Yasaka Resonate AI

High quality blade. Handles Chinese rubber well. Great for those who want to use a mix of inner and outer carbon blades. This blade is more crispy than my FZD ALC or Hurricane Wang Chuqin. Great feeling. Better quality than my Joola HRD Freeze blade or Hurricane Wang Chuqin blade. Handle feels pretty close to FZD blade. The wood on the exterior is treated, it appears; it does not appear like regular limba, since the glue does not stick to the pores. Blade is like 20% faster than Hurricane Wang Chuqin blade and 10% slower than FZD ALC. ~5% less spin than Wang blade, but 5% more spin than FZD blade. Has much better feeling than Hurricane Wang Chuqin or FZD or Freeze HRD Joola. Handle heavy or head light? Probably one of the best blades I’ve tried in a while. Rumor is that this is the same as the Yasaka Power Pro, which only exists in China or Japan.

I play FH H3 Neo orange sponge and BH Rakza 7 Soft. This blade has forced me to be a better player. The blade is fast, and I found I was too tentative at first, not going for it and using the spin and loops with the H3 Neo but not the power of the blade. It took a bit of frustration to finally just start hitting hard and trusting my technique and the equipment. This was a big moment for me, as the blade likes to hit hard. It is strong in all areas, allowing me to bring a great deal more variety to my game, but the hard hitting is the sweet spot. The blade transfers your effort into the ball, which the H3 Neo seems to really like. The blade makes an incredible cracking sound when you hit, and you know you have hit a winner. I am now able to hit hard closer to the table than I have been able to in the past and really put my opponent on the defensive. I took a gamble with this blade, as there was very little information at the time, and, being honest, I was not advanced enough for this blade. But it did help force me to get better, and I have now started to notice opponents staying well away from my FH.