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HL5A is Koto | ALC | Ayous | Kiri. In other words, it's DHS's Viscaria clone and nothing like HL5's Limba | Ayous | KLC | Ayous lol.

Yes, I already see that you consider "hybrid-ness" to be a spectrum. What I'm curious about is, from your perspective, is there anything tacky other than H3 that you don't consider a hybrid?

It sounds like your definition of hybrid is anything tacky that isn't H3.

The Chinese lady who sold me my first assembled racket back then told me to clean the H3 with sweat after each use. So, I guess I pose to you the question that I wish I had asked her: How does one consistently sweat enough to clean 2 pieces of rubber? And while we are being scientifically...

Here's where I saw it: From left to right: SYS: somewhat thick WCQ: slightly thick HL5: (standard) HL5X: extra thick On the other hand, he only verbally talked about Q968 being hardened relative to W968, without specifying the manufacuring treatment. It is only the graphics that imply it to...

From the manufacturing perspective, The main difference is in the core layer thickness. Thickness from lowest to highest: W968 < Q968 < S968 < HL5X And assuming all else the same, from thickness you can expect the usual consequential correlation with hardness, speed, and weight; and inverse...

It's yellow because it's Kevlar AKA para-aramid AKA the bullet vest material known for high tensile strength per weight ratio. The Chinese call it KLC (KevLar Carbon? I don't really understand the L. Maybe it's for parity with ALC) or 黄芳碳 黄 = yellow 芳 (芳纶纤维 ) = aramid fiber 碳 (碳纤维) = carbon...

This is the first time I've heard the term aromatic carbon. So let's address the elephant in the room: How do they smell? ;)

In a vacuum, horizontal distance scales quadratically with speed (d ∝ v^2). 110% speed = 121% more distance. With Magnus effect from topspin, the force scales linearly with speed (F ∝ v). 110% speed = 110% more downward force. You can think of it like additional gravity (even though the...

Cool measurements (if true)! It's funny how everything else has units, but not the initial "power". Obviously that's not the power in physics measured in watts. Marketing department pulled additional numbers out of their butt?

I think most of us consider the MS SF between Sora and Tomo to be the real final.

Well, I don't know about DHS engineers from 2005, but based on the Chinese reviews that I've been reading, 底劲 specifically refers to the top gear, the performance when one has the opportunity to fully swing and actively commit maximum power input. There are other confonding terminology like...

"Bottom-end power" is probably a mistranslation of dijin, which should actually be translated as power ceiling. Better dijin just means can linearly support higher input force before bottoming out/plateauing, typically only relevant far from the table.

Does anyone else feel like the early reviews are just humble-bragging about being able to afford it. It's like women's luxury handbags; they make statements more about status and exclusivity than function.

Need to start a new thread: Best Chinese sticky rubbers that don't need gluing

"XP looks down; the boss of the sponsor printed on his jersey is there across the table. Picks up his racket; the face printed on the handle is also there across the table" :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

He had a previous one explaining blades too. His concept for his website has a logical framework for analyzing equipment data. However, his input "data" is just lifted from manufacturers' marketing materials, which are better than nothing but hardly worth analyzing, especially for comparison...

3 things stood out to me during the MS finals: 1. Yellow card to Alexis seemingly for delaying the game when Felix was ready to serve. Did the umpire get swept up in these 2 brothers' famously fast tempo between points? Alexis probably would've been given some slack if it wasn't Felix across...

Previous generation BDs were semi-tacky and fast. Would you say that it is a departure from that and more aligned with the H3 niche?

While most agree that the topsheet of H3 today is way less tacky that the original, its sponge, especially the #22, is still the epitome of high density Chinese sponges. If you call H3 a hybrid, then what's left to represent traditional hard sponges? :ROFLMAO: