I bought a donic epox offensiv as a replacement for my xiom aria which i consider a very good blade but due to its small handle and my big hands i choose donic epox offensiv. my first impression on the blade is that the quality is very good and the finish is like that of the donic black devil, a colored outer layer of the entire blade and the blade looks very cool too. the handle is very comfortable and the edges on the neck part of the blade is not as sharp like that of a stiga blade. when i bounced the ball it has a nice ping sound. i was unfortunate that i couldnt find an 85 gram epox offensive so i settled with a 92 gram blade based on the digital weighing scale in the store.
I glued my neo skyline 3 black for my forehand and lkt rapid soft for the backhand and it feels a little heavy though the blade is still quite balanced. i immediately did a fh to fh drill and i really feel comfortable with the blade since there is a bit of vibration in the blade which i really like. the speed of this blade is definitely faster than a stiga offensive classic blade but less than that of a clipper wood. a friend of mine told me that he can compare the speed of the donic epox offensive to that of a btty mazunov blade which i consider fast enough.
i am enjoying the blade in my first 2 days of playing it since the only fault i can find is that being heavy. its not head heavy even with 2 chinese rubbers. looping is easy and the best thing i can do for this blade is its easy to do on-the-rise spin drives against heavy underspin balls. this blade has many gears and you can perform a lot of styles with it. the control is really good even though its fast, the speed is more or less OFF.
i recommend this blade to people who love an all wood blade with a decent amount of speed but with lots of control and feel. even pips out rubbers are good for this blade