a bit faster than the Maze. Both blades are very good and easy to play with. The Carbon of the Freitas is very soft so it's not a Hard Carbon feeling like the other Alc blades out there (Boll Alc, Viscaria etc). I tested the blade with Tenergy 80 on forehand and Tibhar Evolution Fx-p on Backhand. Both Rubbers are not so hard so the bat is not Hard and heavy (177 gramms overall). Everybody Who want's a fast soft Carbon Blade Should take the Freitas. The blade has good dwell and helps me get a lot of spin in my shots. I think it's one of the Best alc blades for spin. With the Boll Spirit I could not produce so much spin. I like the Freitas more than the Boll Alc. The only downside is the price. There is a difference from the Freitas to the Maze blade but the Maze price was a bit over 100 pounds. The Freitas costs over 150 Pounds. That's to much. And with Tenergy Rubbers, the Freitas plays the Ball very high. That's not for Everybody nice. However a great blade.

I have played two practises with Genesis M and I loved this rubber directly. What I like the most is the spin this rubber is able to generate, my serves got much spinnier and I really like the balance between speed and control. It's kind of different in feel from the earlier Stiga rubbers I have tried, maybe becasue it's made in China, however I think it feels much more like a euro rubber than a Chinese rubber when it comes to how it plays.

If I compare to Tenergy I think this rubber is more spinny and and got a little higher arc. As Tom wrote I think this will be a popular rubbers that suits many offensive players.

I have been using the Genesis M 2.0 rubbers for the last few weeks and it's a fantastic rubber. The high amount of grip it has is key for the spin it can generate, I found in comparison to the Tenergy series it has even greater spin. However tenergy does still have perhaps a slight edge on speed, but for players looking for a controllable and spinny rubber this is perfect. Don't get me wrong Genesis is still fast with a good high arc and spring. Very impressive new release from Stiga I think it will become extremely popular, it is a great middle ground between a Chinese style hard hurricane type rubber and a European style high tension type rubber!

Great rubbers!

I'm using the 2 mm medium hardness variant (FH)

I'm using these rubbers for 2 years (2 sets, one a year) and they are just perfect.

When you score a lot of points with your serve this rubber is made for YOU.

It gives lots of spin and much of control, this means you kan get it everywhere with every kind of spin but of course, technique is the major part

In game it is a great rubber to set up the ball, when the ball has got the right speed you can start playing. You can chop-block to suprise your opponement or you can easily take over every kind of ball

Overall, when you are a player of serve, spin and tactics, this is the best rubber you can get.

The rubber is very thick which is good for porous rubbers. It wont seep into the pores so you can just allow it to dry and then it's great. The problem is taking the rubber off the blade can chip the blade if you don't laquer it well, it's also pretty difficult to get the glue off the rubber so if you want to reuse the rubber you're a bit out of luck.

My first rubber and and very good feeling for that

I got this blade from the Nexy raffle. I was not a fan of allwood back then and favored the faster and numb composites(Gergely, Mizutani, Viscaria). After receiving the blade I glued a Globe 999 and Rakza 7 soft I was not impressed lol. I was using Akrasia back then timeskip after training in Manila they suggested me to use an allwood 5-ply blade. I had my eyes set on the Stiga Ebenholz 5 and bought it.I was enjoying the blade but after a month or so I started to feel it's uncontrollable throw and one factor is the Hurricane 8's catapault. I had trouble landing the ball in the table after that my instinct told me to use the Zealot. I glued my H8 and 05 there and it is now my current weapon.

Spinning:
When spinning you will notice the sticky feeling which is quite annoying at first lol. Due to the dwell time plus the H8 and 05 I can produce tremendous amount of spin in my forehand and backhand. The blade boosted my confidence in spinning because I had no fear that the ball will go out. When I was using Ebenholz 5 the ball was a bit wild but in Zealot the ball's trajectory is really stable and quite confusing to the opponent because it seems that the ball will go out.

During close the table loop because of the long trajectory of the blade and dwell the ball is really hard to block because the ball goes long and spinny I had no trouble in looping close table. If I want to make the ball land shorter or make it dip I just do a more forward stroke and it does the trick.

Blocking:
I can say that this is one of the best blade that I used in the blocking department. I can kill the ball easily with Zealot through absorption or punch block, chop block. and the 05 is a great blocking rubber lol the 05's throw is somehow muted by the Zealot but will be there when you need it due to the Dual Impact system. My colleagues laugh at me saying no such thing exists but changes their mind when they tried my blade. Because one of them is using an 05 in bh.

Flicking:
I really loved the Zealot and H8's combination in flicking the dwell plus tacky and med throw rubber produces fast and low flicks. I can do the chiquita fairly easy with Zealot and with a low trajectory too! bh flicks are a breeze and sometimes they misjudge the ball cause it contains a lot of spin but looks like a normal push lol

Receiving:
It is very easy to receive using Zealot whether it is a drop shot, flick, push or mini topspin. I have a lot of trouble receiving using the Ebenholz especially the strong sidespin cause it pops a lot yet I can now attack it with Zealot because of the dampened 05 throw.

PS. It is best to pair Zealot with med to high throw rubbers because of it's low throw nature and for me H8 and 05 is the best combo. Happy Spinning!

The spirit blade is good but the short game for me is poor, I lose more points than I win as i touch and push into the net apart from that it's a good bat also very good for top to top rallies

This blade finishing is world class!
tried it with
FH: Gewo Hype EL 47.5 and BH: Rasant beat

Speed : At top gear it's faster than timo boll w7 blade which is all wood 7-ply blade too. But at the lower gear (short touch) I can control the ball like I'm playing allround blade. Fantastic!

Feel : I found this feel like 5-ply mid-hard blade instead of 7-ply blade. Unique feeling of beech wood outer ply is amazing.

Control : I think I found my own weapon! even if this is offensive blade it's controllable! I can land the ball wherever I want.

Chopping : I gave it to my Long pimple lover friend to try it with Air upupup pro OX + Spinlord Marder 2 2.0. He said this blade is good for blocking style lp player. Chopping from long distance is also good but not as good as Nexy Lissom. But yeah! this is offensive blade.

Topspin : This blade is better for modern topspin forward stroke than classic looping stroke. the throw angle is mid-low but long trajectory which is easy to be aggressive.

Even this blade is quite expensive but it is valuable for me and I still thinking to buy another one.

The Tiago Apolognia ZLC Blade is a very good Blade for Topspin. You have a soft ball feeling on contact and also the arc of the Topspins is very good

Blocking is also very good and you can play very Safe with this blade Thanks to the sweetspot. Counter Topspin is also very easy, the Blade is crisp but is soft too and that makes it really good for topspin players wanting a lot of control in strokes.

Weight: 88g
FH rubber: Stiga Genesis M (max =2.2mm)
BH rubber: Ten 05 fx (max)
Layers: 5 woods + 2 ALC

Total weight : 181g (quite heavy to me, prefer 176g)

Exterior
Outer veneer looks like white limba to me, some say ayous (quite similar to the outer wood of butterfly Apolonia Tiago)

This website provides composition material of blades (http://ttbdb.stervinou.net/liste.php)
Most likely, butterfly prefer limba as outer veneer. For the core veneer, i have no idea about it, maybe it is kiri wood.

Backhand
Topspin - I really like about the backhand with tenergy 05 fx, although the sense of ball is not good compare to stiga airoc s, but BH with ten 05 fx, i can flick or push the ball with topspin very easily. Usually opponent serve the ball with sidespin to my bh side, in this case, counter flick topspin do help alots. The ball is low arc , fast in speed, with high spin. Of course, precision angle and much more practise will do.

Sidespin - Well, I did try out sidespin flick wtih tenergy fx 05. The result is fascinating. Again, kenta with tenergey, , the ball flies with slightly curve trajectory and low arc, reach over the table with much speed and spin, this gives my opponent hard time to counter it. In this case, i conclude kenta with ten fx 05 is a really nice combination.

Blocking - Good blocking comes with little sense of ball (vibration) when hitting the blade.

Summary of BH - I must say kenta with ten 05 fx is an offensive BH play. If most of time, you score with BH offensive play, then you might love this combination. Well, extra effort like BH training is necessary for players to achieve accuracy and precision when perform backhand flick with top and side spin attack. Usually, you will observe that opponents have hard time to counter back due to low arc unless that person's response is really good in this case.

Forehand
Topspin - Well, apparently i have chosen stiga genesis M 2.2m as my forehand. I have some complaints about this rubber with my FH. The reason is chinese rubbers usually come with slightly greater weight than european rubber. I measure the genesis M with a weight machine, and it indicates that its weight is 48g after cut. I would prefer 44g instead. Moreover, the hardness of rubbers approximately 47 degree. I have hard time to punch the ball into rubber and sponge to generate spin due to hardness. Even genesis with soft version, the hardness is 45 degree. If you own a strength forehand arm, you might like this rubber. You can generate high speed and spin when smashing the ball whereby opponent find hard to block the ball due to high spin. Usually the ball will bounce of from blade with high arc. Somehow, kenta induces the speed more while stiga genesis induces spin more. This what i can conclude so far.

Summary of FH - try to match a slightly less hardness with high gripping rubber. Recommend 44g after cut. I would recommend ten 05 or ten 64 for forehand rubber.

Near distance:
Depend on the rubber that u chose, so far near play is still well for me.

Mid and Far distance:
This blade suitable for mid and far distance play if you can match the rubber very well. Stiga Genesis M suite well with this condition. Smash and looping really fun and enjoy with kenta alc. It gives pressure on your opponent when looping due to much amount of spin and spin. My opponent's comment that kenta always push the ball very high speed, he must response very fast to block my ball, but he usually step 1 or 2 step behind to intercept my fast loop.

Service
Apparently, stiga genesis m is not good for service because of the high arc and altitude with bouncy surface. In contrast, ten 05 fx is good for service. I can serve with low arc and altitude. I do really like ten 05 fx in this case.

Dwell time
Dwell time is much less compare to nittaku barwell fleet. This blade is not really compromise for high dwell time. For players who prefer greater dwell time, nittaku barwell fleet(G1) or innerforce ZLC series.

Overall Summary
Overall, kenta alc is a worth of buying. Compare to ZJK ZLC, kenta alc is not over price and reasonable. Worth to own this blade.

This blade is one of the best composite blade I've ever tried. Fast , stable , large sweet spot and easy to control. My ST handle is really comfortable and the weight is 85 grams which I love the most. blocking and topspin are the best part of this blade because this blade is really controllable. I can place the ball whereever I want. This blade is feeling is on the mid-soft range which really sweet to top spin with. The only reason that I need to take a while before I buy this one is the price of it but believe me...this one is worth your money!
I tested it with Hype XT 40 on my BH and Hype XT 50 on my FH. The first impression when I started basic counter hit is this blade produce a loud noise,crisp feeling. Overall speed is faster than Viscaria but a tad slower than Timoboll ALC ( Koto outer ply with ALC composition).

Tenergy 80 FX was my first ever Tenergy and I used it on both sides on Joo Se Hyuk blade, not because I am defensive but I am a big fan of him.

This review will be on both Joo Se Hyuk blade and Tenergy 80 FX but the main focus will be on Tenergy 80 FX. Since I used some rubbers before, I made some comparisons as well.

First impression: I had it in 1.9mm sponge thickness and I was pleased with two things. Butterfly no doubt built this rubber to be in its highest quality and I could feel the softness and grippiness of the topsheet right away.

Serving: I was amazed at the amount of spin this rubber is capable to produce. The ball just gets absorbed into the rubber and sponge so I was able to generate tons of spin with minimal effort in my wrist action. However, it is just my personal preference but, I felt that Andro Rasant Grip is a lot softer and grippier than this rubber and helped me more with generating more spin on my serves as well as in match situations.

Match situations: The control was just amazing. The only drawback is the throw angle being a bit low but it is something that can be worked towards to get accustomeed to. Topspin against backspin was reasonably easy but if I had to compare, I would say Tenergy 05 FX or Andro Rasant Grip would be the better options. Despit the tremendous amount of the spin this rubber can exert, the consistency during the matches was the most impressive part of using this rubber.
the topspin drive, blocks and short pushes could be done with ease without any trouble. I can easily imagine this rubber on other blades; I have to say, The Joo Se Hyuk blade's stiffness certainly helped me do some quality, devastating smashes without compromising much control. I would personally recommend using this rubber with some reasonably stiff blades for those keen smashers.

Overall some pros would be, loads of spin without too much effort, consistent control during the match situations, a nice forehand rubber.

The cons are what most would expect. Price! It indeed does cost us fortunes to buy a sheet of this. And... it will take some time to get used to angling due to its trajectory and amount of spin it produces.

From my personal experience, if you are buying rubber for the same price, go for Tenergy 05 FX for intense spin with secure control. Or, if you are for the lower prices, go for Andro Rasant Grip or Andro Backside 2.0C(not the thickness it's the name of the rubber) which are bit slower.

It's packed with some decent control and spin so it would be worth buying this rubber for your first time using Tenergy.

Stiga Genesis M
thickness: 2.2mm
weight: 68g
After cut: 48g (quite heavy to me, prefer 44g)
Blade: Bufferfly Kenta Matsudaira (weight is 133g with Tenergy 05 fx, total is 181g)
hardness: very hard

i have tested out the genesis M with 2.2 thickness rubber on my butterfly kenta matsudaira. The problem with this genesis M is the hardness. i find out it is very hard for me to punch the ball into the sponge when playing stroke. Balls have difficulty sink into the sponge as the rubber hardness too high. I have to smash the ball very hard to achieve high speed and spin.

My expectation to stiga is stiga airoc sponge with DHS rubber. The reason behind is airoc sponge really give the sense of catapult and ball feeling in hand when stroke, and paired with the chinese rubber topsheet, then, it will perfect to me.