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Hi,

I'm looking for cheap Chinese alternatives for the following blades ..

• Andro Fibercomp
• Andro Defcon
• Butterfly Joo Sae Hyuk
• Butterfly Grubba All +
• Stiga Allround Classic
• Stiga Allround Classic Overzie
• Stiga Allround Classic Carbon
• Stiga Allround Offensive
• Stiga Clipper Original (Apart from HRT)
• Donic Defplay Senso
• DMS The Wall
• Sauer & Troger Firestarter
• Nittaku Shakehand Defense Original
• Nittaku Resist
• Nittaku Endless
• Tibhar Stratus Power Defense
• Tibhar Defense Plus
• Tibhar CO-S 3 Defense
• TSP Balsa 3.5 DEF+
• TSP Trinity Carbon
• Victas Koji Matsushita
• Victas Koji Matsushita Offensive

It could be helpful to others, if this post made sticky ...

Stiga Clipper Original (Apart from HRT) - Sanwei Fextra?

Stiga Allround Classic - Sanwei M8 of course though not tested yet.

JSH - Yinhe 980
BTY Primorac Carbon - Yinhe T2
Boll ALC/Spirit - Yinhe V14, Sanwei F3?
Old Stiga Clipper - Joola Viva

Stiga all round classic carbon- Maybe,Yinhe LQ1.

If you come across a good deal on AliExpress.

I've owned a Stiga Allround Classic, eons ago, played with it, quite a bit... Sometime last year, I got a chance to try the LQ1 ... From what I recollect, it seemed on the thicker-side, and fast'ish (for a defensive blade, that is)... Not sure, if it's similar to Stiga Allround Classic.

Your Stiga all round classic is carbon?

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Yes, very good observation,Merlin.I am talking about the carbon version.Yes, you are true when you say it is fastish as it is very stiff and hard for a defensive blade.At least,for my style of playing it is too hard so I shared it with someone from OOAK.

Any Idea about Andro Fibercomp & TSP Trinity Carbon

The LQ1 has no carbon, is thicker, bigger in size than Stiga All Carbon and I think more expensive.
It´s more like JSH. The Yinhe 980 is similar too.

Clipper clones: Sanwei Fextra, DHS PG7, Yinhe M6, Yinhe PD 437, Joola Viva, HRT Clipper........
All of them aren´t worse only a little different. Perhaps some are the better Clippers like Fextra or PD 437

The best clone of clipper is 437. I have all, pg7, 437, clipper cr pro, sanwei fextra. Sanwei fextra is softest blade and the control is also the most. But easier to play 40+ ball is 437 and clipper, they harder- provide more speed for me. Pg7 dont have good quality wood, i have some difficulty in control the ball, although speed of pg7 is not bad

Yes, you are right LQ1 has no carbon but being stiff and hard the speed is high for a defensive blade so in terms of speed it should not be so different.Yes, I know it is bigger in size too ( defensive blade that looks all round ) but we are talking about alternatives, not exact replicas,.... yes, it might be more expensive if you don't find the right price on Aliexpress...

I suppose one might mention the Huarite (HRT) Clipper. It even had the red plies and the word "Clipper" printed near the handle.. Some people were saying it was even better than the original. Sadly seems to have disappeared.

Iskandar

Yep .... The HRT clone is already widely known, and I've mentioned in the Original Post..

Anyone with alternatives or clones to any of the above blade, other than Clipper, JSH, VKM(O) ... ?