DHS Hurricane long 5

[Leonardo12345]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between DHS hurricane Long 5 old and Long 5 new?
You can buy the new DHS hurricane Long 5 in the stores.
but no shop knows the specifications of the racket.
Itself on the site of DHS's nothing to be found about the new racket.

Leo

 

[Brookerbig]

A little small face
A little less weight
A little come stiff

 

[Stanny]

I have the new design for HL5. As stated above, the head size is smaller - 150 x 156-157 mm (same size as viscaria head size) vs the 152 x 160 mm head size of the original HL5. The weight is 91 grams vs 95-96 grams (original HL5). The reduced head size gives the blade a lot more balance but if you pair it with a chinese rubber like hurricane, it will be slightly head heavy. According to tabletennis11 - when I emailed them, they said the technical specifications are the same for both blades. I have never tried the original HL5, so I can't really compare anything else beyond this. The handle size is slightly smaller compared to other blades like the viscaria. The diameter is about 3.5 cm x 2.5 cm at the base and 2.7 cm x 2.3 cm at the middle of the blade. However, this still fits my hand just right.

 

[Leonardo12345]

if the blade is smaller, than this also means that the sweet spot is also smaller?
Or is this the same?
Thanks for your response. Brookerbig and Stanny

sorry for my bad English

 

[Stanny]

It'll definitely be smaller just by a bit. I just realized that I put the head size in cm, it should mm otherwise that's gigantic. That part is now corrected. If you take a ruler and plot out the difference 157 vs 160 mm and 150 vs 152 mm, it's not a lot. On the bright side, that means less rubber that you'll need to use, so your racket will be lighter and it'll be slightly easier to switch quickly between backhand and forehand. At the end of the day, it's really up to you what you really want and also what kind of style you are looking for.

P.S. I actually would also love to try the bigger head size and see what it feels like.

 

[LucasMcCaine]

so do they still come in flared handle only? i imagine that TT11 only carries the new model? just wondering

 

[Stanny]

It only comes in Flared because the handle is too small in terms of diameter size. If you want a bigger handle or straight handle, you would have to get the HL3 (all wood) which has a blade thickness of 6.3 mm vs the 5.9 mm of HL5 or the national version of the HL5 blade which would be the W968 (which has a bigger handle size, but I think it's only flared). Tabletennis11 as of 2-3 weeks ago had both old and new, but I believe it was causing confusion for the buyers so they merged it as one. You would have to contact them to ask.

 

[LucasMcCaine]

thanks again Stanny,will do ,these blades look really nice and it seems to me eventually they will be a collectors item ,if they are not already

 

[Leonardo12345]

Thanks Stanny you have help me very good.

 

[Leonardo12345]

Stanny You got the Long 5 new?Do you like it?
Is it a good blade?

 

[Stanny]

Hi Leonardo, yes I like it very much! As stated by a lot of other people, it's got a huge catapult effect so it's very easy to loop underspin. I used DHS H3 Neo for my FH and didn't really need to adjust much. BH I had to adjust a little, because my setup is slightly head heavy. The blade is definitely good. That being said, and I'll say it again, definitely try it out at a club. Someone's bound to have it because it's a fairly popular blade. Another choice that people are going to, and it's basically always sold out on tabletennis11 is the Fang Bo Carbon blade by DHS which is said to be similar to HL5 but the blade is stiffer. On the bright side it's cheaper and you might find a lot of people using this as I always see this blade sold out on tt11.

 

[Leonardo12345]

Thanks Stanny,
I now know what I should buy.
I'm going to buy DHS Hurricane Long 5.
I wish you good luck with your tennis games.

Sincerely,

Leonardo.