Confused about Galaxy MC-2

I've gotten a lot of different info on this blade from websites Some people say it's 5 ply, some say it's 9 ply, some carbon, some all wood, some say it's a speed demon, some say it's off- control blade. One of a Kind Trading says it's a 5 ply, control oriented blade in the low 80 grams, Yinhe's site says it's a 9 ply blade heavily leaned towards speed. Affordable Table Tennis says it's a off 7 ply blade around 88 grams. Eacheng has it at 8 speed 8 control and 5 ply.

Anyone see why I'm confused and can set the record straight?

Jonan wrote: I've gotten a lot of different info on this blade from websites Some people say it's 5 ply, some say it's 9 ply, some carbon, some all wood, some say it's a speed demon, some say it's off- control blade. One of a Kind Trading says it's a 5 ply, control oriented blade in the low 80 grams, Yinhe's site says it's a 9 ply blade heavily leaned towards speed. Affordable Table Tennis says it's a off 7 ply blade around 88 grams. Eacheng has it at 8 speed 8 control and 5 ply. Anyone see why I'm confused and can set the record straight?

I have one. It is 5 wood ply plus 2 layer of MC. It is a clone version of the Stiga Optimum Plus. Medium hard 5-ply wood blade.

haggisv wrote: blackhole wrote: I have one. It is 5 wood ply plus 2 layer of MC. It is a clone version of the Stiga Optimum Plus. Medium hard 5-ply wood blade. Yes I agree. The weight is always tricky as there's always quite a weight variation... I've seen them between 80g to 90g.

I've actually seen them between 80g - 96g. Thats Timber for you.

I have a couple MC-1 blades. They have carbon. I "think" all the MC series have carbon.

I have a couple W-1 blades. They have carbon. The W-1 is known as "The Wood King". Go figure.

You are probably right. The carbon layers in the MC-1 are Very thin but easy to see.
Yinhe says the MC-1 is 2 carbon and 5 wood. They got that one right.

That's about the most well made Galaxy blade I've seen all the layers are the same thickness:!)

pingpongrob wrote: Its only 5 ply - No carbon layers

huh, weird/cool. I was kinda hoping for that, as I bought one last night.

Yes that's right, carbon layers are plain obvious. The blades are nothing alike, apart from the coating.

The coating is actually quite handy, as you really don't need to seal these blades...

snapa wrote: I would trust yinhe's website: speed  10 control  6 ply  7+2 http://yinhe1986.cn/english/news/27/20061226114814.htm

Sorry to dig out this old thread, but I just realized that Yinhe's website now says something completely different:
Speed：8
Contral：10
Layer：5
Thickness：5.7±0.2mm
Weight：86±3g
Handle：CS/FL/ST
http://news.yinhe1986.cn/?p=12&a=view&c=102&r=369

Their English site is terrible, don't go by it.  The Chinese site states that it's 5-ply wood, with micro-crystals(MC) between all layers.  Thus, you can view it as 5 ply or 9 ply depends on whether you count the very thin MC layers as plies.  The MC-1 is 5 wood + 2 carbon + MC coating between the plies.