Sanwei 75 ALC

Excellent clone of Viscaria. Classic Koto-ALC composition. Beautifully constructed and finished. Mine was just 85g, very light and maneuverable. Has excellent overall characteristics. Good speed, great control, good flex for a carbon blade. The dwell time and feeling is very similar to Viscaria. Very good clone here. V14 Pro is faster than 75, but 75 is closer to Viscaria. For this price, there really is nothing to be complained about.

My blade is Sanwei 75 Outer Carbon ALC which is a Viscaria clone, and man, it doesn't disappoint. I love the control and speed it brings and I can really feel the large sweet spot every time I do spins and drives. Craftsmanship is also good but I have to sand the handle for a better feeling. I really enjoy playing with this, a really excellent blade for the price.

I had two versions, both with FL handle and ST handle. The bases themselves are hard: FL - 1560Hz\ST - 1625Hz. In terms of structure, it is Viscaria based, but if you compare it with what it really looks like, it is somewhere: Xiom Stradivarius or Butterfly Fan Zhendong. For comparison of frequencies, which I also measured: 729 Blue ALC - 1460Hz Butterfly Fan Zhendong - 1465Hz Butterfly Viscaria - 1440Hz DHS 506 - 1464Hz XIOM Stradivarius - 1550Hz Sanwei 75ALC - 1625Hz (current) The speed will be somewhere like Viscaria, but with the balance in the racket head I think it is not far from Butterfly Boll ALC. The contact is clear - here without any novelties, everything that is in this class on this same structure, only in a stiffer implementation. In my opinion, this is one of the stiffest bases that I have held in my hands on this structure. For comparison, I can say that it is more similar to the Japanese format of bases, because other Chinese manufacturers differ in touch, more porous in feel (Yinhe Pro 01, 729 Blue ALC), but not DHS. There is no question about the pads, they are quite versatile, now I have a set of Stiga Mantra Pro H red, Stiga Mantra Pro XH black - fast, but they have a soft top sheet and fit perfectly. The base itself is excellent for its money, locally I see that the Chinese take a lot of them - because the price and quality are in balance and that's why I took it a second time. The quality is real good. Speed is 9.0 - just my feelings

I enjoyed playing with this blade overall - this is easily the fastest blade I've ever tested. When playing with less experienced players it's very easy to find a winner and launch what feels like a ballistic missile of a forehand. Unfortunately that also means the blade is too stiff - it has decent spin (I presume because it can compress pretty much any sponge - so definitely need something harder on backhand to be playable), but overall the dwell time is very short so attacking backspin is incredibly hard especially with backhand. For the same reason you need to be very careful with your blocks as they go over the table all the time. The throw angle is low. As to feel there's not much of it. This has no vibrations at all (which is not always a bad thing) but I just couldn't feel the ball that well - its not terrible and still better than premade bats but I would expect better than what it is. This is supposed to be a Viscaria alternative but compared to my Viscaria they are completely different. I generally like Sanwei products and blades (my first blade was a Fextra) but I can't recommend this the 75 to anyone unless all you care about is speed. Overall there are much better alternatives at this price point.

Reviewing for my specimen: 83.5g, 5.7mm. Very good control stable feeling using Yinhe Jupiter 3 38deg forehand and Yinhe Moon Speed Soft backhand. Instantly became my main blade replacing my Joola Tezzo Paladin.