Nittaku Acoustic speed comparisons

Probably more of a off- / off blade. The speed is very typical of a 5-ply wood off blade so it's really hard to describe it. The blade plays really nice for looping.

I'd recommend you getting virtuoso+ over acoustic though. They both play really nice and similar to each other, built extremely well but virtuoso+ is just cheaper in the first place.

Nittaku acoustic is a great blade for close to the table looping. More of an Off- category, you need to have decent driving technique in order to make use of this blade.

it is not faster than a petr korbel blade, probably a bit faster than the stiga infinity blade. as what others said it is off- to off but i would rate it as OFF- only

Things worth trying out if you are looking for all wood blades in that category are:

1) Butterfly Petr Korbel
2) Tibhar Stratus Power Wood
3) Avalox P-700
4) Stiga Clipper
5) OSP Virtuoso Plus
6) Xiom Extreme S
7) Xiom Offensive S

Those are listed in no particular order.


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More info since you are also looking at composite blades and has questions about the speed of the P-700.

If you wanted slightly slower than the P-700 then Korbel, Power Wood and the Offensive S are good options. Virtuoso + is about the speed of the P-700. Clipper and Extreme S should be slightly faster than P-700 if the weight is the same.


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I believe you have found contradictory reviews because the Acoustic has the ability to play different ways. Light touch contact near the net will feel like an ALL- level blade. Step back a couple of feet and you can loop like an OFF- category blade. A cheap blade with similar flex and speed is the Grubba ALL+.

MindTrip said:

I believe you have found contradictory reviews because the Acoustic has the ability to play different ways. Light touch contact near the net will feel like an ALL- level blade. Step back a couple of feet and you can loop like an OFF- category blade. A cheap blade with similar flex and speed is the Grubba ALL+.

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It is true that there are blades with extra gears. However, there are so many more factors to be considered.

The same kind of wood from tree to tree is different. The same cut of Limba, for instance, from two different trees will not be exactly the same. So every Acoustic will play a little differently.

Wood weight varies. Usually when a manufacturer lists the weight of a blade they list +/- 5 grams to indicate a weight range. A real honest listing would be +/- 10 grams. Yes, I have seen a 79 gram Viscaria and a 98 gram Viscaria. Blades that are the same kind that weigh more will feel better and be faster. Blades that weigh less will not feel as good and be slower.

Then there is technique. A player with higher level technique will feel completely different things from a blade than someone with lower level technique. And the people who tend to write reviews on a site like TableTennisDB tend to be of varied level with a lot of reviews made by beginner level players. And a lot of reviews made by people who have only tried 1 or 2 different blades. You have to assess the information.

Then there is perspective: someone who uses a Stiga Allround Classic and tries a TB ZLC will feel the blade is very very fast, the difference in speed of the two blades will cause this player to feel the TB ZLC is even faster than it actually is. And it is definitely pretty fast to begin with. Someone who uses a Primorac Carbon and tries a Stratus Power Wood will feel like it is slow as a turtle even though it is not a slow blade.

So there is a lot going on with those reviews. Guys who have played a lot of different equipment and compared them may be able to give a better review. But there is always the factor that something that one person likes, another will not. Something that is good for one player's game will not be great for another player's game.




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