Adidas Hypertouch Blade

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Adidas Hypertouch Blade
I received the Adidas
Hypertouch Blade this week. This is the first blade that Adidas will be
introducing this year along with other carbon blades. At first look, the
Hypertouch looks very beautiful and of high quality production. They decided to
increase the size of the Adidas logo on the blade head and lessen the size of
the crystal logo on the handle. 

Weight: 83-84 grams approx.
Handle: Flared
Thickness: 5.8-5.9mm
Test Rubbers: Adidas Tenzone Ultra
Composition: 5wood + 2 carbon (koto-rx carbon-tanne-kiri-tanne-rx carbon-koto)
Speed: OFF
Hardness: Medium Stiff

Feel 
I have used the Timo Boll Spirit and Timo Boll ALC in the past and I have played with both also borrowing from people I know out of curiosity. The Hypertouch doesn’t feel exactly like the 2 blades mentioned but these 2 are the closest blades I can relate to in terms of touchy feel. The TBS and ALC have both good feel and has speed but the Hypertouch is faster by a notch but not much. It felt softer upon impact of the ball when I was driving or looping the ball. I also noted that the Hypertouch blade felt like an all –wood instead of being a composite blade.

The blade is surprisingly light
when I first picked it up. It was very balanced and even with the 2 rubbers the
blade didn’t really feel head heavy. At about 83 grams, this blade is composed
of a koto outer ply followed by their so-called RX Carbon. All I know about this
carbon fiber is that it’s a soft carbon mesh composed of carbon and another hi
tech material inter-weaved together. At first, I mistook the tanne layer as
spruce but then these 2 woods are but pine woods so they have some sort of
similarity because both look like they have stripe pattern in their grains. The
middle is a thick but light kiri core.

Speed

When I first did drills on
this blade, it was lively enough that it has speed but its not as fast as the
previous Adidas Fibertech Power blade. If the Fibertech Power blades is in the
speed level of a BTY J. Mizutani, the Hypertouch is nearest to the speed of
KLH, TBS and TB-ALC. I say this is OFF not OFF+. 

Looping 

The Hypertech blade has
some flex to it. Being thin and the same time the stiffness isn’t as much as of
that of the TBS or ALC, looping was really good and I think looping is one of
its specialties. The ball was very easy to handle and the feedback was very
good in my hand. I enjoyed looping the Avenger Carbon when I tested it. The
Hypertouch was more enjoyable because it didn’t have the outer walnut plies so
it didn’t feel as hard. I was using the Tenzone Ultra and I can say that I know
why Jonathan Groth really likes the combination. I asked him what he felt when
he used the blade and the Ultra. He explained to me that the Ultra when
combined with the Hypertouch blade is a very good attacking blade. Very fast
yet controllable that you can hit with it with your very strong shots while
maintaining accuracy. The blade also has a medium high arc.

Short Game 

The blade was very
controllable when I was doing drop shots and short pushes. I didn’t feel as
bouncy when I used the Fibertech Power so I didn’t have a hard time adjusting
to doing short strokes inside the table. 