The BEST Nittaku Blade is . . .

Where�s the source of your info? Official website of Nittaku Japan states violin is SLOWER. (10.5 speed violin and 10.7 acoustic).

Rubberneck wrote: Well, I'll take your guys' word for it, as you all seem to have played with both blades.  Nittaku, however, lists the Violin as an 88 in speed and the Acoustic as an 86 in speed.  Maybe, the person doing the rating wasn't as sharp on the day he rated the Violin, and he just thought that it was faster.

ludeack power is better =D professional team version of ludeack

I'll be my own source on the Acoustic vs Violin.
I owned many of both and used for hundreds of hours.
:-).

I played acoustic for one year everything was wondeful I order the violin and can't wait to play the differences. Is it crispier? More suited for over the table play like smash, flick, service return, services ? Of course without loosing the looping characteristics of acoustic which I really enjoy. Your reply would be highly appreciated. Thx.

I've owned  Acoustic, Violin, Septear, Tenor and tested Ludeack, all in ST handle and Acoustic it's by far the winer...Ludeack it's a interesting blade but has no flex, septear it's even better...didn't liked too much Tenor...Violin it's ok...but acoustic old version it's "the thing"...

i have Clout, Acoustic, Violin and Tenor at the moment, Ludeack arriving in a few weeks. So far i like the Tenor the most. i switched from Carbon to all wood a year ago. The Tenor can still give me the speed when i need it, but i am not saying the Acoustic and Violin cannot give me the speed but it's a little bit easier with the Tenor. I am interested in the Ludeack.... 7 Ply!! I like all of the Nittaku Blades except for the Narcus. Narcus' handle is so small, it's a horrible blade to hold. thank god i managed to sell it.

BTW Acoustic being (now?) quite a bit faster than Violin is also reflected in the 2011 Nittaku shakehand blades table (image is larger than as embedded in this post):


vs the old one, where they were really close:



Edited by arg0 - 05/14/2012 at 1:10am

I love my Tenor!!!!

Imago wrote: The best Nittaku blade should be Nittaku Resoud. It costs $3,200 http://www.tabletennis11.com/eur_eng/tt-blade-nittaku-resoud-st

   

king_pong wrote: [Nittaku Waldner Manchester pic]

According to Donic that's just a Nittaku-branded Donic Waldner Dicon, isn't it?

nittaku...good value for money?

I thought the Dicon also has a couple of red-stained inner plies.  So maybe it's not a Dicon.

It all depend on your style of play and what feel you are used to and of course your budget. Other factors to consider are the thickness, weight and a suitable handle that fit your hand. It goes the same to other brands.