Customer review for DHS Hurricane Long 5 - Chinese Penhold

External Review for DHS Hurricane Long 5 on June 24, 2014

Ma Longs weapon reviewï.
Great finish on the blade. Two types of fiber between wooden layers. Clean cut on all corners with comfortable handle. Handle is very flared in typical DHS style. It has good size and it feels good in medium size hands. There is a picture of Ma Long at the bottom of the handle, lol.
My blade is very heavy. I think it is around 100g, no less, and size appears to be average.
Play and feel:
High amount of stability and super large sweet spot. Speed of the blade is just insane. I am not sure if it is due to material composition and gluing or just sheer weight of the blade. Personally I have to hold back all the time or else I would overshoot the table. Most problematic shoots for me are serve flics and high speed looping shoots. Openers can be bit problematic also. On flicks since blade is heavy it puts some strain on the wrist (forearm).
Blade does not vibrate or flex much at all. It catapults the ball super-fast all the time. Sometimes when you hit the ball with medium amount of power you score a winner.
This is a very expensive blade running at 200$ plus. I think this is the last time for me buying Ma Longs blade since I am nowhere good enough player to actually use this or should I say I cant utilize 100% of it.
Recommendation:
If you are blocker or pusher this blade may be what you are looking for. It will provide you with speed and stability with minimum swing. If you are looper than I would not recommend this to you at all unless you play at least at 1300 ITTF rating, which realistically is a professional player. Maybe even higher rated players should use this. Price is a big downside of this blade too.
Hope this helps and have fun.

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