Customer review for DHS Hurricane Long 5

External Review for DHS Hurricane Long 5 on January 8, 2024

Currently using D09c on forehand and xiom jekyll&hyde v47.5 on backhand. Prior to D09c I used H3N for 2 weeks. Before using this blade, I used Viscaria for about 2 years, also with H3N on forehand, so I'll try to make comparison between the 2. The greatest difference I noticed is feeling. For me, Viscaria with H3N has somewhat muted feeling on hand and I need to hit very hard just so I can feel the ball. On the other hand, I can clearly feel the ball when I'm hitting with HL5, much more woody. Some players described HL5 feeling as "hollow" and percieved it negatively. In my opinion, "feeling" is subjective and very much a personal preference. In this case, I definitely favor HL5's feeling much more. The blade also feels soft to the point that hard H3N rubber doesn't feel that hard. This leads me to think that HL5 is designed to be paired with hard rubber. In the forehand warm up, hitting with Viscaria often clips the ball into the net, but when I'm using HL5 the ball clears the net without problem. HL5 has plenty of gears, slow shots like serve returns are low and slow. Fast shots are blazing fast. Slow loop is controlable. On hard loop, the blade produces huge catapult, even with H3N. While looping I can really feel the ball contact with the paddle and the flex of the blade, leading to extended dwell time. That's not the case when I used Viscaria. I read somewhere that looping with Viscaria requires more "snappy" action while looping with HL5 needs a more relaxed motion, and I somewhat agree with that. Backhand block with HL5 is definitely different from Viscaria, but still ok, as well as other variety of flat hits and smashes (I've always been a backhand dominant player, so I got no problem doing backhand block with it). HL5 is faster than Viscaria, spin potential is about the same, I think.

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