Yinhe Mercury Y-16

Amazing looping blade. You can immediately feel the control after using several pure carbon blades. Of course, fiberglass does a better job for me. The handle is also very comfortable. It is made with default measurements (25 mm in the thinnest point and 35 mm at the end), however, it is a bit thin (21 mm). Generally speaking, the control is awesome. With Acuda S1 and T05, I can confidently play close to the table, as well as at mid-distance.

After getting a very good Y-15 which suited me perfectly, I thought to give the Y-16 a go. It didn’t seem that fast, not faster than the Y-15. It doesn’t make justice to the 9.3 above speed rating. Mine was 89 grams, flexy indeed but with a weird vibration. The vibration of the blade made it feel like a cheap plastic sheet. Maybe I got a bad one, but it totally ruined play. I sold it cheap.

The pink finish wasn’t my cup of tea either.