Friendship/729 Blue ALC Advance

My setup is H3 Neo 40° 2.1 mm on the forehand side and H3 37° 2.1 mm on the backhand side.

The blade feels medium-stiff to stiff, with a medium-hard outer feel. It gives good support for active forehand loops and backhand attacks, while still providing enough dwell time for spin-based controlled attacking.

Medium- to far-distance loops feel easier than ever, and close-to-the-table shots are still solid thanks to the hard Chinese rubbers. However, if you use tensor rubbers, the blade may feel a little bouncy. In that case, hybrid rubbers such as Dignics 09 °C or Rakza Z EH (FH) and Rakza (BH) may be a better match.

I don’t know how they made that, but I can hit the ball OR spin it with ease (desto F4 and fastarc G1); like you can do anything, by magic it’s always on the table. Can do everything, even chopping. Quite heavy at first (I came from TSP black balsa, yinhe T11s), but now I prefer the power of weight. The best value for $30.

Careful: the handle is thick. If you have small hands, it will not be comfortable, I guess; mine is average, so it’s ok.

2024 Dec 25: Upgraded FH from J3A H40 to Battle 3 H40 (50.5g). B3 works very well with this Super Vis clone (186g) with better serve, spin, opening loop, counter loop, speed, control, and feel. Also to update on Moon 12 Blue (H-) that works really well on this blade: Think its BH loop and opening flick are easy to execute (high throw and fast speed), best BH for ~ SGD16 for me. I went for H- due to my aggressive BH style instead of the slightly softer and slower M+.

2024 Aug 30: 94g. FH: Jupiter 3 Asia H40. BH: Moon 12 Blue H-. This Butterfly Vis SALC clone is magical when combined with medium-hard rubber for modern attackers with powerful drive, flat hit, and smash. Backhand-centric players will like the high reaction (due to both stiff and hard (both should be much higher than the 5-6 ratings) Koto blade and fast Moon 12 Blue). This blade is ~5% faster than Stuor Nobilis (SZLC) but 5-10% less dwell. I used it when I am in the mood for direct attack or when I play with a slower ball (to speed things up). It is only SGD$35 on AliExpress for such a direct blade.

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Not a bad blade for the price. It’s a clone of Btfly Viscaria Super ALC. Really nicely made and great for looping.