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  1. Best cheap defensive blade?

    I guess it depends what you compare the 980 to. 980 was the softest compared to all the ones I've mentioned above, it was flexible and soft which can be harder to control. There are few different DefPlays, I was talking about V3 specifically, that one is amazing, can't say anything about classic...
  2. Which of the 4 Innerforce ALC blades is the best?

    D or C. If I have to stick for life it means that over time I will improve, as I improve and get older I won't have to rely on my physiques but rather than on the speed of the blade, therefore Ovtcharov is the best bet. It is just slightly slower than viscaria the other ones are just way too slow
  3. Best cheap defensive blade?

    980 is a very soft blade, too soft to my taste. Koji Matsushita is a lot harder but I hate the handle, it's too slim and slippery
  4. Best cheap defensive blade?

    Having tried quite a few: Yinhe 980, Donic Defplay Senso V3, Victas Koji Matsushita Defensive, Butterfly Joo Sae Hyuk, Butterfly Diode V, Yinhe 980xx pro I could say that I liked Donic Defplay Senso V3 the most because the outer layer is oneigre? And it has unique feel due to hollow handle...
  5. My Personal Guide to Rubbers on Aliexpress

    Battle III is a lot better, a russian guy reviewed this rubber and said it had nothing special but the cost is expensive, battle 3 is a better rubber and better value overall
  6. San Francisco looking for training partner.

    Some of them do, most of them don't. Most of them focus on complete other things. If many of them focused on equipment, we would see them trying new rubbers a lot more often but that simply doesn't happen, so it's not false.
  7. San Francisco looking for training partner.

    Equipment does matter only for certain levle/people. I think what matters even more is dedicated training time. I know few professionals in Russia who have zero clue about equipment, they simply play with what their clubs gave them. Some of them have been playing with the same equipment for...
  8. Different types of Butterfly Innerforce ZLC blades - Franziska vs Apolonia vs Harimoto vs Innerforce ZLC

    Apolonia is only a slightly slower than Ovtcharov innerforce alc, which has nearly the same speed as viscaria/timo boll alc. It is slower only in the short game. Franziska, on the other hand, rarely weighs more than 85g. All the ones that I was able to find were in the range 80-87g. Apolonia the...
  9. Confused between Rozena and Glayzer/Glayzer 09C

    I'd choose patrick franziska innerforce ZLC with weight 80-84g as it is low OFF- blade with superb control (has amazing feedback vibration) and two rozenas if you like soft rubbers with speed or two glayzers if you like slow and more controlled rubbers
  10. Xiom Blades with the best vibration / feedback

    Can anyone who has played with Viscaria/Timo Boll type blades (Xiom 36.5 ALXi, Hugo SAL/HAL, Ice Cream, An Jaehyun etc.) which one has the most vibraiton/feedback upon the ball contact? I have never played with any xiom blades so don't really know what to expect. I had timo boll ZLC and I want...
  11. Different types of Butterfly Innerforce ZLC blades - Franziska vs Apolonia vs Harimoto vs Innerforce ZLC

    Yesterday I tried my friend's ovtcharov alc 92g right after mine 80g franziska. The difference is night and day in terms of speed/penetrating power but with franziska I have a lot more control over the placement. With ovtcharov the only thing I could do is attack, attack and attack. There was...
  12. Different types of Butterfly Innerforce ZLC blades - Franziska vs Apolonia vs Harimoto vs Innerforce ZLC

    I have played with freitas alc and apolonia only once but it was enough to see the difference between them and my franziska innerforce zlc. Apolonia is pretty similar to freitas except it is more head heavy and has more of an arc with the same rubbers compared to flatter traejctory from the...
  13. WTT Contender Almaty 2024 Sep 3-8

    A lot of international websites do block Russian ips. I had that issue a lot when I lived in Russia
  14. Sanwei Fextra 5 Classic First Playing Report

    I don't think you can feel vibrations on a blade without rubbers. When I had my blade that vibrates the most (innerforce patric franziska zlc) and tried the bare blade, there was 0 vibration. When I glued the rubbers on I could feel the entire handle vibrate upon the contact as well as the head...
  15. Sanwei Fextra 5 Classic First Playing Report

    Do you think Yinhe pro 05 vibrates more then? I know a couple stiff blades that have a lot of vibrations, like freitas alc for example, at least the one that I played with
  16. Sanwei Fextra 5 Classic First Playing Report

    Does this blade have good feedback and vibartions upon contact with the ball? Or is it like fextra 7 that has little to no vibration?
  17. SANWEI BLUE GEAR HYPER is coming!🙈

    How is the throw angle on the medium soft version compared to ESN rubbers? I assume it's 37-38 degrees hardness.
  18. SANWEI NOVA Carbon is coming!

    hello, what is this blade's composition? What is the thickness? Does it have vibration feedback? sanwei vita alc
  19. Upgrading from Sanwei V5 pro to DHS 301z or Viscaria - Help me to choose !!!

    V5 has noticable more annoying vibrations (as if the blade is going to break upon the contact) and loud sound as the outer layer is extremely hard compared to viscaria which has muted feel, less loud. In terms of speed I would say V5 has slightly less speed and less flex. The main difference I...
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