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yogi_bear
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Stiga Infinity V weight: 85 grams Thickness: 5.8mm Plies 5: Limba-spruce-ayous-spruce-limba Speed: off- Some people asked for an affordable but good quality Stiga blade. Well, Stiga has recently released its new Infinity V blade. Priced at about 55 euros, this blade is much affordable compared to rosewoods and other higher priced Stiga blades. The blade is very balanced and doesn't feel head heavy at first when I glued the Calibra Tour H and M on it. One thing about the blade surface is that it has the absence of the NCT coating present among NCT blades. you can still feel some sort of thin layer of coating but it is very minimal and i suggest people should varnish it thinly to prevent splintering. The very smooth but not slippery finish surprised me. The blade surface was nicely finished and how i wish stiga did this to their handle also in order for the whole blade to have a smooth finishing touch that will not compel players from sanding the handle. Also the wing part at the neck of the blade needed some sanding but it was never really an effort for me since i'm already used to Stiga blades. The Infinity V has some flex on it. It is considered thin at 5.8mm. It has a medium hardness or stiffness. When I first bounced the ball on it without rubbers, it produced a medium pitched "Tok" sound. The 5 ply-composition is really evident when you first check the layers of wood used by Stiga. The blade is composed of 2 thinner outer plies and the center is a thick ayous or abachi ply. Anyways, IMO, Stiga designed this blade for pairing with very fast rubbers like their new tour H rubber. This blade is more on control. I would rate this as slower than a clipper wood or rosewood 5 as the amount of speed i have gotten was significantly less than the 2 mentioned above. It is a very linear kind of blade. Slow and controllable if you want it to and has enough speed if you increase your power. It is very predictable and easy to use and I will not be surprised even players that are intermediate in level can easily use this blade because of its control. Looping however is better because of its flex and its medium stiffness. Even with a very fast rubber like that of the Calibra Tour H, I could still easily loop the ball without the blade forcing the ball to bounce from the blade before i can sink the ball into the sponge. When combined with the Tour H, i can loop high arced spinny loops with ease. I was also curious what if I use a chinese rubber on it. Good thing I had my globe 999 national blue sponge and was glad to glue it to the infinity v. I think it is common knowledge that Stiga has been producing blades for the CNT and for sure a lot of chinese players have been using stiga blades because of its very good pairing with the blade. This one is no exception. The combination of both the chinese rubber and the blade is very good to use and I would deeply suggest to use a chinese rubber on this in your forehand. It loops beautifull and the ease to spin incoming underspin balls is really amazing. The one that i used was a boosted 38 degree blue sponge. Blocking and short games inside the table are the other 2 strengths of this blade. Blocking is very stable close to the table and receiving serves liek drop shots or short push chops are easy to execute. Some will find this blade needing a little more speed but it can be solved by just pairing a faster rubber. This will also maintain its high level of control on your attacks.
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nice pics...wait for the review.do you know the composition?
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I think, this is limba/burned spruce/abachi/burned spruce/limba :)
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the center ply looks like ayous, i think abachi is ayous right? or others call it obachi?
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How is the top ply ? Do you think it splinters and needs lacquering ?
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i think ayous and ambachi are similar woods.
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it needs a thin layer of laquer in my opinion because it doesnt have an nct coating
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updated with review
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is the center ply soft can you easily compress/dent it like balsa?
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what about the headsize?
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decoi, no the core is not as soft as balsa. balsa is way too soft.
mg, its compact in its headsize. smaller than butterfly blades. about 149-150x154mm |
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How does it compare to the ACC in terms of flex, hardness and speed. Thanks,
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i find the ACC not so fast, i can even say its off- even if its carbon. the ACC is stiffer due to the nct coating. I think both have almost the same speed but the Infinity V has more flex
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Oh, you just saved me hundred bucks! What do you drink?
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plamen, got coke? hehehe
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is it harder than clipper??
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yogi_bear
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nope, clipper is a tad harder
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I had the opportunity to check the headsize of a VPS V and it was 150/155 mm...still smaller than a Butterfly and unusual for Stiga, but sounds a lot better than 149/150... |
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sorry mg supposedly its 149-150 x 154 for my measurement, i used a tape measure for this
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thanks for the correction, if its 149x150 it would almost look like a circular blade head hehehe
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it's OK, I just thought that it doesn't look so perfectly round and it wouldn't make sence to be so small. The blade looks and feels great in your hand (I've tested the Master and the Legend grip) and it has a trendy yellow box, a bit like the old boxes that Butterfly used in Europe some years ago.
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Yogi, if you are correct about the blade composition that would make the blade XIOM Aria.
I would rather take an Aria. Cheaper, way better looking, and looks better built. Aria is quite slow though.. it's like Primorac.. OFF- at best.
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yes but the surface of the infinity v isa bit stiffer making it a lil bit faster than the primorac off-. the handle of the aria is much smoother though and very nice to hold.
mg, don't you think it would be better if stiga can make the surface of the infinity that smooth, they can also do it to the rest of the parts of the blade? a smooth stiga blade would be a dream come true. honestly in terms of finish, the roughness of the handle is one of the major reasons why people wanted more out of stiga blades
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Yogi, if you are going to review blades you need proper measuring equipment!, not a tape, this isn't biggest loser :p. For example I know that I would never play with a 151mm head size, or 155 for that matter. But no one would seriously buy a blade with 151, SOME may buy one with 155. The first things I checked in this thread were headsize and thickness, which no matter what a blade are made from are the most important things in a blade. 151 and 5.8 didn't sound like a blade I wanted to read about so continued on my way without reading the review. At 155x5.8 it was worth reading but not buying (for me). I guess Imago also wouldn't use a blade under about 158 at 5.8mm thickness
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If possible photogrphic evidence of measurements would be nice too. Weights and dimensions. Thickness is especially important because it is hard to tell the difference of .1 millimeters. So a pic with a caliper is best.
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How does it compare to rosewood v and the yeo , is it lower or higher throw, using calibra tour m , with is the best with this rubbers? Intensity , clipper , oc , tbs, rwv .... .
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its slower and less stiffer. the coating on its blade surface is not as think and stiff as the rosewood. also its outer layers are limba. it had a high throw with the tour m and h. chinese rubbers work great in the fh for the intensity
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I like the looks of this blade. Then I like the weight too. The flared handle looks similar to master. Does it come in ST ? I like the price. I know it's not the same, but the 5 wood plies remind me of the YEO. Am I right to assume this blade is a tad slower than YEO ?
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it is a master flared version. the yeo is faster, i think the intensity nct is the equivalent of the yeo
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