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.
- FL
- ST
- AN
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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tie pin (Experience: ２〜３ years) Perfect
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2023/12/13
The first time I hit with it, it felt so good it honestly surprised me. The ball just flies off on its own. Personally, this is my favorite in the Innerforce Layer series. It's easy to rally with, and even though it's an inner ZLC (so it doesn't fly as much as an outer version), I think countering is still easy to do. If I had to name one downside, it's that it's fairly tricky to handle. If you switch straight from an all-wood blade, you'll probably overshoot the table most of the time. But once you get used to it, I think it becomes an absolute monster. Personally, it's a really fun blade to play with. It's pretty pricey, but give it a try.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Dignics 09C
Recommended rubber (Backhand) TENERGY 05
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Nostalgic table tennis (Experience: ６〜１０ years) God-tier blade
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2023/12/07
I used the older Innerforce ZLC.
The ply construction from the outside is:
Limba-Limba-ZLC-Ayous-ZLC-Limba-LimbaIt's technically an "inner" construction, but since the two limba plies are thin, the ZLC ends up positioned relatively close to the outside, so you really do get the flavor of the special material.
Because of that, it feels soft on light shots, while the ZLC's stiffness comes through clearly on hard shots.
True to the marketing, the sweet spot is wide.The ZLC is hard, but that hardness worked in my favor because it's an "easy-to-read" kind of hardness that lets you instantly tell where on the blade the ball hit.
I think it would be a first choice for anyone who likes inner-ply blades.
That said, I don't think it's all that different from the inner ALC.My one personal complaint is that the FL handle is thin, and at 180cm tall, I found it hard to grip.
If there were a thicker FL handle option, I might still be using it today.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) TENERGY 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Tenergy 64
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Yuu. Cutman (Experience: ２〜３ years) Not too fast, easy to use
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2023/05/14
Before I hit with it, I expected it would fly fast, but in practice it turned out to be a blade with good ball-holding and stability.
Being a Butterfly blade, it pairs really well with Tenergy and Dignics-series rubbers. Paired with Tenergy, you get stable, high spin performance, and the carbon gives you extra speed when you hit hard. Paired with Dignics, it takes a fair amount of skill, but you can produce shots that are strong in both spin and speed while staying stable.
That said, since it has carbon in it, it does bounce more than a pure wood blade. A lot of top players use it too, so rather than using it as a beginner or lower intermediate, I'd recommend switching to it when you're stepping up from intermediate to advanced level.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Dignics 09C
Recommended rubber (Backhand) TENERGY 05
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no name (Experience: ４〜５ years) Stability and power combined
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2023/04/25
This is a comparison between the Tomokazu Harimoto Innerforce ALC and the Viscaria.
Speed sits right in the middle. It holds the ball longer than the Harimoto Innerforce ALC. You don't get pushed back by the opponent's shots, so countering works fine. Blocks go in without trouble as long as you keep the racket angle down. Even if your contact is a bit off, the ball still tends to land, so you can get away with sloppy play. Sometimes more spin comes out than you'd expect, which gives it a bit of a quirk.
That said, individual blades tend to run heavy — mine is 95g, and with rubbers attached it comes to nearly 190g, so I'd recommend going with thick rather than max thickness rubber.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Dignics 09C
Recommended rubber (Backhand) RASANTER C48
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pink lemonade (Experience: １１〜２０ years) One of the golden recipes
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2022/12/31
This is a "grippy" type blade.
The ball sticks to it well and produces a nice arc, so it feels strong for looping against backspin and for topspin rallies.
Also, for short-game touches, especially spin-based receives, it feels really good.
Close to the table and at mid-distance, it's about as good as it gets.
The blade itself is heavy, so I'd recommend pairing it with a Japanese-made rubber.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) TENERGY 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) TENERGY 80
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man swinging Taro (Experience: １１〜２０ years)
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2022/09/20
I used this for about a year.
Personally, I felt this blade was on the hard side.Even though it's an inner-carbon blade, you can really feel the carbon's stiffness — the ball leaves the rubber quickly, and it felt like the ball flew off before I could fully put spin on it.
That's probably down to my own arm, but I'd say this is a blade for intermediate to advanced players rather than something anyone can pick up.It's also pretty expensive, so if you're going to use it, I think you'd be better off starting with the same Innerforce line's ALC version instead.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
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The (Experience: １１〜２０ years)
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2022/03/04
The ball really sticks to the rubber and the arc comes out high, so it's easy to loop against backspin and to play topspin rallies. Close to the table, the bounce lands right where you want it and control is really high. Finishing points from mid-distance can be a bit tough sometimes. The grip is a bit thin, similar to Timo Boll's, and if you're used to Zhang Jike's or the Viscaria's grip, the back of the handle might feel like it leaves too much of a gap.
Since the balance is good, I think it works with a wide range of rubbers. Even a Hurricane 3 Blue bounces plenty, and with Dignics it grips the ball without flying off wildly.
The ball trajectory is almost too clean, but mistakes go down and your game gets noticeably more stable.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) DIGNICS 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) DIGNICS 80
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