Desto F3 (Donic)

The F3 has the added special touch of FORMULA DONIC. It is somewhat faster than the other known spin elastic rubber sheets. It’s softness and the sound of freshly glued rubber supports and harmonizes with a special touch and ball control.Players who never used speed glue before, we advise to start with the 1.8 mm of FORMULA DONIC. The new FORMULA DONIC offers playing excitement for all. DESTO 3 was made especially soft for the extra ball control and touch. Therefore do not use any kind of speed glue with this product. Removing the rubber sheet from the blade may cause the sponge to be damaged. DONIC does not offer any kind of warranty for damaged because of removal!

Speed: 85
Spin: 95
Control: 72

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Average user rating from: 4 users

Overall rating		3.7
Speed (4 ratings)		3.6
General spin (4 ratings)		4.3
Mechanical spin (4 ratings)		4.5
Topsheet spin (4 ratings)		3.8
Sponge hardness (4 ratings)		2.0
Topsheet hardness (3 ratings)		2.0
High throw angle (3 ratings)		3.5
Weight (3 ratings)		2.3
Speed glue effect: feel (1 rating)		4.5
Speed glue effect: sound (3 ratings)		5.0
Control (4 ratings)		3.6
Durability (3 ratings)		3.0
Serve (2 ratings)		3.3
Short game (2 ratings)		3.0
Flip (Flick) (2 ratings)		3.0
Over the table loop (3 ratings)		3.8
High arc loop (2 ratings)		4.0
Counterloop (2 ratings)		3.3
Smash (3 ratings)		4.0
Block (3 ratings)		3.2
Chop (2 ratings)		2.8
Value for money (4 ratings)		3.5

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Saturday, 03 January 2009

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

Overall rating		4.3
Speed		3.5
General spin		4.5
Mechanical spin		4.5
Topsheet spin		4.5
Sponge hardness		2.5
Speed glue effect: sound		5.0
Control		3.5
Over the table loop		4.5
Smash		4.0
Block		4.0
Value for money		4.0

The desto f3 is a very good rubber, it has potential for alround but also for offensive players, the best thing about it is it spin, this is really very good, also the control is awsome, hitting is ok although it misses some speed,blocking is no problem also.
A great rubber for spinners in my opinion if u use it on an off frame,

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

Tuesday, 04 November 2008

Written by t3h anarchist - #1 reviewer - View all my reviews

Overall rating		3.9
Speed		4.0
General spin		4.5
Mechanical spin		4.5
Topsheet spin		4.0
Sponge hardness		2.0
Topsheet hardness		2.5
High throw angle		3.5
Weight		2.5
Speed glue effect: sound		5.0
Control		3.0
Durability		3.0
Serve		4.0
Short game		4.0
Flip (Flick)		3.0
Over the table loop		4.0
High arc loop		4.0
Counterloop		4.0
Smash		4.5
Block		3.5
Chop		3.5
Value for money		3.5

Donic Desto F3 is a pretty good rubber for the intermediate offensive player. It has really good control, but yet you can still make some fast spinny shots.

One notable characteristic is the awesome sound of smashes and loops. It has an awesome clicking sound when you play with it. You can make some pretty intimidating smashes and loops :)!

I really liked it on my backhand. You can use it to do a small stroke, swift counterloop thats loaded with spin. Its also great for blocking, thought its hard to control.

The durability is average, the rubber seems to tear pretty easily, but it won't affect your game too much. Maybe this rubber is good for you!

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

Monday, 03 November 2008

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

Overall rating		3.2
Speed		3.5
General spin		4.0
Mechanical spin		4.0
Topsheet spin		3.0
Sponge hardness		1.5
Topsheet hardness		1.5
High throw angle		4.0
Weight		2.5
Speed glue effect: feel		4.5
Speed glue effect: sound		5.0
Control		4.0
Durability		2.0
Serve		2.5
Short game		2.0
Flip (Flick)		3.0
Over the table loop		3.0
High arc loop		4.0
Counterloop		2.5
Smash		3.5
Block		2.0
Chop		2.0
Value for money		3.0

If you want a rubber that will give you a real glue feel and sound, this is what you are looking for. Donic's Desto F3 is one of the loudest clicking rubber in existence. The ultra soft sponge also help magnifies the speed glue feel compared to harder sponge tensors, but the soft sponge also makes it more bouncier in the short game.

Looping is very easy with this rubber, it sinks in nicely and allows good dwell time. But when counter looping, the rubber bottoms out too quickly, thus making it less stable. Looping backspin balls is a breeze due to its high throw angle.

Everything is too fragile here though, so the durability of F3 really lacks something to be desired. The price also went up from $25 to $37 in 6 months, so there are better options out there now.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

Thursday, 06 March 2008

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

Overall rating		4.0
Speed		3.5
General spin		4.0
Mechanical spin		5.0
Topsheet spin		3.5
Sponge hardness		2.0
Topsheet hardness		2.0
High throw angle		3.0
Weight		2.0
Control		4.0
Durability		4.0
Value for money		3.5

This rubber is a tensor rubber with a soft sponge and a soft top sheet. I've been using this rubber on my backhand since I started playing seriously. We'll call that for 5 years (probably more like 10 off and on). I've tried a few other rubbers, but keep coming back.

Works well for looping close to the table. Ok at mid-distance, but not enough speed to put away point with a loop. Too soft for power smashing, but good enough on an offensive blade by hitting down to the blade. Too slow for looping long distance, but this might be my technique. Good control on blocks can get a lot of topspin on blocks against loops. Great on flipping has lots of dwell to place the ball, then the ball jumps off. A bit bouncy on pushes, but not terrible.

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