Xiom Zetro Quad Blade Review

I wonder how the ZQ compare to the Ignito, or Strato, or even Axelo...

mhnh007 wrote: I wonder how the ZQ compare to the Ignito, or Strato, or even Axelo...

ZQ is slower than Ignito. ZQ has more dwell time and stiffer feeling to me. But the thicker hinoki somehow makes zq softer to the touch, while Ignito just a bit too bouncy to my taste.

bluebucket wrote: Fatt changes blades more often than I change my undies and will continue to do so because he buys the same kind of blade everytime. The last 100 have almost been identical other than the writting on them. I would say its time for a radical change :). Go crazy and buy a willow 3 ply or something!

he he; I am trading my calix+ 1 ZQ for an almost brand new Matsush*ta Pro but...that's not buying; see??? I am listening to you. 

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Yeah, I ordered the lightest available at 89 to 90 gram zetro quad. The blade feels light but the weight of the setup comes from the two max m1.
But i pretty much like it.

jcdi wrote: fatt wrote:   I never had a blade that can unite all what I felt and said about all the other ones in the same class.   Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. By J R R Tolkien,   Look at my sig

WOW!

I wish I had a Matsush*ta pro, nice trade!

Snakefish wrote: I love the kiri core.   I got a new one too. As I'm not sure how fast this blade is, I will be testing it out with Omega IV Europe 2.0mm on bh and Stiga Calibra LT 2.0mm on fh.

dashmista wrote: First impressions after 2 hours of play: It's got the solidness of a Gergely with the looping ability of a TB ZLF (well, not quite that loopy, but pretty damn close). It gives great control and feel for close table low-medium gear swings. When you step back and rip a few, the zylon fibers kick in and you access a new level of looping ability. Maybe I'm crazy, but I actually felt like I was getting more topspin on my loops than with my Viscaria. So far so good, will play again tomorrow.

I feel glad a USATT 2000+ player confirms my impressions. This blade's a winner. I sense your see some great potential with it. 

fatt wrote: dashmista wrote: First impressions after 2 hours of play: It's got the solidness of a Gergely with the looping ability of a TB ZLF (well, not quite that loopy, but pretty damn close). It gives great control and feel for close table low-medium gear swings. When you step back and rip a few, the zylon fibers kick in and you access a new level of looping ability. Maybe I'm crazy, but I actually felt like I was getting more topspin on my loops than with my Viscaria. So far so good, will play again tomorrow. I feel glad a USATT 2000+ player confirms my impressions. This blade's a winner. I sense your see some great potential with it.  BTW the Matsush*ta Pro is so freaking beautiful (your pm is full).

http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj225/gatz143/xiomblades.jpg

Edited by gatz - 04/11/2013 at 7:29pm

Compared to Adidas Fibertec Power, ZQ had very similar playing characteristics except it had a little better control but felt a lot softer. However, it's not too soft like some 7-ply wood blade that have a lot of vibration. Whenever, I pick up one of those 7 plys, they feel great and I play very well at first but then I lose feedback on my exact contact point, due to the vibration, and my play always goes downhill. The Zetro's soft feel doesn't get in the way of that feedback.

To me, a lot of other blades are good for dating but the Zetro Quad is the one I should have married a long time ago.

Well, I played a bit with ZQ. It is a great blade - one of the best I ever played with. Highly recommended!

And despite all that - I will be trading it soon. Why? Because I already have three blades which are more or less identical to it. Namely, BBC X-Fusion. Granted in some aspects they are slightly different. But all in all these two blades are incredibly close to each other in everything - starting from construction to thickness, flex, speed, control, outer wood type etc etc.

Still, I repeat it. Liked it a lot - especially with faster, relatively firm (harder sponged) rubbers. Tried Tibhar Aurus and Xiom Omega IV Asia on it - very good combo. Same goes for GD Karate Soft or Sword Backpff 42 deg on FH, Palio Blitz on BH. Finally there is a blade that I can use as a reference when people ask me "what does your X-Fusion play like?"

Many thanks to fatt and others.

Imago wrote: igszoctan wrote: Could somebody who have tried both blades compare ZQ with Hayabusa ZXi , please?   ZQ is faster, stiffer, less control, no feeling and no catapult. ZXi is so far the best composite blade out there for a RC 2000 player and beyond.

Thanx Imago,
You have just saved me some bucks :)
By the way, I couldn't imagine a blade suits me better than the haunting falcon (=Zxi)

Can someone compare it to Photino? Also, how is this blade with soft rubbers? 

wow these blades have basically almost nothing common...dwell is longer for barwell.