Yinhe DE-1 (Galaxy - Milkyway)

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Mardi 13 Janvier 2009 20:02

Je suis toujours en quête du bois idéal pour mon jeu.
Mon Andro Def me parait maintenant trop lent et le Yinhe LQ-2, s'il me satisfait en attaque (une bombe en frappe), me laisse encore dans le doute pour le petit jeu où j'ai difficile à contrôler la hauteur et la longueur de mes balles. Trop rapide et sec pour le petit jeu, pour moi.

Je me suis intéressé à un autre bois Yinhe (Galaxy - Milkyway), le DE-1.

Ce bois à une construction très particulière pour un bois DEF.
Il est composé de 7 plis. 4 plis de koto d'épaisseurs égales et 3 plis d'arylate. Le tout ne faisant que 5,3mm d'épaisseur. Autre originalité, sa taille égale aux bois d'attaque, 159 x 150mm (pour 165 x 155mm pour un bois DEF classique).

J'ai longtemps hésité à le commander car certains le décrivait comme très rapide (OFF). Certains vendeurs le classaient même comme plus rapide que le LQ-2.
Mais d'autres le cotaient comme moins rapide et plus tendre que le LQ-2.
J'ai essayé d'en avoir le coeur net et un vendeur australien a même eu la gentillesse d'organiser un test pour moi. Il en a conclu qu'il est effectivement un peu moins rapide que le LQ-2 dans le jeu lent et d'une vitesse équivalente dans le jeu rapide. Il en a d'ailleurs profité pour changer ses cotations. Il serait aussi un peu moins rigide.

Ces derniers éléments m'ont convaincu de le tester.

A l'heure qu'il est, il doit être quelque part au dessus de l'atlantique et devrait être dans ma boîte aux lettres demain ou après-demain.

Dès les premiers test, je vous tiendrai informés.

Ci-dessous, pour les polyglottes, quelques avis de joueurs et de vendeurs sur ce bois:


Ich spiele das De-1 (sehr schnelles modernes Abwehrholz mit 3 Lagen Arylate). Das Holz ist sehr gut verarbeitet und hat bei langsamen Schlägen ein sehr gutes Gefühl, aber ist bei aktive Schlägen sehr schnell und spielt sich wie ein Off- Holz.

Die Verarbeitung ist wie bei Japanischen Top-Hölzern, aber der Preis ist bei den meisten Hölzern deutlich niedriger!


Hi,

hab das Holz zum testen daheim und jetzt auch schon ca. 15
Stunden damit trainiert.
Die 3 Schichten sind aus Arylate, machen das Holz also nicht
hart, wie Carbon, sonder geben ihm in der Abwehr sogar ein eher weiches
Gefühl. Bei Angriff ist das Holz sehr schnell (Off) und
es man spürt richtig, wie der Ball durch die Arylate Schichten
noch ein bisschen extra-power auf den Weg bekommt, bei
langsamen Schlägen ist dieses Gefühl kaum vorhanden,
das Holz ist dann auch etwas langsamer.

Ich würde es als Offensivholz mit extrem guter Kontrolle/Ballgefühl
bezeichnen, dass sehr gut für Angreifer und moderne Abwehrer ist.

Wenn du noch Fragen zum Holz hast, dann hau in die Tasten

Wird übrigends mein Holz für die neue Saison und vielleicht bleib ich ja sogar mal dabei


DE-1 ist kontrollierter und vielseitiger. Mich haben die guten Block- und Konteroptionen überzeugt. Beim Systemtraining machte er mit Friendship 729 Blue Edition (weicherer schwarzer Schwamm) ein unglaublich sicheres Gefühl. Sehr präziser Anschlag und gute Rückmeldung. Leider hatte ich mit 837 und auch P1R in 0,6/1,0mm meine Probleme beim Block und irgendwie erzeugten die Returns bei mir zu wenig Schnitt. Ich habe einfach keine geeignete LN dazu gefunden und habe deswegen weitere Versuche eingestellt, was ich eigentlich schade fand. Verarbeitung ist auch okay, jedoch sollten die etwas scharfen Kanten ein wenig abgeschmirgelt werden. Ein Jugendlicher hat das Holz mit einem 837 mir 0,5mm 30° Avalox-Schwamm gespielt und hatte etwas mehr Schnitt in den Bällen. Später wechselte er auf die MLN Globe 888 in 1,2mm und spielte damit am Tisch variable Abwehr mit Block und gelegentlicher Schnittabwehr. Das war auf dem Holz kontrolliert möglich. Das Tempo würde ich als AR+ einstufen.


Ich spiele das De-1 (sehr schnelles modernes Abwehrholz mit 3 Lagen Arylate). Das Holz ist sehr gut verarbeitet und hat bei langsamen Schlägen ein sehr gutes Gefühl, aber ist bei aktive Schlägen sehr schnell und spielt sich wie ein Off- Holz.

Die Verarbeitung ist wie bei Japanischen Top-Hölzern, aber der Preis ist bei den meisten Hölzern deutlich niedriger!

DE-1 is definitely slower than the LQ-2, it also has a softer feel and a little more flex...


I'm only judging it from the ones I have here, and ONLY from bouncing a ball on the bare blade...The DE-1 does have more spring, making is faster in it's 2nd gear...

Rating in speed IMO:

Low impact: DE1=4, LQ2=6
Higher impact DE1=5, LQ2=5


Whwn you hit the ball softly, the DE1 feels quite slow... but when you start hitting or blocking harder, it comes off faster... The higher flex int he blade is likely to be a contributor here, as well as some of the inner layers starting to have more effect...

I have a DE-1 and hate it. There's a good bit written about it in this recent thread: http://forum.oneofakindtrading.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=4959&highlight=DE-1

To that I can add that after setting it up with thick inverted rubber on both sides it still had awful vibration. It also has more flex where the handle meets the blade than any other paddle I own.


I have a DE-1 and find it plays a little bit slower than an Instinct when playing passive shots, but just as fast if not faster when looping.

At first I was disappointed it was not slower than it actually is, but then got used to it.
It does play a little different from the Instinct, I am not exactly sure why though.


A teammate has the DE-1 and it seems plenty fast to me. She weighs under 100 pounds and can loop it by people with that blade. Blade head of the De-1 is normal size, not oversize like the LQ blades.

Even though this blade is very cheap, compared to the Major manufacturers, don't be fooled, it has excellent balance is finished to the highest standards, has a comfortable handle and feels more like a blade double the price.
It is rated by the Manufacturer at Defensive to Allround. It has 3 Acrylate layers and 4 plywood layers.
The Yinhe De-1 consists of 7 very thin veneers in a total thickness of only approx. 5 mm.
It has outstanding characteristics as a defensive chopping style blade.
This blade will tame even the fastest of rubbers.
Head Size: 159 x 150 mm (these measurements are also Yinhe standard for the offensive woods).


Galaxy (also known as Yin-He) is a well-known Chinese company that has been producing table tennis equipment over 20 years. They offer some very high quality hi-tech blades for competition and professional players. Blades such as this one are of VERY good quality, and offers excellent value for money. Galaxy makes some of the top Chinese blades, and it's a well-kept secret that they make (and re-badge) some blades for non-Chinese companies as well.

This is a high tech and high quality blade, particularly suitable for modern defender style players. The arylate layers give the blade a soft feel and great touch in close. Away from the table the soft blade with good flex makes it very suitable for chopping. However when you start hitting or looping, the triple arylate layers offer a huge sweetspot and good power, and with the right choice of rubber would be very suitable for power-looping. This is typically the choice of blade that modern defenders require, as it gives them both defensive control and offensive power.

We would rate the speed of the blade as OFF, which relates to the speed when you start looping/hitting.

Even though this blade is very cheap, compared to the major manufacturers, don't be fooled, it has excellent balance is finished to the highest standards, has a comfortable handle it feels more like a blade double the price. 

It is rated by the manufacturer at Defensive to Allround. It has 3 Arylate layers and 4 plywood layers. Even though it weighs 89 grams, it is only 5mm thick and as such has an excellent balance. 

It has outstanding characteristics as a defensive chopping style blade. 

This blade will tame even the fastest of rubbers. 

Def to ALL 
Speed: 6 
Control: 10 Plies Weight 
Plies: 4 + 3 Weight: 89 grams Thickness: 5.0 +/-0.2 mm


Galaxy De-1 Review

I've used this blade for the past few months, after looking for a better flipping blade. Using this blade with 2.2 mm Black Geospin Regular and 2.0 mm Donic F3 Big Slam. I had a bit of an adjustment period just due to the fact that this blade is 1 mm thinner than my previous blade. This is supposed to be a defenders blade, but I am not a defender and I'm not sure what make this a defenders blade. Cole speculates the version I have could still be a prototype as there's no printing on the blade face, the handle still smells like pine and the handle isn't quite symmetrical.

Handle Type: Flared
Weight: 85 g
Thickness: 5.3 mm

Construction: This blade has an unusual construction with three layers of carbon arylate and four layers of koto. Handle shape is like Butterfly's though I don't like the feel quite as much. Head size about the same size as the Galaxy T-4 or W-6.

General Impression: What a strange blade. Hard outer plies, but fairly flexible due the thinness and in spite of the arylate. Pretty stiff on slow shots, but when swinging hard the blade flexes and gives extra dwell to control hitting and looping. When hitting the sweet spot there is almost no vibration, but when off center the blade vibrates slightly. My hardest shots give a loud crack, which is sort of fun. The sound makes me feel powerful. Speed class of the blade is strait offensive. The blade is pretty durable as I've hit the edge of the table pretty hard a couple of times and just have a couple dents on the edge to show for it.

Looping: Feels really good for looping on my backhand. On the forehand, I'm still adjusting to the step up in speed, but there's plenty of dwell due to the flexibility. I would consider this to be a high throw blade, might be higher than the Kong Linghui Special. I suspect I would do better on the forehand if I was more of a mechanical looper. I need to close the blade more than I'm comfortable with against the spinner topspin.

Hitting: When hitting the blade in the sweet spot, this blade feels great. It feels like I'm in complete control of where I want to place the ball. The speed and hardness of the blade give plenty of speed to put away the point even on my 90% effort shots. When hitting out of the sweet spot, especially towards the end of the blade, the ball seems to pick up some more speed and end up hitting the ball long.

Pushing: Better than my Kong Linghui special, but not by much. Still not bad for an offensive blade.

Flipping: Feels pretty good. Still developing my technique, so hard to be sure.

Blocking: Great control when hitting in the sweet spot, but feels a bit weird when out of it.

Chopping: I'm not really a chopper and my chopping technique is horrible. That said, I can chop ok with it in the mid distance with the rubbers I'm using, but close to the table the rubbers I'm using are way too fast to land a chop against loop on the table. Maybe with a long pips this would be possible, but I have a hard time imagining controlling close to the table chops with an offensive rubber.

Conclusions: I'm still not sure what to think of this blade. Really like it for my backhand side, but occasionally I'm having control problems on the forehand side due to the extra speed. Great in the mid distance, but up close to the table I occasionally am surprised to see the ball go long. I'm going to try this blade for a few more months to see if I adjust. When I went back and tried my KLHS that blade felt slow and weird. Almost like hitting the ball with a Styrofoam block. I think due to the thinness, hardness, arylate, and flexibility, it makes other blades feel weird. At the 33USD that ColesTT is offering this blade, it's a great value.

This is a prototype still, I think. It's not painted at all anyway. It's supposed to be a defensive blade with three layers of arylate. To me it's way too fast to be defensive though, but I guess maybe not for the modern defender who's taking every opportunity to turn defense into offense. I'd put the speed as offensive. This blade blocks beautifully. The arylate absorbs the hardest of shots and sends it back uniformly, or so it seems to me. I do have one straight in stock now as well.