Garaydia Revolver-R
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[Hardness] Little soft [Performance] Control and Speed are excellent. |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed: 7
- Spin: 6.91
- Control: 8.09
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Japanese penhold racket
Designed for play on both sides
Balanced speed and control for drive and block style
Enhanced with 2 layers of Arylate/Carbon
- Heterogeneous, inversion pen
Specifications
- Producer
- Butterfly
- Product code
- 23840
- Speed
- 10.5
- Size
- 161 × 141mm
- Weight
- 60g
- Material
- Wood, ALC, 5 ply wood
- Thickness
- 6.4mm
- Lightweight 60g design enabling easy swing through and suitable for backhand strokes
- Arylate carbon provides moderate rebound and good repulsion feel
- Excellent compatibility with harder, heavier rubbers offering flexible rubber selection
- Easy to maximize performance by combining with heterogeneous or thick rubbers
- Technician-oriented with excellent short and block techniques at the net
User reviews
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Missel (Experience: ２〜３ years) Easy to swing and very flexible, but it depends on the rubber
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2019/12/04
Both sides are max thickness, and with this rubber setup it came to 150.4g.
The R37 on the backhand is supposedly a light rubber, but even so, it's light.
Paired with Dignics 05, it draws a soft, high arc like a forkball and lands deep in the opponent's court.
Even my practice partner reacted with, "Wait, that's going in?!"
When I put Dignics 05 on a single-ply V-MAX, it kept sailing out for home runs, but this blade seems to pair well with tension rubbers.
As long as you set the angle right, the R37 on the backhand lands in the opponent's court even without a full swing, but the ball off a block feels light - it doesn't really feel like you're using the opponent's power against them.
Hard hits feel a bit reliant on the rubber, and once the ball hits the opponent's court it doesn't carry through as much as a single-ply blade would.
Still, since it's light, serves are easy to produce, the rebound is decent, and the balance is great - a really good blade.
When I hit around with a veteran who plays both shakehand and penhold, he asked, "Is that a reversible one? Let me try it for a bit," and after I lent it to him he raved, "This is great!"Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) DIGNICS 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) RASANTER R37
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Teketeke (Experience: More than ２０ years) Light and easy to handle, but a bit hard to grip the ball?
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2025/10/19
I use short pips on the forehand and inverted rubber on the backhand. I've sanded off the cork grip on the backhand side.
As others have mentioned, the first thing you notice is how light it is. Mine weighs around 60g, which makes it very easy to maneuver and lets you swing faster. I might feel that especially strongly since I switched over from Chinese penhold. The blade isn't too thin or too thick, and it's not hard to grip either.
As for the feel, I don't think it's all that hard going by the specs, but personally, when I use a rubber around 47 degrees on the backhand it feels a bit on the harder side, and maybe because it doesn't flex much, it felt like the ball doesn't quite sink in (making spin a bit harder to generate). On top of that, I don't think this is the type of racket that produces a very high arc (though that could just be my skill level).
As for speed, it has arylate carbon in it, so it puts out decent speed on hard shots. On the other hand, light taps and blocks don't fly much, so I find it easy to keep the short game under control.
Other than that, personally I felt it matched well with short pips (especially the Rakza PO I use). Short-game shots and blocks stayed on the table, and I could hit both drives and smashes in good balance — overall a really good impression.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Rakza PO
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Tenergy 64 FX
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Atmark LGY (Experience: ２〜３ years) Great for both irregular and drive styles
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2025/01/23
It's a special-material blade, but it actually suits unorthodox rubbers well. I played with unorthodox rubber on both sides — short pips for spin-oriented serves — and attacking and blocking stayed stable without any weird extra bounce. On the long-pips side, I personally found pushes fast and easy to attack with. I also tried Rozena on both sides. Thanks to the special material, attacking play is really good.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) impartial XS
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Carl P-1R OX
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perverse (Experience: More than ２０ years) Easy reverse-side backhand
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2023/04/05
Since the blade is light, you can put on heavy max-thickness rubber.
Maybe because it's light, backhand shots are easy to play.
Wrist-driven backhand loop drives and chiquitas over the table have become new weapons for me.
The feel can grip the ball a bit too much at times, which isn't ideal, so especially on the forehand I'd want a harder rubber that releases the ball quickly.
When you hit hard, you can get a decent amount of carry on the ball.
Since the blade is light, keeping up the power of your shots really comes down to the rubber.
This is more a blade for a technical player than someone who likes to swing hard and wild.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) HAMMOND FA
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Mark V
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shirake bird (Experience: More than ２０ years) Be careful choosing rubber
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2023/02/24
Since it's a light blade, putting on lighter rubber makes the ball fly out of control with no stability.
I want to choose a hard, heavy rubber.
Right now, the Pachisuma V pairs really well with it.
Since this blade produces an arc, I want rubber that gives a straighter ball path.
Since the blade produces a light ball quality, I want rubber that gives heavy knuckle balls.
What I landed on was the Chinese-style short pips Pachisuma V.
For now I'm going to try entering matches with this combo.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) PATISUMA V
Recommended rubber (Backhand) TENERGY 05
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Open tulip (Experience: More than ２０ years) The flex in your hand is amazing!
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2021/04/03
This is for penhold with short pips + long pips.
A long time ago, three-ply blades had a feel that really resonated in your hand, almost as good as a single-ply. But they lacked rebound.
I tried this blade, which adds carbon, wondering how it would be, and the rebound is really excellent. It's probably about the best there is for a reverse-penhold setup.
Since it's light, the swing-through is easy too. Switching to backhand shots is also easy, and it's especially good for short blocks.
When a blade is light, the shots tend to feel light too, but maybe because of this blade's unique flex, the ball comes out with a slight, unpredictable wobble.
For short pips, a hard sheet and hard sponge suit it really well, so I still use the now-discontinued Spectol Blue.
Also, there aren't many carbon blades that suit long pips, but this one does.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Spectol Blue
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Grass D.tecS
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Nyanko-sensei (Experience: More than ２０ years) Light
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2021/01/17
The weight of just the blade is a shocking 60g❗️
Since it's light, my swing got faster.
It's arylate carbon, and the feel on contact has great snap - really nice.
That said, I was bothered by the ball feeling lighter, so I've added side tape and power tape to the blade to adjust the weight.
I'm happy that I can now use max-thickness rubbers that I couldn't use before due to lack of power.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) VO>103
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Grass D.tecS
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