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    Posted: 02/16/2013 at 2:16pm
Initially I was thinking about purchasing a beat up Sardius from my friend that would serve as a backup to my Butterfly Timo Boll T5000 that's more than capable of looping from both wings.  But a few members have suggested to forgo the Sardius and go for a Yinhe/Galaxy T-4 instead.

I searched around on Ebay and found one less than $35 including shipping.  But before I buy it, I like to know how's the quality of this blade, in terms of any splinters/rough edges/easy to remove rubbers?  What are its characteristics compared to TB T5000?  Is it suitable for looping, blocking, smashing, and occasional chopping?  My TB T5000 is stiff, but I didn't think it was that hard since I have a soft rubber on the backhand.  I am mainly looking for a backup blade that needs to stand out in the looping and blocking categories.

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I'd PM JimT or JKC.  JimT played with one for quite awhile, and I think the T-4 has been JKC's blade for a long time.
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Originally posted by liulin04 liulin04 wrote:

Initially I was thinking about purchasing a beat up Sardius from my friend that would serve as a backup to my Butterfly Timo Boll T5000 that's more than capable of looping from both wings.  But a few members have suggested to forgo the Sardius and go for a Yinhe/Galaxy T-4 instead.

I searched around on Ebay and found one less than $35 including shipping.  But before I buy it, I like to know how's the quality of this blade, in terms of any splinters/rough edges/easy to remove rubbers?  What are its characteristics compared to TB T5000?  Is it suitable for looping, blocking, smashing, and occasional chopping?  My TB T5000 is stiff, but I didn't think it was that hard since I have a soft rubber on the backhand.  I am mainly looking for a backup blade that needs to stand out in the looping and blocking categories.

Thanks!

If you want quality and something similar to a Sardius & T5000, I'd suggest Qabod. I've played with all 3:

I love Sardius's Hinoki and Qabod's walnut outers. But Qabod feels woodier (as does the Innerforce T5000 but no the TB T5000). Unlike all the others, Qabod is not bouncy in the short game.

Qabod (in terms of speed) is a level faster than the TB ZLC (which I'm assuming you're familiar with).
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T-4 is the fastest of the entire Galaxy T-line of carbon blades. Outers are Juniper, carbon layers are pretty close to the surface but they are relatively soft so this is not a super-stiff blade. However it is awful fast and I wouldn't advise it to anyone who is not an out-and-out attacker. I indeed played with it for about 6 months straight (Sriver FX and Mark V 30 on it) and as soon as I switched to a somewhat slower blade I realized that T-4 was not the best blade for me. In comparison, it was the fastest of all the blades I have ever played with save for Ultima Plus from BBC (5-18-5 construction).

However the manufacturing quality is quite OK, it is a very nice blade - I would advise using sticky rubbers on it (or relatively slower rubbers).

Suitability for looping and hitting is good, not great for chopping - unless the rubbers are really good for that. I have tried once playing with Gambler Reflectoid 2.0 and it did OK but not great. LKT Rapid Speed 2.0 on the FH was playing very good on it, though.
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