What the are the most similar blades (by other companies) to Butterfly Innerforce Layer ALC?

[Nash77]

So my friend let me use his blade - Innerforce Layer ALC - for an hour - And i really liked it.

I felt that my shots were a bit more fast and dangerous compared to my regular Acoustic all-wood blade.

Since I like using the Table tennis 11 site for my Table tennis orders and they don't have Butterfly products, I want to know -


What are the 3 most similar blades you know that are made by non-butterfly brands?

 

[tabaradumitru]

TT11 has Butterfly Products(blades, accessories), but not rubbers.

 

[NextLevel]

So my friend let me use his blade - Innerforce Layer ALC - for an hour - And i really liked it.

I felt that my shots were a bit more fast and dangerous compared to my regular Acoustic all-wood blade.

Since I like using the Table tennis 11 site for my Table tennis orders and they don't have Butterfly products, I want to know -


What are the 3 most similar blades you know that are made by non-butterfly brands?

TT11 cannot sell into certain markets depending on what the brand restrictions are, but they do have Butterfly products. You probably have a supplier in your region and that precludes TT11 from selling to you.

As for the original question, I think Tibhar and Xiom have decent Arlyate Carbon blades, but not sure who has an innercarbon design. Probably the Lind Hexacarbon from Donic should be in that range. But nothing is as reliable as Butterfly for quality, buying from other brands tends to be more hit and miss.

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

Xiom TMXi

 

[Nash77]

TT11 cannot sell into certain markets depending on what the brand restrictions are, but they do have Butterfly products. You probably have a supplier in your region and that precludes TT11 from selling to you.

As for the original question, I think Tibhar and Xiom have decent Arlyate Carbon blades, but not sure who has an innercarbon design. Probably the Lind Hexacarbon from Donic should be in that range. But nothing is as reliable as Butterfly for quality, buying from other brands tends to be more hit and miss.

Wouldn't you say Nittaku is as reliable as Butterfly?

They have a bunch of Inner carbon blades, I'm just not sure which one is the most similar to Innerforce Layer ALC.....

 

[Jikester]

Andro Synteliac VCI

 

[WingTT]

If you likes the BTY Inner ALC and expect a substitute to play the same, you may be disappointed. You probably want to just find the official BTY online retailer in your region or better yet, a local club with BTY sponsorship that can sell you BTY gear at some discount.

The best solution however is to offer to buy the racket you tried and don't be stingy with the offer if you truly liked it. There is a chance even if you bought the same setup new it may not feel the same due to variations in wood and manufacturing and break in.

 

[Tyce]

Wouldn't you say Nittaku is as reliable as Butterfly?

They have a bunch of Inner carbon blades, I'm just not sure which one is the most similar to Innerforce Layer ALC.....

Just by heart, I'd say if Acoustic is close to Korbel, then Acoustic Inner should be close to Innerforce Layer ALC.
But that's just speculation

 

[Zwill]

DHS Ma Long 5 or for better quality W968.

You're lucky since after Viscaria I think the Innerforce ALC structure is the 2nd most popular.

 

[maxposa]

Just by heart, I'd say if Acoustic is close to Korbel, then Acoustic Inner should be close to Innerforce Layer ALC.
But that's just speculation

I've both.
I've found the following differences:

• Innerforce ALC faster
• Acoustic Inner more elastic
• Innerforce ALC stiffer and linear
• ALC has bigger sweepspot
• Acoustic Inner has smaller handle (both FL)
• Acoustic Inner finiture is way Better
• Acoustic Inner has limba top layer protected

 

[AMonteiro]

Nittaku So-Ten

 

[Nash77]

Just by heart, I'd say if Acoustic is close to Korbel, then Acoustic Inner should be close to Innerforce Layer ALC.
But that's just speculation

I thought so too, but after digging around (even in the official Nittaku catalog) it seems that Acoustic Inner is a faster more aggressive blade then some other inner blades, some even by Nitaaku like the :

Nittaku H301 NXD​

or the​

Nittaku Hina Hayata H2​

I'm still not sure which is the closest to Butterfly Innerforce ALC, but it seems it's not the Acoustic Inner. (It's a shame because like my All wood Acoustic a lot)

 

[Nash77]

Nittaku So-Ten

from what I read So-ten uses KVC3 fiber which feels different. Do you play with it?
how does it feel?

 

[Topspinslinger]

I see used innerforce alc's for €100, Closest to the actual alc feeling is Yinhe 970xx alc. Besides that it is all inner carbon blades