Innerforce Layer ZLC
| Everyone's rating |
[Hardness] Medium hardness [Performance] Spin and Control are excellent. |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed: 8.44
- Spin: 9.08
- Control: 8.85
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The Innerforce Layer ZLC offers a completely new experience by combining ZLC Carbon technology and Innerfiber construction.
Carbon layers are placed closer to the core to provide an overall soft feel without losing the ZL Carbon characteristics such as lightness, flexibility and speed.
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Specifications
- Producer
- Butterfly
- Product code
- 36681,36684,36682
- Speed
- 81
- Control
- 86
- Size
- 157 × 150mm
- Weight
- 87g
- Material
- Wood, ZL carbon, 7 ply wood
- Thickness
- 5.7mm
Players use Innerforce Layer ZLC
- Light taps feel wooden, while hard hits showcase carbon's firmness and speed
- Excellent ball retention with high arc trajectory, stable short game techniques
- Wide sweet spot with stable drives and rallies offering high control
- Exceptional compatibility with stiff rubbers like Tenergy
- Requires high technical skill; not recommended for beginners
User reviews
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kelp (Experience: ４〜５ years) Perfect
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2017/08/01
It doesn't bounce too much during the short game, and it flies well on strong shots, so it's great.
And it generates spin too.
Definitely give it a try.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) TENERGY 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) ROZENA
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EUROPE (Experience: ２〜３ years) Insane amount of spin
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2017/06/07
It generates a ton of spin. It's easy to handle and the feel is super good. Since it's an inner-carbon blade, it's also great as an entry point into carbon blades. Definitely give it a try.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Tenergy 05 FX
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Tenergy 80-FX
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Table Tennis Man (Experience: ６〜１０ years) Works with tacky rubber!?
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2017/05/20
I had the image that Butterfly blades were all stiff special-material blades, but the Innerforce Layer ZLC actually feels a lot like plain wood, and the surface felt soft, so I tried it with the tacky rubber I usually use. I was surprised at how much spin it generated and how well it matched with tacky rubber. And of course it works well with tension rubber too. It's versatile enough to match with pretty much anything. The price is high, but tacky rubber users should definitely give it a try!
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) NEO HURRICANE 2
Recommended rubber (Backhand) ROZENA
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Sho-go (Experience: １１〜２０ years) Simply amazing
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2017/04/27
This blade has an excellent overall balance.
Since the plastic ball came in, I wanted more of a gripping feel on the ball, so I switched from the Jun Mizutani blade, and now I can hit with a really nice feel.
It doesn't have one standout characteristic — it's just easy to use anywhere, whether you're close to or away from the table, and whether your contact point is high or low.
Also, thanks to the ZLC built into the inner layer, you get solid power on strong shots.
The handle is oval-shaped and might feel a bit flat to some people.
If you like the more angular shape of the Jun Mizutani blade, this one might feel a little off in your hand.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Tenergy 25
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Regalis Red
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Na7gtr (Experience: ６〜１０ years) Inner carbon is just great!
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2017/01/03
This blade is inner carbon (carbon embedded on the inside), so it really sends the ball flying. Also, thanks to this soft feel, it's easy to control and generates good spin too. Especially during topspin rallies at mid-distance, you can really feel the power of this blade. I highly recommend it for drive players!
However, I'm a close-to-the-table quick-attack type, and I have short pips on my forehand. From here on this is a review from that perspective.
Honestly, handling the short game close to the table is tough. (Which makes sense.) In particular, pushes don't seem to die down, so it's hard to keep the ball low on the second bounce, and — partly due to my own lack of skill — my opponent smashed my drive back at me quite often.
That said, attacking shots like chiquita, angled shots over the table, and drives close to the table are really good. By fully unleashing close to the table the power this blade is really meant to show at mid-distance, you can produce powerful shots, so I deliberately use this blade close to the table. If you don't put in the effort, attacking close to the table might be tough.
It looks like a blade made for drive players, but it's surprisingly all-round usable. I think it's worth the 20,000 yen.
Highly recommended.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Spectol Blue
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Fastarc S-1
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Namonaki (Experience: ４〜５ years) Easy to use!
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2016/11/27
This is an inner carbon blade, so even beginners to intermediate players can use it easily. It generates good spin and I think it's a great blade! It's easy to control too! The only thing is the speed is a bit on the slower side, so I think advanced players would be able to bring out the best of this blade to the fullest.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Tenergy 05 FX
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Table tennis players of senior citizens of Zenchu best 8. Lol (Experience: More than ２０ years) Basically an all-wood blade
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2016/10/18
This blade lets you hit almost like it's pure wood.
Depending on how the player hits, you can produce a really heavy ball.
Speaking for my own style of hitting:
<Drive>
For drives, I'd recommend brushing the ball, or letting it sink in a bit and then brushing.<Smash>
A drive-smash works better than a flat meet-hit.
*A flat meet-hit can sometimes give the opponent an easy ball, so I can't really recommend it.<Rubber>
I'd recommend a hard rubber over a soft one.
The above is just my own feel for it, so I think opinions will differ.
It's an easy blade to handle, but I think it's best suited to players who mainly play close to the table.
Please take this only as a rough reference.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) V＞15 Extra
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Tenergy 64
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