Comment from Forum Member 'Taffer' About the Y&T 989D
I bought the Y+T 989D (from Paddle Palace) and received it last week. So far it looks great. It certainly does loops....unless your definition of a loop is different from mine. I am able to set it so that the ball comes in with a ton of topspin (at a fairly slow speed) and when it hits the table it "flies" off at a rapid speed and low angle (just like playing against a looper).It also does quite a strong underspin (backspin?)...where if you set the top wheel to 0 and the bottom wheel to 8 or 9, the ball literally "floats" across the net and 90% of my returns go into the net. It cannot do the praktismate's "bouncing back over the net trick" (as far as i can tell...i have limited experience with the set up...and the instructions give you zero advice how to tune it). Unlike the praktissmate, the wheels only rotate 90 degrees and not all the way 180 degrees, so that limits the spins you can do with the 989D, but for my purposes, it is quite satisfactory.
One advantage over the Praktismate is that the 989D does not clamp to the table and that it's very easy to set up. Also, it's cheaper with free shipping and comes with 144 balls.
