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Ok, blade analysis is not my forte, but I'll give it a shot I've only had the blade for a few weeks so this is based on say 3 hours play.

Appearance: good quality. This is a well-constructed blade:

Width: 154
Length: 167
Thickness: 6.0
Weight: around 92g

The cork handle feels very nice and the blade feels pretty good in my hand.

Balance: It felt a little more head-heavy than I'm used to: a lot of this has to do with the size of the blade head being so much bigger. After playing a little though I found I adjusted easily; plus, I could always use a lighter rubber if needed.

Feel: This blade has a nice solid feel when hitting. It's about medium-hard, similiar to my JSH blade, but it has a lot more flex which felt nice when looping off the table.

Playing Characteristics: This is not a slow blade, probably around ALL+ in my opinion. Hitting and looping felt very good with this blade and the short game felt controlled. The main problem I had was with chopping....For some reason I really struggled to keep my chops low enough. The throw of the blade definitely felt different to the JSH, and I was able to adjust on loops, but chopping was a little more difficult.

Overall: I like this blade, but I don't think it's for me. Because I use medium pips to chop, I think I need to be moving in a more controlled direction. Perhaps if I were using a slower, long pips rubber I'd like it more. If you're used to defending with a faster blade than this could be an option. If you are used to defending with say toxic 3, than you'd best look elsewhere.

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Thanks Joo. Believe me, I was looking for this post for weeks but skipped my eyes for some reason.
I received my LQ-2 just yesterday and now I'm gluing a Hurricane 3 on the forehand and Dawei 388D-1 0.5 mm on the backhand. I don't think I'll be able to test it next week because I have a club championship this Monday. I'll keep you informed with my impressions as soon as possible.

Nice to hear that it was a bit faster than expected, I really hope this blade has the right speed for me.
"If you're used to defending with a faster blade than this could be an option" : This was exactly my idea!!!

Q.-

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no problem. I did try it briefly with long pips (Destroyer 1.0mm) and had much better control for chopping. But when using a pip that requires more careful technique such as short/medium pips, I found it a bit lacking in control, more so than my other blades at least...

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Good review Kev. Another blade goes in the drawer huh? Such is TT life!

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I haven't tested it still, but I'm so disspointed. Forehand seems dead compared to backhand!

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you mean the two sides of the blade feel different? I'm not sure what you mean...

One thing I noticed with this blade is that the speed kicks in more on harder shots when you hit the sweet spot (it flexes at shoots it back)

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I mean that I bounced a ball with the LQ-2 (hirricane 3 2mm) on the forehand and the ball did not bounce as high as when I did it on the backhand with 388D-1. And the same again when I compared it with my current blade, both blades lying on the table and a ball left from let's say 20 cm over them: 3 rebounds for LQ-2 and five or more with my blade!!
It's dissapointing.

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Blade: Butterfly Legout
FH: YinHe Saturn 2.0 38º
BH: Meteor 8512 0.5 mm OFF

Miguel, don't forget that new hurricane 3 is very dead

Julian

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that's true, especially if you didn't have the plastic protection sheet on (did you?) cause then the tackiness will slow it down a lot. Also, on a more flexible blade, the speed doesn't show much on test like that...

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I hope you are right. However, so far....

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Blade: Butterfly Legout
FH: YinHe Saturn 2.0 38º
BH: Meteor 8512 0.5 mm OFF