Zeal 350mm and Cheap GF comparison

[Lee]

Picked up a set of Zeals today and another set of the cheap GF blades from my LHS
Thought I'd do a back to back comparison.
First the size
The Zeals are advertised as 350mm and the other are 360mm, but in actual fact, they are the same length.

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The cord is 1.5mm wider on the cheap blades

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Tip shape is completely different. The cheap blades are the same dimensions as the Compass blades and the Tarot blades I have used in the past.
The Zeals have much more surface area at the tip.

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I will fly these back to back, to compare. But i need to wait on some other parts before my Warp is back in the air.

[Lee]

Just weighed then.
Surprisingly the Glass fibre blades are lighter than the Zeal Carbons
GF 28g
Zeals 33g

[Graham Lawrie]

Love Zeals they sound great:)

[murankar]

Looks like the cheapo blades used the same tip design as the rails. I could be wrong but it does look like the rails with a wide cord.

[cml001]

Pretty close upon viewing the photo, yeah.

[Derek]

Just weighed then.
Surprisingly the Glass fibre blades are lighter than the Zeal Carbons
GF 28g
Zeals 33g

As far as the weight, I've heard this before....that the Zeal Blades are heavy. In fact, I've heard that they are heavier than most other brands availble.

Nonetheless, I absolutely love the Zeal 325's on my 450. The blade farts are much more pronounced than the Align blades that I have.

[cml001]

Well.. We are men.. We do love a good fart! Lol

[Derek]

right on!!!