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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | U40 |
| Experience | 11〜20 years |
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2019/11/15
Since there's no inner-ply Arnade listed, I'll leave my review here instead.
Since it's PA carbon (polyarylate), I tried hitting with it expecting something like the Innerforce ALC, but it was a completely different animal. It doesn't make that sharp "clack" sound like the ALC does. It felt more like it flexes and launches the ball with a springy, whippy feeling. The ball-holding quality and the softness of the material felt somewhere between the inner ZLC and the soft Izanas carbon of the Liberta Synergy (inner). I'm not sure about the wood used, but it was on the softer side. With the Liberta Synergy I often lost the spin battle because it held the ball too long, but with this one I didn't lose the spin battle, and I got heavy, far-reaching drives with speed like the ZLC.
I had given up on the inner ALC and ZLC because they didn't suit me, but this blade is extremely easy to use and lets you do anything — the speed, power, ease of putting on spin, spin amount, and the height of the drive's arc are all outstanding, and on top of that the design is the best. Out of all the inner-ply blades I've used, this is the one that suits me the most. I'm making it my main blade. Compared to other makers, the value for money is way too good. This is without a doubt one of the top-performing inner-ply blades out there.
Yasaka, please stop making this a limited custom order and make it a flagship blade! It will definitely sell.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) Bluefire M1
Recommend rubber(Back) Bluestorm Z1
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2021/11/14
I loved the Ma Lin Extra Special and used it for about a year, but it was heavy and put a lot of strain on my elbow and shoulder, so my top priority became a lighter blade that could still produce heavy shots without changing the feel too much — I went with the SI. It ended up much lighter.
At first the ball rode up higher than with the Ma Lin Extra SP, so I sailed a lot of shots long, but after about a week of getting used to it, everything started going in and my shots got heavier — to the point where I could put up a good fight against stronger players. Flat hitting is so-so, but the consistency on topspin drives is insane. I'm now convinced my old blade was just too bouncy, which is why I kept sailing shots long. This is definitely the blade for me. I'm sticking with this one from now on. There's more I could say, but this is honestly a great blade! Highly recommend!Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) Bluefire M1
Recommend rubber(Back) Bluefire M1
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2019/11/17
Here's another review of the inner-ply Arnade.
Yasaka's version of the Innerforce ALC (A) would be the Leanforce AC, and the Innerforce ZLC (Z) would be the Xebrate.
The inner Arnade (Ar) sits between the ALC and ZLC, taking the best of both the inner ZLC and the Liberta Synergy (Sy).To compare simply:
Arc on light shots: Z ≧ Ar > A > Sy
Arc on power shots: A ≧ Ar > Z > Sy
Overall speed: Ar > Sy > Z > A
Drive reach and weight: Ar ≧ Z > A > Sy
Ball-holding: Sy > Ar ≧ Z ≧ AI'd been drifting between different equipment, but I've finally settled on this one.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) Bluefire M1
Recommend rubber(Back) Bluestorm Z1
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2021/02/01
Since I got back into table tennis, I've used the Libertas Synergy Plus, Timo Boll ALC, Innerforce ALC, ZLC, Libertas Synergy, Innerforce Allround, Zebarat, the Firefall series, Reinforce, Swat, and Swat Power. It's probably my own technique, but whenever I mishit on a hard shot I'd get a lot of overs, and my shots felt way too light. I'd been avoiding the Ma Lin Extra Special because I figured it'd be heavy, but I finally gave it a try. It is a bit heavy, but the shots feel heavier than with any racket I've used before, by a huge margin. The feel is soft.
Also, my mishits dropped drastically. I used to play with all-carbon blades, but this one grips the ball more than an inner-carbon blade, so my shots land on the table way more consistently. I've become addicted to wood blades. My spin shot up too, and my topspin drives got heavyweight-level heavy — maybe it's just in my head, but I feel like I've joined the ranks of the good players! I honestly recommend this way more than carbon blades.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little hard
Recommend rubber(Front) Bluefire M1
Recommend rubber(Back) Bluefire M2
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2021/02/03
There's one more point I couldn't fit in before. Pairing this Ma Lin Extra Special with a harder tension rubber felt similar to pairing Tenergy with a carbon blade. Because the Ma Lin Extra Special has a soft core, the blade gives you a real ball-holding feel, so even with a hard rubber the ball sinks in softly and it's easy to put a ton of spin on it. And from that soft feel, the blade still sends the ball flying properly. It felt almost automatic — maybe that's just an illusion?
With a carbon blade and Tenergy, the rubber does the gripping and the blade does the launching, so I guess it's a bit different, but both have real power behind them — when you connect, the ball comes back heavy. The Ma Lin Extra Special made the short game outstandingly easy. I'm switching my main blade for the first time in ages. It's addictive. The ball is seriously heavy. I recommend it.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommend rubber(Front) Bluefire M1
Recommend rubber(Back) Bluefire M2
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