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

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.

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.

we have that, stock in hand.. New arrival! XD will pm u the best price..

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Added on August 15, 2010, 1:07 ampls note that if u wan to compare between yonex lowest range shoes i.e the world champ series ard RM80, I'd suggest u take apacs or other brands for that budget..

If u try pressing the outsole, u can feel that the w.champ series are very hard.. Made of rubber so it's better if u choose other brands using better material called pylon (dunno if correct spelling).. Its slightly softer than rubber sole which u will feel more comfortable when wearing and do not stress out your muscles as much as rubber soles do.. If u really wan buy yonex range try choosing those ultima series or shb..

This post has been edited by siajolene: Aug 15 2010, 01:07 AM

in my point of view, i think your shoes are the most important equipment.. u would wanna protect your knees & ankle with a good badminton shoes, than u get an expensive racket which helps u to boom boom paw.. but in a long run, use a good shoes to minimise the rate of getting injured..

but that of course have to take into consideration the intensity of the game that u play.. if u play tik tok style, then normal RM40 shoes would be good enough.. and also your body size/weight.. if u small size then the stress that burden your knees & ankles are lesser than if you are a big and heavy person.. then the more u have to get yourself a very good shoes..

of course after shoes, the second most important equipment is your racquets

This post has been edited by siajolene: Aug 19 2010, 09:34 PM

RCL shuttlecocks now comes with a free shuttlecock keychain, not sure if all models have this promotion or not, the batch that im having for GOLD, Black, Silver all comes with a free keychain shuttlecock..

if you want to buy only the shuttlecock keychain, we have some as well.. YONEX brand somemore have got a little YONEX sticker under the cork.. btw sent u a pm d

bro, it really does not mean if no international player using certain brand racket meaning the brand is not a good brand.. there is this thing called sponsorship, where both parties gets certain level of benefit.. if a brand's racket is not a good quality, but sponsors some player.. then the player is bound by the agreement saying that they cannot use other brand racket other than written in the contract..

i've a semi-retired international player friend, sponsored by a brand.. he came in and asked for the best price of other brand, we asked him, if he's being sponsored by brand ******? he said yeah, but dont know why when smashing, the smash not as powderful..@@

so, does that mean that sponsored brands are confirm, guaranteed good brand and vice versa? ok.. even the player racket & other model racket of the same brands have a quality difference there.. unless u take the exact same RM1059 or RM929.90 racket then maybe u get the quality as good as the player..

lolz.. i think its not good to expose the brand here la.. later ppl selling this brand cannot sell anymore lei..

who are u referring to la? the same person ke?

RST =recommended string tension

RCL Black Gold RM66, Black Silver RM63, RCL Black No 1 RM56

tried and tested.. for the moment, these are very durable.. coz the quality is very dependent on the feathers and different weathers, gives different feather quality

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Added on September 28, 2010, 1:10 pmoh.. if you guys havent know yet, there's a newly launched racket from Yonex, VOLTRIC 70

Official Yonex Website

*Tri Voltage System - For the first time ever, the new Voltric System successfully combines power and agility, these contrasting characteristics
- POWER, 5%increase in smashing power (researched by Yonex R&D Team)
- AGILITY, Precisely balanced weight for improved handling

*Sound Filter - A strong and powerful sound is created on impact, making hitting more comfortable, and also unsettles opponent and provides more aggressive tone to your game for a relentless attacking style of play.


This post has been edited by siajolene: Sep 28 2010, 01:10 PM

yeaps.. retailing at RM669.90 in malaysia.. havent tried it though, but its said to be combining both very contrast characteristic of a racket.. in general, heavy racket produces more smashing power and lighter racket enables great speed.. and this fill the gap, for smashing and speed if you feel the racket frame, the 2 & 10 o'clock & T-joint area are slightly thicker than other positions.. function is to add density to the top frame for smash power..

have not heard about victor though.. must give the saleman a call and ask abt it thanks for the info