Timo Boll Spirit (Butterfly)

Great for the European looping style of play. The Timo Boll Spirit has a good balance of speed and control. An overwhelming choice by many Butterfly sponsored players.

Speed: 83
Control: 79
Weight: 89
Ply: 5W, 2A/C

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Average user rating from: 8 users

Overall rating		4.4
Speed (8 ratings)		4.5
Control (8 ratings)		4.1
Hardness (8 ratings)		3.9
Weight (8 ratings)		4.3
Build quality (8 ratings)		4.8
Value for money (7 ratings)		4.3

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful

Sunday, 21 March 2010

Written by U.K. Looper - Top 50 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating		4.0
Speed		4.5
Control		4.0
Hardness		4.5
Weight		4.5
Build quality		5.0
Value for money		3.0

This blade is best suited to very experienced players if you want to use it for looping. I've been playing for 10 years and I personally found it too fast to loop with as the dwell time is too short.

Butterfly market this blade as having a medium soft feeling, I belive, and being great for spinning, which is why I bought one. It feels hard rather than medium soft and it is difficult to spin the ball unless a fast stroke is played.

The weight of the blade with Butterfly Tenergy 05 1.9 on both sides was also way too heavy for me, over the table flicks were difficult.

In conclusion, I found the blade to be very powerful with too short a dwell time for me to grab the ball and do what I wanted to do, also very heavy with Tenergy.

Players that play at higher levels than me and have a fast swing may like it for the spin and power ratio.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Written by neversolis - Top 5 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating		4.0
Speed		5.0
Control		3.0
Hardness		4.0
Weight		5.0
Build quality		5.0

I can describe tiom boll spirit as PURE POWER!!!!! it is one of the heaviest feeling blades i ever feel. it is soooo good for looping, but you will have to have very proper strokes to use it good.

i tell you my experience with it using tenergy 05 on both sides

it feels very very hevay as i sed before. but for this, you are aable to make a lot of power speed and spin if you have good strokes. it is very easy to create very powerful smashes with this blade, espeically with agreat rubber like ten 05. It is somewhat harder to control with big strokes, because it is hard to keep a smooth stroke with such a heavy blade.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Written by Anonymous

Overall rating		5.0
Speed		4.5
Control		5.0
Hardness		4.5
Weight		5.0
Build quality		5.0
Value for money		5.0

Power of carbon, the feel of wood and the softness of arylate. Blend all of this together and you get an awesome blade good at everything concerning offensive shots. I disagree with teh_anarchit saying it's a thick blade, he must have picked the wrong blade, TBS are usually around 5.6 and 5.7mm thick, which is really thin, if he said it was thick, I think he'd find clipper unplayable in table tennis! Also, it is one of the most balanced blade in terms of weight, it's light and perfectly balanced. With a nice quality finish, this blade is sure awesome. Anyway, this blade has a lot of dwell time, and combined with the right rubbers, it really shows its full potential, such as tenergy 05, boost tc/ts/tx etc etc... If you want something faster and harder, you may want to try the michael maze blade, and if you want something faster with about the same dwell time (imo), go for the zylon version. If you want something a tad softer with more control and dwell time, go for the galaxy K-4, which is also half the price of the TBS.

Anyway, I don't consider this a beginner blade, until you've mastered all the basic offensive shots with control.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

Thursday, 19 March 2009

Written by philm87 - Top 50 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating		4.5
Speed		4.5
Control		4.5
Hardness		3.5
Weight		3.5
Build quality		5.0
Value for money		4.0

Absolute beauty of a blade. The first blade i've really wanted to stick with in 8 years of playing, not only because I paid

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

Saturday, 28 February 2009

Written by elmo51 - Top 5 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating		4.3
Speed		4.0
Control		4.0
Hardness		4.0
Weight		3.5
Build quality		4.0
Value for money		5.0

The butterfly timo boll spirit is a fast attacking blade , once you get used to it you can perfom all shots, but you have to give it some time especially in the short game, it is not a blade for beginners but can be really used by everyone else.. once you are used to it is one of the best blades out there although it is pricey. The Short game is ok cause you can flick, push, and chop the ball with ease but the main thing the spirit is good in is the offensive play.
It is very good for looping and has a good dwell time, hitting is also no problem at all.
Very good in controlled blocking , good for close to table an off the table play, superb blade!

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