Euro Chopper (JUIC)

The JUIC Euro Chopper is made for the versatile modern defensive player who includes the elements of chopping, hitting and looping. It has a huge oversize head with a large sweetspot. It is a bottom heavy blade, meaning that the centre of gravity is much more near the handle than the tip of the blade, making it very suitable for modern defenders.

We would rate the speed of the blade as OFF, which relates to the speed when you start looping/hitting.

• Blade plies: 5 ply
• Handle: Straight
• Style: modern defender
• Thickness: ~5.5mm
• Width: ~162mm
• Height: ~171mm
• Weight: ~98-110g

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Average user rating from: 1 user

Overall rating		4.5
Speed (1 rating)		4.0
Control (1 rating)		4.5
Hardness (1 rating)		4.0
Weight (1 rating)		4.5
Build quality (1 rating)		4.0
Value for money (1 rating)		5.0

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Tuesday, 11 March 2008

Written by martinspin - Top 50 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating		4.5
Speed		4.0
Control		4.5
Hardness		4.0
Weight		4.5
Build quality		4.0
Value for money		5.0

JUIC Euro-Chopper
This is a very huge oversize blade with unbelievable measures:
Rubber length: 171 mm; Rubber width: 162 mm; Handle length: 17 mm; Thickness: 5.5 mm; Weigth: 110 g !!!
I'm playing this blade with a red MILKY WAY Neptune 0.6 mm and a black GLOBE 999 National and the total weigth is about 200 gram, a personal limit for my play.

Balance
This blade is bottom-haevy. The main emphasis is nearer to the handle then to the top. That's normal for many defensive blades like BTY Joo Se Hyuk or JOOLA Chen Weixing. The play with a bottom-haevy blade is very controlled and normally you get a higher arc when you stroke the ball. This blade is perfect for the Neptune who has a lower throw angle than other long pips rubbers like the TSP Curl P1-R. This blade is designed for long rallies. Don't forget body rotation because you don't get enough power without it and the ball often ends up in the net.

Weight
110 gram is very much. You can handle this weight with a thin long pips rubber. Such a haevy blade is designed for a long distance play. You hit the ball very late and your strokes should be uncalculable and dangerous. Such a blade is good to for chopping and counter looping. The use of the upper arm and the shoulder is highly recommended.

Speed
This blade has a soft touch but the harder core results in a great performance. It's faster then the Joo Se Hyuk and the Chen Weixing. The softer feeling when hitting the ball very thin is perfect for the defence with a long pips rubber. As OFF blade it provides a very fast offence from the half distance. That blade isn't fit for an single defensive play because it's too haevy. The Euro-Chopper is a blade for longer rallies and for scoring as an active player with topspin loops and counter loops. Use a long arm for counter loops. It's very simple to offend with the Neptune and this strokes are very dangerous because of the speed and the strange arc.

Spin
The JUIC Euro-Chopper isn't as springy as a NITTAKU Jie Sch

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