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I would like to share my thoughts on Viscaria and Harimoto as I found most of your comments interesting and very relatable to my own experience with these blades.
I own both blades: Viscaria ST 84 grams, Harimoto ALC ST 91 grams. I have been playing these blades for almost a year now, so relatively new. I bought the Viscaria for reasons stated by Jammmail the blade is "classic for a reason". First time I played, Viscaria felt like the holy grail of blades that I was looking for. It had a lot of the good things I was looking for all in the same blade, reasonable control, decent speed, marvelous feel, spin generation. What struck me most is that my blocking improved significantly and my defense got better. But I soon found out I could not generate my spin attacks, loops from both wings with the same confidence and consistency as my previous blades Joola Rossi Emotion, Joola Aruna Off and other wood blades.
With just these trifle reasons, the EJ in me compelled me to go for the Harimoto ALC being an "inner" type of blade should afford me better spin capabilities. My expectations were sweetly confirmed by the Harimoto blade, way better control than Viscaria on short game. On low intensity strokes, it felt "woody" or wood like, which I liked and the best thing is that I can exert my full swings on my loops and drives and find better consistency.
I agree with NHD "Viscaria is quick may lack control for most players need" and " Harimoto blocks like a wall, has plenty of top end speed and genuinely a joy to use."
From Viscaria I since switched to Harimoto as my main blade as at the moment it fits my skill level. I see myself progressing to the Viscaria once my skills have improved a notch (I'm still dreaming of improving my basic skills set at 57 yrs old ha ha ha).
To summarize: For my skill level, Viscaria is better in hitting, blocking and speed. Harimoto is a sweeter looping machine, control and spin generation. Both blades have different feel, but actually I liked the feel of Viscaria better, something I cannot explain in words just jumps out and says "this is it".
For both blades I like using Joola Golden Tango on Backhand. I tried Dignics 05, Tenergy 05, Tenergy 80Fx and did not like the control.
For both blades I love using Dignics 09C on the Forehand. Dignics 05 comes second while Tenergy 05 is sweet on offense but I found it hard in recieving serves on the forehand, too spin sensitive and bouncy on short game.
So that's my experience on both blades. I will update my you guys a)s I play more with it. (I also bought a Viscaria Light which should be another story on another thread) Hope all these helps.
I own both blades: Viscaria ST 84 grams, Harimoto ALC ST 91 grams. I have been playing these blades for almost a year now, so relatively new. I bought the Viscaria for reasons stated by Jammmail the blade is "classic for a reason". First time I played, Viscaria felt like the holy grail of blades that I was looking for. It had a lot of the good things I was looking for all in the same blade, reasonable control, decent speed, marvelous feel, spin generation. What struck me most is that my blocking improved significantly and my defense got better. But I soon found out I could not generate my spin attacks, loops from both wings with the same confidence and consistency as my previous blades Joola Rossi Emotion, Joola Aruna Off and other wood blades.
With just these trifle reasons, the EJ in me compelled me to go for the Harimoto ALC being an "inner" type of blade should afford me better spin capabilities. My expectations were sweetly confirmed by the Harimoto blade, way better control than Viscaria on short game. On low intensity strokes, it felt "woody" or wood like, which I liked and the best thing is that I can exert my full swings on my loops and drives and find better consistency.
I agree with NHD "Viscaria is quick may lack control for most players need" and " Harimoto blocks like a wall, has plenty of top end speed and genuinely a joy to use."
From Viscaria I since switched to Harimoto as my main blade as at the moment it fits my skill level. I see myself progressing to the Viscaria once my skills have improved a notch (I'm still dreaming of improving my basic skills set at 57 yrs old ha ha ha).
To summarize: For my skill level, Viscaria is better in hitting, blocking and speed. Harimoto is a sweeter looping machine, control and spin generation. Both blades have different feel, but actually I liked the feel of Viscaria better, something I cannot explain in words just jumps out and says "this is it".
For both blades I like using Joola Golden Tango on Backhand. I tried Dignics 05, Tenergy 05, Tenergy 80Fx and did not like the control.
For both blades I love using Dignics 09C on the Forehand. Dignics 05 comes second while Tenergy 05 is sweet on offense but I found it hard in recieving serves on the forehand, too spin sensitive and bouncy on short game.
So that's my experience on both blades. I will update my you guys a)s I play more with it. (I also bought a Viscaria Light which should be another story on another thread) Hope all these helps.
