Why does my V-14 Pro feel so heavy?

[Michael Zhuang]

I have a V-14 Pro that weights 93g. But when I glue rubbers to it and hold it, it feels WAY heavier than my other blades, for example my 90g Fang Bo carbon.

Also, the Fang Bo has a larger head, so there is more rubber glued to it. But still, somehow the V14 ends up feeling way way heavier and hard to handle. During warmups, my arm feels tired and heavy after just a few hits.

Any idea what's going on?

 

[lodro]

I have a V-14 Pro that weights 93g. But when I glue rubbers to it and hold it, it feels WAY heavier than my other blades, for example my 90g Fang Bo carbon.

Also, the Fang Bo has a larger head, so there is more rubber glued to it. But still, somehow the V14 ends up feeling way way heavier and hard to handle. During warmups, my arm feels tired and heavy after just a few hits.

Any idea what's going on?

you can check the balance point. Some blades are head-heavy .

 

[Michael Zhuang]

you can check the balance point. Some blades are head-heavy .

If anything it's handle heavy. It has a thick handle, and a relatively small head.

 

[lodro]

If anything it's handle heavy. It has a thick handle, and a relatively small head.

If the weight of both blades is nearly identical, the reasons i can think of that one has a heavier feel than the other
is the balance point difference.
If you have a very heavy laminate you would be tempted to put a light handle on it. Size of the handle is irrelevant,
Some woods are very tense and heavy - others are very light.

My way of testing is to take a carbon arrow-shaft (any straight pipe will do) I line up both blades next to one another on top of the shaft
and roll them forwards and back.
I am sure you will find the head heavy blade tip down on the head-side much sooner than the other blade on your little see-saw.

 

[dingyibvs]

If anything it's handle heavy. It has a thick handle, and a relatively small head.

A thicker handle can easily be lighter if it’s hollow. Either that or the rubbers are heavier, which can happen due to production inconsistencies even if you have the same rubbers. If you can, weigh the rubbers and test the balance point, it can only be one of those 2 possibilities.

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

The V-14 Pros I've seen have regular Yinhe headsize which is on the larger side, like 152x158 to 159mm.

 

[lodro]

The V-14 Pros I've seen have regular Yinhe headsize which is on the larger side, like 152x158 to 159mm.

we can see that you never bothered to read the #1 post.
Where Michael said : " Also, the Fang Bo has a larger head, so there is more rubber glued to it. But still, somehow the V14 ends up feeling way way heavier "

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

we can see that you never bothered to read the #1 post.
Where Michael said : " Also, the Fang Bo has a larger head, so there is more rubber glued to it. But still, somehow the V14 ends up feeling way way heavier "

My point is that the headsize discrepancy between DHS blades and Yinhe blades is basically negligible. My DHS blades measure just about the same as my Yinhe blades

 

[longrange]

I had the same feeling with lgy blade. I guess, I just like head-heavy blades.