Nittaku S-5
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The Nittaku S-5 is part of the S-Series, and is a product of German craftsmanship and European spruce wood. Spruce is well known as an exquisite wood that is used in the highest quality musical instruments. Nittaku's S-Series brings you this high quality wood for a reasonable price. The S-5 is a midweight, offensive blade with 5 plies of Spruce wood. The laser mark seal used on the black cherry handle keeps the natural wood beauty of the handle. Made in Germany.
Class: OFF-
Material: All Wood
Ply: 5w
Blade Thickness: 6.1mm
Speed: 86
Control: 69
Weight: 85g
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Reviews of Nittaku S-5 (7)
Review by
tjwilczek
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Nittaku S-5
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February 3, 2025
I love this paddle. As a matter of fact, I love it so much I ditched my Nittaku Acoustic and bought a second S-5 - heresy, I know. I think what sealed the deal for me was playing against an 1800 at my club (I'm a 1300) and having him ask me what I was playing with expecting it to be a carbon paddle. The combination of power and precision with this paddle is tremendous...touch when you need it and you can confidently crack it when you want to finish a point, something I really didn't find in the Acoustic. I thought the Acoustic had great feel, but that increased feel and flexibility came at the expense of accuracy when ramping up the speed. With the S-5 I feel like have both. Also, the Acoustic handle is terrible (way too small) and I find the handle on the S-5 sublime. The fit and finish is just exquisite on the S-5, better than the Acoustic. I really think this will be a long term paddle that I will grow with and I'll simply dial up the hardness and speed of the rubbers I select in the future as my game improves (current rubbers: FH - XIOM Vega X 2.0, BH - Andro Rasanter R42 2.0). Highly recommended.
External Review
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Nittaku S-5
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March 27, 2021
Blade has a very nice feel with good touch. Installed Bluestorm Z2 Max on both sides. Nice speed with awesome control and ball placement comes easy with top-notch blocking. Very nice blade to have in your collection. Recommended.
External Review
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Nittaku S-5
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October 21, 2020
Nice blade that has great feel. Blade has speed when needed and offers excellent control for ball placement. The blade handle is very comfortable and feels very nice in hand. Blade is similiar to the Donic Ovtcharov Feat with a just a little more weight. QUALITY BLADE and well constructed with top-notch craftsmanship. Give it a try.
External Review
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Nittaku S-5
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February 15, 2020
Sold as a all+, but it's off -. Same speed like a Stiga Infinity. Soft touch , no unpleasant vibrations. And yes flat hitting isn't the strongest suit. High throw angle. Control gets mushy with soft sponge rubbers. I got the best results with fastarc g1 and c1. Excellent craftsmanship and German construction knowledge by Mr Schneider from soulspin.
External Review
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Nittaku S-5
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August 27, 2019
Excellent with Xiom Vega Pro and Yasaka Rakza 7 Soft. Awesome control with quite good speed.