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It seems a bit odd that they have so many flavours (more then 15)of ZLC while maybe 1 or 2% of the players actually buy ZLC blades.
People buy zlc because they are cheap example in Poland from second hand new blades 10-15minutes used.
Zelebro for 50€
Nobilis for 60 €
Energon for 50€
Kinetic Speed from first division player 60€
This is not big money, i know we got worse quality equipment but it is still cheaper than alc.
The butterfly ZLC blades and Super ZLC blades range from 250 to 350+ Euro.
May be you are right konradI own TB ZLC, JM ZLC, Apolonia ZLC and I paid for them less than 300 euro.
I think if I will chance to say this miser type of player is the worst one.
You will waste too much time for writing and complaint about your situation and buy 30 different all wood or cheap composition blades for 30 euro and nothing will change after your 900 euros spend on equipment but you can buy one and play 3-5 years and feel pleasure of game.
I used to have chance to play with JM SPZLC, 2 different APOLONIA + I will get ZHANG JIKE SPZLC on monday to play so I am not this guy who is jealous about something and I played with many different blades from different companies.
I find Energon and Vega Pro has the most similiar feeling ZLC to Butterfly, but I can say that and you can say that I am wrong, I accept it but at the same time
I will say better to buy one ZLC/ALC from butterfly than buy 30 clone blades....at the same time it's better to
buy what is good for you and if you don't have money you can be better player with one slow all wood blade than 100 super fast like me
I own TB ZLC, JM ZLC, Apolonia ZLC and I paid for them less than 300 euro.
I think if I will chance to say this miser type of player is the worst one.
You will waste too much time for writing and complaint about your situation and buy 30 different all wood or cheap composition blades for 30 euro and nothing will change after your 900 euros spend on equipment but you can buy one and play 3-5 years and feel pleasure of game.
I used to have chance to play with JM SPZLC, 2 different APOLONIA + I will get ZHANG JIKE SPZLC on monday to play so I am not this guy who is jealous about something and I played with many different blades from different companies.
I find Energon and Vega Pro has the most similiar feeling ZLC to Butterfly, but I can say that and you can say that I am wrong, I accept it but at the same time
I will say better to buy one ZLC/ALC from butterfly than buy 30 clone blades....at the same time it's better to
buy what is good for you and if you don't have money you can be better player with one slow all wood blade than 100 super fast like me
Great info there Carl, just a few notes:
It has been shown that Zylon degraded quickly when exposed to light, heat and moisture. The difference is that in bullet proof vests the zylon sheets are just stitched in multiple layers to make a ballistic panel. In a TT blade the fibers need a resin to form a layer, so they are encased in that resin, otherwise they would just be a dead weight. Because they are encased, I don't think that the degradation will be as severe. Even if it is, we are talking about stopping TT balls, which is hardly as demanding as stopping bullets. Of course I have yet to test a 10 year old zylon blade so this is just a guess.
Arylate (Vectran) is actually slightly heavier than Kevlar, 1.41 [Kg/dm3] vs 1.39 [Kg/dm3]. Zylon is the heaviest with 1.56 [Kg/dm3].
Zylon is much more expensive to make than Vectran or Kevlar, and that makes the material more expensive also. It's harder to cut yes, but I wouldn't say exponentially, maybe twice as hard at best. The rest is just brand talk to justify their prices.
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I dont know which one is better side