Xiom Hugo Calderano HAL

Customer Reviews

All reviews listed are from verified customers who have purchased this product.

13/03/2024 Great Feeling Blade Review by Dawid Kucharski

Quality

Blade had great feeling. All shots are easier to made. For me speed and transfer of spin is great. The Best blade I ever played. I play with Gewo Nexxus Superselect 45 max backhand and 50 max forehand.

02/02/2024 Backhand King Review by Jorge Victor Sales

Quality

If you want control but need extra power with your backhand, this blade provides that to you. Feel is excellent as you can feel the vibration in soft touches, flicks, and loops. Suggest with rubbers with excellent dwell time as this blade can go boom booom

24/01/2024 A good blade Review by Vasile Raducu

Quality

A good blade, but for DHS 301t îs better.

17/10/2023 10 de 10 Review by Pablo Moreno

Quality

De las mejores paletas que he usado, una maravilla todoterreno. Sirve para el juego corto, buen bloqueo y buena velocidad cuando se la acelera junto con un control que no se puede creer. Hasta el momento es la mejor paleta que he usado.

06/10/2023 Excellent Review by Mostafa Mostafa

Quality

Excellent, very good Harmony Between Speed and Control

06/07/2023 Very controllable and balanced Review by Uri Mints

Quality

In general blades are a compromise between control and speed : more control=less speed and vise versa.
I used to play only with OFF carbon blades and before switching to this blade I feared that it would be slow for me, was I wrong...
surprisingly this blade has the same speed as an OFF carbon blade and more control.
I am keeping this one.

08/06/2023 great Review by Brett Smith

Quality

Love it

28/04/2023 GREAT BLADE Review by Milos Zlatanovic

Quality

The blade gives a lot of control, but speed stays excellent. I had switch from Nittaku Ludaek Power with Fastarc G1 rubber to HAL with Nittaku Hammond Z2 max on fh and bh. The change gives me better results in the league and my selfconfidence are much better now. Personaly, I think that key is in blade more than in rubbers, but I will recommanded this commbination to everyone.

30/11/2022 awesome Review by Daniel Valdes

Quality

super cool blade, you want speed with control and of course feeling? well I would recommend this one

12/10/2022 Good blade, nice feeling Review by Cristian Buleandra

Quality

The blade has good speed while maintaining control in soft touches. The only drawback is that the durability is somehow questionable, any small dent on the side might lead to the top wood layer starting to peel off/splinter.

24/08/2022 Best blade I’ve used Review by Haavard Salamonsen

Quality

I’ve owned maybe 8 blades and this is the best of them all. 86g, Tenergy 05 FH, Nittaku Hammond Z2 BH, flared handle. Blade is not too fast and generate lots of spin. The sweetspot feels really large and the handle is almost perfect (similar to Boll alc).

16/08/2022 Good Review by Sobitxon Ibragimovich

Quality

Boshqaruvda oson

11/08/2022 Быстрое и приятное в игре Review by Robert Tashpulatov

Quality

Основание быстрое, для игры в дальней зоне, очень удобен при контртопсах, перестрелках со 2й и 3й зон. В игре у стола лично для меня показалась быстрой. Отдельная благодарность магазину ТТ11- это лучший магазин, с лучшими условиями и ценами на рынке!!! Так держать ребята!!! Вы действительно молодцы!

08/08/2022 tabletennisdaily is the worst forum ever Review by Konrad Bak

Quality

Yeah, great blade, for me probably the most amateur friendly with super quality if your strokes are lethal you will play better with Hugo Calderano HAL than any Butterfly blades. Hugo Calderano HAL is a perfect example of real work from companies. Twardogłowi Brainless People in Poland love Butterfly because Grubba who never was close near to Hugo Calderano and top-level players who get upset when they see Hugo use it but this is marketing and this is a best seller.
Perfect choice if you like softer rubbers and you are amateur
Perfect choice if you choose harder rubbers you must work more
I Play with players from the 3rd PRO division in our country.
I have 2 guys who are close to 2nd division and 2 guys who are close to 4th division for me,
and one is a dark magician who plays exactly on the 3rd division level.
If I play with the top guys. I feel good to control with HAL when they try to play aggressively I must be more passive-defensive oriented, so pushing and blocking with Calderano is a breeze, maybe I need more power- placement if I play with them.
If I play with lower-level guys, I must be more aggressive but the placement and the length of the ball must be very good because they can play very fast too and another opinion from my perspective, the CONTROL of this blade is near perfect 10.
You can't say bad words about HAL, sometimes maybe it is too slow or too fast it depends on your "day-to-day" form but it is too hard to blame. So if you need your first top-level blade after a 5ply wood blade and your community says that you need something like viscaria or composite blades or you tried Viscaria and you like but you want to be TOP TIER EJ LIKE me all around 1000 blades tested, your choice is buying Waldner Senso Carbon (not the finest blade) or premium top of the top. TT11 have very good copies so it is better to buy from them.
My first choice is Omega VII PRO on the backhand and Hurricane 3 National on the forehand.
My 2nd setup is DHS Hurricane 8-80 37 on BH and TUTTLE National V blue sponge on forehand.
Sieger PK50 on backhand and G1 on forehand were good too but better is using low to medium throw rubbers. Vega X was good too.

04/04/2022 Понравилось Review by Dmitri Kan

Quality

Очень контрольное основание!

10/01/2022 Хорошее чувство мяча Review by ANDREY ILLARIONOV

Quality

Чувствительное основание между OFF - и OFF. Хорошее пятно отскока, отличный контроль

29/12/2021 The One for every level player Review by Now and Then

Quality

I simply say this is one of the best blades for every level player. I used to play with a J-Pen blade and I decided to change to shakehand a few months ago. So I tried a lot of blades to find out a suitable one for me. I have 14 blades from very fast to slow, too quick, to controllable, Butterfly, Yasaka, Donic, Tibhar, Andro, Nittaku, Gevo, Juic, etc. Among them, I like this one and Xiom Icecream AZXi. Those are my favorite. I asked another player who is better than me, and he said Hugo HAL is better for him. Because of my short finger, I tuned its grip a little bit, cutting out slightly and it is amazing. I feel every top spin and backhand spin clearly. Dwell time is good and fast enough when attacking. AZXi is more firm but catapult more so it is not easier than HAL to control. Maybe if my skill is improving, I'll try AZXi later. Right now I put Tibhar Hybrid K-1 on the forehand, Andro R42 on the backhand. Someone told me to try Xiom Omega7 Pro, so I bought them. But I stick on K-1 and R42 for a while. In my opinion, if you are a beginner, avoid Chinese rubbers on this blade. I tried several C-rubber but at my level, it is not good. The quality of this blade is AAA+ no complaint at all. My conclusion is this one is for every level from beginner to pro player. You never regret it.

29/11/2021 Очень подошло! Review by Alexander Evkharitskiy

Quality

Великолепное основание с превосходным чувством мяча!!!! пятно откока как у всех топ оснований. помедленнее вискария именно то , что я искал!!!

19/11/2021 Very different but super blade Review by Martin Smith

Quality

This is now my blade of choice. After using Innerforce, Appolonia, Spirit I found this just fast enough for a good attack but the blocking is outstanding. Great safety, but I would say that you need to be a physical player who can impart energy into the ball from the legs.

24/05/2021 Perfect blade in modern play style Review by Jay

Quality

I was a professional player (training 5+ days a week) and now a full-time coach. I was a Viscaria user and I could tell you that this blade is better. It is having a higher throw arc and a bigger sweet spot compared to Viscaria. And as the core is ayous instead of Kiri (Viscaria), this blade offers more support even away from the table. This blade offers more control and is too easy to play with, while not scarifying any speed (it's having more power compared to viscaria).

Overall, if you are an offensive player, who focuses on mid-long table rallies, and also want to have massive control when doing the short game, this is your perfect blade.

02/03/2021 Excellent Review by Darko Veselinovic

Quality

Superb product by Xiom. Koto outside layer, a bit hard but very crisp feeling. It has more of a hardened wood feel than a carbon one. Which is exactly what Xiom claims it to be. Speed is off to off-, more than enough for any skilled player. Has many gears. It can very be tamed and controlled in the netplay, but very aggressive away from the table as well. But the greatest thing about it is the control! Absolutely fantastic control. I've paired it with Dignics 09c on FH, and Tenergy 05 Hard on the bh. Dignics 05 works just as well. No vibration, and great craftsmanship. If you want something different, and innovative, then this blade is good as any!