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Nanotech
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Posted: 08/15/2005 at 1:00pm |
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After 5 hours of testing the Hurricane King with a Bryce 2.1 and a Hurricane 2.1, my impression is that: "It is a really nice blade". First of all, it is 87 g, which is not too heavy, but it sure feels heavy on the hand. Though it is suppose to be a clone of the Offensive Classic-CR, but IMO it is a lot faster than Offensive Classic-CR. Secondly for an all wood blade this blade is quite hard and it is the fastest blade I tried, but it is a different type of speed compared to for example Stiga Carbo 7.6-CR. In general it is a blade that should be considered, since it would be priced at about 125 usd when it is released in September. One really ugly thing is that it comes with a somewhat ugly portrait of Wang Liqing.
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DHS Hurricane King
FH: Bryce 2.1 BH: H2 2.2 |
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londonletmedown
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So wait...your review is that it's fast, hard, and feels heavy?
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PingPongPang
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My review would be one word. Expensive
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londonletmedown
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Three words: Not Worth It |
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Nanotech
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That too
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FH: Bryce 2.1 BH: H2 2.2 |
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ttplayer05
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why would anyone spend $125 on a blade when you can get perfectly good ones for much less!
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londonletmedown
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See, that's the review that's really helpful. Luke |
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PingPongPang
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I'd get a few mid-price blades with that money. It's all about testing and compare to find the right blade that suits one's style of playing. Unless I won a lottery, I won't get something that expensive
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Schlager
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Why don't you just buy one expensive blade that youre pleased with, instead of buying 5 that youre not or less pleased with??
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Blade: Butterfly M. Maze Off ST
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PingPongPang
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I said I would get a few mid-price blades WITH THAT MONEY. Of course I'm not that rich to afford an expensive blade.
Moreover, it's basic logic. If you get just one, you won't know what's out there. It's like gambling. Unless you are touching and feeling the blade in person, or I'd not get a blade around that price. I don't think people would get a new car without test driving it. At least I would. If you HAVE MONEY & HAVE A CHANCE to try some other blades with that money, you'd at least know which is the best among what you've got. It's not about who please who. I don't need a blade to please myself. It's about what suits who. It's just my opinion when I pick my pingpong equipment. That's my insight. Not my criticism. |
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mafia
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USD 125 for a pure wood blade is expensive, maybe because of in the name of Wang Liqin.
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Nanotech
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Hmm... Seems like this topic turned into a debate on whether it is worth to buy a Hurricane King or not.
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DHS Hurricane King
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nerdykid
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Why do people spend money on expensive Butterfly blades? Who cares if its pure wood if it plays well?
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yulske
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just get a clipper you bunch of mugs. |
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PingPongPang
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well go ahead and get the most expensive blade on the planet. I would rather spend it on several blades and test each one of them individually.
There's no problem to get expensive blade. It's just a piece of advice to other people who loves pingpong that you could invest that big amount of money into other things like rubber. |
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Vassily
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I agree that its better to get 1 good blade than many mediocre ones. Since you can only use one at once...
One expensive blade is generally around the price of 2 decent ones anyway, so its not that bad. However, i will make a special exception for the Hurricane King, because its supposed to be a clone of a cheaper blade. So why not get that cheaper blade instead? Unless its somehow better? Maybe the price is just a special edition intro price, and the price will fall after that. |
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Schlager
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I understand your points, but in my opinion it's better to buy a little more expensive blade and use that, if you are going to have it for a long time, of course you have to try it first somehow.... I would never use 125 on a hurricane king.... I would rather use them on a kreanga carbon BTW 125$ is about normal price for a timo boll spirit/Schlager carbon/michael maze blade/primorac carbon in Norway, and you can get a kreanga carbon for that price... It's not fair!!! |
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PingPongPang
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Okay
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TT_Freak
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My opinion, it'll be worth it after the generic ones start coming out and push the price down.
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Vassily
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How much is KC in Norway? Do you mean that it is the same price as TBS etc? If so, thats pretty good...
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KLHfans
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To Nanotech: How did you manage to get the Hurricane King so early? I ask my friend to check for me in DHS Shanghai during early August and it has not released yet. I think Wang LiQin(shakehand version) and Wang Hao (penhold version) used the blades for a while and even during the WTTC this year. Is it available in the oversea at USA? Thank you. KLHfans |
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cole_ely
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I think he was saying he could use that money to try several different ones to find the one he was pleased with. As opposed to putting all his eggs in one $125 basket. |
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That's how I like to pick my women too. I prefer to sample them first. |
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Because you can't pretend like you're wang liquin unless you get the blade he endorses (as opposed to uses which I'm sure is still the stiga offensive but maybe with a new dhs handle). What percentage of these blades sold as a combo do you suppose will come with hurricane 2 on the fh and hammond on the bh? And what percentage of them do you suppose the owner will actually continue to use? Maybe the first percentage will be higher than the second. |
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hahaha that's funny. But that's exactly what I was saying. I got a chance to sample a variety of blades. |
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I've used it with 2.1 mm tacfire-C on my forehand, and 1.9 mm sriver-Fx on my backhand. I use speed glue to make it faster. I use Thinner when I want remove the rubber after playing so that the wood won't peel of. It's much better than HWL in terms of ball feeling.
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Andro Wanokiwami AO Offensive 83 gr
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Thanks Peter79 ! Can you please measure your blade blade ?. I have the other "Liqin Clones" :) weight thickness widht height
Can you tell me more what's the difference beetween the king and the HWL ? I TRIED Hwl and tackifire C together . I didn'T like it. I don't like Tackifire C on anything anyway :)
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My best friend has a Hurricane King. I did not find it that heavy in hand. It's fast as hell though... I like that in a blade.
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Hello Balint,
I measured it with digital weight measurement. The weight is 86 gr, it's the same weight as written in the Red card. The thickness is 5.8mm, 15,1 and 16. The difference between HWL and Hurricane King: 1. The handle of Hurricane king is smoother, and not easily change color (because of sweat) compared with HWL. 2. THe wood of Hurricane king is not varnished like HWL, so you must becareful to remove the rubber with thinner, other wise the wood will be ripped by the rubber. 3. Because HWL is being varnished, the wood become harder that loose ball feeling, hurricane king altough is not as fast as HWL it has more control when you block, loop, and counter. The contact between the ball is longer. I also realize that the gold simbol with serial number is plastic wrapped to prevent it from changing color. I've tried skyline 2 and H3 on it, but it's very heavy. I hope the tackfire C soft is better than Tackfire C. I'm planning to buy Nittaku blade, could you suggest me which is better between Nittaku Violin and Nittaku Acoustic? Have you tried them both? |
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There's no way that the Hurricane King is slower than the Nittaku Violin/Acoustic.
I own the Nittaku Acoustic with FH Tenergy 05 and BH Xiom Omega III (Asian) as well as the Hurricane King (with H3 on both sides). The Hurricane King combination is waaay faster than the Acoustic and bear in mind that Tenergy/Omega III is much faster than H3...
Overal I would say that Hurricane King is THE blade for the all-out offensive player, but it's too fast for me.
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