Yinhe Earth "Vacuum Baked" series

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   The Yinhe/Galaxy E1 and E3 are well thought of blades and I've liked both when I had the chance to use them. The E1 is a similar construction to the Primorac Off- and the E3 is similar to the Stiga Offensive Classic. Please note that, like other Yinhe blades, these are not "clones" per se as much as they are well balanced blades with similar playing characteristics due to their extremely similar construction. I would use the term "inspired by" instead of clone, though some are damn close and typically a fraction of the price.
Anyway there are now E1vb and E3vb blades which advertise that they are "vacuum baked" in an airless oven. Apparently on the core of the blade is given this treatment, they also add 2 layers of glass fiber around it. The claim by Yinhe is that this process gives each better control but otherwise similar characteristics. I read on a German forum that these play similar to the Donic Burn Off- but I've never played with one of those.

It seems like a process like this would naturally make the blade faster but apparently not, just wondering if anyone has actually used either of these as I am very fond the Earth.3 in particular.

Pictures: http://www.pingpong777.com/yinhe-e-3-vb.html?language=En (I have never bought from this vendor, he just had the best pics)
(I also posted this to Reddit a while ago but r/tabletennis is a bit dead so I figured I'd post here as well to see if anyone has played with these.)