dhs hurricane long v w968 w997 EXPOSED part II

ok after playing some more with these blades I will make a final statement for all mankind to hear once and for all.

1- these blades are SLOW.
very very very SLOW.
they have no bounciness.
think of a waldner senso carbon of 85g.
it's a similar speed.

2- they are not that great for looping, there's not that much power or spin.

3- the feel is super ultra mega woody.
feels really like an all wood blade.

4- the shape of the head is absolutely horrible.
it's super large and big.
I sanded mine down to make it fit all the other blades I have.
all blades have similar size except for this one.
not anymore.
also the handle is like super long and thin, it's horrible.

5- this blade is the biggest testament as to how much ma long really boosts his rubbers.
I tried it with two tenergy 05, a very fast rubber, and man it felt so slow.
you can go and think just maybe guys using a viscaria or similar are not boosting, specially if they use tenergy.
but using the dhs w968?
it's a must to boost, even tenergies.

6- this blade is so slow it's even slower than clipper by a big margin.

7- I even got to a point where I was
"ok, I can get used to this blade, it's not that bad".
and then I went pick my zhang jike alc.
no comparison, zjkalc is 20 times better (if you are using regular tenergy 05).
the difference in control is not that big but power, spin, placement are so superior with the zjkalc.

8- the price of these blades is so excessive.
even the hurricane long v is a steal.
it's not superior to waldner senso carbon in any way and it costs like double.

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oh and if you can, sand this blade down to the same size of butterfly blades.
no need for buying rubbers specially for this blade anymore.
you'll also be removing close to 8g of total weight.
and the blade will feel much better.
the best thing that happened to mine is the sanding down.
it's still a rather poor blade but at least the size is good now.

dhs hurricane long v w986 w997 truth EXPOSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok so as you already know you go out there to the world and get all lies and marketing and fluffy fluff.
and then you get tired of all this and you come to pingpongclassics and get the hard cold truth.


so it turns out everybody out there is talking endlessly about the dhs w968, w997, hurricane long v blades.
they say they are so fast and so for super advanced players and uncontrollable expect if you play like ma long.

ok let's start by the first thing.
most pro players in china don't use w968 or w997.
they use butterfly viscaria.
you would think since ma long is the best and he uses w968 then this blade would be more difficult to control than viscaria, more powerful, etc.
only for super advanced players.

well this is not true.
compared to butterfly viscaria the dhs wxxx/hlv blades are almost beginner blades.
not if you compare a 85g viscaria with a 95g w968.
but if you are lucky and get a 93, 94g viscaria you will see the difference with the dhs blades.

speed -> the dhs w968 w997 hurricane long v blades are like half the rebound speed of a powerful viscaria or tbs, tbalc, etc.
of course you'll go and loop hard and say "oh this w968 is so powerful".
it's not that the blade is powerful, you are hitting hard so you are using your own power.
you could loop with a 5 ply allround blade and you'd get the same speed.

spin -> the difference in spin is quite big too.
viscaria or any of the butterfly composites have much much more spin than the wxxx blades.
with this I include blades like zjk zlc, super zlc, mizutani, boll zlc, etc.
basically all the blades that have composite as 2nd layer.
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so maybe this is one of the secrets of ma long after all.
he didn't go more power, more speed, more everything in order to overcome his opponents.
he went down.
he went to more control, slower speed, better short game, more safety.
this is what w968 is.
it feels like a 5ply blade.
now imagine this + chinese rubbers on both sides.
the control of his paddle must be extraordinary.

blocking is much easier with w968 than viscaria.
counterlooping too.
same thing for pushing, serving, etc.
it's one of the safest blades out there.
probably even has more control than a stiga clipper.

the counter side is there is less power and spin.
but I guess he counters this adding more booster to the dhs rubbers.