This user has no status.
New Member
Hi, I wanted to share my quick review of this recent blade.
Composition: Limba - ayous - ZAC - Ayous - ZAC - ayous - limba.
ZAC is a mix of Arylate, Zylon, and Carbon
Thickness: 6.0mm
Blade face: 158cm x 152cm
Design and feel
Look is oviously subjective. For my taste, I like the design: simple, neutral, not too flashy, no obnoxious colors...
Feel wise, the handle is near perfect for me except for 1 thing that I will talk about later. I have average size hand and it's neither big nor small, pretty similar to my Fan zhendong ALC. Fh - Bh transition is really excellent, among the best.
Some people stated that it feels head heavy, well not my copy. Mine (87 gram) definitely feels light, airy, balanced. Quite a surprise actually given the 158x152 head size. My Xiom Tmxi Pro (159x152) feels more head heavy.
There is very little vibration, medium to hard ball contact feels pretty numb. So if you're looking for the best ball feel, I would look elsewhere. This blade has similar composition to my Xiom Tmxi Pro (also inner and triple weaved carbon), but the Tmxi Pro feels softer in comparison and holds the ball slightly longer even though they have the exact same ply thickness with 2 relatively thick outer plies and thinner core ply. My Andro VCI (also inner carbon) for example has thinner top 2 plies and thicker core ply.
Gameplay
My copy is 87g, Fh: yinhe Jupiter 3 blue sponge (similar to H3 neo provincial), Bh: Palio Blitz.
This blade has a long and flat ball arc. If i have to describe the blade in 1 word it would be: Balanced. Everything feels balanced. I think the marketing materials from tibhar is quite accurate. Speed wise, it feels fast for an inner carbon blade, closer to an outer carbon. Serve and receive with my combo is great, I can execute any kind of serves effectively, no trouble with returns either. Serving is one of my strengths and I'm happy with this combo. With the flatter ball arc, blocking and control in general is excellent. If you're familiar with outer alc carbon and koto composition from butterfly, this has similar control with softer feel and slightly longer ball holding time. The blade has a linear response and very slight flex, again my tmxi pro is quite flexier. With my rubbers, both long and short pushes are easy. The tackiness from the rubber helps. Looping and counter looping feels easy and natural. Smashing is ok, not a problem but also not as good as thicker blades obviously. I'm having really difficult time describing this blade and coming up with negatives in terms of gameplay because I honestly don't feel like there is any, it does everything well.
Now the only 1 negative thing I have with this blade has to do with the handle design: the green plastic lens that looks like a gem in the back. I feel like whoever in the Tibhar design team came up with this is not a table tennis player because it PROTRUDES! So yes holding the blade in your hand, you can feel it clearly in your palm. During gameplay because your focus is in the game, it doesn't bother me much. But it is a little annoying, and they should not use a design that interferes with something as simple as handle comfort. Big design flaw imo. If I decide to stick with the blade for long term, I plan on cutting the protruding part off to make the surface flat. If that doesn't work, I will take it off and fill the hole with epoxy.
So if you can live with that flaw, I think this blade is an excellent choice for the modern 2 wings game.
Composition: Limba - ayous - ZAC - Ayous - ZAC - ayous - limba.
ZAC is a mix of Arylate, Zylon, and Carbon
Thickness: 6.0mm
Blade face: 158cm x 152cm
Design and feel
Look is oviously subjective. For my taste, I like the design: simple, neutral, not too flashy, no obnoxious colors...
Feel wise, the handle is near perfect for me except for 1 thing that I will talk about later. I have average size hand and it's neither big nor small, pretty similar to my Fan zhendong ALC. Fh - Bh transition is really excellent, among the best.
Some people stated that it feels head heavy, well not my copy. Mine (87 gram) definitely feels light, airy, balanced. Quite a surprise actually given the 158x152 head size. My Xiom Tmxi Pro (159x152) feels more head heavy.
There is very little vibration, medium to hard ball contact feels pretty numb. So if you're looking for the best ball feel, I would look elsewhere. This blade has similar composition to my Xiom Tmxi Pro (also inner and triple weaved carbon), but the Tmxi Pro feels softer in comparison and holds the ball slightly longer even though they have the exact same ply thickness with 2 relatively thick outer plies and thinner core ply. My Andro VCI (also inner carbon) for example has thinner top 2 plies and thicker core ply.
Gameplay
My copy is 87g, Fh: yinhe Jupiter 3 blue sponge (similar to H3 neo provincial), Bh: Palio Blitz.
This blade has a long and flat ball arc. If i have to describe the blade in 1 word it would be: Balanced. Everything feels balanced. I think the marketing materials from tibhar is quite accurate. Speed wise, it feels fast for an inner carbon blade, closer to an outer carbon. Serve and receive with my combo is great, I can execute any kind of serves effectively, no trouble with returns either. Serving is one of my strengths and I'm happy with this combo. With the flatter ball arc, blocking and control in general is excellent. If you're familiar with outer alc carbon and koto composition from butterfly, this has similar control with softer feel and slightly longer ball holding time. The blade has a linear response and very slight flex, again my tmxi pro is quite flexier. With my rubbers, both long and short pushes are easy. The tackiness from the rubber helps. Looping and counter looping feels easy and natural. Smashing is ok, not a problem but also not as good as thicker blades obviously. I'm having really difficult time describing this blade and coming up with negatives in terms of gameplay because I honestly don't feel like there is any, it does everything well.
Now the only 1 negative thing I have with this blade has to do with the handle design: the green plastic lens that looks like a gem in the back. I feel like whoever in the Tibhar design team came up with this is not a table tennis player because it PROTRUDES! So yes holding the blade in your hand, you can feel it clearly in your palm. During gameplay because your focus is in the game, it doesn't bother me much. But it is a little annoying, and they should not use a design that interferes with something as simple as handle comfort. Big design flaw imo. If I decide to stick with the blade for long term, I plan on cutting the protruding part off to make the surface flat. If that doesn't work, I will take it off and fill the hole with epoxy.
So if you can live with that flaw, I think this blade is an excellent choice for the modern 2 wings game.
Attachments
Last edited:
