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.

The Limba Crossbow makes a loud noise when attacked. Attacks at medium speed. Provides good rotation control, moderate control.

Changed from DHS 301 to this to get some more control and feel. The grip of DHS is too small in my opinion, and this is much nicer. Grew up using Stiga Alser as a kid and this is very similar. The speed is really good if you put some juice into the shot. I ended up buying two.

729 Yellow ALC has been my recent go-to practice blade. There are a few things I like and a few things I dislike about this blade. What I love about this blade is that I can match it with my favourite rubber, 729 Battle Max Pro (BMP), and it’s a combo that works. The blade is hard and stiff, bringing out the best in BMP. Unfortunately, my other blades, such as Fang Bo 2 and Hurricane Long 5x, don’t seem to bring out the best in the BMP. The second thing I like about this blade is that it is very consistent, meaning my shots don’t seem to vary despite hitting the ball at different spots. It’s also a really cheap blade for its quality, so I don’t feel heartache when I accidentally hurt the blade. The downside about this blade for me is the handle. I didn’t feel it initially, but after playing other blades for a month and coming back to it, my palm hurts to play it. Somehow, the handle feels too big, and gripping it (as I normally do for every blade) hurts after a while of playing, especially my backhands.

Overall, I still like this blade and would probably consider buying some spares as practice blades. Its quality reminds me of Yinhe V14 pro, but with a handle too big.

“Best buy” blade for play on table.

My is 87 gramm and after few training I ordered 2 same items and came same 87 gramms. God handle, enough power and speed on table and definately is off-. Great

96 grams, hard and fast blade. Testing with hard rubbers and loops very well, but it feels too hard, maybe due to blade weight; need to try with softer rubbers.

Soft and rather slow offensive minus blade with plenty of stability and control at a low cost. Good for serves, loops, and pushes according to me. Not a particularly good blade for flicks; I prefer harder koto blades for those.

92 grams. Carbon with a soft, good feel. Compared to the TB Spirit, this one feels softer on the bounce, weighs less, and is bouncier when tried with the same rubber. Compared to the Sanwei F3 Pro, the 729 Yellow has a higher throw, giving confidence on loops, and has more bounce. Best for medium to hard rubber.

Very comfortable big handle. Same as legend handle from Stiga.

This blade is very good for the price. It is like a cheaper hurricane long 5, but almost the same quality, just a little more flexible. Speed is almost the same. I also have a fang bo carbon, but that cost more and the quality is not as good, same performance though. If you are a forehand player that loops and counter loops, just get this, save some money.

88 grams, 6.0 mm, 1378Hz, 157×150. Comfortable FL handle is not small. Good quality blade.