Weight
77.5g
Plies
5-ply
Head Size
157x150
Handles
FL / ST
Material
Hybrid
Head Shape
Standard
Balance
Balanced
Trix Fast
Joola Trix Fast is engineered for aggressive, offensive play, striking an impressive balance between speed and control. Its unique construction, featuring a balsa and carbon core with a TRIX technology handle attachment, delivers a superior playing experience in the modern game. The blade is notably lightweight, making it a nimble option for players seeking rapid responses and powerful shots without sacrificing maneuverability. It's designed to complement fast rubbers, offering a pronounced catapult effect that enhances spin and speed, perfect for players who value a dynamic and responsive game.
The construction features outer wood plies of Cypress and Fichte providing feel and control, sandwiching a core of Balsa and Carbon. This hybrid approach aims to offer the bounciness and lightness of balsa, combined with the enlarged sweet spot and stiffness of carbon, while the wood layers maintain a degree of flexibility and dwell time.
TT Sensei Ratings
✦Our expert analysis of this blade's performance characteristics
Joola Trix Fast is consistently described as a fast blade. Its design, including the balsa and carbon core, contributes to a significant catapult effect. While not as fast as some outer carbon blades, it offers more than enough speed for offensive play, especially when paired with fast rubbers, placing it firmly in the OFF to OFF+ range.
Despite its speed, Trix Fast offers a good level of control, particularly praised in the short game and for blocking. The balsa core provides good dwell time, which aids in control and spin generation. However, softer rubbers might optimize control further, and its control can be slightly lower than more all-round oriented blades.
Trix Fast offers a relatively soft touch, especially when compared to harder composite blades. The balsa wood contributes to a unique feel, absorbing the ball and providing a spring-like effect. Players often describe a nice wood feeling and good feedback, allowing them to feel the ball on the blade face distinctly.
The combination of materials and its offensive nature results in a medium to medium-high throw angle, facilitating powerful loops and drives. The balsa and carbon core contributes to a pronounced catapult effect, launching the ball with a good, attacking trajectory.
The blade is noted for having excellent dwell time, which enhances spin generation during loops and provides a forgiving feel. This dwell time allows players to dig into the ball, facilitating powerful strokes and precise placement with greater consistency.
Trix Fast is described as having medium to high stiffness and hardness, which is typical for blades incorporating carbon and balsa. This contributes to its speed and larger sweet spot, but it offers less flex than traditional all-wood blades, giving it a more direct response.
While it's a fast blade, the vibration is generally described as moderate. The combination of balsa and carbon, along with the wood outer plies, helps to dampen excessive vibrations, providing a solid yet comfortable and manageable feel on contact.
Users generally report good build quality for the Joola Trix Fast. The edges are often described as well-sanded, and the overall construction feels solid. The use of specific woods like Cypress and Fichte, along with the balsa-carbon core, suggests a deliberate construction aimed at reliable performance.
Technology
Joola Trix Fast features 'TRIX technology,' which refers to a new method of gluing the handle to the blade surface. This construction technique, combined with the balsa and carbon middle layers, is intended to enhance the blade's speed and control. The use of balsa wood is key to its exceptionally light weight, providing a desirable feel and performance, especially favored in the modern game where lighter blades maintain maneuverability and speed.
Similar Blades
Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offensive (YEO)
TTSensei experts note the Joola Trix Fast is very similar in speed and control to the Yasaka Ma Lin Extra Offensive, though potentially better in the short game and offering a softer touch. The YEO is often described as having bigger power, making it an alternative for players looking for a similar feel but perhaps with more all-around power from an all-wood construction.
Butterfly Timo Boll ALC / Viscaria
Our testing shows the Joola Trix Fast can be a more budget-friendly option for players seeking a feel similar to premium composite blades like the Butterfly Timo Boll ALC or Viscaria. Trix Fast offers a blend of speed, control, and a lightweight feel that appeals to players looking to emulate the performance characteristics of these high-end blades without the same investment.