DHS HURRICANE-I Tournament Table Tennis Racket, Ping Pong Paddle, Penhold Racquet

Agreed, the handle would be too short for shake-hand grip. Also, make sure to generously sand down the edges, or you will hurt your pointer finger (mine was going completely numb even after I sanded it only a little). But now that it's dialed in for my hand shape, I am getting great control of the ball.

I've been playing table tennis for a couple months, and was getting tired of using the cheap paddle I bought from Sports Authority. So I wanted to step up my game a bit, and take it a little more seriously. I decided on this, and don't regret it. Awesome paddle. When I opened it up, I was impressed. Nice package, nice case, nice TT balls, and of course, great paddle. The paddle looks beautiful. After taking off the thin plastic cover on the rubber, it felt very tacky. So I figured, this is a MILLION times better than the old paddle I was using. When I finally played, it took a little while getting used to it. I was so used to using paddles with a shakehand handle and this was my first time holding a dedicated penhold paddle. Before buying this paddle, I thought about the fact that I may not like penhold as I progress and might want to go back to shakehand, and figured you would still be able to hold this paddle with a shakehand grip.. wrong. It would feel too short, so if you want to be penhold, you should be sure of it. Once you're used to it, playing is fluid. The rubber puts a lot of spin on the ball. It may be the rubber or maybe the paddle, but when you hit the ball hard, it sounds like you cracked the ball. I thought that was interesting. After a little over a month of using it, the rubber has significantly lost some of it's tackiness, even thought I always clean it after playing. Summary: Buy it, improve, win.

I've been playing it for 3 months. Great spin, speed, and control. My friends call it cheater paddle.

I am a recreational player, have been playing for several months now with a lot of passion. I wanted to upgrade from Carlos Chiu racket. First bought Butterfly custom made racket (carbon based paddle with cermet & shriver rubber, extremely offensive) and realized that was an overkill, since I couldn't handle high sped & spin/low control properties of the paddle. Touch defense was almost always going over the table and I couldn't feel my backhand at all due to the racket being light-weight. So, this one was definitely for very advanced player,[...] Well, I took a gamble and ordered this particular racket from DHS. All I can say is this racket is outstanding! Hurricane rubber on one side is super offensive and G555 rubber on the other side is slightly less so, but with such viscosity that makes incredible spins with little effort. Also, paddle itself has a lot more control, I am able to return killer spins from my opponent without seeming effort and touch game is nice. It is not very heavy but enough to have a feel. I highly recommend this racket for players that are offensively inclined but need to retain control and considerable defensive capabilities.