Keyshot Light (Butterfly)

Brought back by popular demand, a classic returns with a facelift and at a lighter weight! The original Keyshot blade was one of the first to use Butterfly’s Arylate technology and one of the most popular blades ever sold in North America.

The new Keyshot-Light features excellent speed, a large sweet spot, good control, and the softer feel that Arylate construction provides. The many fans of the original Keyshot can rejoice. Their favorite has made its long awaited for return

Speed: 84
Control: 79
Weight: 84 g
Rated: Offensive
Size: Regular
Ply: 2-Arylate 3-Wood

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Average user rating from: 4 users

Overall rating		4.3
Speed (4 ratings)		3.8
Control (4 ratings)		4.4
Hardness (4 ratings)		3.5
Stiffness (1 rating)		4.0
Weight (4 ratings)		2.6
Build quality (4 ratings)		4.1
Value for money (4 ratings)		4.3

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Monday, 21 February 2011

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

Overall rating		5.0
Speed		4.0
Control		5.0
Hardness		3.0
Stiffness		4.0
Weight		4.0
Build quality		5.0
Value for money		5.0

i don' t like blades that vibrate. that's why i played with hard carbon blades for years. there came the moment in which i realised that the stiffness and the hardness of the blades i used did not benefit my looping game on my fh. it was great for my short pimples on my bh but i did not have a good sensation on my fh. for some reason i went for the keyshot light and i was positively surprised from the start: only little vibration, excellent feel and outstanding control even with fast rubbers! its thickness gives it the solid feel i love. tried the bazelart, another arylate blade, and did not like it becasue it vibrates too much due to it being rather thin. if you are looking for an excellent looping blade with little vibration, very good feel and outstanding control, go for the keyshot light!

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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Thursday, 09 April 2009

Written by Anonymous

Overall rating		4.2
Speed		4.0
Control		3.5
Hardness		4.5
Weight		1.0
Build quality		4.0
Value for money		5.0

dis is a very fast blade, and the control is very good,,,,

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2 of 10 people found the following review helpful

Friday, 21 November 2008

Written by t3h anarchist - #1 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating		3.8
Speed		3.0
Control		4.5
Hardness		3.0
Weight		3.0
Build quality		4.0
Value for money		3.0

The Butterfly Keyshot light is a pretty average blade. At first touch, you immediately notice the kind of slow speed of it. It seems very tough to get momentum with this blade. Its just too thin and not heavy enough to me. Additionally, its very soft as well, so that does not solve the problem. It has pretty good control, but its not excellent either. Its really hard to loop with this blade, because theres just not enough solid shots and not enough explosiveness to get the ball over in a loop. To me, i do not like this blade very much. It is about 100 dollars, so i strongly suggest you to think before you buy it.

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful

Friday, 19 September 2008

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

Overall rating		4.0
Speed		4.0
Control		4.5
Hardness		3.5
Weight		2.5
Build quality		3.5
Value for money		4.0

I've been playing with the KsL for a month now as an alternative to the faster Photino. When I was in the hunt for another blade, 2 major factors affected my decision: Weight and Cost. The KsL did not dissapoint in both, it's relatively cheap and it is quite light.

I wanted to make sure I was able to have an objective assessment of the blade, hence I transferred the rubbers I was using on the Photino, a Donic Platin and Inspirit Quattro. The blade definitely has a good dwell time and in fact, my loops on the Platin were better versus when I was using the photino on it. The blade's short and mid game is excellent, and does not lack that much power when countering shots far from the table - one would just need a faster rubber to compensate.

There are 2 things that I am not too fond of the blade: First, it's rather "hollow" sound when hitting the ball hard. Secondly, the blade is rather fragile and one solid hit on the table would surely make a big dent on the blade.

Overall, this is a pretty nice blade for those who want a very light blade with enough grunt to carry those power shots while having very good control.

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