Yinhe M102

Review

This is an excellent blade! My FL handle blade weighs 86 grams, and it has good workmanship and finish. The handle is an average size and comfortable to hold.

I paired it with Xiom Vega X 2.0mm on both sides, and my total setup weight is 187 grams. This is a 55 euro blade that plays and feels like a blade twice its price or even more! However, it is not easy to find or find information about. I suppose if we were to search in Chinese, it would be easier.

According to my understanding, it has a similar construction to the Butterfly Timo Boll Spirit. It is a Koto-PLC-Limba-Kiri-Limba-PLC-Koto structure (PLC stands for Polyethilene-Carbon).

It is an offensive carbon blade but not super fast with good control. It feels to me like an OFF / OFF- blade.

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A little faster than my V14PRO, weight 89g, 1507 Hz, there is vibration, but on the V14PRO it is much larger.
The handle is more convenient for me and it is slightly larger than the V14PRO handle.
Overall, a great blade.

Wow, this extremely good blade is a significant improvement over the Yihne v14 pro. It’s excellent for looping, about 30% faster than the v14, but maintains a similar dwell time.

It’s also good enough for smashing. In this case, the v14 and m102 are quite comparable in performance.

This blade is a great combination with slow rubbers like Hurricane 3 because, despite being so fast, it’s also quite flexible and compensates for the hard sponge of Chinese rubbers. This blade could also be a good choice even for hard European rubbers like Tibhar Hybrid and Dignics 09C.

However, it’s too fast for tensor rubbers like Tenergy.