both of each racket costs around Rm150 la....

hi everybody..... i need a suggestion on new racket. Im planning to buy new 1. Im beginner -> intermediate player. Always play double and hard hitting 1.

FYI, this is going the 1st time im buy a racket, coz b4 this im using my father racket, the ancient & old ver Carbonex & a cheap Yonex for beginer (heavy 1). So, i didnt know anything about the new racket, light head, heavy head, and so on....

So, my budget is around RM200, and i found a list from our LYN member that could sell many choice of racket for that amount. Im planning to buy in this week.

So, can anybody suggest me a new racket?

Yonex, go for Armotec Series (made in taiwan sub Rm200), Muscle Power, Cab.
Apacs Fleet Carlton Protech Impact Pro Ace, plenty to choose.

Best is borrow from friend & try on court, see which type (head heavy,even balanced, head light) racket suits you most.

How about nanospeed 500 or 800???? one of my friend suggest that...

actually its hard for me to find a shop at Shah Alam to try some.

Or anybody know where shop that selling lots of YONEX rackets?

I neva try these racket b4, i would say they towards even balance to head light. Measure the length whether is 664 or 674mm where 674mm consider as "Long".

Nearest is Puchong Bandar Puteri (Giant Hypermarket) near MBA badminton hall. Shop is AJ Mart. Or Klang Centerpoint shopping mall , there's a Yonex shop at 1st flr.

i think tomorrow maybe will go to AJ Mart, as suggest of my friend. Try to look out over there.

thx ya....

nanospeed 500 user here, it is a quite well balanced racket, not too light not heavy also, consider quite good for beginner -> intermediate player like me also, as a RM150++ racket, I give it 75-80 marks over 100. . . for your budget, you got choice for yonex NC tuff 8 / NC tuff 9 / Armortec 30 / Armortec 50 / Armortec 150 also. . .

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This post has been edited by ravemaster222003: Jun 16 2009, 01:27 AM

Hi,

THere's this new shuttlecock from PRINCE brand. They have 3 categories of shuttles; Classic Silver, Classic Gold and another one (cant remember the name).

Review:

Classic Silver is as good as RSL No 1; Price difference RM46.00(PRINCE), RM50.00(RSL)
Classic Gold is as good as Protech Platinum; Price difference RM59.00(PRINCE), RM60++(PROTECH)
Another category, sorry I cant rember coz i tot its quite expensive and not worth the value so i didnt pay much attention to this.

You can try out this new product. Tried & tested by former BAM players

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Added on June 17, 2009, 1:13 amHi,

Just my personal opinion, frm experience & my so-many-racquets to compare frm.

If u want to know whether the head is heavy or not, u look at the flex as guide. If flex is high/stiff, meaning the head is heavy. If the flex is medium meaning its weight is balanced. Soft flex usually means the head is light.

Actually the better way to determine a good racquet is a racquet that can compliment your skill & physical status rather than using certain racquet for either single player or doubles player. There's no restriction to it.

e.g. If u have really strong arms u ought to use a heavy racquet such as Amortec 700 (used formerly by Lin Dan) or Amortec 900Power (Chong Wei). As for the doubles players, racquets such Ti10 which have a stiff shaft(flex) are used because in a doubles game, fast & attacking play is the usual strategy to win.

Hope it helps..


This post has been edited by siajolene: Jun 17 2009, 01:13 AM

the bold part is misleading
flex is the stiffness of the shaft not the head

hard hitter should use flexible as the shaft will bend insted of crack'n'break while soft style should take stiff or medium as they have a very lowerr chance to crack'n'break the shaft.

oh, of cos.. its true that flex refers to the shaft stiffness but what i'm implying is that the stiffness of the racquet will affect your hand feel whether the head is heavy or not.

meni meni misleading statement =( ns9000x and ns9900 is extra stiff but i don think the head will be heavu >.<.. as for hard hitter, choosing a stiff racquet will be better as the energy will be fully transfered to the racquet swing

I'm looking for a racquet for around rm 200+..
Been using this racquet for 10 years +.. It's time to change..
I was thinking about getting the Wilson K Blade.... Any comment?

Anyone in Indonesia now? tempting to get Taufik hidayat line shirt......

hi all, wanna get some comment from u guys.
is Apacs Furious 767 good ?
i see its quite cheap and gets a good review from dinkalot from badminton central.
isit worth it, and how much is the market price now?
i see here: http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=1018720&hl=apacs

Im currently using Blade. This is my 3rd racket but ive never own Yonex before, so i cant compare it with Yonex. Previously i was using NCode 8000 and i like the racket but my GF like it more So, i decided to get another racket from Wilson and somehow give Blade a try. It's kinda hard to master this racket for somebody who's used to NCode 8000 cause NCode is more off for defensive player while Blade is all around. A bit heavy head but once u master it, it goes well.

Just my 2 cents.

where can get Prince shuttle?

I got it at the a Sports shop at kelana jaya. Tehy have branch at Ara Courts, Kayu Ara. If u need, i can PM u the sellers contact no.

for those interested to buy a racket.. can see my signature... want to let go my racket...