Butterfly 8258 Brian Pace Table Tennis Racket

Honestly after using a real custom made paddle (Donic Waldner Senso Carbon Blade with Butterfly Tempest rubber), the Brian Pace is not a good paddle at all. The difference is huge, hitting the ball with the Donic is just completely different.

I love it. out of luck this was the first paddle i ve ever own and now that i played with it for a lot i don t think i would have been happy with any other paddle

Best racket for the money, went from winning 60% of matches to 90% of matches against the same people. Great accuracy, good spin, started hitting my spots better the first time I played with it.

The Butterfly Brian Pace racket is overall a good racket. I am a slice defensive player and this is a good racket for defense. If you are a player that uses excessive spin you should probably not purchase this racket, though. It does not get much spin. Overall it is a solid racket for beginner to intermediate players and is a good racket for the money.

This is a very average blade and I just found this out when I got to try out my instructors m. maze carbon butterfly racquet. It made this one feel ridicously weak. The pace raquet is a good one for beginners, but now I feel like I have to put all my energy into hitting the shots when the carbon one just zooms the ball back with just a tap. Once you get to playing ranked players, it might be a good idea to switch to one with better 'feel'.

The racket may be suited for beginners, but if you are even an average player dont look at buying this. The blade is thin, and the Stayer Rubber ain't that fast. Not something what I was looking for.

I selected the Brian Pace model becasue from its description I thought it would best suit the type of game I seem to be developing: a spin-oriented strategy that incorporates hard smashes only when they get handed to me. I use a lot of topspin and loop shots, along with the occasional backspin dropshot. This racket seems to suit that style very well. The ball gets a lot of bite on the rubber and the sweet spot seems large. It's also very well made, especially considering its modest $40 cost. A good value, and I'm very pleased with it.