DHS Power-G PG5X

This is a variation of innerforce blades. Limba outer, and ALC as the third layer (not the second). It has quite a bit of flex and dwell, and is not hard. Compared to Viscaria it is softer, more flexible and slower. Compared to PG5 it is stiffer and faster (and slighly thicker). Weight is 87 gr, 5 grams less than PG5. The difference in weight comes from the handle which is hollow in PG5-X but solid wood in PG5. Overall, very cheap and great quality. Makes very spinny openings. Works great with Hurricane 8 40, boosted. It's a blade with a lot of dwell, so it works well with very hard rubbers.

Amazing blade for the price, infact you expect low quality and performance but no sir this blade is better finished with all ply jointless,better than some high end blade . It is like others mentioned small brother of dhs hl5, but its not slow. With chiness or sticky rubbers any blade will ply slightly slower but try euro rubbers and the speed bumps up few notch. Definitely a loop attack blade

Mine is 92gr. in my opnion, the speed rating 8.6 is wrong. slow touches are off- , but with full swing, this blade's power is very similar to (maybe even stronger than) viscaria. The handle is slim, but good for me. Hardness is a bit harder than Medium. it flexes only when full swing. Great quality and inexpensive innerforce alc blade.

Pro’s: This was my first blade (I had experienced my friends Viscaria and FZD ALC during my time of using PG5X). I stuck the best rubbers on this PG5X (Hurricane 3 Neo 2.1/Nittaku FastArc G1 - forehand) and (Zyre 03 2.1 - backhand). This is a Ma Long style blade, so its head heavy - (I’ve seen pictures of him using this blade/variant of this blade same colour handle). The PG5X demands good technique of its user to get the most out of it. It’s a blade that has allowed me to develop the skills/fundamental's above the average player - control wise, short game, serves, spin and speed delivering the power with the right rubbers. My forehand, backhand, powerful BH flicks development all came from this blade - so it’s definitely a solid blade/price ratio. One of the cons/negatives is: as this blade is designed for people with fundamentals and techniques - it does lack the vibrations in the handle (hollow handle) that beginners enjoy or need for development feedback or that “crisp” feeling coming from outer carbon blades like the Viscaria or FZD ALC. The vibration would’ve made this blade, but it’s not essential to develop techniques as we can work through it. As we’re all spending hard earnt money, I want others to make the best possible decision. This blade is definitely worth it for its price, only if you want to learn the blades potential / Chinese style techniques.

I'm no expert but 2 things stood out for me when I started using this blade. 1) faster than I expected, 2) it makes commercial H3 Neo come alive (unboosted 38 + 39) I will buy another one to try different rubbers, but at the moment I'm very impressed with H3 on this good value blade.