yasaka malin carbon??

I use ma lin carbon with yasaka New Era rubber and I have tried it with 729-2, and H3. One thing I noticed is to generate speed with ma lin carbon one has to really swing it hard because it is not that fast. It's good for blocking and counter spinning and has good control; but, again one has to swing it hard.  I haven't tried it with soft rubbers nor speed glue.

This blades feel is good enough for choppers.

just to make things clear..

Both the malin carbon and soft carbon are about 90 grams +/- 3~4, with the soft carbon being a bit lighter and a different top ply. i don't know what but the top ply is different. They both give incredible speed, can't tell the difference, altough they say the regular is faster.

ma lin carbon is a 7 ply blade, with 2 thin layers of wood on the outside followed by a carbon layer then a thick middle ply maybe balsa. gatien carbon is a 5 ply blade with one very thin layer of wood on the outside followed by a thin layer of carbon then a thick layer of i think balsa. ma lin carbon is meant to be faster and stiffer probably so better for blocking

Hey can someone please give a breif comparison of the MaLin Soft Carbon to the TBS? Even as brief as which is faster would be fine.

Thanks a mil,
Gark

i would like to ask which blade would be better yasaka ma lin carbon or yasaka ma lin soft carbon?? also i am planning to use 1 of the 3 tenergies probably 05 or 64 on the front and nothing on the back, the traditional Cpen way.

Cool, seems like a pretty cheap blade for a nice price. I feel so lucky to get it so cheap from someone on this forum.
I've only played with stiff carbon blade before and H3 on MLC feels soft initially. Since I'm a newbie, I wasn't even sure if that's a good thing. But now that everybody likes it, I feels so lucky cuz I just bought the blade blindly without really knowing how it feels or which rubbers to put on...
I also bought a sheet of MarkV which is 2.0mm. After playing MLC, I think I won't put it on b/c it's only gonna make the blade feels softer than the H3 2.2mm that it has.

Has anyone tried the 3D Soft Carbon? It's supposed to be a newer model.

I got MLC recently. I like it.

O3 Bios really kicks hard on MLC compared to Mambo GP.
It's far better than Roxon 500 due to softer sponge and grippier topsheet.
Easier to loop than roxon 500 on FH.
Very good rubber for countering for mid distance.
This rubber is controlabe if putting on MLC, not too hard not too soft, medium feel. I hope it last long.

The Ma lin Carbon and the Malin soft carbon are sold at:

http://www.megaspin.net
http://www.americantabletennis.com

MLC is the 15th blade I bought (I've been keeping all of them in my collection)

I just tried it for 15mins, FH: Beijing tuttle, BH: nittaku micro. The first feelings were:

1. heavy weight
2. good tone
3. Adequate control
4. Good speed
5. slightly vibrate

In Vietnam it costs me around $45. In conclusion, it's a worth blade to try.

PS: please forgive me for my bad English. 

I am an 1100-1200 rated player, female, and have been playing a year and a half.  I have the ma lin carbon blade (off minus) which I like but need to replace Donic Coppa X (chips easily) on my forehand....would you recommend any of the Mark v series rubbers?

Yes, I use shakehand.  I use 2.0 thickness on the current rubbers; I use Stiga Innova on my BH.  On my original Stiga control blade, I had Skyline 3 on the forehand...is spinny and durable but adds alot of weight to the blade.  My Ma Lin Carbon blade and Stiga control blade with the rubbers are within 2 - 3 grams of each other, but I prefer the Ma Lin Soft Carbon Blade.