The "professional version" YEO

This is a real treasure for we YEO lovers! Somehow it is only available on the Chinese market currently. It might not be exactly the same as the one in Ma Lin's hand, but it is definitely closer to it than the normal version ones. My previous normal version YEO is only 80-gram. It has a hollow feeling and too much vibration. Its blocking lacks stability and it lacks power when I am looping far away from the table. So I switched to my current 98-gram penhold "professional version" one ! Its Ayous core has many brown-color texture(they are indeed very dense and hard wood fibers), making it significantly harder than the Ayous core of a normal version YEO. It has every great characteristic of the normal version YEO but has a more solid feeling. The quality of blocking is obviously improved and it still has strong power when you are playing far away from the table. IT IS A BEAST! The only disadvantage, of course, is its scary weight. It requires you to have a strong wrist, especially if you are a penholder. Mine is 98-gram and I use Hurricane 3 on the forehand, so my options for the backhand rubber is very limited. I cannot choose those heavy rubbers such as Tenergy or 5Q.

bluebucket wrote: Totally fake YEO, if it plays well then it's all good. It is a fake though

Edited by PatrickL2012 - 08/30/2013 at 12:10pm

looks good to me. very nice weight too, although most of the forums members wrists seem to be of jelly or they have extremely underdeveloped forearms because they always crave the lightest blades(which yield no real benefit if you are "strong" enough) possible

YEO II is not fake.

Yasaka (Sweden) makes them

That's normal. The very early batches of YEO have blank face when it was first released in 2008.

I picked up one of the pro extra offensives a few weeks ago and it's much harder than the regular/jtta one, and the shoulders/wings are wider too (stiga-like).  The feeling is incredible with no vibration, but still has the distinct woody YEO feel...  it's hard to describe.  It also blocks a TON more easily than the regular version.  I loved it so much I ordered a spare 

Edited by schen - 03/26/2014 at 1:24am

schen wrote: I picked up one of the pro extra offensives a few weeks ago and it's much harder than the regular/jtta one, and the shoulders/wings are wider too (stiga-like).  The feeling is incredible with no vibration, but still has the distinct woody YEO feel...  it's hard to describe.  It also blocks a TON more easily than the regular version.  I loved it so much I ordered a spare  I'm baffled as to why Yasaka doesn't just make all YEO's this way

regiz.rugenz wrote: can you provide a link where you bought the blade please? thanks!

You're out of luck. It's currently available in Cpen and China only.

Your buying custom blades off of Taobao means you're getting them from China, right? And if you buy the YEO Pro from Taobao, does that mean it's available elsewhere outside of China?

Edited by schen - 03/28/2014 at 2:19am

zeio wrote: Nice video. Those are some heavy-weights for a penhold setup.

schen wrote: You must be a registered member and post a reply in this topic to view the hidden content within this post! A little unboxing/assembly/first impressions video I made when I got my spare YEO pro in the mail!   I played with it today in my club league, and it plays well, but I guess even YEO pro versions have different feelings like the commercial ones as my new spare felt a little softer than my main blade even with non-neo blue sponge.

regiz.rugenz wrote: Steven, Sorry, I was referring to one of the videos on your youtube.. one with slow rolling ball on a grippy DHS rubber (orange sponge), while tilting the blade.  Yup, I knew already you're a Pro soon as I saw the video.. I do visual effects too, some web graphics and web dev.. I already saw your music site and so I know you're a Pro and plays drums.. I bet you have an excellent touch and timing in table tennis upon seeing a drumstick in your video. ツ You must have love as well how your blades sound. ツ