Adidas FiberTec Power, Extreme & Classic Blades !

Adidas FiberTech Power (Blue stripes):

handle: shakehand flared

weight: 87 grams

plies: 7 (limba-carbon kevlar-ayous-kiri-ayous-carbon kevlar-limba)

rubbers used for testing: red 2.0 donic acuda s2, black max adidas tenzone, stiga royal, neo TG3 

speed: off

stiffness: medium stiffness with some flex

glued the black adidas tenzone max for my forehand and the 2.0 red donic acuda s2 for my backhand. the blades from adidas have above average finish and quality. by looking at the construction of the blade and finish they are identical to the blades that andro have. the handle is very comfortable to the hand. its smooth and fits my palm. 

on the ball bounce test i found that all 3 fibertech blades have a large and consistent sweetspot and i mean all 3 of them. using the tenzone regular on the fh i was eager to to the drills. while driving the ball i found out that the blade is balanced even if the tenzone is a bit heavy like tenergy 05. the blade has a great feel. according to a friend of mine who tested the blade also it feels like a softer version of the kong ling hui special but lighter. there are no bad vibrations on the blade as if the vibration is contained and does not spread across your hand. i rated it as OFF instead as OFF+ because its not as fast as T-11, promorac carbon or gergely. The control is very good with the FiberTec Power. It is fast when you want it fast, it is slow when you want it slow meaning it has gears. 

I would consider this as a looping blade offensive blade with lots of control. this is more of a mid distance blade. counters and smashes are above average with a perfect balance of the weight of the blade that it doesnt feel head heavy. even intermediate players will have no time controlling this blade.

Recommended rubbers: 

rubbers that are medium to medium hard. i have tried using a chinese rubber but mine was an lkt sound but even with harder chinese rubbers i think this blade will do fine. i never tested it with soft, mushy rubbers. 

Adidas FiberTec Extreme (red stripes)

Handle: Shakehand

Weight: 88 grams

Plies: hinoki-ayous-carbon-kiri-carbon-ayous-hinoki

Rubbers used for testing: T05, Adidas Tenzone max, LKT Rapid Sound

Stiffness: very stiff

Speed: OFF+

This is the fastest among the 3 FiberTec blades. a little heavy but still acceptable because the blade is very balanced and is not head heavy. i would describe the speed of the blade as in the level of donic black devil and is slightly faster than the primorac carbon. What i like with this blade is that it has a wood feel due to its construction where the 1st 2 plies are wood veneers instead of the usual 1st ply wood and 2nd ply carbon construction. the control is still good. like the fibertec power it has a large sweet spot when i did the ball bounce test. 

The blade produces very solid shots at any distance from the table from being near to far distance. this baby is built for speed and power shots. this is a hitters blade but it can still be good for looping but not slow loops. So far spin drives work best with this blade. I would recommend this for advanced players only since this is very fast

Recommended rubbers: Adidas Tenzone and Tenzone  SF 2.0mm (max would be too fast for most people) Slower rubbers with softer sponges will be great. Other rubbers like T05fx, tibhar sinus alpha or sound, lkt rapid sound would work well even with classic rubbers such as mendo and mark v.

Adidas Fibertec Classic (Orange stripes):

Among the 3 adidas blades that I have tested this is the slowest at OFF- speed. This is also the lightest according to the digital weighing scale i borrowed. Do not be fooled by my off- rating. this blade still has enough speed and if paired with a fast rubber it still is fast. I tried it today with my T05 and acuda S2 then later changed the T05 to the Adidas Tenzone rubber. The weight was still average despite the heavy rubbers that i have attached to it. This is more of a control blade. I used the acuda s2 mainly on this blade because it was 2.0mm to determine its speed. it was fast enough. fast as in those control carbon blades of yasaka but slower than a TBS. When i was hitting it with the 3 rubbers i mentioned above the loud "TONK" sound was very audible among the players in the playing area. This is a looping blade. The kevlar offers stability on the ball bounce and lessens the vibration. The carbon offers some speed. Whether making slow or fast loops you wouldnt regret having this blade because you will have lots of control on your shots. I would recommend this to beginners(with slower and thinner rubbers) to advanced players.

Recommended rubbers: you can place very fast rubbers on this blade and still maintain control. even a t64, andro hexer or bryce speed would be controllable on this blade. The Tenzone max regular and T05 were very controllable earlier today.

Conclusion:

Adidas has surprisingly produced 3 great blades with various control levels with each respective speed preferences. All the 3 have large sweetspots and have accpetable weights. All of the 3 are not head heavy blades which make them very balanced blades.

Speed:

Extreme>Power>Classic

Control:

Classic>Power>Extreme

Weight:

Extreme>Power>Classic

Would you say any of them feel close to the timo boll ALC?

The blade and rubbers seem to be made very well. I am pretty impressed with Adidas right now. :D

I bought them from www.pongsquad.com Apparently they are the North American Distributors for Adidas.