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External Review for Donic Cayman on March 19, 2019

Very similar to Dr. N Firewall Plus, slightly smaller
head, not quite so thick, slightly faster with the same rubbers.

Rather light thick balsa blade, makes sense mostly with pips.
With very slow long pips in OX,
the blocks go fast, low, and the spin is well reversed.
Likely hard to loop from the FH side - counters and blocks are fine but
if you are late to the ball and it starts descending and you
want to topspin it over the net, you'll likely have a hard time -
low dwell time, bouncy balsa.
Tried only classical (non-tensioned) Short Pips on the FH;
with it control on pushes and serve return is OK, and
smahes are good.

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External Review for Donic Cayman on March 29, 2014

I've been using this blade for years with 1.5 Donic Akkadi Taichi on the forehand and 1.2 Piranjatec on the backhand. An excellent combination on this very light blade. Flat hiting and and blocking are excellent on this blade but I can't comment on looping or chopping as I don't do these shots. The blade being balsa is very light and pretty fragile so you have to be very careful with it at all times. Control can vary with some shots because of the lightness of the blade so I'm thinking of upgrading the Akkadi Taichi from 1.5 to 1.8 mm. I don't think it will upset the balance.

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External Review for Donic Cayman on September 27, 2013

Good light blade. Due to the hardness of the outer layers, it has almost no feel at all. Better paired with soft sponge rubber. I had hard sponge rubber on it and keeping the ball under control was challenging.

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External Review for Donic Cayman on September 12, 2012

Used this with Donic Vario Soft & Mach 1 rubber, this blade is faster than advertised with great control. This blade can loop well with soft rubber and counters fast. Worth a try as backup blade.

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External Review for Donic Cayman on September 4, 2012

Got this as my first "real" blade. Its very delicate since the inside is made out of cork and uber light. No vibration, very soft feel. I don't like this blade since I don't feel that i hit the sweet spot often and its just way too soft for a counter hitter like me.

Speed: ALL
Control: high

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External Review for Donic Cayman on June 3, 2012

Stiff light blade, the best blade I tried for pimple. Good control, ALL+ speed, good hiting but not really good for looping, it's better to use soft rubber

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External Review for Donic Cayman on October 6, 2011

Super light, stiff allrounder, as proclaimed works well with long pimples !

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External Review for Donic Cayman on August 16, 2011

good stuff! this is how the blade plays:

blocking/flat hitting: this thing blocks and flat hits extremely well - especially when near the table. Many times it'll surprise the opponent because the ball gets returned before they can recover from their stroke

looping: I found it a bit tough to produce some spinny loops. So far I've been experimenting with a bunch of different rubbers and it seems a medium sponge has been working the best

chopping: not the greatest for chopping because the blade lacks feel. Like for looping, medium rubbers seemed to work best for me.

A very good blade for the full-offensive player, but a finesse-oriented player should look elsewhere.

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Review by asterisk (Verified Customer) for Donic Cayman on November 2, 2010

Fantastic blade! Love everything about it! Super light, balance is in the middle (not top heavy), feel of the ball is excellent! My first Balsa and favorite blade so far. I'm all-rounder.

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