Best ping pong paddle under $50

If you are looking out to make a modified table tennis paddle then you will require customized blades apart from rubbers and the other stuff.

For this reason, you have absolutely landed on the right article, here in this article, we will be discussing everything about table tennis blades and guide you to choose according to your requirements.

There are hundreds of table tennis rackets available in the market. I shortlisted Top-4 and created this cool looking comparison table so you can compare them against each other.

Let’s have a look at our comparison table:

Best ping pong paddle under $50

Product	Main Feature	Weight	Price
1. Xiom Diva FL Handle	FL Handle	8.4 oZ	Check Price
2. STIGA Ping Pong paddle	Shakehand Style	7 oZ	Check Price
3. Butterfly Petr Korbel-FL Paddle	FL & ST Handle Style	4.2 oZ	Check Price
4. Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon	Speed: 93	8 oZ	Check Price
5. Butterfly Timo	Consists 5 Wood Plies	9.1 oZ	Check Price
6. Victas Koji Matsushita	Ply Hard Soft Veneer	7 oZ	Check Price
7. DHS Neo Hurricane Hao	Quick-attack With Loop	88 + oZ	Check Price
8. Butterfly Viscaria Paddle	Bryce Highspeed	--	Check Price

You can pretty much make your decision based on the above table, but if you want to dig deeper into each racket and want to make a better buying decision. Please keep reading.

1. Xiom Diva FL Handle

This blade serves a perfect balance for the pure joy of table tennis. It has an offensive blade of a medium speed for all types of players on different levels such as beginner, intermediate and expert.

This is a 5 ply offensive blade that has an average speed.

But because of the elevated level of force it has, the output efficiency it shows is of a higher speed than predicted at the time when used by the players in offensive techniques like topspin.

The overall feel is a little spiky but soft. Additionally a player who is not even having a high level of skills is able to enjoy table tennis with this choice.

2. STIGA Ping Pong paddle

This is a swift blade, mostly well-matched to power-loop attackers, rather than controlled spin players. It also out performs for blocks, hits and flicks. This Active blade from Stiga is a 7 ply offensive power tool.

It is fast and steady though a player has to have full control over it.

It offers a fine balanced blade with at ease grip for new players. It matches well with OFF rubbers like Donic Baracuda, M2, S2, etc. Stiga includes diverse technologies into its blades and provides many special options when it comes to choosing a blade.

3. Butterfly Petr Korbel-FL Paddle

The Butterfly company has always been a unique manufacturer of supreme-quality blades and top notch tennis products.

The design of this blade is a bit similar to the famous Primorac but has much of a larger head size.

Additionally, you should know that You might find the variants of this product as Some Butterfly blades like Korbel and Grubba are manufactured in factories in Europe and in Japan.

4. Yasaka Ma Lin Carbon

Through Yasaka’s 70 years of experience, it has perfected the art of developing the perfect “feel” for table tennis blades. The grip is specially designed to suit Lin’s signature Chinese Pen Grip.

Blades produce the minimum vibrations by using only the top quality of wood.

This wood is then in a classy manner combined with the carbon, manufacturing a masterwork of a blade.

The blade gives you extraordinary speed while delivering it with superb control perfect for the offensive intermediate player looking for a competitive game.

With the legendary Ma Lin’s signature preserved on this blade will give you an opportunity to hold a piece of beautiful history.

5. Butterfly Timo

Another high quality blade offered by Butterfly. This blade is an amazing choice for the European looping style play. It offers an exceptional balance of speed and control.

If it is combined with Tenergy 05 rubbers on both sides, you have a remarkable ping pong paddle for attacking and looping style of play.

It is made up of Carbon for high speed and Arylate for good elasticity. Used by legendary table tennis player Timo Boll

6. Victas Koji Matsushita

Koji Matsushita, who was a 4-times Olympic competitor and ferocious defender, designed this modern defensive blade to balance defense and offense in mind.

It is a Japanese defensive blade with exceptional controlling features.

Just Because of the particularly thin, 5-ply structure, overall weight of the Koji Matsushita Defensive to just 85g, thus giving the blade a wonderful balance and weightlessness.

Additionally, the Silver Heart outer ply sops up the speed of your opponent’s attacks giving great feel and absolute control over the ball.

All blades of the VICTAS Koji Matsushita series are hand-made in Japanese blade workshop.

7.DHS Neo Hurricane Hao

Another ideal pick for carbon based blade is designed by Hao Wang.This blade comes with extraordinary speed and grip control.  Best suitable for Quick-attack with loop.

The foundation ply is thick while permeable that enhances the hitting effect. The short hits turn out to be more changeable and aggressive.

8. Butterfly Viscaria Paddle

It is an excellent choice for the balance and bounce. The Viscaria blade incorporates Arylate fiber features of precision, suppleness, and shock absorption quality with the Carbon fiber that includes high elasticity and minimal indulgence of energy produced.

Therefore, Viscaria’s compact head size makes it a perfect choice for fast re-looping right off an ideal bounce.

While choosing among the Best Ping Pong paddles you will certainly need to make some customization according to your needs, preferences, and priorities.

It is also important that you know the playing level and types for selecting the best Ping Pong paddle.

Your blade speed, weight, and plies can make a significant difference in your game.

Basic Styles of The Blades

Shake hand vs. Penhold:

Blades come in two basic styles which are

1. Shake hand
2. Penhold

The difference is on the holding styles. For instance if  you are the one who holds the paddle like you are shaking hands, then you should go for a Shake hand blade.

Over 90% of the blades we sell are Shake hand style.

On the other hand, if you grasp your paddle like you would hold a pen or chopsticks, then you should pick the other type i.e. a Penhold blade.

Buyer’s Guide For Choosing The Right Blade

In table tennis each of blades can be categorized into one of seven different categories. These categories provide simple guidelines to identify the right blade for your playing style.

OFF+ stands for an extra offensive play without negotiation.	OFF For direct offensive play with much spin, speed and force.
OFF-   For average offensive play with much spin, speed and force.	ALL+ For offensive all-round play mixing shots with topspin shots of variable spin.
ALL For all-round players who mix attack and control shots in rallies	ALL-   For all-round players who give emphasis to control and constancy from all spaces
DEF For conventional defense with emphasis on the chop from a far distance

Blade Speed

As defined CLASS speed ratings of the blades range from the fastest rating of OFF+ to the slowest rating of DEF-. (OFF means offensive, ALL means all-around, and DEF means defensive).

In general, offensive-style players prefer blades ranging from OFF+ to ALL+. All-round players usually have a preference for blades ranging from OFF- to ALL-. Defensive players usually prefer ALL to DEF- blades.

Generally, the faster the speed rating, far beyond the ball bounces off of the blade, particularly with an equal amount of energy. Keep in mind that normally the faster the blade, the more expertise it takes to control it efficiently.

In addition, the rubber applied to the blade makes a massive difference

 Each player’s skill level, playing style, rubber used, as well as the interaction of those factors have a large impact on the amount of speed and control that a player experiences.

Hence, the speed and control ratings are only a common tool for choosing a right blade, as they are not an intrinsic quality of the blade.

Blade Weight

Before applying the rubber Mostly the ping pong blades weight ranges between 70 and 100 grams. A standard weight is around 86 grams.

Some players feel that a heavier blade offers more power but others might disagree as they feel that a lighter blade is faster, but again, there are multiple views on this stance.

So always Remember that power and speed is not just a utility of the blade only rather it depends on the skills of the player.

Like handle style, the perfect weight of a blade for you is the weight that feels best and suits the size of the player’s hand. The weights mentioned are only the average weights for that particular blade, while individual blades will always vary.

Plies on the blade

The quantity of plies refers to the wooden layers of the blade that usually ranges from one to seven. However, Five-ply blades are mostly known and famous in table tennis world. Over 70% of players use an all-wood blade.

There are many blades available in the market that add lean plies of materials such as carbon, glass fibre, titanium or kevlar to if not all-wood blade. These non-wood plies possibly will add speed or an unusual feel to a blade.

Therefore, some players feel that the combination of ply blades provides more speed and added control feature.

Whether or not a blade has non-wood plies, every blade has an exceptional feel, and only by personal experience you will be able to find out what really works best for your game.

Choose a Perfect Blade

In choosing a blade, the first step is always not an easy task so you should prefer reading out the reviews and ratings available over the internet.

So, If you are an offensive and a fast player then opt 7 to 9 ply blades, on the other hand most and usually blades are only 5 plies and they are ideal for what they do.

But if you want to have some added speed than you can pick the specific options available.

The shape of the handles is also according to the inclination of the player and what kind of handle does the player wants to use or is comfortable with.

Flared handle at all times has been the first and preferred by all, the anatomic is the second type of handle is also good for enhanced grip however straight handle, from research has been proved to be used by 50% of people including professionals.

But again, it always varies with preferences so don’t get baffled, do whatever you feel is at ease for you and with whatever you can play better with comfortable grip.

Closing Thoughts

So, in concluding the article,  all we had to say about choosing the top Ping Pong Blades available in the market, remember Best Ping Pong Blades and Best Table Tennis Blades is one and the same thing some people prefer Ping Pong over the Table Tennis name.

So, with the right type of blade and ample of practice, you can soon become a threat to others on the tables, particularly if you can find a paddle that has an absolutely diverse type of blade construction in the handle.