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DHS Hurricane 301
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Review of DHS Hurricane 301UPDATE Jan’ 2020:Bought one more H301 blade. After playing with it, I don’t see the new blade any different from my existing blade, even with new set of rubbers. Thisexplains how consistent this blade is. DHS has definitely hit the mark with this one, just love it !UPDATE 11/12/2018: It has been over 8 months so far that I've been playing with H301 and would like to stick with this setup forever. Recently I've switched to Darker speed 90, single ply hinoki. But it did not suit my style and also FH looping was much difficult with it. So went backt o H301 and back to form right away. I really don't see a reason now to switch or change blade/rubber to improve my technique. More than satisfied. Best blade that I’ve played with so far. I had T11+, stiga classic carbon, tibhar SPW, and training blades N9, stiga carbo7. Stiga classic carbon combined with rasant powergrip had too much power , less control. T11+ combined with h2neo, f3snipe was fast, but with no dwell time what so ever(can’t feel the ball). Tibhar powergrip with mark5 1.7mm on both sides had good control but was way too slow(demands proper forehand topspin). None of them came closer to H301 in terms of looping consistency and blocking. I am currently playing with Palio ak47 blue on fh, focus3snipe on bh. While I’’m more of a backhand attack player, I have runners knee and due to this condition, I couldn’t play fh topspin properly until I had H301. I have compared this blade with butterfly Timoboll spirit(my colleagues blade with tenergy’s both sides)) and plays alike, besides offering more control due to the ALC’s placed next to the core. When ever I am brushing the ball, the trajectory appears as if I have performed a hard stroke and the opponent struggles in returning them. Bh pushes places the ball where I want it. I don’t have a reason to buy european tensor rubbers anymore, thanks to this blade. Jan 26, 2020 | |||||||||||||||

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Nittaku Violin
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Review of Nittaku ViolinI've been a FL backhand dominant player and since ever I've been introduced to the sport, been playing with Chinese or Sweden made paddles, out of which I've liked the Chinese the better as the FL handle fits best in my small hand contour. Recently, I bought used old tag Nittaku Violin out of curiosity for an allwood blade. I've seen players complaining about the handle size too small but the one that I bought, fits perfectly in my hand and being said, this is my first Straight handle blade. Paired it with Victas 401 on FH, Tibhar ELP on BH. Noticed that slight adjustment was needed on Forehand strokes due to the ST handle, but it was no brainer on Backhand, it was so effortless and very spinny. IMO, this blade favors the feel factor in linear spin strokes and offers medium trajectory with controlled arc. Flat hits are also good. Comparing it with DHS H301 blade, with ALC construction that I used for almost 2 years consistently, interesting that I felt Nittaku Violin is a notch harder and slightly more stiff (could be due to the blade being less head heavy and small handle to compensate on the flex). Also if you get the right weight ~ between 85-90G, It doesn't feel slow even in the modern plastic ball era.Jul 11, 2020 | |||||||||||||||
