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12 responses to “Tecnifibre Suprem Blast 160”

1. Shaun

   November 25, 2018

   I’ve used various Tecnifibres 125s, 130s etc. I had a Blast which I’d picked up from a friend and it sat idle for months. I had a hit with the factory set up and it felt a bit dead – very tight strings although the swing feeling was great and as others have said, it didnt feel as heavy as advertised. As an experiment I got it restrung with Ashaway Supernick XL at 20 lbs and it’s amazing! All the power you could want and my short game has improved as well. Got an identical one made up straight away and they ‘re now my go to rackets. I know it’s a very personal thing but works for me! Both rackets weigh in at less than 170g all up so not over heavy.

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2. Ivan

   July 27, 2017

   new Tecnifibre model?

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   1. Pierre

      August 2, 2017

      Interesting – I don’t recognize it

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      1. Ivan

         August 3, 2017

         It seems a customize Tecnifibre Suprem SB.
         check the Storm Bridge – Ellipsis shaft

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         1. Pierre

            September 7, 2017

            Good call:

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3. Niklas

   January 5, 2017

   Hi Pierre,
   I am thinking about ordering the Technifibre Suprem Blast squash racket since I like a bit heavier rackets, but I would like to know its true strung weight. Did you or has anybody else weighed it with factory strings and grip? The specs say a frame weight of 160 grams which would mean a strung weight of about 180 grams which is very very heavy, but you said it doesn’t feel that heavy at all.
   Thanks!

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   1. Niklas

      January 5, 2017

      I contacted PDH and they claim it weighed 170 grams strung without the cardboard on top, that’s not THAT heavy in fact. It is only 10 grams on the factory claimed frame weight, normally you can add about 20 grams. In comparison My Carboflex 135 weighs 158 grams (+23g), my Salming Fusione 152 grams (+30g), my ex yellow Black Knight X-force ion was 165 grams (+25g), my ex Dunlop Apex Force was 168 grams (+48g), my ex Wilson HyperHammer 120 was 155 grams (+35g), my friends Dunlop Pro Gts was 161 grams (+31g). Funny how the claimed factory weights are all over the place compared to the true weight.

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      1. Nick

         January 7, 2017

         That’s very interesting. I bought a Carboflex 130s, but thought it was very heavy compared to my Carboflex 125, so I thought I’d weigh them to make sure.

         Carboflex 130S in factory condition (minus cardboard) was 164g, Carboflex 125, with new grip but original strings was 145g.

         It’s crazy that the 135S is actually lighter than the 130S, and there’s 20g between the Carboflex 125 and 130S…

         These results are pretty consistent with those in this video, weighing the previous Carboflex 130 vs Carboflex 130S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulHs0PDhmF0

         Pierre, with this in mind, is it possible to get more actual strung weights of each racket written with the description. Obviously there’ll be some variance, but it would really help with comparisons.

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         1. Niklas

            January 7, 2017

            I’ve thought about this and I personally believe that the Carboflexes might all, straight off, be the same racket only with different paint job and sub-brand 125, 130… so that they can price them differently.

            Another possibility is that when a batch of, say 5000 rackets are produced, and if the average weight off the batch is below or above 130g they brand them as a 125 or 135 respectively.

            There are without a doubt small differences in the braiding process that occur in the manufacturing at the factory, that can explain the difference in weight between the rackets. This would mean that one single batch could contain rackets with relatively significant weight differences.

            The Suprem 160 is probably also exactly the same racket as the Suprem 135, but maybe comes from a slightly heavier batch. basically only difference is in sub-branding and price.

            I used to play with Dunlop Apex rackets and the actual true weight of those rackets were all over the place. They could be from low 150 all the way to 170, even though the specs said 120g frame weight.

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         2. Pierre

            January 9, 2017

            I got myself a scale and I’m starting to measure the actual weight of rackets whenever I do a review of one. I didn’t get a chance to measure the Suprem 160 at the time. I will add Niklas’s measurements into the various posts (thanks Niklas).

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4. mike c

   December 19, 2016

   Had a quick demo and it felt nice. I like a weightier racquet and play with the yellow BK ION PS 145

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5. Kheesar Yussuf

   September 26, 2016

   Hello Pierre,
   I am thinking in buy this racquet. How its the feel, the sweat spot and power of this racquet. The price tag is good, around 50 pound in UK.
   Thanks!

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