DHS ‘Hurricane 301T’ is the model that was announced after ‘Hurricane 301X’. Like the predecessors, it is also an inner-fiber blade, and its top layer is Koto. ‘T’ means three kinds of fibers. A special material woven from 3 different fibers is inserted between the middle layer and the center layer of ‘Hurricane 301T’. Thanks to the new material, ‘Hurricane 301T’ is as fast as thicker ‘Hurricane 301X’ although its thickness is almost same as that of ‘Hurricane 301’.
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Nothing is printed on the head of the high-class models in DHS blade range. Instead the printing is applied on the transparent plastic cover.
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‘H301’ series is the family of inner-fiber blades whose top layer is Koto. We can see three different colors from the artificial material inserted between the middle layer and the center layer. Black fiber is carbon fiber. White fiber is white arylate fiber. The kind of the blue fiber hasn’t been announced. But, it looks like the same one as the blue fiber of ‘Skyline 506X’. Overall thickness is around 5.8mm which is similar to that of ‘Hurricane 301’. However, thanks to new artificial material, ‘Hurricane 301T’ is as elastice as thicker ‘Hurricane 301X’.
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The graphic design of handle is based on that for ‘Hurricane 301’ and ‘Hurricane 301X’. But, newly added black blocks distinguishes this blade from old ‘Hurricane 301’ or ‘Hurricane 301X’.
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On the back side of blade, there isn’t any lens or printing.
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Serial number is printed on the right side of handle. BAXEBD means 210524. This blade is the one that was produces on 24th May 2021. (Final character ‘F’ means that this blade is the one that was produced after June 2020.)
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Now there are four models in ‘Hurricane 301’ series – ‘Hurricane 301’, ‘Hurricane 301X’, ‘Hurricane 301T’ and ‘Hurricane 301Z’ from left to right. ‘Hurricane 301Z’ is the newest model that has been announced after ‘Hurricane 301T’. The pictures and the data of ‘Hurricane 301Z’ will also be uploaded soon.
Following are the performance indices of Hurricane 301T (avg.weight = 90.7g) :
– Ep = 2.05
– Ec = 1.87 (Ec/Ep = 0.91)
– Vp = 1.28
– Vl = 1.23 (Vl/Vp = 0.96)
[Data updated on 10th July 2023]
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I have a 301T in my blades collection and was wondering about the performance index of this blade. Thank you for your post, I can relate my playing experience of the 301T to the performance index from your article. I play with a Stiga Carbonado 190 and Carbonado 145 regularly, and a DHS 301T and Butterfly Viscaria occasionally. I am using the Tibhar MX-P for forehand rubber on all my blades and Donic Bluefire M2, Barracuda and the Nittaku Fastarc G1 for backhand. My experience is the speed of the four blades is kind of similar and the Ep of the four blades are within 0.15 aligns with my experience. I have collected the performance data from your posts and I summarized the data of the four blades I am currently using as follows:
Blade Ep Ec Ec/Ep Vp Vl Vl/Vp
Viscaria 2.02 1.92 0.95 1.32 1.35 1.02 86 grams
Carbonado 145 1.95 1.40 0.72 1.12 1.29 1.15 83 grams
Hurricane 301T 2.05 1.87 0.91 1.28 1.23 0.96 86 grams
Carbonado 190 2.10 1.77 0.84 1.25 1.40 1.12 83 grams
I find the 301T and the Viscaria being slightly faster than the Carbonado 190. The Carbonado 145 being the slowest of the four, but it has the best touch and feel for short games. I find the balls jump off the 301T and the Viscaria quicker than the two Stiga blades, especially in serve return and flip. I believe it could be the Koto top layer which is harder than Limba and it makes the difference, even though the 301T is an inner carbon blade. I feel the hit is crisper with the Viscaria and 301T, may be the Ec/Ep of
the two blades is higher. The ball stays on the Carbonado 145 and 190 blades longer, especially the 145 (Ec/Ep = 0.72). The Carbonado 190 is only marginally faster than the 145 because the two blades are practically the same with the exception of the direction of the carbon placement on the blade.
Thanks to your work and contributions to the many posts in the TTgearlab websites, one can normalize the performance of many blades from different manufacturers. I definitely find it is very useful to use the performance index to find new blades in my comfort zone.
Please consider creating a database of the performance indexes of all the blades that you have measured including the average weight and wood composition. It will be an excellent reference material if someone is researching for a new blade and interested to know what to expect before buying it.
On a different note, I find the Xiom Ice Cream ALX and ALXi have an interesting implementation with ALC carbon on one side and Zephylium carbon on the other side. Just wondering if you have tested the ALX and ALXi and have the performance index for the two blades?
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Thank you for comment and appreciation. 🙂
Regarding Carbonado, I think that the reason why they feel slower is the extreme low value of Ec. One more reason is probably the big deviation of Carbonado 145 and Carbonado 190. Carbonado 190 is still OK. But, the values of Carbonado 145 vary pc. by pc. too much, like all-wood blades.
Regarding the database, I will make a database of all blades sooner or later after I add some lab test reports. (BTW, the information of wood compositon will not be that helpful because the influence of the kind of wood is smaller than expected, because the other conditon is not same.)
And, currently I’m preparing for the articles on many Xiom blades. However, I haven’t get the samples of Ice Cream yet. (I have new An Jaehyun series, 36.5 series and Hugo HAL.) But, I will try to get it now. By the way, the difference of the values of ALX(ALC) side and ZLX(ZLC) side will not be that significant. That is because the blade behaves as one structure. Forehand side is influenced by the fiber of backhand side, and vice versa. The difference will be more noticeable at Ice Cream ALX than Ice Cream ALXi, because the span between fiber of one side and that of other side is bigger. I don’t expect much difference between forehand side and backhand side of Ice Cream ALX which is an inner-fiber blade.
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Very much looking forward to your post on XIOM Hugo HAL. Thank you!
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Thank you for comment. I’m currently editing that post. 🙂
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I use DHS 301 original one, never you tested it? Have you got Ep, Ec parameters?
I’m curious about the differences
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I’m preparing for the article on Hurricane 301 series – H301, H301X, H301T and H301Z. Currently I’m checking the Performance Indices of H301Z before I start to write the article.
The parameter of H301 is as follows:
Ep = 1.88
Ec = 1.64 (Ec/Ep = 0.87)
Vp = 1.20
Vl = 1.29 (Vl/Vp = 1.07)
I hope that this data is helpful for you. 🙂
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Hello ttgearlab
Thank you very much for your testing of Performance Indices,
It help me a lot in buying new blade, at saving a lot of money,
and help me identify which blade is slow or fast, control or stiff.
Recently i see you added the Indices for DHS 506X, and in last year DHS released a new blade is 506A, then i just predicted, 506A might be more or less bouncier than 506X. After that I just ordered a 506A at 88 gram, i will test it base on my current blade 301Z, i think there will be nothing new, just a Viscaria feeling.
In case you interest with this blade, i can take some picture for blade construction, or mearsure its Hertz. I hope some day you can buy one (actually it is very cheap, around 60$ ) and test it for the Indices.
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Thank you for comment. And, also thank you for your suggestion. But, I have already got the sample of DHS 506A, and I will soon take pictures and measure the performance indices. 🙂 You will be able to see the result sooner or later.
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I’m using xiom solo’s blade.
Is the dhs 301t a good upgraded?
Or is a too exponential change??
The change is because i feel the blade too unstable away from the table in countertopspins. I’m using rakza x in FH.
Good review again. Good work
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Thank you for comment. I think that you need more physical power if you want to use Xion Solo for the rally by topspin at mid or far distance area. Hurricane 301T will be better solution than solo. That will not be a drastic change although it can make noticeably faster ball.
I’m not sure whether 301T will be totally satisfactory or not, but at least it will be better than Solo for your purpose.
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Maybe I should change to a faster rubber?
Rakza xx, Rasanter r48…
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I think that there will not be problem.
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I will finally try my first exterior fiber. Xiom Feel Ax.
Thank you!!
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I hope your success. 🙂
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Will you calculate the Ep and Ec of “Feel Ax” in the future?
Thank you.
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