2 Reviews for Gambler Fire Dragon Hinoki

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External Review for Gambler Fire Dragon Hinoki on April 11, 2020

What a pleasant surprise and here is my take on it!!! Outstanding blade for the new poly ball. Very nice fast control offering from Gambler. Blade without rubber weighed 92 grams and with rubber and side tape the weight is 190 grams (perfect weight). Gorgeous looking blade with amazing results (well balanced). Paired the blade up with Tibhar Evolution FX-P (Max) on both sides and the results were amazing. Very fast with speed to burn. Blocking comes easy. Good control with easy ball placement as long as proper technique is used. Blade has no equal but it compares to the Donic Ovtcharov Carbospeed and the Donic Waldner Legend Carbon. The flared handle is well designed and sits perfect in hand (nice feeling) and almost a duplicate of the Waldner Legend Carbon and Ovtcharov Carbospeed blade handles. When powering the blade the sound is music to the ears. Super quality blade to have in your collection and fun to play with. The crafstmanship and quality of the blade is top-notch. Can't say enough good things about this blade. Gambler did their homework on this one and produced an outstanding product that ranks right up there at the top. Gambler says the blade has no equal but advertised the blade as a comparison to the Butterfly Garaydia ZLC in which I took into consideration when purchasing it. KUDOS ON THIS ONE!!! Glad I did. 5 stars and a 10.

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External Review for Gambler Fire Dragon Hinoki on February 19, 2018

I currently have this blade with a flared handle, equipped with Hurricane 8 hard on the FH and Andro Rasant on the BH. The speed rating definitely is 9/10 or above when hit within the sweet spot. When hitting lackadaisical FH shots, over the table, this blade is a tad bit on the slower end (Hurricane 8). Looping and counter loops are almost effortless, fast, and spiny. Blocking is effortless as each shot has such a great feeling, placement, and consistency. There is no control rating from the manufacturer. With that being said, my previous blade was the Nittaku Flame Carbon so I will compare between the two blades. The control would be at least 7.5/10 when hitting out of position and easily 9/10 hit with good form. The stiffness would be equivalent to a typical OFF- blade stiffness. The feeling of this blade is superb, direct feedback from the blade after striking the ball relays the type of shot conducted. During touch and serve encounters, the blade allows the user good placement when receiving and superb control when serving. Its worth noting the selling point of the blade should be the amount feeling from every shot. Because of the blades feeling, the player can easily determine where errors have occurred in: shot placement, shot power, amount of spin, and touch receive. This blade is more suited for the a looper or modern offensive player. The setup I have is similar to Chinese offensive play and the FIRE DRAGON HINOKI definitely caters to the Chinese style of looping as well.

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