Customer review for Butterfly Innerforce Layer ALC.S - Chinese Penhold

External Review for Butterfly Innerforce Layer ALC.S on May 9, 2023

I am quite positively surprised by the ALC.S, but with OX, close to the table. Especially with the rather thin synthetic fiber-reinforced woods, such as the Shake Defence and the shield of Yinhe, I found the control with OX on the table particularly strong, but with the shield I have made too many twiddeling errors because of the blade that protrudes too far into the handle and with the Shake Defence I have not warmed up, without really being able to explain well why. The shield was actually the best I could test from the play characteristics (Zeulloid).
The ALC.S was actually just an impulse buy, but it harmonizes extremely well with the Zeitgeist OX and you have, apart from the excellent control and the surprisingly pronounced braking effect, in this combo the best characteristics in "pip-spin" (and highest control) that I have ever experienced. It does indeed feel softer than those two, but is obviously stiff enough due to the ALC to control the pimples very well. I find the slightly heavier weight to be a very good offset to the lack of weight from double pimple insides. How much the Spruce plywood plays a role in this I can't say, but it really does everything very well and controlled, chop block (most important to me), flip, empty block, counter and "pimple-spin." Really amazing. As for pimples inside, it also has a super control in the short and passive game and becomes faster than you expect when playing topspin (tested with T 25 max and now covered with Battle 2). It makes a relatively high arc for my standards, which I actually do not necessarily like, but the balls sink surprisingly often still on the line. Softer feel than Shake and Shield, but definitely on par (with advantages in pimple attack-in combination with Zeitgeist) and with better spin play (noticeably more rotation). So those who disrupt at the table and mainly play topspin attacks might get happy here.

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