Is the DHS 9002 (premade) any good?

[Lowday20298]

Helloooo!

I've been playing for 7 years now and know in a general sense what I want, I have been looking at this for a while because the price is pretty enticing and seems to fit my demands for a more specialised change/upgrade, according to my coach's recommendations.

I've been playing with intensity nct, walnut outer play, spruce mid ply and ayous core.
Have played with viscaria in the past, but it felt a bit much with koto and outer alc.

The dhs is :
Ebony
Unknown Wood
Arylate carbon
Unknown core

The formula seems like a good upgrade to get some much needed power. I've been looking the last few days at inner carbon blades and hurricane 3 after my coach suggested that I play with it, I know the hurricane 3, I've played it for a while. Is the blade any good? Build quality and feeling? Does the carbon feel like proper alc?

Btw, I'm aware about the difference between red and black chinese rubbers and have found they also come with h3 black and h8 red, so I'm comfortable in that way.

Having that said, doing the math, it comes out much cheaper than if I get a custom racket by some 70 bucks, but what's the catch? Probably the rubbers are old? But boosting would fix them, so I mainly care about if the blade is worth it.
I'm on budget too and I'm done spending big cash for blades.

Thanks for any input.

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

The thing with premades, especially Chinese ones, is that there is no guarantee about any quality of the product. The rubbers are most commonly factory qc rejects with inconsistent thickness and hardness, and the blades are usually made with the cheapest woods with very poor build quality, thats how you pay less for these premades. IMO you are much better off buying an proven individual product like DHS H301 or Fang Bo B2/X instead of gambling on this thing

 

[lodro]

https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/H24cdf296838e4ea2ad95e5a812a9cbc36.jpg

Been recently in a similar situation . I was aware of the dangers that are mentioned in #2 but could not resist. Regardless of all the promises that the advert made, this unit was a complete dog but a beautiful dog 🤣

 

[Lowday20298]

The thing with premades, especially Chinese ones, is that there is no guarantee about any quality of the product. The rubbers are most commonly factory qc rejects with inconsistent thickness and hardness, and the blades are usually made with the cheapest woods with very poor build quality, thats how you pay less for these premades. IMO you are much better off buying an proven individual product like DHS H301 or Fang Bo B2/X instead of gambling on this thing

Alright, thanks for the heads up. I'll stick to mainline products.👍

 

[Lowday20298]

https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/H24cdf296838e4ea2ad95e5a812a9cbc36.jpg

Been recently in a similar situation . I was aware of the dangers that are mentioned in #2 but could not resist. Regardless of all the promises that the advert made, this unit was a complete dog but a beautiful dog 🤣

Yeah, that's what I want to avoid, I have 10 blades and I'm getting rid of one to get a pen YEO and start my journey there, but I saw this and thought that it would be a good upgrade until I change. I'll save up and just buy an innerforce zlc that I liked, there's also alc and alc.s. Even though I have no idea what's different between alc and alc.s...

 

[Lazer]

Yeah, that's what I want to avoid, I have 10 blades and I'm getting rid of one to get a pen YEO and start my journey there, but I saw this and thought that it would be a good upgrade until I change. I'll save up and just buy an innerforce zlc that I liked, there's also alc and alc.s. Even though I have no idea what's different between alc and alc.s...

ALC.S is a slower and more flexy variant.
I have one with a flared handle. It’s heavy 91g and has an itsy bitsy teeny wheenie handle. Except for this is alright if you like slow.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[Lowday20298]

ALC.S is a slower and more flexy variant.
I have one with a flared handle. It’s heavy 91g and has an itsy bitsy teeny wheenie handle. Except for this is alright if you like slow.

Cheers
L-zr

How's the handle on the zlc and alc? Is it the same with alc.s?

 

[Lazer]

How's the handle on the zlc and alc? Is it the same with alc.s?

Don’t know, you can check BTY’s spec file. It’s downloadable.It will give You an idea.

Cheers
L-zr

 

[Lowday20298]

Don’t know, you can check BTY’s spec file. It’s downloadable.It will give You an idea.

Cheers
L-zr

Good idea, had completely forgot they have that, thanks lazer!

 

[Stella]

It's a piece of junk, only things that don't pass quality control are made into this.

 

[Gozo Aruna]

Helloooo!

I've been playing for 7 years now and know in a general sense what I want, I have been looking at this for a while because the price is pretty enticing and seems to fit my demands for a more specialised change/upgrade, according to my coach's recommendations.

I've been playing with intensity nct, walnut outer play, spruce mid ply and ayous core.
Have played with viscaria in the past, but it felt a bit much with koto and outer alc.

The dhs is :
Ebony
Unknown Wood
Arylate carbon
Unknown core

The formula seems like a good upgrade to get some much needed power. I've been looking the last few days at inner carbon blades and hurricane 3 after my coach suggested that I play with it, I know the hurricane 3, I've played it for a while. Is the blade any good? Build quality and feeling? Does the carbon feel like proper alc?

Btw, I'm aware about the difference between red and black chinese rubbers and have found they also come with h3 black and h8 red, so I'm comfortable in that way.

Having that said, doing the math, it comes out much cheaper than if I get a custom racket by some 70 bucks, but what's the catch? Probably the rubbers are old? But boosting would fix them, so I mainly care about if the blade is worth it.
I'm on budget too and I'm done spending big cash for blades.

Thanks for any input.
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Ma Long will not be friends with you anymore...

Seven years playing and you are looking at pre-made?

What were you playing for the past seven years? Sandpaper? Garage? Basement?

 

[Lowday20298]

Ma Long will not be friends with you anymore...

Seven years playing and you are looking at pre-made?

What were you playing for the past seven years? Sandpaper? Garage? Basement?

Nope, just whatever looks interesting. From hurricane to tenergy, to long pips and now penhold. I like to find good deals and have fun exploring and experimenting!

 

[Alwin]

The rubbers are most commonly factory qc rejects with inconsistent thickness and hardness, and the blades are usually made with the cheapest woods with very poor build quality, thats how you pay less for these premades.

Just wanted to add since it wasn't mentioned elsewhere that the rubbers are usually glued on with very, very strong glue. From personal experience, you'll probably end up splintering the blade and/or having glue residue you need to sand off the blade. So you won't really have an upgrade path if you do want to get better rubbers in the future. If you're on a tight budget, try find a decent blade second hand

 

[lodro]

Just wanted to add since it wasn't mentioned elsewhere that the rubbers are usually glued on with very, very strong glue.

One should not really generalize. The very very strong glue part was definitely true in the old days of Voc-glues and when some lovely club member hands you a twenty year old blade and asks you to put new rubbers on it might still apply. The new ready-made rackets are ok now.

 

[Alwin]

One should not really generalize. The very very strong glue part was definitely true in the old days of Voc-glues and when some lovely club member hands you a twenty year old blade and asks you to put new rubbers on it might still apply. The new ready-made rackets are ok now.

Fair enough, but that’s my personal experience of DHS premades like the one in the OP, trying to ‘upgrade’ pre-mades for my former club, and the same for a friend who tried to remove the rubbers from a newly bought pre-made butterfly racket last month. I just haven’t seen a rubber come off a pre-made racket cleanly before and it would be hard to know what glue was used before buying a pre-made.

So perhaps a word of caution and ymmv about the glue rather than a general statement, but I still stand by it (along with all the other reasons to not get a pre-made).

 

[lodro]

Fair enough, but that’s my personal experience of DHS premades like the one in the OP, trying to ‘upgrade’ pre-mades for my former club, and the same for a friend who tried to remove the rubbers from a newly bought pre-made butterfly racket last month. I just haven’t seen a rubber come off a pre-made racket cleanly before and it would be hard to know what glue was used before buying a pre-made.

So perhaps a word of caution and ymmv about the glue rather than a general statement, but I still stand by it (along with all the other reasons to not get a pre-made).

And that is I think the main point, you never know what you're gonna get. I got this above mentioned Loki,https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/H24cdf296838e4ea2ad95e5a812a9cbc36.jpg. I liked the handle you see 🤣 and I also liked the sponge color. What a dog. The whole unit had no power in it what so ever. The rubber came off easy as.
But looking back, I should have just bought a box of chocolates😂