Butterfly Maze Performance

81g. Good quality japan made. Soft wood surface. Feel soft on slow hit. Nice click sound when smash. Good wood feeling. For me best close to table attack.

It is nice and light. Really good close to the table but lacks abit of pace away from the table.

Excelente feel blade. Great control and nice speed. Probably you will need fast rubbers to less effort in Long distance. Out of that, short and médium distance game is excelent. I use it with RAKZA 7 FH and RAKZA 9 BH ... Nice combination.

Quite fast and difficult to control. It may seem like it has control once you start using it because of the soft feel but does not. A want-to-be Stiga Clipper Wood without the control or feel. If someone wants an thicker all wood blade with control then look toward the CW. If they want one with more power and control then look toward the Primorac Carbon.

I quite agree with BlackDog in his review of this blade. It really is a superb medium+ fast blade with great control. It is not hinoki-soft, but soft with very good feedback like most BTY-blades. Medium stiffness and a perfect ST handle for my average sized hands. The wood on the handle tends to get a bit sticky after a while I think - and I don't have sweaty hands - but it can be cleaned easily. The overall finish of the blade is clearly Made in Japan - HQ! Good touch in the short game and looping, but it really excels blocking, driving and hitting. I play an allround game - offensive with the occasional chop - and it really is a blade that offers super control in all strokes. Like BlackDog mentioned - the balance of this blade is incredible! I have played Grubba ALL+, Andro TT ALL+ and BTY Kiso Hinoki before this, and the are all head heavy compared to the Maze Performance. I play with Hexer 1.9 and T05FX 1.7 and it works great, but I might go for a medium backhand next time. Medium to hard rubbers is recommended I think.