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I guess that speed might be a factor and I can relate to that. Albeit it's high control, the ALX is a fast blade. The rubbers I use are not fast ones, but there's a great feeling of push behind them from the lively and springy blade. With fast tensor rubbers things could get really wild. I wouldn't recommend the ALX for a beginner entering intermediate level. Middle to advanced intermediate or higher level players using rather hard sponges (47.5 degrees and above) could exploit it's high values.can't wait for the alxi version
yeah this is a fast blade, not going to get the new version if that is fasterI guess that speed might be a factor and I can relate to that. Albeit it's high control, the ALX is a fast blade. The rubbers I use are not fast ones, but there's a great feeling of push behind them from the lively and springy blade. With fast tensor rubbers things could get really wild. I wouldn't recommend the ALX for a beginner entering intermediate level. Middle to advanced intermediate or higher level players using rather hard sponges (47.5 degrees and above) could exploit it's high values.
you mean the ice cream blade? I think that would be faster?
Yes, the Xiom Icecream AZXi.
Are these blades faster or slower than the Xiom "AZXi" ?
Cannot say anything about SAL but I've tried a friends ICECREAM AZXi and my recollection is that it's slower than ALX. Generally speaking it should be slower but YMMV.
Comparisons in these manner are usually very limited. To have a batter view one should use same rubbers , blades compared to have same mass and use same glue and gluing method. Further more, two blades of same mass can be very different, rubbers are not uniform in terms of mass, density and thickness and so on.
Producer's specs. should make more sense in guidance if it is to compare blades of same brand. Haven't seen any specs on Xiom's site though for ALX.