Looking for a Blade recommendation

Thanks guys....

i've decided on the SPW with Aurus both sides, 1.8 BH and 2.1 FH... was rude not to when I got a nice one time offer of the whole thing for £90 delivered when full price would have been £107

Medax

Blade arrived and surprisingly its only 4 grams heavier than my Galaxy 896 & Aurus combination.

Feels to be balanced differently, more towards the head, but maybe that's the 4 grams extra that I am noticing rather than a difference in balance.

1st match with it tomorrow, so see how I go

Thanks again all who pointed me in the right direction

Hi All,

A quick update 7 months (or so) on from this request for help.....

I went with the spw and I lost quite a few matches in the following 4 months. The problem was that I seemed to be really struggling to adapt to the change in blade, so back to the 896 I went and back to winning ways was the result.

I just couldn't get out of my head the sweet spot that I had understood carbon offered though, but I took into account what everyone said about staying away and I resisted the urge to give it a go. That was until someone at a match happened to have a Yinhe pro feeling blade, inner carbon and I just couldn't resist having a shot or three (well 3 matches it turned out in the end ).

Oh man!!!!! the control on this blade was/is absolutely awesome for me, so I took the plunge and bought one of my own to pair with aurus sound FH and gewo proton neo 325 BH (like my old Joola 325's). I can push and drive with ease, I block pretty well (which was a bonus move for me) and get back some blocks that I would normally net. My chop (more like a spinny push to be fair) is dropping just after the net, so nice and short... Winner again

The only issue I am having at the moment is top spin... I'm either not getting enough top spin or over hitting by about 10 inches to a foot which I guess is a combination of my bad top spin technique (not enough brush still) and the extra speed from the pro feeling vs the 896

I hope that this time I won't have to change again and be updating this post in 6 months with yet another blade, but so far this has been the best blade change after just 2 weeks that I have been able to adapt to, so I hope its a good sign this time around.

I also hope that my advanced/beginner (not intermediate level yet you will note ) E.J. journey helps out anyone else who finds themselves in such a situation.

All the best.

RIPPER said:

Hi mate just remember to keep in mind that what ever blade you change to it can take time to adjust so you would almost be expected to lose to players you'd normally beat it will take time to get used to the new blade

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yep, that certainly happened with the SPW, but then there were games I lost and some that I nearly lost that should NEVER have happened. That is when I realised I had made a mistake and it was not working out !!!

if you have used all rounder alot be good idea to try something faster but don't necessarily need to go to carbon, also depends on personal feeling, many friends of mine who are great players don't ask like the same blades, also something with good arc that throws the ball bit higher may be good for use with the new ball

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This is why I liked the Yinhe Pro feeling, its inner layered carbon so not too quick or too big a step for me to make