Sanwei M-8

Great blade for 13$ :) !! Finish of the blade is excellent. All edges are nice and smooth. Head looks a bit bigger then regular, and handle is bit slimmer. Handle is about what you would find on DHS blades. This blade has 5 plies of wood with middle section lot thicker then the rest. I actually dont know what type of wood they used to make it but it looks totally ok. Thickness of a head is 5.8 mm as stated on the blade itself. It weights around 80g give or take few. I dont use this for regular play, so this review is based on robot play only. Blade flexes and vibrates ok amount. It is not the speed king but in my opinion it has sufficient speed for most people. Control is exceptional. Since blade is not fast and it provides a lot of feedback to your palm you can really feel the ball, so it is easy to keep balls low and short. I would recommend this blade as a developing blade for beginners or a great practice blade for advanced players. Since blade provides a lot of feedback it is very helpful with technique corrections and such. Personally i dont see this blade as a high ITTF rating player blade but for most "normal" players it will be great value for the money. Enjoy TT and have fun :)

This blade is really a do it all tool you can use whatever your lvl is. Lot of feedback with nice vibs but not too much, and the control is great, when you need power you just need to hit hard and the blade gives it to you. Looping is good, blocks are consistent and the short game is also good. The feeling isn't amazing but you just can't say the blade is bad cause whatever you do with it, it just do it, just like a good solid and reliable tool, and at this price you're not taking any risk.

Had a few hits with this blade+lkt pro xp: Looping is ok, a lot of feedback from blade. Flat hitting on fh nice. Of course slower than own setup, but for beginers is just right. On bh flat conact vibrated too much for my taste, maybe because of too soft rubber( i use ~ 47 degrees hard rubbers) But in play with loop was ok. Maybe rubbers with hardness ~ 42-45 would suit it better. Nice option for beginners.

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Simmilar to Donic Appelgreen ar, but 1 point faster. Played with 999t for a start, then with 729 bloom power later. One downside, thin handle. You need a badminton sticky stripe to round the handle to make it thicker. Cheap blade ala Stiga classic all which i played also. Backhand bit better than in Donic.