Nittaku Adelie

One of the best 7 ply blades with limba outer (x2) and ayous inner (x5) available. Similar to many others in construction, but lighter and with arguably more control. Handle is very comfortable, and the same size as most Nittaku/Japanese blades. Putting price aside, it's a great blade, if one wants a well finished, comfortable, high control blade that generally works well with most modern rubbers. Likely work best with Chinese (&/or tacky) rubbers if looping is the focus though.

very similiar to Old clipper with very good control and spin

This blade is excellent for technical and a litle aggressive players, suits any kind of rubber (short pips, long pips..) similar to Latika, quicker with a lot of control

Coming from a 92g Stiga Clipper CR (non wrb), I was expecting a similar feeling where contact feels soft, and a "layered" feeling, with many gears. Instead, Adelie feels different. It is not a bad different. Adelie has very good control, and I notice quite some flex on my backhand side (my stronger side). After several sessions, it is still too early for me to actually know the blade, but so far I like it. To my surprise, I actually found myself doing spinny brushes from the backhand side, like I used to with 5 ply Limba Outer blades. With the Clipper I had, I had a slightly different stroke. I attribute this to Adelie's overall thinness (6.0-6.2, relatively thin for 7 ply), and its low weight (86g, compare to 90g+ for some other 7 ply blades). I am yet to grasp the flex on this blade. As mentioned, I can feel quite a bit of it when I do my backhand. At this point, I can say this is one of those blades that you cannot go wrong with. The controllable speed is more than enough for local league levels. P.S. I am yet to rate the blade, but hope my impression above helps anyone who wants/likes to use 7ply blades.

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