Cheap blades for xiom vega on both sides

[firefox22]

I'm thinking about getting a w968 clone or some copy of the Stuor to use with two Xiom Vega rubbers on both sides. I used Chinese rubbers for a long time (without a booster) and I liked these Xiom ones, they're very soft and easy to put alot of spin. Which wood do you recommend from AliExpress?

 

[Julzig]

A couple of questions first.
why does it have to be AliExpress? (I dont mean it to judge, I order there aswell at times)
What level do you consider yourself?
How do you play?
Why do you want to change?

 

[TensorBackhand]

I'm thinking about getting a w968 clone or some copy of the Stuor to use with two Xiom Vega rubbers on both sides. I used Chinese rubbers for a long time (without a booster) and I liked these Xiom ones, they're very soft and easy to put alot of spin. Which wood do you recommend from AliExpress?

Lemuria long 5 clone

 

[Dumper]

Friendship yellow carbon is my main blade for years with vega pro/euro/x. These rubbers were good with Xvt zl 600 also, this blade is faster than the yellow carbon, it was too fast for me in championship matches.

 

[Egon]

To be honest, there are more questions than answers to your post.
What did you play with before and what do you play with now?
At what level and in what style do you play?
What chinese rubbers did you play with before and why did you switch to Vega?
The Vega series has several versions: Vega Pro, Vega Asia, Vega China, Vega Korea. All these rubbers are different from each other. What rubbers do you have and in what thickness?

 

[Julzig]

Lemuria long 5 clone

Tested the lemuria w968 yesterday, besides buildquality it was actually quite nice

 

[TensorBackhand]

Tested the lemuria w968 yesterday, besides buildquality it was actually quite nice

Yes? Did it have a flexy but responsive feeling?

 

[Julzig]

Yes? Did it have a flexy but responsive feeling?

have to test it a bit more, gave it to a friend mainly. Give me a few days and I can give you my feeling about it

 

[Julzig]

@TensorBackhand Sorry I couldn't test it properly yet, but I thought I might give you some other information and things I remember in the short time I played with it in the meantime.

Its measurements are pretty accurate. 160x150 head and 6mm thick, the grip seems to be also bigger, faithful to the w968. Still not the beefiest Grip out there. Its weight was 90g with the foil so a few gramms less, which I think is ideal if you plan to play heavy and boosted Rubbers.
It has a very high pitch and sounds a bit weird at roughly 1550hz (highest of my blades and might have been higher, not sure anymore) it did feel less stiff than my Yinhe V-15 Pro tho but stiffer than my usual Xiom AZXi.
Could be the hardness of the top ply giving a false impression here.
It was plenty fast with some gears and its touch was not bad. My feeling in speed is Lemuria968+-=AZXi>V-14
Had Xiom J&H Z52.5 and Nexy Etika 51 on it. Ripping BH shots with the Nexy was actually really good.
FH was also alright, but I am not used to the Rubber.
As I said before, its build quality was meh with the fibres sticking out and a very rough and cheap feeling handle overall. The wood quality is in my eyes not the best aswell, but Im not the right person to evaluate this.
Also it is a blatant ripoff and uses even the DHS logo. Which is, well lets just say, questionable.
You can tell it is a fake if you know some detaills atleast.

All in all it is a blade that is 35 bucks, feels like it but plays better than it.
Should anyone buy it? If you dont care about buildquality and are okay with actual plagiarism...
It made me want to buy the real deal. Well only if its one that isnt a joke of DHS QC.

If any of these perceptions change I will update it here.

 

[firefox22]

lol i forgot to answer

A couple of questions first.
why does it have to be AliExpress? (I dont mean it to judge, I order there aswell at times)
What level do you consider yourself?
How do you play?
Why do you want to change?

aliexpress is cheaper, and also have nice copies of w968 blades,
i've played with penhold for 4 years, was a strong player but my knees gave up, lca cirurgy but im back
i've always playing with alot of forehands blocks and atacking with forehand loops, im tal and was quite easy generate spin (1.90cm)
i can't move that fast anymore

 

[Julzig]

lol i forgot to answer


aliexpress is cheaper, and also have nice copies of w968 blades,
i've played with penhold for 4 years, was a strong player but my knees gave up, lca cirurgy but im back
i've always playing with alot of forehands blocks and atacking with forehand loops, im tal and was quite easy generate spin (1.90cm)
i can't move that fast anymore

I would suggest something not too fast, and with a bit of flex and good dwell so you can focus on that spin game, while not having to move too much.
Because the ball will come back too fast with a speedy setup and you wont be able to stand well to the ball all the time I quess then with your knees.

So some sort of innercarbon then for the big sweetspot and if you still need a bit of power.

Not sure what blades on Aliexpress fit this criteria well. Some Long V clones probably, depending on how their made.
Always a gamble tho.

 

[Julzig]

@TensorBackhand Sorry I couldn't test it properly yet, but I thought I might give you some other information and things I remember in the short time I played with it in the meantime.

Its measurements are pretty accurate. 160x150 head and 6mm thick, the grip seems to be also bigger, faithful to the w968. Still not the beefiest Grip out there. Its weight was 90g with the foil so a few gramms less, which I think is ideal if you plan to play heavy and boosted Rubbers.
It has a very high pitch and sounds a bit weird at roughly 1550hz (highest of my blades and might have been higher, not sure anymore) it did feel less stiff than my Yinhe V-15 Pro tho but stiffer than my usual Xiom AZXi.
Could be the hardness of the top ply giving a false impression here.
It was plenty fast with some gears and its touch was not bad. My feeling in speed is Lemuria968+-=AZXi>V-14
Had Xiom J&H Z52.5 and Nexy Etika 51 on it. Ripping BH shots with the Nexy was actually really good.
FH was also alright, but I am not used to the Rubber.
As I said before, its build quality was meh with the fibres sticking out and a very rough and cheap feeling handle overall. The wood quality is in my eyes not the best aswell, but Im not the right person to evaluate this.
Also it is a blatant ripoff and uses even the DHS logo. Which is, well lets just say, questionable.
You can tell it is a fake if you know some detaills atleast.

All in all it is a blade that is 35 bucks, feels like it but plays better than it.
Should anyone buy it? If you dont care about buildquality and are okay with actual plagiarism...
It made me want to buy the real deal. Well only if its one that isnt a joke of DHS QC.

If any of these perceptions change I will update it here.

Little update:
The sound is horrible. Like very. To the point where it affects my game.
Still like it for my BH, FH would have to adapt still. I even put a different Rubber on.
More on the direct side and low arc. Maybe not that flexy.
The feedback is very muted in the handle and only a little vibration is noticable in the thumb and indexfinger
My friend really likes it tho, who usually plays Nittaku Acoustic G-Rev and also noticed the flat Arc.

 

[firefox22]

bought the long 5 stuor, i will wait to see how the blade is, maybe got some sanwei or loki gtx to boost on the forehand and another dhs red on the backhand