PPH's Yinhe 40+ Plastic Ball (SEAMLESS) Review

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Just received some Yinhe’s 40+ Plastic Balls.  They are seamless!!!! Gotta say that I’m really excited about the
quality & playability.  They are hard
just like Nittaku’s Premiums & Double Fish 3 Star Balls by pressing pretty
hard against them.  It has the ITTF
APPROVED stamp on ball & box. 
Checked every single ball in the box of 6, and ALL of them are perfectly
round.  By bouncing next to the double
fish & Nittaku Premium & a Palio Seamless they all have same consistent
bounce height.  

Will put them in action next week & provide review… I will have them for sale
once I receive within a week or two upon delivery.  Stay tuned…  

Update: 10/11:
Played
with the Yinhe Poly Balls(YPB) for a week now. 
At first, it took some time to get adjusted to the bounce &
feel.  I was fairly comfortable with them
after 3hours (1 Session).  As mentioned in
the XSF Poly Ball reviews, the YPB also plays very similar to Cell Balls.  Sound is not distracting at all like the (broken
sounds of) Palio PB I got or the Nittaku Seamed PB (paddlepalace).  These Poly Balls don’t give the same feel you
get from Cell Balls, or we just need time to get adjusted to them.  

During
practice & gameplay, the ball seems like it’s lighter but you can still
feel the heaviness (like the Nittaku Premiums & DoubleFish) when you hit it.  Ball speed is slower, however, the bounce is very consistent.  Some players I played games with didn’t
really like the ball, especially a 3^rd ball attacker from one of my
vids.  I was able to block off at least
80% of his 3^rd balls where I would win most of those rallies after
that.  All-around ralliers would love
these balls, I enjoyed very much that aspect of the game, especially against
those SP penholders who like to stay super close table & block till you
drop.         

I
did notice some loss of spin in service, however return of service was easier on
my end too.  It will take some adjustment
to get use to the bounce as some of intended shorts serves went long.  Long pushes got too many points from
unexpectantly dropping back on the table. 
Surprisingly, my loops were more consistent & even more
spinnier.  I felt it during gameplay
where I can control my opponent with my topspin arsenal… bear in mind that
these are similar level & better players than me.

After
3 sessions this week, the ball endured some serious pounding.  It has hit (hard hits) against concrete
walls, steel lockers, metal barrier edges, foreheads, watches, smashed against
the table with rackets & bared blades (because they didn’t like the ball=S).  It’s still not broken yet!!!  Even the best of best in Nittaku
Premiums/Double Fish Cell Balls won’t stand a chance.  

In
summary, I am super happy with these Yinhe Poly Balls.  Great value for slightly lower price than XSF
balls.  They have far exceeded my
expectations, & should take notable credits.  So I was told by our Rep here that Yinhe
distributed these as samples.  He gave me
two boxes, and I did order some for my own use. 
Update 11/20/2014:  I've mentioned that these are SEAMLESS! However,  I have noticed that it does have a small seam at about 1cm, cause that's how the balls get cracked.  Balls have lasted me over a week each, except when it hit the seamed part of the ball.  Even that, they don't break as dramatic as the Joola super plastics & Nittaku SHAs.  I conclude that these are far superior than those, only thing that I played with that can compete against these are Nittaku Premium Japans.  Altho, I am not sure about NPJ's durability as I only hit with them for a few minutes...I can say they are similar characteristics...consistent roundness & high bounce compare to other plastics.

Edited by PingPongHolic10 - 11/20/2014 at 8:48am