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Double Fish (1)

Dr. Neubauer (1)

Friendship/729 (2)

Friendship/729 Bomb

Speed	9.0
Control	8.0
Stiffness $<b>Stiffness</b> refers to the blade\'s flexibility. Flexible blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin. They also perform well for mid-distance looping. Stiff blades are better for smashing.$	5.0

Hardness $<b>Hardness</b> refers to the blade\'s hardness. Hard blades are often faster, and soft are generally slower. Soft blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin.$	5.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	9.0

Review of Friendship/729 Bomb

This is a very good offensive blade. You can spend a lot more, but I don't think one can gain a lot. I have used this as an off the table fh topspin and bh chopping blade and it was a little too fast for that, but would be an excellent 2 wing looping blade from off the table and also good short game and close to the table play.

Mar 31, 2008

Friendship/729 Hao Shuai Champion Carbon

Speed	8.5
Control	9.0
Stiffness $<b>Stiffness</b> refers to the blade\'s flexibility. Flexible blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin. They also perform well for mid-distance looping. Stiff blades are better for smashing.$	5.0

Hardness $<b>Hardness</b> refers to the blade\'s hardness. Hard blades are often faster, and soft are generally slower. Soft blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin.$	6.7
Overall	9.0

Review of Friendship/729 Hao Shuai Champion Carbon

Good control. Not as fast as you think, but plenty fast with the right rubber. Light. This is a high quality blade. I use a fast rubber on the BH (non-carbon) side and a medium rubber on the carbon FH side and it works well. Head is minimally oversized, but bigger than some other standard blades I have.

May 01, 2013

Galaxy (Yinhe/Milkyway) (3)

Galaxy LQ-2

Speed	6.0
Control	8.0
Stiffness $<b>Stiffness</b> refers to the blade\'s flexibility. Flexible blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin. They also perform well for mid-distance looping. Stiff blades are better for smashing.$	0.0

Hardness $<b>Hardness</b> refers to the blade\'s hardness. Hard blades are often faster, and soft are generally slower. Soft blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin.$	5.2
Consistency	5.0
Overall	9.0

Review of Galaxy LQ-2

This is a very nice blade for defensive play. It has a large, long head and is well made. The head is likely too large if one played max thickness inverted on both sides as it would be extremely heavy. The long head and flex make it a very good blade for combo players-you can loop very nicely with it. The blade is probably not for close to the table LP pushblocking-best for off the table play

Edit-I recently bought a 2nd blade as a backup. Unfortunately almost 1.5 to 2 years later and the new blade is lighter (9 grams) and signficantly slower and the handle is somewhat shorter. Lesson to self-buy two at the same time to help with variations.

Apr 05, 2011

Galaxy LQ-1

Speed	8.0
Control	8.0
Stiffness $<b>Stiffness</b> refers to the blade\'s flexibility. Flexible blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin. They also perform well for mid-distance looping. Stiff blades are better for smashing.$	7.0

Hardness $<b>Hardness</b> refers to the blade\'s hardness. Hard blades are often faster, and soft are generally slower. Soft blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin.$	6.7
Consistency	10.0
Overall	9.9

Review of Galaxy LQ-1

Very nice defensive blade for off the table defense. Harder and not as good for hitting with LP (or hardbat if that is your style) than the LQ2. A better close to the table block w LP than the LQ2 blade imo. You can speed it up and slow it down somewhat based on what you use. A little heavier than my LQ2 blades. Great quality. I have the straight handle. Blocks nicely with my LP on BH when I get caught at the table. The weight on mine is more like 90 grams. Am I the only one using this blade????

Sep 16, 2010

Galaxy DE-1

Speed	6.0
Control	9.0
Stiffness $<b>Stiffness</b> refers to the blade\'s flexibility. Flexible blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin. They also perform well for mid-distance looping. Stiff blades are better for smashing.$	5.0

Hardness $<b>Hardness</b> refers to the blade\'s hardness. Hard blades are often faster, and soft are generally slower. Soft blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin.$	5.2
Consistency	10.0
Overall	10.0

Review of Galaxy DE-1

This is a very nice defensive blade. It controls well. The arylate dampens the ball and allows good control and good speed. I play with gambler outlaw on FH and the speed to good-not super fast, but fast enough. It is relatively light and allows me to move very quickly. It is lighter and slower than the LQ1 and 2 and has a smaller head size. Very good quality. For an off the table defender wanna be like me I highly recommend it. It may not be hard enough for a LP OX blocking game at the table if your goal is big spin reversal. I think a 2 sided inverted player who wanted control would also be well served by this blade, but not a high level 2 winged looper. I have 2 blades that are not sealed and 1 that is lightly sealed. For the above features this is a definite BUY!

Feb 04, 2012

Gambler (1)

Gambler Oversize Kevlar

Speed	7.0
Control	10.0
Stiffness $<b>Stiffness</b> refers to the blade\'s flexibility. Flexible blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin. They also perform well for mid-distance looping. Stiff blades are better for smashing.$	0.0

Hardness $<b>Hardness</b> refers to the blade\'s hardness. Hard blades are often faster, and soft are generally slower. Soft blades have a longer dwell time, generating more spin.$	5.0
Consistency	10.0
Overall	10.0

Review of Gambler Oversize Kevlar

This is an oversize blade, similar in size to the toxic series. The handle is a little bigger and probably better for big handed players. The flared handle is smaller and works much better for me. This is one of the slowest blades I have ever played with in terms of control, but does not have high vibration like toxic 3 or neubauer barricade. Unlike those blades the kevlar allows one to attack to some degree. Certainly if one wants to play the modern defender game this blade will work with a fast rubber on the FH side. The only problem is that one needs a fast, but lighter in weight rubber-since a thick sponge makes the setup heavy. I originally used 729 highpoint on 2.2 sponge (155 grams with my OX long pips), but more recently have really found this blade plays well with both galaxy venus, dawei inspirit quattro and best of all with joola green energy. This is by far the best combination defensive blade-chopper and forehand attacking blade I have ever used and believe me I have tried a lot. I see no reason to try anything else.

May 02, 2008

LKT (Li Kuang Tsu) (1)