Yinhe Pro 05

Similar to hurricane long 5 in all aspects but has a better, wider grip and standard head size. Similar speed to Viscaria but better permanence, spin, control, feel. Faster than harimoto, less vibrations, more stable, a little harder. The quality and finish is first class for 1/4 of the butterfly price, I have viscaria, harimoto and hl5 and I sincerely believe that the best wood in this case is the cheapest, I use it with g1 bh, and pk50 fh

The best blade ever, to me at least. Incredible at Looping from anywhere. Spinning and Blocking very easy to and good in quality. Medium Soft touch but good power, speed and support when you loop or hit harder. Medium dwell time. With the right rubbers, it is a beast. Goes well with Chinese and Japanese rubbers. Would not want to trade this blade for anything from BTY or DHS. One blade was ~88g, if I remember correctly. The other 2 times it was 90g. Around 1350Hz. Comes with surface sealed. Good finish, Just need to sand the wings. Definitely recommend!!!

92 grams. Build quality is good, I didn't even sand off anything, the blade was just fine out of the box. The surface seems sealed, I didn't lacquer it. But I'll do so after re-gluing the rubbers for the 3rd time, I have a feeling it'll be a good idea. | Rubbers: I tried with medium hard ones, Loki Rxton III initially, Bloom Power 47 & 45 currently. With Rxton III the blade feels mushy. | Speed & power: Slow and moderate with the medium-hard sticky rubbers I'm using. | Control: Very good. The balls will land on the table. It's a blade with the most control I've had. | Arc: Medium high and relatively short. | Drives: Poor. You simply can't drive a slow ball, it'll end up in the net. The ball feels slipping on the surface. You'll have to add at least some spin to the ball. | Blocking: The ball will land on the table close to the net. You'll have to add at least a bit of spin and close the racket a bit more. | Topspin: Good. But somewhat not too threatening (with the current rubber). | Opening loop: Easy enough. Looping: Good. But I lack speed and power currently. | Flicks: Very good. Fast enough, powerful enough and land on the table. Generally speaking, the blade shines when played over the table, this is the best aspect of it for me. | Final thoughts: the blade is totally spin oriented. It'll teach you how to spin. The blade is also relatively slow. So it'll also teach you tactics, since you won't be able to win with sheer power. For faster speed you'll need to use proper body rotation. Yet, you can apply pressure on the opponent when close to the table. So I kind of have mixed feelings about the blade, at the same time there is something attractive about it. So I do play with it 50% of time )) | I can't wait to test it with harder tacky rubbers. I hope it'll become more lethal, right now it's rather slow. I'm also thinking about going the other way, and trying it with hybrid rubbers to see how it handles more catapult.

A good blade for loop and topspin from YinHe

I had other Yinhe blades before and this PRO 05 is the prettiest and best finished. I bought the FL handle and since I preffer ST, I sanded to make it ST. That plastic with brand's name at handle is small, which is great because it doesn't bother the player. Well, I bought this blade because I was willing to test different rubbers and I didn't want to lose my reference: my Donic Anders Lind with 2 Bluegrip J1. Therefore, PRO 05 is the most similar and affordable blade I found. I confess I didn't notice any difference, I am just an intermediate player. At my backhand, I glued a Bluegrip J1 and my game didn't change when comparing with Lind's blade. Once I stablished references, I started testing different forehand rubbers. The rubber that I liked most is Hurricane 8-80 with one booster layer. It is so easy to top spin and to loop back incoming top spins. Now, I am keeping my Anders Lind blade resting while I am using Yinhe PRO 05 all the time.