Customer review for Donic Waldner Black Devil Carbon Balsa

External Review for Donic Waldner Black Devil Carbon Balsa on October 19, 2010

Great Blade ! I am an intermediate level player(club level. I take part in corporate tournaments).

This blade is awesome for a player like me who doesnt rely too much on spin but relies on speed, blocks , and flat shots.

For a blade this fast , the control is amazing.

However one should be careful in choosing the right kind of rubber for this blade.
Because of the stiffness , it has ZERO dwell time and therefore brushing the ball will not produce much spin.
I tried Donic Coppa JO gold (FH) and GKI chelonz (BH) but it was not a good combination(no spin and too much speed, and hence no control).
Then i tried Donic Sonnex JP on BH and Joola Mambo H on FH. This was an awesome combination.
The blocks were amazing and I was getting good spin from my FH. The speed was amazing and control was good too with this combination. The kind of bat i had always wanted!!!
Also blocking against topspins are speedy and deadly. Fast blocks almost always fetch me points ;).
Sonnex on BH was giving good control and very good in return of serve. With by BH i could negate the spin and return with ease.
Shots are effortless with this bat.
All in all a great blade for such a less price. Better than most of the planks i have (I have Butterfly Schlager, Donic Waldner Senso, Donic Waldner Senso ultracarbon) .
More than worth the money you pay :)

CONS: Not easy to generate really heavy topspins because of the low dwell time.

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