Experience with defensive blades

[gui]

Hello folks,

Does anyone have experience to share if they have tested or heard about the Sanwei Defence Alpha, Tibhar CO-S-3 Defence, Tibhar Stratus Power Defense or others better wood?

I am looking for an ultra-slow wood to give me control, as I use Grass D.TecS on the backhand and Tenergy 05 on the forehand.

 

[lodro]

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Slowest blade i own and know. I did not have the skill , strength and agility to play it with , when using pimple out OX. Even with a MilkyWay 955 and a .7mm sponge I could hardly return anything back over the net.

Works fine for me with H3 and H3 neo but not in a strictly defensive way

 

[piligrim]

Donic defplay senso pretty slow

 

[kingkimchi]

Hello folks,

Does anyone have experience to share if they have tested or heard about the Sanwei Defence Alpha, Tibhar CO-S-3 Defence, Tibhar Stratus Power Defense or others better wood?

I am looking for an ultra-slow wood to give me control, as I use Grass D.TecS on the backhand and Tenergy 05 on the forehand.

I can recommend Donic Def Senso v3 (discontinued??), and Stiga Defensive pro (Gold Label)

 

[brokenball]

I to recommend the Donic Defplay Senso V3. It is slow enough but it is also good form making slow spinny loops close the table. I have Rakza 1.8mm on the FH and P1-R 1.4mm on the BH.

 

[ejprinz]

I have two Yinhe defensive blades, the 980 and the 980XX. They have roughly the same speed (1150Hz) but different wood plies. The 980XX (willow top ply) is softer (and >2x the cost) and is said to be a copy of the Butterfly's Matsushita Pro which is no longer being sold. The 980 has a harder top ply. They both have the oversized head area. I am playing the 980XX (also named after Kim Song I ;-) ) with Hurricane 3 Neo F/H and Dawei 988-D1 Professional B/H (0.8mm sponge). So I think these blades are for "modern defenders" and not extremely slow. I am going back and forth between the 980XX and the Victas Swat (same 1150Hz but thin 7-ply Limba top) and I think I have better control with the 980XX but it is a little more head heavy. I really like this blade. When I got it (with flared handle which seems to be more rare) it was the only one available on AliExpress ;-). The quality of the blade is impeccable like all the other Yinhe blades I have.

 

[Egon]

Tibhar CO-S-3 Defence is really ultra slow blade. I played it with Dornenglanz 2 and Spinart on the booster. That was great

 

[gui]

Tibhar CO-S-3 Defence is really ultra slow blade. I played it with Dornenglanz 2 and Spinart on the booster. That was great

Do you know If cos-s-3 is more slow or equal than Sanwei Alpha defence?

 

[Egon]

I haven't played with Alpha, but apparently the blade Tibhar CO-S-3 will be slower and most likely softer because it's lighter in weight and have a three-layer, unlike the five-layer Alpha
The characteristics on revspin also confirm this.

Sanwei Defence Alpha

Sanwei Defence Alpha table tennis blade reviews and ratings on Revspin.net.

revspin.net

Tibhar CO-S 3 Defensive

Tibhar CO-S 3 Defensive table tennis blade reviews and ratings on Revspin.net.

revspin.net

 

[gui]

I haven't played with Alpha, but apparently the blade Tibhar CO-S-3 will be slower and most likely softer because it's lighter in weight and have a three-layer, unlike the five-layer Alpha
The characteristics on revspin also confirm this.

Sanwei Defence Alpha

Sanwei Defence Alpha table tennis blade reviews and ratings on Revspin.net.

revspin.net

Tibhar CO-S 3 Defensive

Tibhar CO-S 3 Defensive table tennis blade reviews and ratings on Revspin.net.

revspin.net

Nice, thanks!!

What do you think about the rubbers that i use combined with the cos s 3? Will be better than Alpha?

 

[Egon]

Nice, thanks!!

What do you think about the rubbers that i use combined with the cos s 3? Will be better than Alpha?

The concept of "better" is very subjective...

 

[gui]

The concept of "better" is very subjective...

Right, i will test

 

[gui]

Donic defplay senso pretty slow

Donic defplay senso v3 or Just defplay senso?

 

[gui]

I haven't played with Alpha, but apparently the blade Tibhar CO-S-3 will be slower and most likely softer because it's lighter in weight and have a three-layer, unlike the five-layer Alpha
The characteristics on revspin also confirm this.

Sanwei Defence Alpha

Sanwei Defence Alpha table tennis blade reviews and ratings on Revspin.net.

revspin.net

Tibhar CO-S 3 Defensive

Tibhar CO-S 3 Defensive table tennis blade reviews and ratings on Revspin.net.

revspin.net

Did you have opinion about CO-S-3, Diode Pro and Donic defplay senso v3?

 

[haggisv]

The Donic defplay (both versions) and Tibhar CO-S-3 are both quite slow. I don't know about the Diode Pro, but it's likely to be a modern defender blade (like the other diode versions), in which case it will be faster.

 

[Egon]

Did you have opinion about CO-S-3, Diode Pro and Donic defplay senso v3?

I have been playing with homemade blades for a long time now, and I sold all the factory blades because I didn't need them anymore. So much time and events have passed that it's hard for me to remember, to be honest. Every day here we have a rocket flying in, a drone exploding, or power outages due to missile attacks. These events greatly push the events before the war out of my memory. Sometimes I get the impression that the events before the war were in another life...

 

[piligrim]

Donic defplay senso v3 or Just defplay senso?

V3

 

[bik1906]

I play the senso v3 so I thought I would add the characteristics as outlined by the manufacturer as there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the senso series. Basically V1 is more speed oriented, V2 is balanced and V3 is pure control defensive. The image I've posted us from the V3 but also outlines all 3 versions at the bottom. This is just for someone who's looking to buy a senso to get a gist of what Donic intended with each blade version.