Palio King Yue

A great blade for it's price, the 4 layers of soft carbon really give a nice feeling. Flared blade handle is more comfortable compared to my Timo Boll ALC flared handle.

Had my 4th session with this blade tonight, and I'm sad to say it has not suited me in a variety of ways.I found my version to be too hard and stiff, resulting in less dwell and more prone to overshoot the table as I couldn't control the arc of my loops well.The blade makes a high pitched "tock" when bouncing a ball on it, which usually indicates a blade that is harder and therefore stiffer. With 11 layers of wood and composite material, it's got 10 layers of glue as well,so no wonder it's not at all soft or flexible.The Yue was slightly head heavy with 2 GA5 med thickness 42.5 degree rubbers, which also exacerbated the feeling that it was not a great looping blade.The flared handle was extremely small and even a layer of grip tape did not suffice. So although this blade did not match my playing style (spin), it feels very solid and stable and I think it would suit a hitter/blocker/smasher more.