Butterfly BalsaCarbo X5
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Topic: Butterfly BalsaCarbo X5
Posted By: Jag-Jag363
Subject: Butterfly BalsaCarbo X5
Date Posted: 03/23/2008 at 6:26pm
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Has Anyone Used It ?
If Yes Whats It Like And Would You Reccomend It ?
Thanks ------------- Butterfly Balsa Carbo X5 Butterfly Sriver G2 2.1 Butterfly Sriver EL 1.9 |
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Posted By: pong_me
Date Posted: 03/24/2008 at 12:12am
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I got one 3 weeks ago and I put H2 for FH and G555 for BH. it's light and yes the feel is soft you can feel it but if you hit the ball outside the sweetspot the blade sounds like cracking. Close to table play is good but loop from 4-5 feet isn't great may be I have to put Bryce for FH or something fast. Anyway if you're using hard feel paddle and fast I wouldn't recommend this X5 unless you wanna change |
Posted By: Halibass
Date Posted: 03/24/2008 at 1:14am
| It's my main blade and I really like it. I play close to the table with loops and blocks mainly and I don't seem to have the same sensation of the blade cracking. I'm using CTE tuned H3 and Plasma 430 max for BH. I've made myself try my Korbel a couple of times in the last few months since that's supposed to be one of the best loopers blades, but I still like the X5. Solid feel, good touch, fast enough, and not too heavy. ST handle for me. |
Posted By: JJJs
Date Posted: 03/24/2008 at 11:15am
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I have two of these blades. 81 and 83 grams with anatomic handle. Exellent control/speed ratio. I use it with Sriver/Sriver EL, EL with 1.9-2.1 seems to work best. MAX makes the blade too head-heavy for my liking. Has good soft feeling on the table on short play still providing nice kick when I drive ball harder from mid distance. Just make sure that you treat the edges before use and use edge tape. The balsa core is VERY fragile. |
Posted By: riker71
Date Posted: 03/24/2008 at 11:25am
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I used this with Inspirit Quattro on FH 2mm and Galaxy Venus 2mm on BH The heaviness of the rubbers made the bat head heavy but had nice power and decent touch, not as much dwell time as my Jonyer H so for me not as good for loops although thats probably due to the carbon and partly the rubber. Id recommend it with light medium sponge rubbers |
Posted By: speed_king
Date Posted: 03/24/2008 at 11:28am
| My club friend buy it and for 2 days he sell it, because it has hard feel without speed and a poor control for light off blade compare to its speed. If you want good all+/off- blade buy Stiga or Yasaka blade! |
Posted By: speed_king
Date Posted: 03/24/2008 at 11:31am
| Butterfly is nothing compare to Stiga/ Yasaka all wood blades except for original Japan Korbel off, and original Primorac off- blade! But these two brands are nothing compare to Butterfly when we talk about composite blades (carbon, kevlar, arylate, ...)! Butterfly and Xiom are the lords of the world of the composite table tennis blades! |
Posted By: Skyline
Date Posted: 03/24/2008 at 11:33am
| its an offensive blade with soft feeling. Good blade you should try some Srivers on it. |
Posted By: JJJs
Date Posted: 03/24/2008 at 11:44am
I completely disagree, definitely not hard feeling but soft! |
speed_king wrote:Posted By: Skyline
Date Posted: 03/24/2008 at 11:46am
yes it has a nice soft balsa feel to it!
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