What is up with DONIC???

asr1990 wrote: the Korbel has also been cloned, by Xiom i think

People, my sence is telling me that Donic spirit (agents) are here . If we continue talking about that Donic should f**k off from market if they dont give us some cool products, they maybe will make some good stuffs for the next upcoming sesion.

Well Avalox was the classic all wood blade that the chinese love, but now they moved on to stiga.

Peter C wrote: I agree Yogi bear The Allround Classic, Offensive Classic and Clipper Wood are good blades, that have copied by other TT manufacturers, because they've been a popular choice for a lot of very good players over the years.

It's not that they are not popular - I know they are. A lot of players in my club are playing with Stiga blades. We were simply saying that they "feel" (very subjectively) as what the originator of the thread called "grandpa" blades/rubbers, meaning they are not considered cool anymore... a lot of youngsters and more adventurous players are using Chinese blades which have finally caught up with major manufacturers in quality. I myself moved from Stiga, Butterfly, Tibhar to Xiom, then to Galaxy, 729, Dawei and custom blade (that' s just a one guy trip, of course). I still use some Btfy rubbers, Tibhar Rapid, Donic Desto F3 and many others are very decent rubbers... but the balance has certainly shifted.

Skyline wrote: liXiao wrote: Well Avalox was the classic all wood blade that the chinese love, but now they moved on to stiga.   you're wrong stiga are the classic blades the chinese love. because they couldn't get them. Stiga made a new brand with similar blades for the chinese players.

Donic makes excellent products.  It's true that their products are not the coolest on earth, but they looks great imo. I just bought a Donic Bag, Grey and red, and it's really good looking. Blade designs are good too, but maybe not as cool as Xiom, and for the rubbers packages, I just don't care.

Donic is commited to european TT for a long time, especially german and swedish players. Maybe it's not good for their marketing, but it is good for european TT. They slept for the last years, but when you are sponsoring JO, who can you sponsored that have a greater impact? Now that he is retired, they need a neew top player. Patrick Baum has been a wrong choice.. but Dima will probably be a top player in the years to come. And I think they have a lot of expecations with Li Ping.

Avalox is a brand that have been created by the VP of Stiga in the 1980's for the Chineses. AVX blades are made in sweden. This is the Stiga link.

Here are some good Donic products, if someday you want to give it a try. I put here some classics blade and rubbers, things that you can't go wrong with, but that won't suprise you. I'll also put some newer stuff, that are good and are to try by EJ guys.

Classics:

Donic Defplay

Allround Blades:
Donic Applegreen/Waldner Allplay: The one I would recommend to beginners and true allround players.
Donic Waldner Senso: If you like Allround blades, but want a litttle bit more speed, this is a really good choice.

Offesnsives blades:
Donic Waldner Dicon : Used by JO for a time, this one is a good off blade. Don't look at Donic ratings for that one, it has more control than said, and less speed.
Donic Waldner Carbon :I just bought that one, and it is perfect for me. Allround blade, with 2 layers of Carbon. Similar to the Grubba Carbon, but a little bit faster.

Rubbers:
Donic JO Waldner : Good offensive rubber. GLued it was a bomb, unglued it allows you to make attacks shots and control shots. I like it on FH
Donic Coppa : Really good, all/offensive rubbers. I like it on BH.
Donic Vario : I have troubles to say exactly what a Vario is.

More recent stuffs that an EJ would probably like to try:
Donic Waldner Black Devil, speed demon
One blade from the Dotec series
DOnic Cayman, a very light blade.

Donic Formula Series gives you one of the best built-in glue feeling. A lot of choices here.