Adidas Hypertouch Blade

RX carbon? as in prescription needed?   

Edited by The Shakehander - 03/04/2013 at 8:09am

"So fast you'll need tranquilisers".

Looks like no more Fibertec series then.

Actually it is not crazy fast - I have just tried it (forummer ttping85 graciously let me try it in Palaiseau club in France) and it felt really nice (Rhyzm on FH). Has enough control and short game was OK, as well.

the speed is actually like in the level of stradivarius or alc

It was really nice to meet you JimT!!!

igszoctan wrote: Any new info about Hypertouch pls.  Comparison with Hayabusa Zxi are welcome :)

Edited by ttping85 - 11/30/2013 at 4:05pm

I was interested then saw the price

A_R_T wrote: ttping85 wrote: igszoctan wrote: Any new info about Hypertouch pls.  Comparison with Hayabusa Zxi are welcome :) Well except the fast that they have almost nothing in common there is not much to compare... ZXi is quite hard, stiff and fast while Hypertouch is very soft, very flexible and slower.  The blade that the Hypertouch is the closest to is the Viscaria. It is just a bit softer, more flexible and slower.  HT is a touch slower than viscaria, but not softer. I'd say HT is half a level harder feel on contact. Power wise, HT is adequate from mid-distance. I have a friend with an old (black tag) and newer (silver  tag) viscaria. The old Vis is faster, but not the newer Vis they are on same level of power or tiny bit slower depend on rubber mounted.

I agree with both of you here. The feel is a bit unexpected TBH. The koto outer feels hard, but on bigger loops the whole thing feels much softer. My guess is that the soft carbon weave has an effect on harder shots.

It's a great blade, and I preferred it to most of the recent Butterfly ALC blades. A lot easier to use, but powerful, and has no huge weaknesses.

Price is an issue, unless you drop on a bargain (Indonesian websites have great prices on them). I regret selling mine.

Is it harder than Avenger Carbon?

hypertouch was mainly built for control and good feel at the same time above average speed with soft feel. very hard and fast rubbers pair very well with the hypertouch though i do not recommend soft rubbers on it

yes it works well with medium-hard or hard rubbers. It combines well with Rhyzm, Bluefire M1/M2 rubbers, Tenzone SF/Ultra rubbers...

Medium rubbers or medium-soft rubbers become really mushy on it.

I have tried 5 of them. I felt a bit of a difference but nothing crazy compared to differences you can find in most models. All of them were off rated, quite flexible and soft compared to other carbon blades. No matter which one I tried I always felt a lot of control and still a good reserve of power. You can play quite well without too much concentration compared to the stiffer BTY ALC or ZLC blades.

1 or 2 years ago I kept testing really slow and flex BTY ALC blades that I would almost rate off- and I had a hard time to conclude rallyes. Recently I came across crazy fast and stiff ones that I would rate off+. They are very difficult to control in the short game and on opening loops you can only hit the ball hard but you can't brush it. They are way faster than my Mizutani, maybe even faster than my SZLC.

carmelomaf wrote: i will test today the HT in combination with mxp and fxp

My guess is that FX-P will be a bit soft but MX-P should be great. Curious about this combination that I didn't try yet. Let us know your impressions!

Thanx Guys, I really appreciate. That was helpful indeed.
Sorry for asking stupid questions all the time, moreover I would not like to stay out of your welcome but could you elaborate the difference between HT and Tibhar White Sword as well, please?
No more inquiries I promise :)


Edited by igszoctan - 12/03/2013 at 2:28pm

carmelomaf wrote: tested today 3 hours I played in the past for a long time viscaria and boll spirit the hypertouch is a different blade I had the impression to play with a boll spirit, same control and speed but much softer, also softer than viscaria Or I can say, a viscaria with softer touch and with more control