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729 Friendship
/ LKT
blade reviews: | 729 Friendship RITC (also known as 'Tianjin Golden Friendship Rubber Products Development Co.Ltd.'): One of the Giants of Chinese table tennis equipment, manufacturers the full range of quality equipment including rubbers, blades, pre-made bats and accessories. It has contributed to the glories of many Chinese world champions, such as the earlier champion, Xi Enting, Deng Yaping, and the more recent Wang Nan. In recent years this company has had renewed focus on it's export market, and has improved it's quality control enormously. It's come up with a new range of products suited more to the euro styles of play, as compared to the traditional Chinese equipment. Blades have become lighter and hi-tech, rubbers are lighter with softer sponges with a huge range of products meeting the demands of most styles of play. NOTE: Some of the manufacturer ratings below are out of 10, and some are out of 12. |
729 Friendship blade reviews | Name: | Speed | Control | Weight | Comment | LKT Glass Power | OFF | 8+ | ~77g | J-pen blade | Hao Shuai Champion Carbon | OFF+ 10 | | 82g |
High quality carbon blade, high grade carbon on 1 side, ayous & Hinoki inner layers | LKT Ayous Hinoki | OFF- | 9++ | 84g | OFF- Blade with outstanding feel and touch. | Blue Thunder LKT | OFF+ 10 | 9 | 86g | Awesome speed from mid-distance, Glass fiber, wood-like feel, transformer, springy and great for mid-distance looping. | LKT Will Power | OFF 10- | 8+ | 87g | Arylate carbon blade, high speed carbon with vibration dampening of arylate | LKT ONE | OFF+ | | 94g | NEW FAST and HIGH QUALITY, Unique, 1-ply Ayous Wood Japanese Pengrip Blade | 729 8030 Carbon | OFF | 9++ | 85g | High power Carbon blade, supposedly Butterfly SARDIUS clone. | LKT 9010 Carbon Transformer | OFF+ 9++ | 9+ | 87g | Carbon Fiber, very fast, amazing feel, transformer, very popular! | Two Speed Carbon | OFF 9++ | 8+ | 84g | Very fast one side, best control other side | 729 Bomb | OFF 8++ | 10 | 85g | Very fast with amazing control and feel with balsa wood and cork for mid-distance kick. Very popular
even at high levels. | 729 6030 | OFF 9 | 9+ | 82g | Fast lightweight blade with excellent feel and control. Uses high grade softwood. | 729 8040 | 9+/9 | 9/9++ | 90g | Fast carbon blade with Strong carbon on FH and thinner carbon on BH ideal for blocking | Black whirlwind Transformer | DEF+ ALL+ 7 | 9++ | 87g | Extremely well balanced, good speed, ultimate control. Transformer adjustment to set speed. | Black Whirlwind | ALL | 9+++ | 88g | Extremely well balanced, good speed, ultimate control. | LKT INSTINCT | OFF- | | 85 | 5 veneer, latest blade for controlled attack | LKT INSTINCT+ | OFF- | | 85 | 7 veneer, latest blade for controlled attack | LKT Mind Game | 9 | 8 | 83g | Pengrip Attack style blade, medium feel, good control. Very similar to Butterfly 'Chinese Real' blade. | LKT Pro XC | 7++ | 9 | 84g | Balsa Core eXtra Control blade, transformer. | LKT Pro XF | 9+ | 8 | 88g | Balsa Care eXtra Fast blade, transformer | | | | | | Toxic 5 Tactical blade | ALL- | 10+ | 84g | Great defensive blade, fat & low sweet spot, tactical notches in handle, huge dwell time | Toxic 3 Tactical blade | DEF- | 10+ | 75g | Great defensive blade, fat & low sweet spot, tactical notches in handle, huge dwell time | 729 Hinoki | OFF 9 | 9+ | 84g | Fast blade with BALSA core and high grade hinoki outer plies. | 729 Hinoki Carbon | OFF+ 9++ | 9- | 85g | Very Fast blade 2 plies of high grade carbon, with BALSA core and high grade hinoki outer plies. |
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