What exactly do you mean with "light"? The blade only or the whole racket?
The JSH and Mazunov, and also several T5000 blades like IFT5000/ZJKT5000 were on average much heavier than
It's definitely due to the orange sponge, a blue sponge should feel a lot better on that blade.Got myself national w968 and my first impressions are ... it's ok.
It has plenty of power and stability on regular FH and BH top spins, blocking is great too (comparing this to 301x is night and day, 301x is so so flexible, I can't do proper blocks against good players).
The thing I disliked the most is the new H3 OS prov. 39 degrees on the forehand side - it just sucks, it's not tacky and over the table plays lack spin, like, A LOT.
I have older H3 OS on my ZJK ALC and it's very good and tacky and spin is amazing.
I know someone on this forum said this many times, that newer versions of H3 OS prov. lack tackiness...I just had to confirm it myself.
On the FH side (whether it's because of this crappy untacky H3) the blade lacks feeling and spin when looping against backspin and with medium to low power - it went over the table a lot for me.
edited ^^^: when looping against backspin and with medium to low power.
Overall, I think it's in the same league (in terms of quality) with Butterfly Vis, ZJK ALC and other top butterfly blades, however it costs 2-3 times more depending on the number....I can't say it's worth it. I'll post a video with gameplay later today or tomorrow probably using that blade and crappy OS h3
The thing is: I like older tacky H3 OS much more than new BS because it's easier to play and feeling is great (and it's cheaper!!), but now I don't know what to do
Got myself national w968 and my first impressions are ... it's ok.
It has plenty of power and stability on regular FH and BH top spins, blocking is great too (comparing this to 301x is night and day, 301x is so so flexible, I can't do proper blocks against good players).
The thing I disliked the most is the new H3 OS prov. 39 degrees on the forehand side - it just sucks, it's not tacky and over the table plays lack spin, like, A LOT.
I have older H3 OS on my ZJK ALC and it's very good and tacky and spin is amazing.
I know someone on this forum said this many times, that newer versions of H3 OS prov. lack tackiness...I just had to confirm it myself.
On the FH side (whether it's because of this crappy untacky H3) the blade lacks feeling and spin when looping against backspin and with medium to low power - it went over the table a lot for me.
edited ^^^: when looping against backspin and with medium to low power.
Overall, I think it's in the same league (in terms of quality) with Butterfly Vis, ZJK ALC and other top butterfly blades, however it costs 2-3 times more depending on the number....I can't say it's worth it. I'll post a video with gameplay later today or tomorrow probably using that blade and crappy OS h3
The thing is: I like older tacky H3 OS much more than new BS because it's easier to play and feeling is great (and it's cheaper!!), but now I don't know what to do
Bought my latest H3N provincial in late November 2024, the grip is excellent and the tack is decent.
Totally agree, I only use H3 39 Orange Provincial. I never tried the old with tons of tackiness. The new H3 still is spinnier than any ESN rubber. The grip after 4 months is still excellent with all tackiness gone.
w968 and zjk alc are very different blades, one is inner carbon, the other is outer. ZJK ALC has more low end speed so you can brush more than hit. But with W968 you have to hit more than brush, now try to open up the angle and apply more direct force
it's interesting that BH with H3 is very, very good feeling and easy to perform. Many people say that BH is the weakness of w968 and inner structures in general, but my piece feels good on the BH.
Is it a completly new blade? My W968 needed a few sessions of training to settle in. The first training it felt slow and dead on both sides with BH slightly less dead.
never heard of such things with blades. Maybe humidity (or constant water based glue application) can affect the play, other than that I don't think anything can change.
Decent level of play but why do you expect W968 + H3 to perform well if you only slightly brush the ball? Both these blade and rubber require strong forward motion and body strength, while you play like it's Viscaria + T05.
It's this blade quality (the ball trajectory goes long, check out Table Tennis Gan review - he said so as well, and he is much highel level than me...) and I said that I was testing this for the first time. Prov. H3 BS did very well on this blade.
The biggest adjustment is just how big the head is on the w968 national. There's a noticeable difference as to where you need to hit the ball. It's a little higher up on the blade because of the length.
