galaxy T4

[alfie]

Just recieved mine today from Rob,very nice looking blade and well packaged.
        It has 9 ply and 4 carbon but the carbon is very thin and 4 of the plys are thin so I am guessing it's not going to be a stiff blade at all,there is also some vibration to it going through the handle when you bounce a ball on it.
        I was 1/2 expecting a beast of a blade but pleasantly surprised at what I got,I think it will be fairly fast but pretty sure it won't be out of control and it will have some dwell time.I will give it a test drive tomorrow and will post more

[alfie]

Very nice blade Rob the blade is a bit stiffer than the control all+ but no problems looping BH and FH.It is quite fast similar speed to KHLS.
    As for control I would say it's got more than all the fast blades I have tried but having said that I think it maybe that I am a lot better now than when I tried fast blades in the past because everything seems to have pretty good control recently.Much better than the control all+ away from the table but not quite as good close to the table but not sure if it was because I had SP transcend on it,the SP on that blade is a bit fast for me close to the table.
         I really am surprised at the quality of galaxy blades,thanks again mate for the excellent service

[speedplay]

If you have good control away from the table but lacks control up close, then you don't have good control at all, thats my opinion. Control start up close, if you can't handle your gear close to the table, then its to fast for you. But it's still heavenly fun to play with

[JKC]

I don't think you can really judge a blades control at this stage when it is so different to a previous blade. You are only really judging how similarly it behaves to your previous blade. You need to give it a few more hits before you can make a proper judgement (preferably without using your current bat lots inbetween).

[alfie]

the first outing with the control all+ didn't do anything special for me either,your right JKC it's about playing with a setup for a while that you find out what it can and can't do,I am not used to the throw of the SP that's for sure as it's a lot different to what I have played with in the past.I have a sriver fx and will put it on the T4 and play with it monday.
       The real problem is I lift really low balls (at or below the table) with an open blade but that doesn't work with the SP (it lifts them and sends them long) and it was hard to ajust the blade angle on really low balls.
       I will get this thing sorted out for sure I think the T4 is a very nice blade but not sure I want to change my looping style just to suit the SP because my looping technique and consistancy is better now than it's ever been and I don't know if I want to mess with that

[alfie]

If you have good control away from the table but lacks control up close, then you don't have good control at all, thats my opinion. Control start up close, if you can't handle your gear close to the table, then its to fast for you. But it's still heavenly fun to play with

     the only aspect it was not in contol close to the table was opening loops with the SP,new blade and new rubber to me so I can't expect it to be a perfect fit straight away,for quite a while now I have been used to H3 and impuls speed on my FH and the SP is a LOT higer throw than impuls speed and is even higher than H3,I am sure if I was used to rubbers with a very high throw I would have felt a bit different.
        Pushing and blocking were very good and very much in control

[alfie]

Just changed my FH rubber on the blades the SP is now on the control all+ and the impuls speed is on the T4,I will not get to try it now until monday but will for sure play a league match with them.
     I recon the T4 will play nice with the impuls speed,not sure about the other setup I will see if I can get the hang of always keeping my blade a bit more closed.
    BTW the T4 and impuls speed is still not bouncy when you bounce a ball on it so there should be still no control problems with it

[alfie]

played with the T4 tonight with the impuls speed on the FH,throw was not high enough and not enough dwell it needs something like H3 or SP.
           Also played with control all+ with SP Transcend and liked the rubber much better on this blade (maybe I just have found the perfect blade for me) I didn't have to keep closing the blade angle on this blade compared to the T4,with impuls speed I didn't have to close the blade either just SP on the T4 needs a closed blade.
       All in all yes I don't think I will find anything like the control all+ for my game but having said that I have not tried H3 on the T4,the T4 is a very good backup blade for me.

[alfie]

must add the T4 is exceptional in the short game for a fast blade it's got great touch,I think if I had sriver fx (had a cheap OLD gewo rubber BH as had no other black rubbers) on the BH and H3 on the FH I could very well play with it all the time

[gekogark1212]

I've finally been able to read your reviews on the T-4. I ended up buying the W-1 though at a much higher price than what Rob was offering might I add, but anyhow...I noticed you claim that the T-4 was exceptional in the short game for a fast blade, I used to think the same for the Wavestone, but then realized I wanted expectional short game (full stop). I was just wondering, especially with hinoki as top layers, how's the feeling for the short game compared to say the All+ you have?

[alfie]

the T4 is as good in the short game as the control ALL+,I used it last night with H3 FH and coppa tagora BH and the H3 was much better for my game than the SPtranscend,when playing with the transcend the ball comes off the blade to fast for my liking with the T4.
          I still have a harder time close to the table attack with the T4 than the control ALL+, will I ajust to it or get used to it I don't know but everytime I use any other blade then pick the control ALL+ I start to think I just may never find another blade like this.
       The hinoki top on the T4 does not compare to the Xiom blade