Name: Timo Boll W5
Brand: Butterfly
SKU: 29-racket
Price: 7.500 JPY
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 7.64 (14 reviews)

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Everyone's rating

[Hardness] Little soft
[Performance] Control and Spin are excellent.

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Averages reviews points

Evaluation: 7.64 / 10

Number of review: 14

Speed: 6.43
Spin: 7.29
Control: 8.14

: Reviews of Timo Boll W5. Players who use Racket evaluate various points such as hardness, momentum, weight, item by item to worry, and feel at impact thoroughly.(Page 2)

Specifications

Producer: Butterfly

Product code: 36361

Speed: Mid-Fast

Touch: soft

Size: 150mm

Weight: 86g

Material: 5 sheets

Thickness: 5.8mm

Players use Timo Boll W5

PRIVALOVA Alexandra

Customer Reviews SummaryAI Summary

This racket receives high ratings as a versatile racket for beginners to intermediate players, with stability and ease of use being common advantages. Conversely, many opinions indicate that advanced players find it lacking in attack power and speed, showing distinct evaluation differences depending on skill level.

■ Frequently Mentioned Points

Suitable for beginners to intermediate players with high stability
Despite 5-ply construction, provides good bounce and balance
Soft hitting feel that pairs well with various rubber types
Excellent rotational performance with stable serves and drives
Lacks sufficient attack power and speed for advanced players

■ Representative Voices

▲ PositiveLight and easy to swing with solid bounce for a 5-ply construction, delivering impressive drive power. Especially great for serves, and even beginners can achieve stable play.

▽ CriticalAdvanced players may find it lacking in one-shot attack power and strong speed potential, requiring an upgrade to higher-performance models for serious competition.

User reviews

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Potato-kun. (Experience: １１〜２０ years) For beginners, kids, and women…

It's well balanced, so I'd recommend it to beginners and the like.
My daughter is currently using it, and her overhits and small mistakes, like on pushes, have gone down, so she's able to play more consistently in matches now.

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2015/06/14

Overall	7/10
Speed	5
Spin	5
Control	8
Touch	4

Recommended rubber (Forehand) Roundell

Recommended rubber (Backhand) Rakza 7 Soft

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Vega (Experience: ２〜３ years) Recommended for beginner to intermediate!

I'm using this together with this rubber right now, and I think it's excellent in both spin and speed.
The topspin drive is nice and stable, of course, and the serve has real sharpness too.
If I had to point out a downside, the feel is soft, so opinions on that will be split, and
the power on a single big shot (smash or topspin drive) isn't all that strong, which I think is a bit of a drawback.
Given that, once you reach an advanced level you might find it lacking, and
at that point, switching to something like the Timo Boll ALC would probably be a good move.
But as the title says, it's really good for beginner to intermediate players, so
if you're currently torn about which blade to get, I'd definitely recommend trying this one!

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2015/05/16

Overall	7/10
Speed	7
Spin	8
Control	7
Touch	4

Recommended rubber (Forehand) Ventus Spin

Recommended rubber (Backhand) Roundell

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Karetan

Spin-oriented, and even though it's a 5-ply blade, it still produces plenty of speed, so it's easy to use.
The material is on the softer side, so it pairs nicely with harder rubber.
The feel is soft, so it seems like the kind of blade people will either love or hate.

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2015/02/05

Overall	7/10
Speed	7
Spin	9
Control	9
Touch	5

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Matsuken fan (Experience: ２〜３ years) Amazing‼

I've been using this quite a bit and it's really good.
I care more about spin than speed, so I like it a lot.

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2014/11/22

Overall	10/10
Speed	5
Spin	10
Control	8
Touch	10

Recommended rubber (Forehand) Vega Japan

Recommended rubber (Backhand) HAMMOND

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~ Tatsuya ~ (Experience: ４〜５ years) A rubber that suits the Timo Boll W5

Right now I'm using Fly ATT Hard on my forehand and Fastarc G1 on my backhand, and I want to know if it's actually a good match for the W5. That said, I do want to keep using Fly ATT Hard on my forehand, so if I paired it with Tenergy 05 or 64 instead, I'd like to know what combination would work well. I'm worried whether Tenergy can return low receives the way Fastarc G1 can.
Please let me know.

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2014/03/27