Is this blade real?

[John_]

I saw this on AliExpress but the price is some 40 euros lower than the rest of the shops. Is it real?

It's supposed to be a DHS Hurricane Sun
(Sun Yingsha ALC)

https://a.aliexpress.com/_Ew20YK7

 

[BaRanchik]

Never buy expensive stuff from AliExpress.

 

[vivalavida320315]

just buy of prott, much cheaper and reliable there

 

[John_]

PROTT

This looks like a safer bet, prott.vip, cheaper too.

 

[John_]

just buy of prott, much cheaper and reliable there

Didn't think he had it, you're right, prott is much safer. I've ordered from him before as well.

 

[kindof99]

Why do these sellers all call it Hurricane Sun, instead of Hurricane Sha as named by DHS?

 

[Trayanee]

Those big shops on ali should be legit. I haven't heard of fakes. Certainly not of commercial products like HL5, SUN etc. , but this is expensive. If I was going the ali way, I would be more intrigued by this offering:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006732454140.html

 

[kindof99]

Those big shops on ali should be legit. I haven't heard of fakes. Certainly not of commercial products like HL5, SUN etc. , but this is expensive. If I was going the ali way, I would be more intrigued by this offering:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006732454140.html

S968 and Q968 definitely look more interesting.

 

[John_]

S968 and Q968 definitely look more interesting.

I would be waaaay over my head with those...XD

Those big shops on ali should be legit. I haven't heard of fakes. Certainly not of commercial products like HL5, SUN etc. , but this is expensive. If I was going the ali way, I would be more intrigued by this offering:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006732454140.html

These are fishy as all hell. No way these are real.

 

[kindof99]

I would be waaaay over my head with those...XD

These are fishy as all hell. No way these are real.

Hurricane Sha actuall costs less than $100 in China

 

[Trayanee]

I would be waaaay over my head with those...XD

These are fishy as all hell. No way these are real.

There is definitely some risk involved, but these are not premium DHS blades. There is almost no point in making fake Hurricane Sha and the shop has also a lot of blades cheaper than usual from other brands, which basically have zero chance of being faked by anyone like the Tmount T560, Yuan Jian Sword, Nexy, Loki Arthur pro etc.

 

[John_]

There is definitely some risk involved, but these are not premium DHS blades. There is almost no point in making fake Hurricane Sha and the shop has also a lot of blades cheaper than usual from other brands, which basically have zero chance of being faked by anyone like the Tmount T560, Yuan Jian Sword, Nexy, Loki Arthur pro etc.

Idk, prott has it for 130 dollars, so about 110 euros. Much better than tt11 or even this, and prott is a pretty good store as well. Reputable.

 

[Trayanee]

Idk, prott has it for 130 dollars, so about 110 euros. Much better than tt11 or even this, and prott is a pretty good store as well. Reputable.

Definitely a good approach. For me, this is a better price and more convenient because with Ali EU VAT is already included and no charge for customs handling

 

[John_]

Definitely a good approach. For me, this is a better price and more convenient because with Ali EU VAT is already included and no charge for customs handling

Our vat is 24% so it cheaper overall from prott. But I'm confident that prott equipment is original.

 

[JJ Ng]

A couple comments. I have never ordered from Toki Table Tennis Store so not comment. I have bought at least 10 sheets of Hurricane 3 neo blue sponge provincial from Forward Sport Store. They seem legit. I have used 5 sheets.

Now Forward Sport Store is very very slow in its shipping. Like really slow. I have bought from like 8-9 different vendors from Aliexpress, and Forward Sport Store is the slowest one. A couple times I thought my rubber would not arrive but they eventually showed up at my door like 3-4 weeks later which is a long time when I have been spoiled by TT11 all these years.

As for if the blades are legit on Forward Sport Store, I don't know.

But putting in my 2 cents.

I personally don't use expensive blades. Plus, I am not impressed by Long 5 and Bo carbon (first version) so I don't like DHS blades that much.

 

[John_]

A couple comments. I have never ordered from Toki Table Tennis Store so not comment. I have bought at least 10 sheets of Hurricane 3 neo blue sponge provincial from Forward Sport Store. They seem legit. I have used 5 sheets.

Now Forward Sport Store is very very slow in its shipping. Like really slow. I have bought from like 8-9 different vendors from Aliexpress, and Forward Sport Store is the slowest one. A couple times I thought my rubber would not arrive but they eventually showed up at my door like 3-4 weeks later which is a long time when I have been spoiled by TT11 all these years.

As for if the blades are legit on Forward Sport Store, I don't know.

But putting in my 2 cents.

I personally don't use expensive blades. Plus, I am not impressed by Long 5 and Bo carbon (first version) so I don't like DHS blades that much.

I liked how long v played and shipping doesn't really matter to me, things arive between 1 to 3 months.

Regarding expensive stuff, well it's my hobby and the only thing I really put some money into, so it's not a big deal.