HURRICANE KING

Everyone's rating

[Hardness] Medium hardness
[Performance] Spin and Speed are excellent.

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Averages reviews points

Evaluation: 8.73 / 10

Number of review: 11

Speed: 8.27
Spin: 9
Control: 8.18

: Unique new glue adopting counter-infiltration technique reduces the elasticity loss of timber. The blade emphasizes on hand feeling as well as super speed. It's easier to control it.

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Specifications

Producer: DHS

Weight: 87g ± 3

Material: 5 (Wood, 5 ply wood)

Thickness: 5.5mm

Players use HURRICANE KING

WANG Chuqin

ONO Soma

MASATAKA Morizono

Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary

Despite being a 5-ply blade, it delivers impressive flight performance and is particularly acclaimed for rotation and control. Its excellent compatibility with sticky rubbers is highly valued, though it requires technical skill to handle and has drawbacks like a thick grip and high price.

■ Frequently Mentioned Points

Remarkable flight and spin performance for a 5-ply blade
Excellent stability in short-game techniques like blocking and stopping
Outstanding compatibility with sticky rubber
Thick grip that may not suit all preferences
Requires strong impact technique and skill to handle properly

■ Representative Voices

▲ PositiveIdeal for players who compete through rotation and course placement. The head-heavy design generates power on all strokes, handling everything from short-game to drives with consistency and high performance.

▽ CriticalThe thick grip differs from Japanese flare grips, which may not appeal to all users. Additionally, the price is high for a wooden blade racket.

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Bisukaria An overall excellent blade

This is the blade a classmate of mine uses — it's a limited release. It's pretty pricey too…
As for performance,
first, for forehand hitting, since it's a 5-ply, my impression was that it doesn't bounce much.
Drives are a totally different story though — it bounces quite a lot. But it's not just bounce; there's a good amount of spin too, so I was able to hit really high-quality drives. On top of that, despite having plenty of power, it's very stable. Even from mid-distance or away from the table, if you just swing all out it tends to go in.
Next, smashes. There's speed and stability. That said, it does feel a bit inferior to special-material blades.
As for the short game, I had a pretty good impression. Since it's a 5-ply it doesn't bounce too much, so flicks and pushes were also really easy to do.
Serves get plenty of spin and it's easy to vary between long and short. Long serves aren't impossible, but they're still easier with a special-material blade.
Overall, there's nothing that particularly stands out, but I felt it's a blade with really high overall balance. One thing to watch out for, though, is that you need a strong impact to handle it well. It's hard to get hold of and pricey, but it's a blade I really want people to try.

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2016/10/12

Overall	9/10
Speed	9
Spin	10
Control	10
Touch	8
Hardness	Little soft

Recommended rubber (Forehand) Rasant Turbo

Recommended rubber (Backhand) Feint OX

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Yutchi @ cut Tacky rubber

The feel is quite hard, so it's not really the kind of blade everyone will love, but it pairs well with tacky rubber, so it's a great pick if you're a tacky-rubber user!

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2016/05/31

Overall	7/10
Speed	8
Spin	8
Control	5
Touch	5
Hardness	little hard

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Drive Man (Experience: Less than a year) Nice

I don't like special-material blades because they bounce too much and the feel isn't for me, so I prefer a bouncy 5-ply.
That's why I decided to buy this Hurricane King.
Simply put, it's more suited to topspin drives than smashes.
With smashes you obviously get speed, but when I went for lobs I got a lot of overshoots and net misses. Well, I guess that's something I could cover with my own skill (though I couldn't, lol).
The drive has amazing extension. There's a lot of spin too, so opponents kept overshooting even when they blocked.
The surface ply is on the hard side, so you need a decent swing speed to get a good ball.
The short game is easy since it doesn't bounce too much.
I switched over from a Ma Lin Extra Offensive and it's been really good.
The one drawback, I'd say, is the feel.
It's got kind of a hollow, knocking feel to it.
Well, that comes down to personal preference so it'll differ from person to person.
I plan to keep taking good care of this as my main blade going forward.

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