Should we keep the same outer layer for all our blades ?

I'd actually prefer koto with ALC for FH and limba with ZLC for BH.

To me koto feels too hard for BH where you do a lot of softer hits and touch shots. Limba tend to give you more of that dwell time and softness

I "grew up" on a frame with (I think) Walnut outers, the vintage Stiga Offensive Wood. When I returned to the game, I got me a Stiga Offensive Classic - which has Limba outers.

It didn't work for me. I've tried a number of Limba blades, and all of them felt muffled and numb to me. I've since played happily with Koto and Anegre blades, both all-wood and composites (2nd or 3rd ply). I've also tried Hinoki outers, which felt good but didn't click for me. These experiments have turned out a few common denominators of the blades I liked the most.

• All blades I really liked had Koto or Anegre outers
• Under 5.8mm (or so) it gets too thin and wobbly for my taste; slightly over 6mm seems to be where my optimum tradeoff lies
• Mass-produced walnut seems to be sort of MIA, gone out of style?
• I tended to prefer blades with a Kiri core, although I did like a few with Ayous core woods
• I liked the blades with ALC next to their core
• I heavily dislike Balsa cores
• Composites directly below the outer probably too hot to handle for me
• I don't understenand how (or why) anybody can play with a 2nd ZLC layer
• Weight distribution matters a lot

All strictly personal, of course; YMMV.

Isnt LSW blade a 2nd layer zlf blade?

I switched from playing Limba outer blade (Donic Waldner Senso Ultra Carbon) to Koto outer layer blade some 2 years ago. Surely, there is a learning curve involved as I remember correctly. My shots with Koto outer layer blades used to go to the net quite frequently in the earlier part of my adaptation.
However, I think that this video which OP mentioned is part of the advertising and marketing campaign and should be considered as such. I don't that it is difficult to adapt to a setup provided you have good technique and you keep on focusing on the process of learning and adaptability.
In the end, I am now very pleased with my choice of setup and also very hesitant to try something new as well, not because I cannot adapt, on the contrary, I feel that it is not worth the effort to keep adjusting my stroke again and again. Rather, I will put the same amount of money in coaching lessons with my coach and hone my skills even more. That IMHO, would be a more rewarding and satisfactory experience.

yogi_bear said:

Isnt LSW blade a 2nd layer zlf blade?

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LSW is Innerforce ZLF = ZLF near the core. so, no.

Oh ok, so which one?