Friendship/729 Yellow Carbon ALC

90 gr. Material quality: average, but will do. Handle — bulky enough, not small.

Rubbers: Battle 2 Prov. + Loki Rxton 7.

My blade has vibration! There is also a sound when hitting flat. So the feedback is actually very good.

The blade spins well, does everything quite well. Speed is not crazy, but not slow either, it’s on the player. The drawbacks for me: not enough speed from a bit further away from the table, especially on flat hits. Not enough control on flat hits or when out of position when too close to the table.

Overall: a decent blade to try out inner carbon blades and for loop-oriented play.

Very good blade, amazing control, and you can produce power when you need.

Great ALC blade that feels like being completely wooden. It has good stability and feel. This blade slightly flexes with no vibration on power loops, sending the ball with acceleration pretty fast. Pairs well with medium sponge tacky rubber.

FH: DHS TG2 NEO BH: DHS GGG5

Comparing to DHS 301, Yellow ALC Carbon has slightly less power BUT more control and better feel when playing. It is suited to play close and mid distance.

If you would like more power and speed, just use max sponge rubber instead of 2.1mm sponge.

I like this blade more than DHS 301 because it doesn’t feel like a carbon blade and it offers all advantages of an ALC blade as well.