Explanation
DONIC is a slightly minor manufacturer in Japan, but Swedish genius Jan-Ove Waldner, Jorgen Persson, and until last year, Dimitrij Ovtcharov. It will be the manufacturer that the player has contracted. Ovcharov is a close friend and rival of Jun Mizutani! Recently, I imagine that it is a manufacturer that has been picked up by You Tuber “Goblinzu” in Kansai and is receiving a lot of attention. Goblin’s recommendation seems to be the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo.
DONIC with the name Blue
・ 5 types of Blue Grip (adhesive rubber)
・ 7 types of Blue Storm
・ 9 types of Blue Fire
・ 4 types of Acuda Blue
Yu-san of the World Table Tennis Kingdom also has multiple types, so I have listed a video that outlines it.
The blue fire that I tried this time will be a rotating rubber. It seems that the speed rubber will be Bluestorm, and the stable rubber will be Acousticable. I have already mentioned the trial hit review of the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo, but the rubber that katsuo000 likes the most among the blue rubbers is this Blue Fire M1 Turbo. !! Let’s start the review immediately.
Published performance value
To be honest, I don’t think it’s a good idea to use the Blue Fire M1 Turbo from the announced performance. Blue Grip is better for rotation performance, and Blue Storm is better for speed performance. In addition, in the manufacturer’s explanation, it is written as follows.
Innovative DONIC. Because it is "blue", it comes out.
The "Blue Fire M1 Turbo" that uses a 50 degree hard sponge is a rubber that breaks through the opponent's wall by further amplifying the power of the attacking player who uses smash and blow power drive as the score source. It is the best blue fire to send to the one-shot deadly power hitter.After reading this explanation, I was able to imagine that it was a spin-type tension rubber that was hard and had rotational performance. In fact, the Blue Fire M1 Turbo was a heavier and much harder rubber than the Blue Fire JP01 Turbo and Blue Storm Z1 Turbo. Similar rubbers from other manufacturers include Tenergy 05 Hard, Rhyzer Pro 50, Evolution MX-P, Omega VII Pro, etc. I think you can give it.
Blue Fire M1 turbo sticking and weight
Blue Fire M1 Turbo ・Sponge Thickness: 1.8 mm, 2.0 mm, MAX+ ・Speed: 10++ ・Spin: 10+++ ・Control: 6 ・Sponge stiffness: 50° ・Open price ・73 g (before cut) → 53 g (after cut)
It’s heavy. Compared to other Blue Fire JP01 turbos and Blue Storm Z1 turbos, it is overwhelmingly heavy at this point. Both the JP01 turbo and the Brust Z1 turbo weighed less than 50 g.
Three features of Blue Fire M1 Turbo
To be honest, I didn’t feel the same rotation performance as the Blue Storm Z1 Turbo! Overwhelmingly, the Blue Fire M1 Turbo hit a ball with a higher amount of rotation!
The hardest and most rotating rubber in blue! The weight of the drive is also No. 1 in blue!
Serve, push, Drive, Chiquita and rotating technology were able to hold the ball firmly, and it was very nice to have a sense of stability and power with the arc line as imagined when it was rotated! The katsuo000 likes the spin-type tension rubber, which is hard and often rotates, but the Blue Fire M1 turbo was a very good feeling. I think the rubbers that I think are similar are Tenergy 05 Hard, Riser Pro 50, Evolution MX-P 50 ° (Evolution MX-P 50 °), etc. Also, the weight of the drive of the Blue Fire M1 Turbo was heavyweight! For example, the loop drive of the Blue Storm Z1 turbo had a low arc line, but it was easy to eat the counter when it floated a little, but the Blue Fire M turbo was able to induce a considerable over-miss of the counter depending on the amount of rotation.
Even though it is hard, it is easy to handle even in the back!
The rubber with DONIC’s blue name was a very easy-to-use rubber with no strange habits as a whole. Therefore, it felt good when used in the back, and it was easy to use high-quality loop drive and speed-type chiquita. I think there are some differences due to the heat and individual differences, but one of the characteristics of DONIC’s rubber is that it has few habits and is easy to handle, so I felt it was a good feeling. The blue fire M1 turbo has a hard sponge, and I want more speed than rotation! If so, I recommend the soft Blue Fire M1 and M2, and the Blue Fire JP01 with a high arch line, and with the Blue Storm Z1, I think that the ball can be released quickly and a fast drive is easy to hit and stable.
It is not easily affected by rotation! You can also go to the counter power drive! ??
Spin tension rubber is easily affected by the rotation of the other party, but this Blue Fire M1 turbo was not affected by rotation more than I imagined, probably because the sponge is hard and the seat has a core! Not only was the block easy to do, but the counter drive was also pretty easy to do! It felt pretty good! Tenergy rubber has high rotation performance, but there are some parts that are easily affected by rotation. In recent years, katsuo000 has been looking for a rubber that has high rotation performance and is not affected by rotation. I thought it would be possible to evaluate it in the same way as Dignics, which has similar characteristics! However, when compared with Dignics, I felt that the amount of rotation and speed performance were low. Still, for katsuo000, it was a rubber that I wanted to use in the game more than Tenergy!
Each technics review
Forehand
Light hit
I feel the hardness of the sponge. I’m not good at rubber that is too soft, so I personally felt that it was a good shot.
Drive on long balls and rallies
It was very easy to hit. I was able to grip the ball firmly and it was easy to hit. I think it is a sheet that often holds 05 series balls.
Drive with open face
I felt that it hit the racket board a little faster. I felt the same way with Evolution MX-P. Monster rubber and Tenergy have little or no feeling of hitting the racket board. I feel that Tenergy is very high performance in a drive with an open surface or a drive that rotates while hitting.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
Since the sponge is hard, it was easy to do top spin drive that can be caught only by the sheet, and it was really easy to do topspin loop drive. This is a weapon!
Speed drive against back spin
It was a little difficult to speed drive because it was easy to do loop drive. When I let it bite in, I felt that it reached the racket board earlier than I felt, and I played it, and the amount of rotation did not come out more than I expected. I think I can hit it if I get used to it, but I felt that it needed to be corrected.
Curve / shoot drive
Since there is a certain amount of rotation, it will bend as you wish.
Block
It was easy to do! It was surprising, but it was easy to do because it was not affected by rotation even though it was a rotating rubber.
Counter drive
I felt that this was also easy to do because it was not easily affected by rotation!
Stop
It was a little difficult to cut, I got a good enough low quality stop.
Push
Push is also low and easy to settle.
Serve
It was a good feeling to have a heavy serve. However, if the rubber deteriorated, it seemed to become lighter.
Backhand
Light hit
The back is a little hard to hit.
Drive on long balls and rallies
It was easier than I expected. I think it’s because the ball doesn’t come off quickly and the ball has a good hold. I think that it is easy to do because it is very stable because it can be rotated firmly.
Loop (top spin) drive against back spin
This was also easy to do. In addition, I think that it was a loop drive that can aim for a score with abundant rotation amount.
Speed drive against back spin
On the contrary, this was quite difficult. You need practice.
Curve / shoot drive
It was bent to some extent because of the amount of rotation.
Block
It was easy to do!
Counter drive
I can hardly do counter drive in the back, but I felt like trying this rubber. Actually, I was surprised to get one or two balls when I was practicing the system!
Stop
It was a good impression to be able to put it in at the minimum low. I think it’s good to bite in the hot summer season, but I think it’s good that it’s low and easy to hold.
Push
It was difficult to cut, but it was easy to do low and short Tsuttsuki like Tenergy 05 Hard.
Chiquita
Both speed chiquita and horizontal rotation chiquita were easy to do as you imagined! There was a sense of stability because it took a lot of rotation.
Comparison with other rubbers (personal impressions)
Max spin amount
Tenergy 05 Hard ＞ Blue FIre M1 Turbo ＞ Blue Fire JP01 Turbo ＞ Blue Storm Z1 Turbo
Speed
Blue Storm Z1 Turbo ＞ Tenergy 80 ＞ Blue Fire M1 Turbo ＞ Tenergy 05 Hard