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Topic: Donic World Champion 89 Blades 2014
Posted By: asimriz
Subject: Donic World Champion 89 Blades 2014
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 5:34am
Has anyone tried out any of these blades ? They're more expensive than Donic blades usually r which means they're probably higher quality than usual, AND Donic has incorporated their version of Zylon carbon in the mix which I can't wait to try out. Being a longtime Donic user, ME WANTS !!!

Does anyone have any experience w these blades ? I'm interested in the Persson OFF+ version of these blades.


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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 5:42am
Not out yet. They look good though - have to see what that Italian spruce is like.

These are made in Germany, which is interesting in and of itself.

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Posted By: t64t64t64
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 6:19am
looks to me they are made by soulspin :)





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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 7:59am
Originally posted by t64t64t64 t64t64t64 wrote:

looks to me they are made by soulspin :)





Could be. Hope so - it's a reasonable price point for a Soulspin blade, good materials too.

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Posted By: ejmaster
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 8:58am
They do not look good to me.
Cocktail blades as Nexy Arirang, Inca.
Spruce outer.
Rodizio restaurant.

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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 9:03am
Originally posted by ejmaster ejmaster wrote:

They do not look good to me.


ejm - Professional Bubble Burster. Available for parties, clean driving license.

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Posted By: Pondus
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 9:45am
Originally posted by ejmaster ejmaster wrote:

Cocktail blades as Nexy Arirang, Inca. Rodizio restaurant.

I want to think that I somehow understand what this cool commentary means... but I'm completely clueless. Confused


Posted By: sonykurniawan
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 9:59am
Originally posted by Pondus Pondus wrote:

Originally posted by ejmaster ejmaster wrote:

Cocktail blades as Nexy Arirang, Inca. Rodizio restaurant.


I want to think that I somehow understand what this cool commentary means... but I'm completely clueless. Confused

+1clueless


Posted By: ejmaster
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 12:31pm
Sorry to desilutionate people.
It is just my view. Not so important to begin paying me much attention.
Giving some clues...
You know when going to a rodizio. They offer a lot of different (good) meats. But at the end one feels a mixture in the stomach that one begins thinking 'how good it is just to eat one tournedo, or a good file instead.
The hinoki or the spruce carbon kiri balsa worked well in that sc, gergely, thick powerful composite blades.
Same building thinner blades adding or not adding other layers do not offer advantage to the well known limba/koto outer composites. On the contrary.
The blade will tend to lose linear performance and directional precision.
What i do not know is if this donic rodizio is better than the nexy rodizio restaurant. Maybe bhman or argo or andy may try and tell.

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Posted By: asimriz
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 2:05pm
Thanks a lot guys ! Hmmmm, but yeah I hope someone can play with it & give some feedback.


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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 3:02pm
Originally posted by ejmaster ejmaster wrote:

Sorry to desilutionate people.
It is just my view. Not so important to begin paying me much attention.


Get out of here - we love you ejm!!!!

There is a question mark over a spruce outer for me too, but it just makes me curious. Maybe there's something special about the Italian spruce? Maybe it rides a Vespa and steals your opponents' wives?

They do mention that a lot of different treatments are used. Pressure, drying etc. Could end up being interesting.

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Posted By: slevin
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 3:27pm
Originally posted by ejmaster ejmaster wrote:


The hinoki or the spruce carbon kiri balsa worked well in that sc, gergely, thick powerful composite blades.
Same building thinner blades adding or not adding other layers do not offer advantage to the well known limba/koto outer composites. On the contrary.
The blade will tend to lose linear performance and directional precision.

The Joola Rossi Emotion is also a not-too-thick hinoki-outer blade. Perhaps the users of that blade can echo their opinions on directionality / linearity here.


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Posted By: ejmaster
Date Posted: 04/11/2014 at 6:47pm
slevin have you seen many good players playing with the joola rossi emotion?.
But there are pros playing with korbel.
For sure there will be people playing well with those world ch 89 blades.
And a lot of people will play better with a cheap premade rather than any well known blade.
Some (fatt, andy...) played the rossi but they change the blade as fast as the weather changes. And keep on searching and trying.





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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 04/12/2014 at 4:43pm
You can't use me as a cherry-picked example, ejm. I can't speak for fatt, but I change blades a lot. Probably some form of deep seated psychological issue there somewhere. But I've tried and discarded a ton of blades, including most of your favourites. So my moving on doesn't say anything about the quality of the Rossi Emotion, for example.

And who knows how close these donic blades will be to the ones you mention? How much do we really know about the materials and processes used in these blades?

I appreciate that ejm's estimation will be better than mine though. He's very rarely wrong...

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Posted By: asimriz
Date Posted: 05/04/2014 at 10:37am
Anyone used any of these blades yet ?


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Posted By: rusttt
Date Posted: 05/04/2014 at 11:47am
AFAIK no one has them in stock yet. I'm planning to try a couple of them when tt11 gets them in stock.  They kinda look like the Basaltec with Zylon instead of Basalt fibers so I'm thinking they'll be a little faster which I would prefer.


Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 06/25/2014 at 6:10am
My Appelgren has arrived this morning. FL handle, 78g.

The lenses in the handle stick out a bit. It's not really noticeable for my small hands, but it might annoy some.

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Posted By: t64t64t64
Date Posted: 06/25/2014 at 6:16am
I got mine Waldner ST handle weight 90 grams.
Handle is pretty big if you compare it with ZLC and Boll ST.





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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 06/25/2014 at 6:56am
Yeah, chunky handle and quite a long head size. Feels generally well-made.

I'm not sure about this spruce outer though. League match tonight. Dare I give this a bash?

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Posted By: t64t64t64
Date Posted: 06/25/2014 at 7:10am
I dont know about yours,but on waldner carbon is next to the core,so its build like Innerforce Series.
I am not quite sure but JRE i think follow the same line :)


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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 06/25/2014 at 7:17am
Originally posted by t64t64t64 t64t64t64 wrote:

I dont know about yours,but on waldner carbon is next to the core,so its build like Innerforce Series.
I am not quite sure but JRE i think follow the same line :)


Yeah, JRE has carbon next to the core. The Appelgren does not though. It's like this:

Spruce - Carbonfleecezylonwhatever - Ayous - Kiri (core)

I went for the Appelgren because it has the thinnest spruce outer of the three. I've slapped JP-01 and Ventus Spin on.

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Posted By: kevo
Date Posted: 06/25/2014 at 12:23pm
Originally posted by AndySmith AndySmith wrote:

Originally posted by ejmaster ejmaster wrote:

Sorry to desilutionate people.
It is just my view. Not so important to begin paying me much attention.


Get out of here - we love you ejm!!!!

There is a question mark over a spruce outer for me too, but it just makes me curious. Maybe there's something special about the Italian spruce? Maybe it rides a Vespa and steals your opponents' wives?

They do mention that a lot of different treatments are used. Pressure, drying etc. Could end up being interesting.

Smitty, you are hilarious! LOL  And might I add:  Maybe it appears an appetising treat to Urugyuans? (sic)


Posted By: Carryboy
Date Posted: 06/25/2014 at 1:00pm
I am really looking forward to hearing the reviews!! Andy what is the price on these blades??


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Posted By: rusttt
Date Posted: 06/25/2014 at 2:55pm
I was planning to purchase the series, but after trying the Nittaku Basaltec with its spruce outer plies and finding it a bit softer than I prefer, I decided to wait and see if any other koto users like the feel.  It's possible my problem was with the basalt fabric and not the spruce, but I doubt it.



Posted By: t64t64t64
Date Posted: 06/25/2014 at 3:49pm
today i gave a blade to 2150+ ,he bad amazing shot and he said that this blade is with nice balance and perfect trajektory.

Tommorow is my turn ;)

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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 06/25/2014 at 6:14pm
Originally posted by kevo kevo wrote:

Maybe it appears an appetising treat to Urugyuans? (sic)


Must keep Suarez away from this blade. The outer ply is soft, so the teeth marks would definitely cause lasting damage.

So, league match tonight! The summer league is more of a friendly affair over here - players use it to stay as sharp as possible. I'd won my first two matches, the team was 7-0 up, my 3rd match was against a player I don't usually struggle against. So I used the Appelgren. I won, but it was a struggle. As you might expect with an equipment change 2/3 of the way through a fixture.

The speed is definitely ALL+ to OFF-, which was a pleasant surprise. I thought that was just Donic's classification in the range, and I'd expected a composite like this to be faster.

Sweet spot is big. It drops off right at the outside edge, and you get a bit of vibration there, but it's quite impressive nonetheless.

There is a bit of flex. Looping is very, very easy. The relatively low speed makes it a pretty safe looping blade - you get a lot of latitude with your stroke. Spin seems very high - stupidly easy to load the ball up.

The short game is good in terms of results, but the feel is hollow and a bit washed out. My blade is 78g, which is probably a factor, but the spruce outer could be playing a part too.

As people have predicted, it's not the best for direct, punchy play. Ventus Spin isn't a good fit on the BH for me on this blade - need a harder sponge. JP-01 worked really well on the FH side, and I could do pretty much anything with it.

If I had to compare it to something, I'd probably pick the Nexy Lissom. Both blades have the ability to just keep looping, over and over, and the ball lands comfortably. The Appelgren has fewer vibrations, is less bouncy, bigger sweet spot, is softer, and has that hollow feel, so it's not a direct comparison. I'm only really talking about what it does at the table.

This is only after one match, of course. Very early days. It is however obviously a nice blade. I'm not sure there's a lot of competition in the ALL+ composite looping category, so it has that in its favour. I'm not yet convinced about how it behaves on hitting, smashing, etc. It might lack power. I need to take the Ventus off, and spend more time playing against a variety of opponents.

Originally posted by Carryboy Carryboy wrote:

I am really looking forward to hearing the reviews!! Andy what is the price on these blades??


Retail is 99 euro. I got mine from Tremendous Turbo Tibi for less than that.

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Posted By: doraemon
Date Posted: 06/26/2014 at 5:02am
I am a bit skeptical but yet curious.

I own blades with limba - spruce - ayous - spruce - limba.  Compared with limba - limba  - ayous - limba - limba composition, the spruce type has sharper feel and feel "harder".   So when they use spruce as top layer, I expected sharp and hard feel.

But the review here mentioned that it had soft feel.  It is interesting.  Probably spruce isn't a hard wood at all.


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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 06/26/2014 at 5:24am
Originally posted by doraemon doraemon wrote:

I am a bit skeptical but yet curious.

I own blades with limba - spruce - ayous - spruce - limba.  Compared with limba - limba  - ayous - limba - limba composition, the spruce type has sharper feel and feel "harder".   So when they use spruce as top layer, I expected sharp and hard feel.

But the review here mentioned that it had soft feel.  It is interesting.  Probably spruce isn't a hard wood at all.


I've always found limba-spruce to be bouncier than limba-limba. I put that down to the springiness of spruce, rather than its hardness.

Spruce has a janka of between 400-500, which is very similar to limba which is 490. Janka doesn't tell you everything though. Plies can have different properties when used as a medial behind something else, and Donic say that the spruce used in these blades has been treated in some way.

I expected it to have a soft, bouncy feel, along the lines of hinoki. It's close, but the Appelgren does feel a touch sharper and less bouncy than other (thick) hinoki outer blades, but with a less solid feel. This is a spruce-fibre-ayous construction - I'm not sure what to compare it against really.

The Waldner version might be interesting in telling us more about how spruce is as an outer:

Spruce - Spruce - Fibre - Kiri

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Posted By: t64t64t64
Date Posted: 06/26/2014 at 6:22am
Same with Waldner blade,
i expexted to be seriously fast,but in end in off- category.
Today i will do some drills ,because from yesterday test(5 minutes) i have not feel the carbon in it.


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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 06/26/2014 at 6:58am
Originally posted by t64t64t64 t64t64t64 wrote:

Same with Waldner blade,
i expexted to be seriously fast,but in end in off- category.
Today i will do some drills ,because from yesterday test(5 minutes) i have not feel the carbon in it.


The carbon is quite deep on the Waldner. Perhaps the Persson is what you need! ;-)

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Posted By: t64t64t64
Date Posted: 06/26/2014 at 7:03am
actually i was going to order appelgreen ST,but Tibi sold it out quickly,i now use kong linhui special and and was looking for something similar :)

anyway i will post something after today session.
I will test Waldner with m2 2.0 and m2 1.8-just from bare hit i can tell that 1.8 feel way better than 2.0 :)


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Posted By: t64t64t64
Date Posted: 06/27/2014 at 4:10am
As i promise after drilling session,i found that my thoughts aboud this blades are kind of wrong.
This blade has 2 souls.
Slow on touchy shots,and FAST ,Very FAST,ULTRA FAST till infinity.
on slow shots actually it is kind of woody.but when you are in position and prepared to kill the ball it is FAST.
However maybe because of the rubbers i cannot feel the kick .
In the past 6 months i have been using baracuda,now i decide to give m2 a try.
AND After baracuda i feel every rubber is kind of dead in spin department :)

Sweet spot is on PAR with ALC and ZLC Blade,but less than a SZLC.

Tonight i will play friendly mathhes vs a guy which i overwhelm mostly so i will share my thoughs later on.
Handle is one of the best things in this blade-maybe the best ST handle i ever tried.


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Posted By: tsanyc
Date Posted: 06/27/2014 at 10:02am
Can someone post some pics of this blade please?

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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 06/27/2014 at 3:08pm
Originally posted by tsanyc tsanyc wrote:

Can someone post some pics of this blade please?


Check out the last 6 pics in this folder:

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Posted By: t64t64t64
Date Posted: 06/28/2014 at 1:42pm
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Posted By: t64t64t64
Date Posted: 06/28/2014 at 1:52pm
Ok few words,
This blade is really off blade,it is quite thick so it lack some control if you compared it with more flexible blades .

Sweet spot-Everywhere is a sweet spot,no matter how you hit the ball you always got power and spin. Bigger than SZLC my opinion.
Handle -Unique ,a bit large so even with heavy rubbers blade is solid.
mid or close or far away never lack power,but lack control or perpahs i am used to much thinner blade type.

really well built ,and compare to price/performance ratio-much better than many overpriced blades.

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Posted By: Carryboy
Date Posted: 06/28/2014 at 3:57pm
t64, really nice looking blade, how thick is it??

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Posted By: t64t64t64
Date Posted: 06/29/2014 at 5:53am
Hello it is 6.9mm.

@andy do you experience the same as me -super large sweet spot?i really feel bigger sweet spot than JK SZLC.

Is anynobody tried Persson version?



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Posted By: AndySmith
Date Posted: 06/29/2014 at 9:40am
Originally posted by t64t64t64 t64t64t64 wrote:


@andy do you experience the same as me -super large sweet spot?i really feel bigger sweet spot than JK SZLC.



Yes, abnormally large. I was quite shocked when bouncing a ball on the bare blade.

Considering the construction, it's an achievement. The Appelgren feels ALL+/OFF- to me for speed. Pair that with the sweet spot and you get a great sense of control when using it. Very impressive.



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Posted By: Believer
Date Posted: 06/30/2014 at 7:47am
I am interested in the persson version too. Any review is greatly appreciated!


Posted By: Bran
Date Posted: 09/07/2014 at 10:16am
Had a quick knock with the Persson using a friend's blade.

The feeling is very nice and soft, with no vibrations.

Speed is quite high, very powerful and not so easy to control, coming from a viscaria. It was also quite heavy, which didn't help.

I think it would get better with a bit of practice, and could feel it should be controllable on short and passive game.

I liked it, just too fast for me. Very nice blade.


Posted By: Bran
Date Posted: 09/07/2014 at 10:24am
Forgot to mention: JP01 Turbo max on both sides. Didn't help with the weight. I thought the outer layer was hinoki, until I read about the composition, it really looks like it. The sweetspot was very large.

Made me curious about the Waldner, though the carbon around centre ply means the feel should be quite different, with a pronounced two-gear effect.



Posted By: roulage
Date Posted: 10/26/2014 at 3:09pm
Persson 89 - really quick and dynamic. Tested with Acuda S2, Genius sound, Victas V1, Acuda S1, Bluefire M2, Bluefire M3 . The result is that this blade has the best performance with hard sponge rubbers. The softer sponge is-the more problems appears (strong catapult kicking, very low throw, very poor spin abilities, low control). I recommend hard rubbers with 47° min. or more.    

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Posted By: MiBen
Date Posted: 01/19/2015 at 11:37am
He guys, 

can someone give more reflections about Waldner Off and Persson OFF after play it , any differences besides structure of plies?

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Posted By: right2niru
Date Posted: 01/21/2015 at 12:18am
Any reviews on Appelgren version ? 

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Posted By: slevin
Date Posted: 01/30/2015 at 4:50pm
Originally posted by ejmaster ejmaster wrote:

slevin have you seen many good players playing with the joola rossi emotion?.

Does Aruna Quadri classify as a good player?


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Posted By: slevin
Date Posted: 01/30/2015 at 4:53pm
So, I tested a '89 Waldner (89g, 6.91mm) last night with T05 and Rakza X on it. Highlights: fantastic feel and oodles of power - a Soulspin blade for 1/2 of typical Soulspin price!

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Composition: Spruce (1 mm) - Spruce (0.8 mm) - ZLC - Kiri (3 mm) - ZLC - Spruce (0.8 mm)- Spruce (1 mm). Earlier, I thought that it is basically the same construction like the Soulspin Basalt 6 / Nittaku Basaltec Inner except for the thickness & composite layer. I was wrong - those blades have Ayous as their 2nd layer.
Look: Looks like a typical high quality Soulspin blade (except with a more conventional handle)
Feel: A fantastically great, soft & woody feel with clear feedback. It feels softer than the Viscaria. Regarding feedback, it is of a typical Hinoki variety (so you'll love it if you like JRE or other Hinoki-outer blades)
Speed: This blade feels woody in the low gears. In the high gears, it is very powerful (in between a TB-ALC / Viscaria and a MJ / TB-ZLC but closer to the latter). I'd classify it as OFF/OFF+. It feels like it has the 'catch' of catapaulty all-wood blades rather than the pingy bounce of a ZLC blade.
Flex: Due to it's thickness (almost 7mm), it is quite stiff (at least as stiff as a Viscaria)
Throw / Spin: It exhibits a higher throw than the Viscaria and is very spinny
Rubber compatibility: I'd say 45 degrees and higher. Softer would feel mushy.


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Posted By: Carryboy
Date Posted: 01/30/2015 at 5:45pm
slevin, interesting short review!! I have been thinking of giving it a try. How is the control in the short game and how is the blocking??


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Posted By: slevin
Date Posted: 01/30/2015 at 6:18pm
Originally posted by Carryboy Carryboy wrote:

slevin, interesting short review!! I have been thinking of giving it a try. How is the control in the short game and how is the blocking??

I've only tried it out against a robot unfortunately. It seemed bouncier than the JRE in the short game but less than my MJ-SZLC. Blocking seemed good and linear.

The main highlights were the feel and power reserve (both big improvements over a Viscaria).



Two important pointers if you do buy this blade:

  1. if you get this blade, please seal it. Nothing that I noticed but other users in the German forum had problems (though I assume that is only with very strong glues like BTY Free Chack or Donic Blue).
  2. Don't use soft rubbers with it (as it's 2 outer layers are spruce)


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Posted By: ashishsharmaait
Date Posted: 01/30/2015 at 6:31pm
Now only if someone can review the Vega Tour blade...I will be able to make up my mind.


Posted By: rusttt
Date Posted: 01/31/2015 at 9:10am
Originally posted by ashishsharmaait ashishsharmaait wrote:

Now only if someone can review the Vega Tour blade...I will be able to make up my mind.
I'll glue my tour and at least one of the Donic '89 blades (probably the Waldner) up this weekend.  Should be able to offer impressions next week.


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Posted By: rusttt
Date Posted: 01/31/2015 at 10:36am
Thanks for the inspiration Ashish.  Glued the Waldner and Vega Tour.  Waldner has Rhyzm and Airoc M and Tour has Rhyzm and P7.  

Just hitting solo, it feels like the Tour has more vibration, is a little slower and has a little more bite on the ball, but I'll give another update after using them in matches.




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Posted By: rusttt
Date Posted: 02/04/2015 at 4:38pm
Here are my thoughts on Vega Tour vs Waldner 89.

These are quite different blades.  The VT is definitely another step softer, a little slower and 5-10g lighter on the VP->VE->VT spectrum.  There is a lot of vibration on edge hits and a pretty distinct drop in speed towards the edge.  My example is only 77g which is much lighter than I usually play with so comparing to the 93g and significantly thicker W89 is really apples->oranges.  Comparing to its Vega brothers, the VT is my least favorite.  It does offer nice looping and control is decent, I just think the feel is mushier and the sweet spot is the smallest of the three. If you love explosive power, get the VP.  If you like linear response and good speed then the VE is your best option.  VT might appeal to Hinoki lovers, I don't know, this is my only Hinoki blade so I may not be the target audience.

The W89 on the other hand is stiffer and faster and has a bigger sweet spot.  I would compare this blade much more to the Basaltec series since the construction is similar apart from ZLC replacing Basalt fabric.  I've said in previous review comments that I always get good results with the Basaltec but stopped using it because of the muted feel.  The W89 feels nice and crisp, and offers both powerful smashes and nice loops.  Blocking is easy because of the good speed and huge sweet spot.  All my shots worked just like I'm used to with the VE with perhaps some added zip when flat hitting or smashing.

Anyway, Ashish, easy call for me, W89 over VT.


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Posted By: ashishsharmaait
Date Posted: 02/04/2015 at 6:42pm
Thanks....I guess there's no point going for either of these blades over a VE then.


Posted By: SmackDAT
Date Posted: 01/24/2016 at 7:26pm
Bump. Any more information on these blades?

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Posted By: Stavros
Date Posted: 03/05/2016 at 12:13pm
bump

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Posted By: ahsq
Date Posted: 03/08/2016 at 6:28pm
OP, what is your impression on the CarboSpeed with MX-P fh? 

have you tried Axelo with MX-P?




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Posted By: ahsq
Date Posted: 03/09/2016 at 10:01am
not really fatt, the good blocker/chopper i play with has the MX-P|Axelo|O5P setup. Identical in rubber except the blade. Mine is Vega Pro. I love my VP in control and kicks.

When he blocks my close/mid table topspin, the block is very fast. He tried my VP, which in my opinion isnt a good block blade due to thinness of 5.8mm. it is just not as quick.

When I compared his Axelo MX-P setup vs my VP MX-P setup the fh topspin speed is higher but the control is less due to dwell time is less. which makes total sense.


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Posted By: player87
Date Posted: 10/05/2016 at 2:13pm
any feedbacks on Waldner off and Appelgren all+ ?

what is the balance of them? head heaviness?


Posted By: kindof99
Date Posted: 12/26/2016 at 10:26am
Any particular rubbers that will fit these blades well? These blades look and feel so good, but it seems that no one really uses it for a long time.

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Posted By: Wolf
Date Posted: 12/26/2016 at 12:17pm
My friend recently played Jun Mizutani tenergy 64 . Then he bought the Waldner 89 ,but with a Tenergy he didn't like it . He sat down on the Joola Rhyzm P and much praises . Monster spin ! Necessary but use a maximum for the tires . Not too long ago got even Persson 89 and his word is that they are really very good knives with a large dose of forgiveness ,better than Jun Mizutani . It's just need to pair it with the right rubber . Personally, we played with this blade a few times , last month very often . Better works with the rubber of the maximum thickness . Blue Fire M1 , Xiom Omega III Euro , Rhyzm P if you put emphasis on spin . On the contrary, MXP 2.0 , Xiom Omega III 2.0 were incredibly fast , like a slingshot . The great art of keeping the ball on the table . For a large tolerance, forgiveness , great blocks and excellent control in the game, I found the Waldner 89 with Coppa X1 TP max on the front side and Coppa X1 TP 1.8 on the back side .



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Posted By: haggisv
Date Posted: 12/26/2016 at 11:14pm
Originally posted by kindof99 kindof99 wrote:

Any particular rubbers that will fit these blades well? These blades look and feel so good, but it seems that no one really uses it for a long time.

They are quite popular here, and quite a few people are using them. They do work best (IMO) with tensioned-type rubbers...Acuda (s2) & bluefire (m2/jp02) the more popular.


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Posted By: ronakvyas86
Date Posted: 01/26/2017 at 11:20pm
I'm currently using donic ovtcharov carbospeed with baracuda FH and spinlord keiler BH. I'm happy with it and I have absolutely zero issue with it being too powerful as I find faster blades easier to control than slow ones (weird, I know). But I miss woody feel in it, and a tiny amount of flex won't be a bad something. So, will persson world champion 89 be a good choice? Also, I loved JRE with MX-P, one of my old setups. Which one in waldner and persson wc89 is closest to JRE?

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Posted By: Uri
Date Posted: 03/31/2017 at 10:21am
Hi Guys,

I am thinking of buying the Waldner 89, with EL-S 2.1 on the forehand, and grass D.Tesc 1.6 on the backhand.

what do you think about the combination?

I play an allround/offensive game having a pimple out rubber on the backhand. I play with Tibhar force pro with Tibhar EL-S 2.1 on the forehand and dr.Neubauer Aggressor 1.5 on the backhand(medium pips). 






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