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Hi all,

Can somebody give me some advice for a light weight, flexible and fast blade (not penholder), less than 85 gram, for chinese rubber(s).

I'm currently playing with DHS long 5 with H3 provincial blue on FH and rasanter R42 on BH.
I love this set up but my wrist hurts after a tournament and I think its because its to heavy for me. The long 5 i have is already not so heavy(88g). Total weight of set-up is 174 gram.

Need flex for the hard chinese rubber and want a fast frame. I also have a Palio King Yue (82g) but that blade is to slow.

Butterfly Liu Shiwen is maybe an option but that blade is a bit expensive.

Thank u for your advice.

Greetings!

It's light already. Try to balance it by adding some weight to the handle (I glue a coin to the bottom edge)

88 grams is NOT light. Not sure if it's right for you, but for $9 including shipping you can get a Sanwei M8 blade. These vary in weight but are mostly under 80 grams. You COULD try a Darker 7p-2a 7 ply hinoki but these are a great deal more expensive... Personally I don't like blades that weigh more than 81-82 grams. Even 85 is a little too heavy. You could compensate by using lighter rubber (maybe thinner sponge).

I don't believe adding weight to the hilt will help. Head weight helps with the Whip, especially when serving.

Iskandar

I second ai_111 in that your blade is not that heavy at 174g and that your problem (wrist) is balance-related. Getting a lighter blade may add to your problems instead of reducing it, making your racket even more head-heavy. Furthermore, some lighter blades use balsa which may feel sluggish to you while the ball keeps landing behind the table.
The King Yue seems to have a very different character compared to the Long 5.

You may try to add some weight to the handle first, just to test the effect. You also may get rid of any edge-tape etc. Next is to reduce the weight of the rubbers, eventually find an alternative to the H3. The Sanwei Target National may be a valid replacement according to the mass-database.

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Thank you for the advise. I'm gonna try that. I am not convinced though.

Thank you for your answer Iskandar!

I looked at the sanwei M8 blade. Its light but its too slow for me I think.

In the past I looked at the Darker 7p-2a 7 ply hinoki (own the darker speed btw). But is a light balsa core blade good with the hard chinese rubbers? Maybe the outer hinoki compensate for that?
Allready play with rasanter 1.7mm on BH for the weight. I switched to chinese rubber one year ago and I like it so much. Only problem is the weight......

Greetings

Thank you for your answer!

I am gonna try to add some weight to handle but I have my doubts.......

King Yue is indeed very different. More flex, much slower and therefore more control. It's great with Chinese rubbers but too slow for me. The long 5 has also a lot of control for a pretty fast blade. Short game and chop are pretty easy especially with the tacky H3. The "kick effect" from the topspin with the H3 is what I like the most.

I tried the Sanwei Target National but its also heavy like a lot of Chinese rubbers.

I ordered the new Xiom Omega VII europe for the BH which is very light. It's 4g lighter than the Rasanter they told me.

Greetings

The above advice about handle weight is easy and cheap to try, and likely to resolve the issue.

If not, then about some light blades I have tried ...
HRT 2076 is very light and all-wood so you get the flex you request. Perhaps not fast enough for you. Performs above its price range

The Galaxy T-series are quite light, in particular the T-11 but that is with balsa, so takes some getting used to. Most in that series, if not all, have carbon and are really stiff. IOW, fast but with little flex.

My son has a Re-Impact T4, which is the lightest full-size blade I have had my hands on. 48g, I think. That one has a very pronounced balsa effect, and does not agree very well with the H3 rubber, nor with other typical Chinese rubbers (yes, we have tried it with Hurricane, very much against the maker's advice ). On the expensive side, very fast, and very good with softer rubbers on. Never used it with tensors.

TY Keme

HRT 2076 is very cheap but way to slow. Galaxy t11+ i tried but it has too little flex.
I have a re-impact Dream which is also an offensive balsa blade but the Chinese rubbers don't work on it.

There are a lot of light weight blades but need one that plays like a DHS Long 5 but is < 85 gram.
With the old ball lots of people(same or lower leagues) couldn't return (block or hit) my FH topspin. With the plastic ball alot of people from lower league can easily block my FH spin.
With the Chinese rubber people are having a lot of problems with my spin again, that is why I wanna stick to my tacky Chinese friends.

Greetings!

If you want the feel of a very fast all wood blade then you are going to be stuck around the 85gm mark e.g the new Cornilleau signature blades but being all wood you may be able to get a lighter one.

The only guaranteed way to get a much lighter blade off+ blade is to use less wood and add carbon for bringing back speed perhaps with a thin balsa core.

Hallmark TT based in the UK have quite a few different blades that weigh between 60 - 80g.

This one sounded interesting....



http://www.hallmarktt.co.uk/e-attblades.php#ce

Might be worth a look ?

Carbon and balsa in a fast blade generally means stiff however. You could try looking for a now discontinued Xiom Vega Pro blade as these are available under 80gm in fact my local dealer has some under 75gm.

Palio R57 or 61 second 3003 are balsa-carbon blades, about 60 g and 20 $, from All to Off- for the second one.
No balsa effect, the balsa layer is thin.

Fast and flex. Very different to the T-11+ I used before, less speed but a lot of more control. Very very good value for money.

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TY again for the reactions.

The XIOM Vega pro blade is a little bid expensive to try and weights 90g. I allready have a VEGA tour blade which is 88 gram. Think they more or less play the same?

I ordered a 61 second 3003 blade for 12,83 euro incl free case and rubber protection sheet..........
I am gonna try it out with 2 friendship battle II rubbers.

Now I have the most expensive set-up and the most cheap set-up at my tabletennis club......

Darker 90 speed with 2 buttefly rubbers is mine expensive set-up.

Greetings

manufacturers quoted weights are only a guide and can vary by up to 15gm! As I mentioned Vega pro blades can be as light as 73gm.

Best to use a dealer that can weigh blades