u mean the cyber blue ? that's not me lah .. it's cakarsakti i think.. fr kuantan ...

bangsar stringer. but now no stock..

forgot the name already but it's in bangsar behind bangsar village near the old supermarket area there...

errr... no woh not in the mall but outside the mall opposite the masjid. i think called sporterprise or something like that

sorry don't have. they gave me their card. but not sure where i put it already.

wow, 1 day old.. this broke my record already ..lol

ok will ask Gamma on the Zo tour rough. how about the blackcode 17gauge ? what's the max tension should i put ? i mean i know it's always a personal pref. but just wondering any preference / opinion ? read some forums mostly ppl put in around the region of 53-56lbs. Even nadal is on 25.5kg(56lbs)-duralast. hehe.... though i'm not emulating to be nadal..lol

cool we are thinking the same coz i've tried my friend's 53lbs Luxilon Spin and personally i have strung it @ 55lbs pro hurricane tour before... So was thinking this time go in the middle and get it strung @ 54lbs.

btw i've used Babolat Duralast 16gauge before. 1yr plus ago. Used it 2 times on my old Babolat APD when they don't have the cortex model yet. The feeling of the duralast was it felt heavy and very stiff. but durability is excellent. never pecah before.

WTF is that??? .. and the "f" is not FIND ...hehehe

actually you know what, our malaysian group are not that adventurous to try new rackets, mostly more towards the mainstream rackets such as those top-reviewed rackets and popular rackets like k6.1 90, apdc etc. But can't blame also due to the no-demo / trial rackets thus making "testing" rackets an expensive thing. moreover our strings are damn expensive also lol.

i have a tennis friend in the US, he likes to just once a while just go shop and get one demo and hit it for few weeks before determining whether it's good or not. also although their rackets there seem pricey US199. but their strings are kinda cheap $10. so he like goes and try out different tensions / strings almost every other weeks. I ENVY them..!! lol

yah same price as pj here about rm10 also.



btw, wanna ask some opinions here. thinking of getting a cheap racket for my pretty gf kakaka. i got 3 options of rackets that some frens selling & shops.

o3 speedport white
o3 speedport red
dunlop aerogel 300

all about rm200 or so...i mean each one selling about rm200 or so with average condition .


what do you think would be a better deal. knowing her she woouldn't be able to tell them apart in terms of handling, control but most probably just by weight only. lol. She is a super beginner just wanting to join her BF and not be left out while i play.

so need your expert opinions ..lol

This post has been edited by Yan: Jul 1 2009, 03:51 PM

ohh you looking for second hand o3 red ? the normal version or the speedport version. i got a fren using it but he long time never play liaw so might wanna let go.

i didn't get to test the exo3 red but frankly i kinda like the graphite exo3 green. not sure red tho coz headsize 105 and also much lighter right ? personally not that keen on light rackets. but now gotta think about gf.. so might give it a go n look 4 her.. since the red is a bigger headsize 105.

For the exo3 graphite (green), my whole take was this, I never liked the soft and feather-weight of the o3 Series which most of the time force me to overhit. just not enough weight on the head to drive the ball hard so i'll need to muscle it hard to maintain a full shot. But when i saw and picked up the graphite i was surprised by the feel of it in terms of weight and it has the old style look of the "torsion system" (centre horizontal bar)..haha.

Anyways in terms of playing it, i disagree that it doesn't have a good spin. coz i found the spin is quite good but it's not the soft loopy spin that i can get with the Aeropro Drive. this spin is more of the deep tail-end spin that just drops down at the baseline. it has the enough weight to make driving the ball directionally easy. i find it has more balance in terms of power and control compared to the APDC. apdc has lots of power but not as sharp in terms of directing the ball. also the slim frame of the exo3 feels good. head speed is also just nice, not too fast and not too sluggish for volley and the ports producing a "whiiizzz" sound, that's cool.

but i gotta agree with ssjben, it has a hefty pricetag..but if i find a good deal for the exo3 graphite ..., i wouldn't mind to have that in my bag as a spare ..

talking about the red, wow, i've read many reviews about it, seems to be a "easy fun" racket. most ppl swear by it esp those already using the old red, o3red, speedport red and exo3 red. As praetorian said, it is very obedient in following your every desire i think this could be suitable for my gf actually. lol.
will try to get my fren's o3speedport red and try it out this evening.

haha.. don't think i'll get her a exo3 red lol.. too beginner for that i think. but most probably will get her a secondhand o3 speedport red which one of my fren is probably selling. will psycho my fren later this evening.haha.. he has 2 pieces i think. so ask him sell me one.. however If she improves, who knows she might want a newer exo3 red. gurls hav pretty good "persuasion" power if u catch my drift...

well yar sure i'll update you on the price of prince rackets.. you have any particular model you interested in ?


on a side note, anybody knows where to buy "athletic tape" ? for fingers (blisters).. it's sort of not the conventional plaster which is very sticky and makes your racket handle sticky too. it's more like a white tacky grip like bandage that you wrap around the fingers. (you can see on fingers of players such as nadal, ferrer etc). I tried looking for it at sports shop and pharmacy -guardian ... but can't find it.

This post has been edited by Yan: Jul 2 2009, 09:21 AM

thanks bro. will check out guardian again.

you better be careful of that site, no address in the contact us and not much details on their whereabout etc. i'm guessing buy once if something wrong definitely no aftersales.

i've bought the o3speedport red already.. went and string it up to 58lbs. so later will see what's the feedback from my gf. will have a go with it too later with junebug...haha

wait for my amateurish review later .. keke..

lol.. not many vices lah .. but one of it is tennis equipment.

Anyways here is a simple review of the o3red speedport i had the pleasure of playing today. now i can understand why praetorian saying it's a fun racket to hit.

Well firstly the setup : Strung with the Prince RIP Syn string (not sure what exactly the model but some prince hybrid) @ 58lbs


Didn't think much of it as today fingers blister all over. So was just hitting lightly with it initially. Felt very comfortable on the arm and has a sweet swing speed. Funny though, it's not that hard to control in terms of swing speed i found with the o3white. So found a lot of control on the soft swing. Was doing more pronounced stroke with long backswing and followthru. very fun.

Next tried doing a couple of serves. initially gotta adjust a bit as too light the head for me. so swing too fast. kena net most of time. but after adjusting to it found i swing faster and take the ball faster at a good angle.

After that i get one my buddy there Sophis to hit a bit with me. And here is where we were all surprised. Esp me and of coz the receiver lol. I started whacking hard and just hitting the shit out of the ball. Wow, had so many winners esp those hard angle to corner shot. had my opponent running and chasing those hard shots left and right. At least few good forehands and some pretty HARD backhands with good angle. i was like JAW dropping and Chris was saying time for me to sell my APDC and use the red instead. i was really really surprised at how easy my recovery was from forehand to backhand as i sometimes have problem switching fr my semi-west to bh eastern when dealing with hard hitters who change their pace or directions. But with this lighter racket i hav so much time to change grip and prepare. Also good was the consistency of shots. Ohh also the sweetspot is just crazy. so easy to get the pop and also very very forgiving. i think that's why i'm getting to many winners.

Basically i luuuuuvvv the racket. But now a problem might exist. i'm so happy with it that i might get the EXO3 RED soon coz been reading the specs almost 99% same just different technology. if the feel and weight is the same. might get the exo3 to replace this old speedport. Now kena poison by frens ..hehe


btw pictures here for you my dear fren praetorian and will get you the price soon..

p/s: Chris aka chips73 or Sophis.. care to comments on the observer and the receiver of my shots ?lol - some input on the o3red..keke

This post has been edited by Yan: Jul 3 2009, 12:06 AM


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oh both WTS APDC and WTS SPPEDPORT RED
and get the EXO3 RED ...haha
WTFk am i doing.. it's suppose to be for the gf.. now like i pulak excited about it..lol

This post has been edited by Yan: Jul 3 2009, 12:34 AM

got you want ar ? i got one fake china "PRC" yonex badminton racket for you .. cheap cheap lah ... 80% discount just for you coz you are my most best fren is the whooooollleeee widddddeee world.....

dun think u can get this kind of PRC offer in klang ..lol

This post has been edited by Yan: Jul 3 2009, 12:45 AM

wat u talking about ? we are talking about people's republic of china's yonex racket ? anything wrong there ? or your mind thinking somethingelse ?