Customer review for Donic World Champion 89 - Appelgren All+

External Review for Donic World Champion 89 - Appelgren All+ on June 12, 2020

This is absolutely perfect blade, the best I've ever played (I played dozens of blades during last 15 years from Grubba ALL+, Primorac OFF-, Korbel OFF, Viscaria, as well as Stiga Clipper, Donic Waldner Ultra Carbon, Nittaku Acoustic, Harimoto ALC etc.).
Comparing to above mentioned, It's rather OFF- than ALL+ (between Primorac and Korbel), so it's not only for allround but also offensive players, who get their power from the body and arm, not the equipment itself. Saying this, I'm able to play a really powerful topspins with this blade, both close and far from the table, but at the same time it has a great control, consistency and "feeling". I would describe it as a combo of the best features of Butterfly Viscaria and Korbel - it has similar feeling, a little bit of vibrations and good control as Korbel (but even better) and a great elasticity and consistency of Viscaria with even bigger sweet spot. It's not as speedy as Korbel and Viscaria (but the difference is not so big as an "all+" label may suggest), but hold the ball longer on the rocket which gives a great volume of rotation and control.

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