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.

any opinion about yonex nanospeed 800 and its price and shop that selling it? need suggestion..thanks...new here..

I have tried 2 lower ends Yonex (made in Taiwan), Nanospeed 500 and 800.
They are real good rackets and selling below 200.
Nanospeed 500 is more flexible and a bit lighter whereas Nanospeed 800 is a bit heavier and stiff.
If you have good swing speed and wrist power, try Nanospeed 800, it's really excellent...

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Added on November 23, 2009, 11:14 pm

Try Nanospeed 800, it's stiff and more balanced compared to AT 70MG, which is too head heavy for me....hehe....just my 2 cents

thanks for the input, bought a cloned arc saber z slash (apacs) + bg80 @ 27lbs few week ago and straight away fell in love on that cheap racket. simply wonderful, smashing is good, sound hmm just a bit lacking.
sawadikap, that arc 7 tou rai kap ?
haih sad case bro...  old boat condemn liou so no more offshore bashing session liou.. anyway there's a ongoing new boat mia project hehehe hopefully can source for a v8 or v10 lorry engine by this year.
btw send my regards to those plabuks at BSR, miss those buggers
hmmm i already have a AT70MG, whacking power is good but when it comes to defense and maneuverability compared with my apacs .. aduh

IMO,bg66 putus only if you play really offensive
mine lasts around 3 months like dat if i play 2-3 times a month
24-25 got the nicest feeling

bg65 also not bad... but the feel not very nice

Armortec series are all head heavy, so definitely will affect the maneuverability, unless your wrist is real strong....not sure about AT150 and AT250 though....but quite a number of people have AT250....

Yonex AT150 and 250 are the older low-end Armortec series that Yonex produced and AT30, AT50 and AT70 are the newer generations, which means they have newer technologies(or at least Yonex claims they have  ).
So if you are comparing them, you have to compare A150 with AT250, and you can compare among AT30, AT50 and AT70.

For the differences between AT30, AT50 and AT70, take a look here:
http://www.yonex.com/badminton/racquets/armortec.html

See the differences in the technology feature and also the shaft stiffness for the 3 rackets above.
For example, AT70 has Mega G2 Frame technology and it's a medium stiff racket.

As of AT150 and AT250, AT250 is longer by 1 cm and it's also a stiffer racquet.

Hope it helps  .

I once strung my AT700 at 23lbs with BG66 only. And it snapped right away after 3-4 smashes. Depends on your luck I guess. But I still love BG66. Affordable nice feeling string.

I don't think its the racket problem. It feels fine even do this incident is about a year++ now. Probably broken gourmets of something.

Umm. Try to restring brand new BG66 on your racket. Ask someone to feed high balls to you. Keep smashing as hard as you can. I can bet it will snap less than 15-20 minutes time.

U guys no need fight la.. The answer is here.

Using Yonex Bg66 easy snap the reason u too excited or anxious to hit the shuttle then hit the frame inside side gourmets then 99.99% will snaps.

How to check if u really hit the side frame: Try look closer the frame and u will notice the "Shuttlecock Paint" on your frame which is the area u snap.
There will u get the answer.

Well if say string job problem then will on the spot snap on the machine. Strings are usually very sensitive.So it is players problem when snap. I ever see my customer just string then bring to court then 1st hit shuttle on the spot snap.Wat he can do?blame him self lo. Well this case it is just small matter.

If u say after u string up then go court then 1st hit then racket "crack" on the spot then it is the stringer problem.

Patiently play then everything go smooth.Unless ur string none tension or can say got "Bulu liau" then ready to change anytime.

Well now all racket are graphite.If the string contact on the graphite it can say nth de. As i stat early ago if really want snap, it snap on the spot on the machine.

If u say those Alloy racket then grommets are very important to turn it or change.

Another important part when u see stringer pull the string and u found the string like stuck and they still insist to pull then in the end the string can snap very easy also.But this case seldom ba. Mostly player hit wrg part then snap..

i using Apac Nano Power 900 with BG66 string to 27lbs. So sweet the feel. Smash comes alive, net control much nicer, drives much faster n accurate. And strings havent putus yet after like 8+ sessions 2hrs on court each. Everything everyshot i play now is much much nicer. 

Lost my Yonex World Champ 40 yesterday after a year serving me. I put it on top of the car, then forgot to take it in straight drive, the shoes dropped off. Then realized and came back to the scene the guard there said a person with motocycle picked it up already. Altho its not expensive but it has served me well this year.

Went to Pertama to get a new shoes today, after looking around at last I didnt get badminton shoes, I got myself Umbro Varsity futsal shoes for RM69 haha. Poor man poor man.

Restring my AT700 with bg80 25lbs in Racketworld, seems the racket prices really killing. (Saw a 1st gen AT700 but too bad it was not for sale as someone sends it for stringing, damn !)

What a genius ? I'd take that as compliment. If you search and read around, shoes are very personal thing. And you think Nike Court III shoes are enough to protect your knee with such thin sole ? I personally try out the high end SHB series but it doesnt really designed for my feet . And perhaps getting the Asics gel series if it suits my feet today. Owh I do play futsal too, the reason I got the Umbros yesterday my dear sifu.

LYN is full of geniuses, instead of giving advices properly they choose to shoot. I would have explained it properly if you construct your phrase in better manner. But thanks anyway, at least you compliment your bs with some advices 

just wondering anyone of you guys use bg66 maxima before? the spec looks good might wunna try it out as my bg80 starting to fray

You are either cant read simple english or darn ignorant, either way its not good to stir up the fire, come I explain it properly to you - I would like to let you, Omage007, know that, the Umbro futsal shoes are for futsal brother, I didnt mention or say in any of my post it was for badminton, perhaps my last line "Poor man, poor man" is misleading you so now im clearing it up hopefully u'll understand mister. I dont belittle people with cheap racket as I concern skills are playing better role but I do "envy" your ignorance and lack of understanding.  And till now Im still looking for a decent pair of badminton shoes. Hope you understand ok Omage007 and thank you for the advice and wish, next time if got chance I belanja U Teh Tarik  
Btw damn, Pertama, Campbell, dont have US12 or US13 in stock for any model. Probably going to AJ or Hock Eng tomorrow. Kesian me being big footed . Anyone wants me to check on anything ?

bro,
The spec from yonex site looks good, much more durable then the old BG66 and somewhat on par with the nbg95. I had been using bg80 for 1 or 2 month liou. My noob comment is - it's not a string for low tension, it don't really work well with 24lbs. After a month or so it feels like hitting porous foam when i whack and sounds muddy but anyway no doubt the feel is good when it's still new.
sharp sound, i think i'm gonna like it lol
what's the damage for that string and mana boleh find ?

arc 7 is 3700-3750 baht(only racket, price varies in the shop due to currency exchange THBvsYEN)..... but due to our weak rm, it should be RM380-385......

Anyone up for Panda racket ? The specs are impressive =)

Mana findecano ? You already bought ?

any1 know is there any good stringer around PJ SS2 or PJ section 14 ?
o yea.. and how long do we nid to complete a string job? 2 to 3 hours?

i heard ara court is quite good

experienced stringer only needs around half and hour or less

yes color differents

I'm wearing a pair of Mizuno (not sure the model though). They are pretty comfortable and good for indoor courts.

halo guys, wish to ask something.
I just recently pick up badminton... and wish to purchase a racquet with budget rm200-250.. More to attack style.

Any recommendation for the racquet?
Tried fren's carbonex 8000. felt good with it
thinking of yonex