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External Review for XIOM Vega Tour on June 11, 2016

This blade is not so great like everybody think.
The hande has a lot of vibration and the balance of weight on this blade is not so good maybe because it has a large sweet spot 152 x 158 mm. The dwell time is not so great with this hard feeling(even with Hinoki surface) and the rotation is much better on Butterfly Blades. For example Xiom Vega Euro has no vibration and Vega Tour has a lot so it is strange for most expensive blade from Xiom. I sold my Vega Tour already.
For me best blades are Butterfly with medium feel and they have no vibration with composite

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External Review for XIOM Vega Tour on June 8, 2016

I have just purchased a Vega Tour, and although I have not yet played with it, I wanted to weigh in on what I feel are some quality issues. The Vega Tour is my fourth Xiom blade, and I have been extremely pleased with the first three, a V1 Quad, a Zetro Quad, and my favorite, a Hyabusa Zxi. All three of these blades are manufactured in China, and in my opinion, excelled in quality and workmanship. When I read the specs on the Vega Tour, and saw the playing specs were superior to my Zxi, I decided to get one. The Tour is made in Korea, Xiom's native country, so I expected enhanced quality. Boy, was I disappointed! The packaging was impressive, but in my opinion, Xiom miscued on a few things. The outer layers of this blade are Hinoki, and it is a delicate wood. Xiom packages the blade with protective foils on both sides of the blade with the idea that you could reuse them once rubber was applied. They use four adhesive dots on each foil to adhere them to the blade. When I removed a foil on one face, it took several splinters of wood with it, not a great way to start. After some rather delicate gluing, I cleaned up the issue satisfactorily, but not flawlessly. I examined both faces and found one more peeling sliver just sitting up slightly, and repaired it. I have never had any issues with the handles on my Chinese Xiom blades. On the Vega Tour, Xiom used some crappy sheet aluminum handle inserts that were not even flush with the handle surfaces, and I thought to myself that I had just spent close to $200 on a pro quality blade, and this kind of stuff shouldn't happen! By the way, I emailed my issues along with photos to Xiom in Korea, and a couple days passed with no response. I'll be happy to report about playing characteristics once I've used the Tour, but wanted to warn anyone that purchases one of things you might expect. By all means, SEAL THIS BLADE before gluing up any rubbers.

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External Review for XIOM Vega Tour on May 21, 2016

Solid off+ blade that have the ability to play like all+ blade. Xiom have made something really different and unique. Vega tour has high control, high dwell and high throw and explosive speed when you need it. Careful not to select too fast rubbers unless speed is your game. You must give this blade 4-6hrs to understand and get use to its character. Not recommended for beginner's at all. Compared to vega pro blade the v tour is faster with slightly harder feel .both blades have high flex when playing away from table. Speed is the only majour upgrade of v tour from vpro.

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External Review for XIOM Vega Tour on April 17, 2016

My first impression after 5 training sessions and a tournament (~9h playtime).
For three years i play with TB ALC, a really good blade.
I like to try new tt stuff, i have tested a lot of blades (JM ZLC, JM SZLC, ZJ ALC, SAMSONOV FORCE PRO, ADIDAS HYPERTOUCH, XIOM VEGA PRO, ADIDAS FIBERTEC POWER, TB ZLF and more), no blade is so convinced that i changed.
With the XIOM VEGA TOUR is it different, i have the feeling it is the perfect blade for me. Everthing is easy to play, short game, soft ts, hard ts, the precision is excellent, great for blocking. Very comfortable in short game but if you hit the ball hard or smash it is fast and brutal for the opponent. In short game it is controled like a ALL blade (control is really amazing for an fast off blade), but if you block hard or smash hard the tempo is OFF+ without great catapult effect. In every distance i can play aggrassive shots. i am happy to try this great blade from xiom. If you want speed and control more than TB ALC , try this blade. i play fh and bh xiom vega pro in max, for me a great combination. I have changed and am happy with it. have fun!

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External Review for XIOM Vega Tour on April 10, 2016

Try this, if you want speed and more control than the Bty ALCs

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External Review for XIOM Vega Tour on March 31, 2016

Perfect blade.

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External Review for XIOM Vega Tour on February 26, 2016

Agree with sd412, I like everything about this blade in terms of playing. It is truly a 10. My only criticisms and I'm digging deep is I prefer a finer finish on the handle this you can feel the grains in the wood. Some may prefer this. Also seal the blade! I didn't and I switched out a sheet and it pulled a tiny splinter of wood off too.

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External Review for XIOM Vega Tour on February 25, 2016

I have played many top blades already strating with Timo Boll Spirit, Viscaria, Garaidya ZLC, Treiber Z, Ligna F.R., Rosskopf Emotion, Carbonado 145+190, Boll ALC and many more, but this one just can't be reached in any aspect by all the other blades i have been useing!
It is really fast, there might be some faster blades but its more then fast enough to hit winners without much effort put in while i still dont have any Problems in keeping the ball short and low over the table. The amount of spin produced is very very good and almost no matter what i do the ball always seems to finds the way on the table! Even with slower blades i overhit way more often!
Playing with Omega V Asia on fh and Bomb Talent OX on bh atm and i dont even feel like needing to change or improve anything, since im playing at my best now.
Highly recommend for everyone that wants a stiff blade with outstanding feeling, dwell and control while maintaining high speed.

Update: I just tested The Hurricane Long 5 and the Jun Mizutani which are nice blades too, but definitly will stick to the Vega Tour, it has the crisper feeling at every shot and seems to be way more versatile. Definitly the best blade available at the moment for everyone that wants to play aggressive shots from every distance while maintaining the option to play high quality touch balls too.

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External Review for XIOM Vega Tour on February 19, 2016

Played with Zetro Quad,BtY Garaydia ZLC,but this one is full of control. A bit slower than zetro ^ Garaydia,but ball drops everytime on table?! Spin is even better than BTY. Till now,i never seen blade like this-consitency 10, control 10, speed 8.5(but really,really). Maybe too pricy,but comparing with Butterfly-much,much better. I have Vega pro rubbers( my reccomendation ) on it. With Omega IV,V pro , will be even more speed??Update: Now playing with Omega V tour both sides. Seems i will never change this combo. Worth every peny.
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Slower significantly than Zetro , so i changed rubbers. FH T64 2.1, BH Vega tour max. Now, i attack like serious player.

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External Review for XIOM Vega Tour on October 22, 2015

I play with it for one session only but I'm impressed for its speed and control and also for the enormous spin I can give on serves and loops. I put on it Tenergy 05FX 2.1mm. I really recommend this blade, fantastic!!

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