Experiences with Butterfly BalsaCarbo X7 22?

[TTAntiPlayer]

Apologies for recently spamming the forum with various blade topics. I’m trying to gather as much information as possible about different blades to narrow down a few options that might suit my playing style. My plan is to purchase and test them out after the end of the season.
There are some posts about this blade in other topics, but they don’t go into much detail. Maybe it would be better to have a dedicated topic to gather as much information as possible in one place.
Could someone share insights on:

• speed and feel (stiffness, hardness)
• how it pairs with different types of rubbers (e.g., ESN/Jpn, hybrid, Chinese, hardness etc.)?
• the playing styles it’s best suited for

(btw I’m an experienced player with a close to the table OFF style, I currently use YAP on my BH but planning to switch to short/mid pips, and I've never played with balsa blades before)

 

[enoxzr]

I have played for around 1 to 1,5 years with this blade and really liked it! Tbh, only reason I switched blades, was my move to LP, which the only rubber type I didn't like on it.

Good speed, nice feeling on hit, bit on the softer side also since it's an inner carbon blade. Works with EU, Hybrid and Chinese rubbers, whatever suits your style/preference. Also works really well with short pips! My best results I had with this blade was Chinese FH and short pips backhand, but my initial setup was Rasanter R48 FH, C48 BH.

I've got several people at my club playing with this blade, or the ALL variant X5. Most people play EU tensors in it, even on the softer side, like a Tenergy 05FX on the FH. The guy with the X5 plays it with a Friendship Battle 3 on the FH and a Yinhe Moon 12 M+ on BH.

All in all, lovely attacking blade, suits both a looping style as well as a more direct block/drive style. Handles pretty much all rubbers except LP, feeling was a bit too soft for that for my liking.