S-TEC 35" Practice Padded Foam Sparring Sword Set with ABS Handle and PVC Core.

My kids and husband use these every night! They love to play fight and these hold up and while they do hurt, it’s a lot better than plastic! Weight is great and I feel they are well made. We are actually thinking about getting more as the adults want to use them too! Update 09/07/2022 They are bent now but still fully functional. The dogs have attacked them, we use them almost every night. I am amazed that they have held up still. I will post a video soon. These have no right holding up to the torture we’ve put them through. One thing I will say though. Even though I consider myself a martial artist and did kendo when I was younger, there will be some level of annoyance getting attacked when walking in the door after work by two foam swords. These can hurt. But take a deep breath before walking in the door and grab a sword and fight/wrestle.

These are amazing, perfect for larping! Best for adults and teens as it's a little heavy for one handed wielding after time. Remember to hit lightly- you will bruise each other if you really hack at your partner! Lol So much fun, can't recommend enough!

My son had a cool looking set of padded swords that had hard plastic hand-guards. He loved to play with them and they looked like real swords, but the ends broke pretty quickly, and the hand guards hurt like heck if they smack you in the hand, which happens a lot. I bought these to replace those old swords and they are awesome! They are much sturdier, even with pretty intense action. The handles are hard, which is good for grip and control, but the handguards are foam, so no more rapped knuckles. The foam is pretty dense. It's not just pool-noodle foam. I think the core is PVC, but it seems pretty strong and rigid. There have been a lot of hard hits and they are holding up just fine. The weight is pretty good too. They are easy to swing and balance, but not so light that you can just whip them all over at lightning speed. They also aren't so heavy that they will leave bruises on hard hits. I've seen my son and his friends whack each-other in the head multiple times and they just keep right on going.

Purchased these training swords for a very rowdy 5 year old who swings a little too hard with other foam and plastic toy swords. They’re very durable, but there has been a slight amount of tearing and bending with the foam. The foam is also soft enough for full contact if people were to use these for actual sparring. Too short to be proper shinai/kendo practice sword replacements for adults, but a decent starting set for kids and you don’t have to worry about them hurting each other or snapping the swords in half.

My 14yr old loves play fighting and sparring. Anything to keep him off the computer or Playstation. This has entertained him for hours on end since we've gotten them. Very sturdy and strong product. Also the foam keeps the kids from seriously injuring each other lol. They've been wailing on them too with no damage so far to the actual swords so I totally recommend this product 100%

I'm honestly impressed by the these. For the price they are quality. Myself and my brother have used them for about a total of 2 30m-1h fights. On the very hard and aggressive conditions. (There's a lot of pent-up anger between the two of us). They handle surprisingly well and are relatively light. They hurt bad enough not to want to get hit but you can smack each other across the jaw with him without any significant damage. (Neither of us know how to use a sword). Edit: The third fight the PVC broke. The only damage that has been sustained on the swords themselves is from a downward strike which hit my brother's thumb and thumbnail (which is abnormally long) That ripped it a little bit. But it's easily fixed with tape. The swords have good flexibility, they have good durability, only complaint that I have is on the grip itself. After 30 minutes to an hour with all the sweat and weakening of your grip it becomes very hard to hold the mostly smooth plastic. We are going to fix the issue ourselves which isn't going to be too hard.

These were surprisingly durable. They make a great larp sword, practice sword, or can even be used for reaction training. They have spent most of there time with me in use from inexperienced individuals training reaction times by trying to sword fight reactive lights. The apparatus is steel. These things have been absolutely beat repeatedly into this apparatus and they are still holding up great with only a few minor tears in the foam.

after almost 4 years of heavy use and abuse, these two swords are still is great usable shape and have almost NO damage. Durability is fantastic, overall value is outstanding. Grip comfort and feel could be improved but its not bad.

The quality of the swords are great, it's a good product. But they are nowhere near the listed weight' much MUCH lighter. For us it's a downside, might be an upside for you.