- large sweet spot
- has to have gud vibrations on hit so that i can feel the ball
- relatively long dwell time
- faster than my korbel
- flexible
Im mainly looking for my first carbon blade but allb wood is also fine as long as it can meet the requirements.
I took the same road and ended up playing my Primorac again, but let me try to narrow down your choices.
The "large sweet spot" and "flexible" somewhat contradict one another, as a stiffer blade tends to offer a larger sweet spot and a more flexible blade tends to have a smaller one. One thing carbon fibers are good at is adding what you call a larger sweet spot, so...
I would recommend;
an inner layer blade (carbon for bigger sweet spot and still more flexible than outer layer carbon blades)
with soft outer wood (longer dwell time, e.g. limba)
Something you should determine is, what kind of carbon you like. Some players love Zylon others hate it and like Arylate more. A good rule of thumb here AFAIK is: Arylate feels more carbony but is more forgiving (longer dwell time) and Zylon feels less carbony but if less forgiving (less dwell-time and more catapult effect). There are other carbon fibres, but you'd have to look into them yourself.
So some carbon blades could be:
BTY Timo Boll ZLF (outer layer, but pretty thin and somewhat soft)
BTY Harimoto ALC
BTY Innferforce ALC
If you wanna try all wood first, try some thinner 7-ply blades, such as
DHS Power G7 (really good blade, but only a small step-up)
DHS Hurricane Long 3 (all wood, very similar to the PowerG7, but much more expensive and good bit faster)
Stiga Clipper (only tested it for a couple of sessions, but really stiff in comparison, but still soft due to the limba wood)
there are plenty of options, but the most important advice I can give you is:
a) don't change equipment too often
and b) if you change equipment, try or borrow a friend's racket and have a go with it before you buy one.
cheers