Soulspin Roots 9 Z-Carbon Speed

It is a great blade. After some years looking for a suitable blade, I tried the Soulspin Z carbon speed, asking the manufacturer to increase the outer spruce layer by 4 mm and decrease kiri inner layer accordingly. Also, made backhand side innerforce layer, placing the Z carbon layer below first kiri layer. The result is amazing. I have not seen this combination of speed and control at the same time. The quality of my game increased immediately, which I did not expect only due to material. The composition of my blade is the following: Spruce 1,0mm Z-Carbon Kiri 0,8mm Kiri 2,0mm Z-Carbon Kiri 0,8mm Spruce 1,0mm

This blade was a replacement of my BTY Jun Mizutani SZLC. It is lighter (with the handles and size I chose it is 75g only), faster and very precise. My rubbers are quite heavy (DHS, GoldArc 8, max, fh 47.5°, bh 50°) and in this combination the racket weight is perfect. The blade is very hard, but yet has the Zylon-Carbon feeling (ZLC) which I personally like a lot. The vibration feedback is decent but sufficient when you play frequently enough. The speed is amazing with quite a low arc. Since the DHS Gold Arcs have a late but powerful catapult, push and short play are not hard to manage, spin and shots are just fun. The surface should be sealed before gluing. Soulspin suggests kind of a hard-oil which did the job without removing elasticity from the surface. Playing this blade for half year now and have no feeling of trying anything else. Definitely recommended!