Anyone have a Wilson Badminton Racket

[ttktom]

I never hear of anyone having a wilson badminton racket

[forrestyung]

I have a hyper carton 4.0 and a profile tour.

Hyper carbon 4.0 - no good!!

Profile Tour - unstring

[forrestyung]

http://www.badmintonforum.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8868&highlight=wilson

[Scott Kam]

ttktom:

I bought:

1 x Hyper Carbon 5.0 first, then
1 x Hyper Carbon 4.0, then
1 x Hyper Carbon 1.0, then
1 x Hyper Carbon 1.0 again

5.0 is powerful. With this promise, I bought 4.0. I agreed with Forrest that 4.0 is so so since the damping effect is overdone (that's very personal).

Then I tried the most expensive one: 1.0 (It's just HK$400 unstrung). It's superb with power and speed. Most important is the natural and high speed (it's a stiff and head-heavy racquet) feeling whenever I swing it for smash, drop shot or overhead clear.

FYI, Anders Boesen (World's no. 4 in men's single) is playing with a Wilson


Forrest:

Long time no see!

[forrestyung]

Hi Scott Kam,

Cool picture......................:)

I have got some new toys in these months!!

Dunlop 300G - not yet string
Dunlop max 500 - too light for me
Gosen Armet 4500 - powerful tools, but need time to adapt
Yamaha YB50 - 12 years old stuff, but the performance is very good.

:D

[double]

according to Wilson website, Anders Boesen is using the new racket VISION V2. :cool:

[Scott Kam]

Double,

Thanks for your information. I'll try to get one.


Forrest,

How did you get a "new" YB50?

BTW, do you know how can I get a Fukuda? (The one being used by World's Men's No.2 Kenneth Jonassen)

[forrestyung]

Hi Scott Kam,

My Yamaha YB50 is not new, I think the condition is 8/10. Just buy it in E-bay.

I am first time heard Fukuda. Hei double should know it!!!

I still do not know why Dong Jiong will endorse the poor racket Hyper Carbon 4:confused: Anyway, I think I will not try willson anymore.:mad:

[abeku]

I know a person who is offering to sell his wilson hyper pro staff surge, I have never used it has anyone used it before?

Specs:Construction: Double Braid/ One Piece 11.5 mm Taper Beam
Material: Hyper Carbon/ Graphite
Headsize: 348 sq.cm
Stock Number: T 8353
Weight: 80 g

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[forrestyung]

If I were you, I will just try the V2 (at least played by exisiting international player....)

[abeku]

Thanks for the advice Forrest young, better stick to what is more recognized.

[jhunquera]

can you string wilson racket more than 22lbs??

[Scott Kam]

Jhunquera,

I string them at 22-23lbs

[jhunquera]

Hi Scott,

I mean a bit higher than that, say 26 lbs and up. I asked because stringers here dont want to string wilson racket higher than 22 lbs, but I want to try stringing it to 26 lbs. would it brake?

[Scott Kam]

I just don't know. Sorry!

[forrestyung]

My Hyper Carbon 4.0 strung in 24*26lbs, structure is OK, only a little bit shape change.

[jhunquera]

forrestyung, scott,

Thank you.

I'll just stick to 22 lbs. max. to be sure.

[rafiano]

I am using the hypercarbon 9.0 cos it was cheap (i bought it at Sing$65..the Retail price was about Sing$160). So far I have no regrets buying it. True enough, it lacks control but it's a powerful racket. I find it easy for me to execute a powerful smash and also return to the base line.

Yesterday, I bought another Wilson racket cos it was selling at that price too.
It's a Wilson Hyper Pro Staff 85 Braid. It feels a bit awkward. Has anybody tried it before..please give me your feedback.

By the way, I decide to buy Wilson cos I just wanna be different. Most of my colleagues are using Yonex.

Also, can anybody give me feedback on the Hyper Pro Staff Fury. Feel like getting it to complete my collection.