Nittaku Septear Feel Inner

Another blade that I would love to love, but I just can’t. The finish is excellent, actually the handle is so smooth it’s slippery!

What disappointed me is that the hinoki doesn’t really feel like hinoki (I guess the plys are too thin. Joola Nobilis feels much more like hinoki for example).

Also the carbon ply is a bit too stiff to my taste.

Yet I can’t say it’s a bad blade, paired with the right rubber (I recommend Hammond Z2) it can do wonders. The experience just wasn’t pleasant to me.

Craftsmanship:
The craftsmanship of this blade is exceptional. I have handled blades from renowned brands such as Butterfly, Donic, Andro, Yasaka, and TSP, but nothing compares to the Septear Feel Inner.

Playing Experience:
With its medium-fast speed and comfortable FL handle, this blade is incredibly versatile. Its strengths truly shine in the loop department, allowing for precise and powerful shots. While driving, it produces a unique galloping horse-like sound, adding an element of excitement to the gameplay. Despite its speed, it offers ample control, ensuring you finish points with confidence.

Unique Feel:
The Septear Feel Inner boasts a distinctive feel that sets it apart from both wooden and carbon blades. It provides a balance of responsiveness and stability, making it a joy to play with.

The sound of the blade is very interesting. It’s easy to control the ball, and I combined it with Flyatt Spin rubbers for both forehand and backhand.

This blade creates spin wonderfully.

This is one of the two best carbon-fiber layered blades I have tested. The other was also hinoki wood: Gambler Fire Dragon Hinoki. They both have better dwell time, spin, and control than the numerous other carbon fiber blades I have tried.

For me, it was a bit faster, with less spin and control, than my preferred blade, the Darker Speed 90 (single ply Hinoki) with Donic BlueGrip V1 on both sides. The Septear Feel Inner has Donic BlueGrip V1 on one side and JUIC JNG on the other. I was able to play my offensive/all-around style with this setup immediately.

The blade with rubber is a bit heavy because of the rubbers’ 190 grams total. The V1 has better spin and control than the JNG, which has more power, similar to Donic BlueGrip R1. The assembly was apparently done by a highly skilled professional perfectionist. Awesome job, TableTennis11!

A blade that personally disappointed me.

Nittaku has always accustomed me to excellent products, but this one fell short of expectations. It doesn’t generate much spin and felt very flat.

Both in control and during attacks, it wasn’t convincing at all.

A blade with a soft feeling. The throw angle appears to be between medium and high. Vibration levels are quite low. Overall, I feel there is a lack of feedback from the blade.

Composite blade with a lot of control close to the table. I like the Kiso Hinoki layers.

I believe it is a good alternative to the Innerforce ALC blade. The blade’s reaction is not linear; at a certain point, it becomes speedy.

I play it with Rakza 7 and Rakza X rubbers.

Good blade for players transitioning from 5-ply to carbon blades, while maintaining the spin potential of 5-ply blades.

It’s not an overly fast blade.

I ordered this blade from clearance for my teammate. He used to play with a hinoki blade, which he had owned for over 15 years.

Out with the old, in with the new: I suggested he play with the Nittaku Septear Feel Inner and Fastarc G-1 on the forehand and backhand. He absolutely likes this combination and has reached the next level!

I like the feel of this blade.

I realized my game kind of improved from mid-distance, with good control and increased confidence.

Good.

I’ve been using this blade for 8 months and the finish and craftsmanship are excellent. It’s well balanced, and the handle is a bit longer and thinner. It has some weight to it, preventing it from becoming too head-heavy with rubbers.

The blade feels soft and offers great control for touch shots, pushes, and slow to medium shots. It feels like an all-wood blade. On fast and powerful shots, the carbon layers activate, giving you those extra gears to finish the point. The trajectory of the ball is long with a medium arc, and it pairs well with medium-hard or hard rubbers.

Initially, I used Rakza Z on the forehand and Rakza X on the backhand. It paired very well with Rakza Z, but with Rakza X, once the rubber lost its grip, the trajectory was too flat and long. Now, I am using Hammond Z2 on the forehand and Fastarc G1 on the backhand, and it pairs really well.

This is a very high-quality blade with great control, feeling, dwell time, and more than enough speed and power to win points. I got mine from TableTennis11.com for only 68 euros. To put it in perspective, the Butterfly Innerforce ALC costs about 150 euros.