Joola Zhou Qihao Super AL-c 90 review
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On monday also I made a training against him using my current blade, Sunflex LSH Tokio Edition 2020 with DNA Platinum M max on FH and 2.1mm on BH.
Therefore I can compare the two setups.
I'm very surprised that ZQH 90 performed greatly! I thought I couldn't control it the way I need against such an high quality defender, instead to my big surprise not only I could control very well each shot (topspin against backspin, against block, topspin drive, drive) but I was able to put easily a lot of speed and spin on the ball, driving effortlessy.
With my current blade, on monday, against the same opponent, I had to put a lot of effort to obtain the same quality shots I made effortlessy with ZQH 90. It was so difficult to obtain the point. That exactly reflects the results: on monday I lost 3-1 3-1 (two matches); today I won 3-1 3-2 and lost 3-1.
At the end of the 3 matches my opponent confirmed that the ZQH setup was better in every aspect of the perfomance than the previous one.
In the next trainings I'm gonna play against aggressive attackers with good serves (one with short pips on bh and another one with both inverted like me) and higher ranks than me to see how I perform...but I'm thrilled, I'm seriously thinking to switch to ZQH 90 for the rest of the season!!
I will update the results but this blade has really impressed me so far!
This blade is good so far. The handle is smaller than I expected, so I put grip tape on. With a boosted 40 degree hurricane 3 provincial blue sponge, I can hit ridiculously powerful forehands. However, opening loops are hard to control and smashing is very inconsistent. So I think I'll switch to a 39 degree orange sponge hurricane for more control.
What is a good backhand rubber for this blade? I'm using the Donic Bluegrip C2 with it right now but I know I can do better.
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This morning I played against an attacker, good at blocking too. I recently lost 3-0 to him one week ago in official regional league match. Then the racket was the sunflex lsh TE 2020 off blade plus DNA Platinum m both sides. Today, with the ZQH 90, I won 3-2 3-0... I don't know if it depends on my official match level, lower then training level, but I can say that my backhand punch drive was way lethal and fh topspin drives, when I was correctly placed over the table, were too fast and spinner than last week, he couldn't control them. Also blocking was super easy and very dangerous for my opponent. I also missed some more fh topspins than usual, but it might depend on the overall balance of the new racket.
It seems that this blade is a keeper.
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Out of curiosity, from what level of table tennis would you recommend this blade?
I am far from being an advanced player but I have already played with a Viscaria, 36.5 ALX, HL5, Boll ALC, etc.
I was just wondering if with an H3 (unboosted) and a slow tensor for the BH it could do it for an average player?
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I think the blade works better with ESN rubbers that try to imitate H3N BS boosted. Donic C2, Rakza Z EH, Tibhar K2 and possibly K3, Dynaryz ZGR, Omega 7 China etc etc.
By slow backhand rubber what do you mean? Like a Vega Pro or something similar? I think it would be great. But I also think softer Chinese type rubbers would work well, like Rakza Z or Rasanter C48, those are not particularly fast either.
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I don't know the equivalent of the French rankings compared to the German ones.
Regarding the blades I mentioned, some have just been tried briefly out of curiosity and others tested during a purchase / resale.
Actually my setup is the one displayed on my profile.
For the BH, I was thinking of a Rakza 7, FX-P, etc... to reduce the speed of the blade.
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Sorry, I misunderstood. In this case it's worth getting it over a TB ALC or VIS.
FX-P might be too soft, Rakza 7 or Rakza X should be pretty good. I would probably take the X, since they don't have a meaningful price not speed difference, but the X works better with plastic balls. Fastarc G-1 should be pretty good too, it's even slower and has better grip than Rakza 7/X.
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And do you really think that the set can be adapted to a player of this level?
If this is the case, the advantage is that all you have to do is change the speed of the rubbers according to the progress.
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Brother Gan would not agree with you
look at what he does with H3 on this blade!
Why do you say he would disagree between rubbers that try to imitate boosted H3N BS over H3N unboosted? I'm certain he could do this with Dynaryz ZGR or similar rubbers as well.
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Yup, but nevertheless he still chooses Hurricane 3 on both sides.
I thought you said 'better' as in 'ESN is definitely better' than H3 neo BS boosted.
May be it's language barrier, I don't know.
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I myself would take a boosted H3 BS over any ESN hybrid or D09c. But against unboosted orange H3N the ESN hybrids are better (much better). Boosted H3N orange was good too, not sure if better than Rakza Z EH or Bluegrip C2.
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It is not rubbera fault. Sometimes we are in a great shape sometimes not. So that's why I sold my ZQ90, because when hard times comes, ZQ90 doesn't help me.
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Currently Ovtcharov which is balanced. You can called Softer, more dwell time Viscaria. And more power than Viscaria.
Testing Nobilis it is another planet. Nothing even close to the others. I personally like it a lot.
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Where did I speak about rubbers?
When hard times come, I usually focus on my technical weaknesses and try to fix my mistakes by hard training. I don't sell my blade.
ZQ90 is a great blade, a keeper.
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