Innerforce Layer ALC
| Everyone's rating |
[Hardness] Medium hardness [Performance] Control and Spin are excellent. |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed: 8.39
- Spin: 9
- Control: 9.01
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The Arylate Carbon fibers are located closer to the core than with non-layer blades, which leads to a softer touch and stunning feel.
Arylate-Carbon fibers dampen vibration and allow for dynamic play and precise placement.
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Specifications
- Producer
- Butterfly
- Product code
- 36701
- Speed
- 87
- Control
- 90
- Size
- 157 × 150mm
- Weight
- 86g
- Material
- Wood, ALC, 7 ply wood
- Thickness
- 6mm
Players use Innerforce Layer ALC
- Best of both worlds: wood feel on soft shots, carbon flex on power shots
- Excellent combination of spin and speed, especially powerful drives
- Easy handling unique to inner rackets for touch shots and blocking
- Great compatibility with tension-type rubbers like Tenergy
- Versatility usable by everyone from intermediate to advanced players
User reviews
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"Zunzun da yo" is the nickname my club captain gave me (lol) (Experience: ２〜３ years)
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2026/03/16
I'm a junior high student and I've been playing table tennis for about a year now, and this is a really easy blade to use. I wouldn't really recommend putting tacky rubber on it. Partly because it's an inner-ply blade, but I felt that using tacky rubber loses the carbon's speed and makes it harder to get the control that ALC is known for. So I think tension rubbers or slightly tacky rubbers are way easier to use with this blade.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) NEO HURRICANE 3
Recommended rubber (Backhand) DIGNICS 05
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2026/01/25
I used the FL 88.1g version. With max thickness rubber on both sides it comes to 183.4g.
I gave up on this blade a year ago, but I bought it again to give it another try.
This time I could finally feel the performance that matches its reputation as an inner-ply blade that suits everyone.The speed isn't that strong, and it has a nice settled feel where the ball doesn't fly too far even when you hit it hard.
The feel has a solid wood sensation - might be individual variation, but on light shots it actually felt softer than the Harimoto ALC.
When you hit hard, you get that metallic ALC-like feedback, so it's easy to tell a good hit from a bad one.Thanks to the thickness of the blade, blocks don't get pushed back, and the short game has that ease typical of inner-ply blades - technically there aren't many weak points.
Overall it's a well-balanced blade, about 70 points in every category.The grip is narrow but thick. The later Harimoto-series blades have slightly thinner grips, so pick whichever fits your hand.
I think beginners would find it quite hard to handle, so this is probably more of a 2nd or 3rd blade.
It's good enough that you could make it your main blade - a real masterpiece.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) TENERGY 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) TENERGY 80
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Cold water (Experience: ２〜３ years)
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2025/10/26
I got this blade as a gift and it weighs 91 grams. I think it generates good spin and performs well close to the table and at mid-distance. I think it pairs well with a lot of different rubbers.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) GLAYZER09C
Recommended rubber (Backhand) ROZENA
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Li Xiang (Experience: ６〜１０ years) Good balance
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2025/09/21
Great balance. I can't forget the excitement of the moment I switched over from my wood blade.
Basically any inverted rubber works fine on it. But I feel like you should avoid short pips on it.
By the way, in every tournament I've ever entered, I've never NOT seen this blade. I think it's a blade that players of any level can use.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) NEO HURRICANE 3
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Fastarc G-1
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Bird (Experience: ２〜３ years) Recommended for intermediate players!
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2025/03/01
I was using a 5-ply all-wood blade before, but with this blade every technique is easy to do, and the power on hard shots is insane. In particular, against backspin with things like chiquitas, I never felt like I'd miss. I was used to an all-wood blade so it felt like it bounced quite a lot at first, but I got used to it in a day. Loop drives really loop the way they should, and smashes come in at incredible straight-line speed - that contrast is part of the appeal. Since switching to this blade, blocks and counters land really cleanly, which is great. I think it works with any Butterfly rubber. A lot of people use it so it might overlap with others, but that just shows how high-performing it is, so if you're stuck deciding on a blade, please give it a try!
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
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Nino (Experience: ２〜３ years)
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2024/11/14
The power on drives is tremendous, and there's more than enough spin too. I'd highly recommend this blade.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) V>20 Double Extra
Recommended rubber (Backhand) DNA PLATINUM M
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Spotted (Experience: ２〜３ years) Recommended for your first carbon blade
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2024/10/05
I started table tennis in high school, and about a year and a half in, I got this passed down from a friend. Before that I was using an all-wood Mace Advance, but I felt like I couldn't put a shot away in one hit, and at key moments the blade would lose out to the ball's spin. But once I switched to the Innerforce ALC, the amount of spin I could put on stayed about the same as with all-wood, while my drives and smashes gained more power. Being an inner blade, blocks and pushes also stay on the table nicely, which feels really good. I think even someone using a carbon blade for the first time can hit almost like an all-wood blade if they pair it with a softer rubber. It's truly an all-around blade that suits anyone
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Rakza 7
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Rakza 7 Soft
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