I just received all these from SOTX sport on Wednesday :rolleyes:. Used a few SOTX product just beginning of these year, love everything from this brand. Thought I can promote this brand here in Wellington, New Zealand.

Racket includes Woven 5L, 7, 9, 11i; D-500, 600, 900; CP5000, 6000, 7000; Ti-8E, Ti-11+; and i have Woven 7i, 8 and 8A personally too :), will have to spend some time strininging all rackets later. Oh, I got some Shuttlecocks too. :)

Wish me luck!!!!

nice, are all these for your own use or are you going to sell them as well?
i see sotx racquet covers are still as ugly as ever ....

:)

I am trying to sell them here in Welly. The rackets would be for demo use. I will try to write some review when I have tried them all. :) I find the cover quite nice though. At least I like it.

Kent

i see sotx racquet covers are still as ugly as ever ....
:)

Agree, SOTX rackets and products are good, but racket cover and bag design is just does not look "interesting".....the marketing/designers should come up with more interesting designs:D:D

YES YES YES Promote them in NewZealand and hopefully get them into the stores in Auckland too..hehe :D:D
I've heared so much good reviews on them but.. I've never actually seen them anywhere.
Good luck in promoting them.. maybe let some people at your club test them out ?

I will try my best :), if you are coming down to Welly, let me know and I can let you test the rackets. The racket looks great.

Wow lots of stuff, you're gonna be having much fun with that kit!!!:)

I'm selling a Woven 4a at the moment if anyone's interested:D (shameless advertising sorry)

i look forward to hearing some reviews of these rackets. Especially the Ti stuff

The Ti series have a really unique design, especially at the T-join area. And the logo on the racket is the new one too. nice looking and interesting racket.

Did you pay for all of those stuff?!

Yes, I did. But I am sure it's all worth while. SOTX products are all quality stuff. :) love it

I will try my best :), if you are coming down to Welly, let me know and I can let you test the rackets. The racket looks great.
Oh yeah.. Im going down to somewhere between Wellington and Levin next week, but it's for camp.. :(

Wow, a lot of great SOTX goodies there. Enjoy testing them all out and tell us what you think of them.

I"m in nz and want to try SOTX goodies. Email me and maybe i'll buy some stock off you :)

Hi, :) sounds good. If you come down to Welly, you can test out some rackets. Email me at sotx_in_nz@hotmail.com or text me at 021-125 6473. :) i will let you know when i go up to AKL too.

Kent

How much do you reckon the W7 would go for.. ? ~230NZD or so ?

How much do you reckon the W7 would go for.. ? ~230NZD or so ?

You can email me for a quote. :)

Eguitarcoolboy,
Congratulations on taking the step to be an official agent/reseller of SOTX products but I would suggest that you check the rules of the forum if you are a distributor, agent or reseller of badminton vendors.

oops, just read that, my bad. How can I delete or edit one post?

Kent

Hey, may i know, how does the BB201 shuttle play? Which yonex shuttle is equivalent to it?

Hi, i just tried it today. Found that it's quite durable for its price. Besides, it's really stable too. But make sure you get the speed 77 ones. The Speed 78 will be too fast if you are in Singapore. I find the #78 quite fast even in Wellington (at about 10 degrees recently...)

Cheers

And, I am not sure which yonex shuttle is equivalent to it... but it definitely plays better than the AS10 and AS20 in my opinion.

Kent

Just text u. if my Arcsaber 10 is not to my liking i'll be trying hte SOTX range :) thanks.

No worries man, i am sure you will like the ARC10. I tried it too, it feels quite good. :)

I understand that sotx rackets come in 2#,3#,4# sizes. Which are the same as g5 in yonex?

By the way, amazing range of equipment u have!

#2 = G5 I think. All my rackets are #2. I thought it would be hard to promote a brand if I don't have a good range, that's why. :)

Kent

wow!@ im ordering some SOTX stuff from China now, tell me about their shuttlecocks? I know that BB-101 is the top model, how is it? and how much of a difference is it to BB-201? I want to know becuase i would like to sell some of sotx to some club members as well.

I understand that sotx rackets come in 2#,3#,4# sizes. Which are the same as g5 in yonex?
sotx gripsizing goes like this:

#1 = 3 1/8 inch (3,125in)
#2 = 3 1/4
#3 = 3 3/8
#4 = 3 1/4

#x = 3 x/8 inch
My #4 matches my yonex g3, the #3's are slightly smaller than yonex g4...never had a g5 though...

#2 = G5 I think. All my rackets are #2. I thought it would be hard to promote a brand if I don't have a good range, that's why. :)

Kent

Oh, just wanna correct that some of my rackets are actually #3 and Jerry's info is correct.

Kent

wow!@ im ordering some SOTX stuff from China now, tell me about their shuttlecocks? I know that BB-101 is the top model, how is it? and how much of a difference is it to BB-201? I want to know becuase i would like to sell some of sotx to some club members as well.

Hi Jchan,

I have a few hits with the BB-201, speed 77 and 78. the #77 ones feel good, flight is pretty consistent and stable, shuttle quality is there as it lasts a while plus it spins quite nicely. However, it seems like it's a bit too light, i guess humidifying it before use would make the problem less obvious. I need to confirm that first.

I have not tried the BB-101 yet, I have given some to a local top player to try and he will get back to me next week. I shall confirm it and try that myself, then I will place some feedback here.

I have given the BB-201 speed 77 and 78 to some of the people in my club to try out. Some of them said that it flies better than the Aeroplane shuttles, some of them said it's too light to their liking. I think it really depends on what you want. If you really wanna try out, buy a few to try out first before placing a bulk order. Coz the shuttle speed and durability will be affected by the weather and temperature.

Hopefully, I can provide some review on the rackets later on. I really like the Woven 7 and 8 though, now i only understand why people always buy these rackets.

Kent

sotx gripsizing goes like this:

#1 = 3 1/8 inch (3,125in)
#2 = 3 1/4
#3 = 3 3/8
#4 = 3 1/4

#x = 3 x/8 inch
My #4 matches my yonex g3, the #3's are slightly smaller than yonex g4...never had a g5 though...

o.o So #2 and #4 are the same?

Hi Jchan,

I have a few hits with the BB-201, speed 77 and 78. the #77 ones feel good, flight is pretty consistent and stable, shuttle quality is there as it lasts a while plus it spins quite nicely. However, it seems like it's a bit too light, i guess humidifying it before use would make the problem less obvious. I need to confirm that first.

I have not tried the BB-101 yet, I have given some to a local top player to try and he will get back to me next week. I shall confirm it and try that myself, then I will place some feedback here.

I have given the BB-201 speed 77 and 78 to some of the people in my club to try out. Some of them said that it flies better than the Aeroplane shuttles, some of them said it's too light to their liking. I think it really depends on what you want. If you really wanna try out, buy a few to try out first before placing a bulk order. Coz the shuttle speed and durability will be affected by the weather and temperature.

Hopefully, I can provide some review on the rackets later on. I really like the Woven 7 and 8 though, now i only understand why people always buy these rackets.

Kent
Thanks Kent,
I've had a tube of BB-101 before and to me, in my opinion, is surperior than the RSL and Victor brands that my club uses. heck i even think it's better than the aeroplane ones. tho it doesn't beat yonex. can you explain to me the difference between a heavy weighted bird and a light weight bird?

o.o So #2 and #4 are the same?
Apparently #4 = 3 1/2

3 4/8 = 3 1/2
sorry, my bad, a typing error....

What country of orgin is SOTX from? My first impression was that it was a Chinese brand but... recently when I had my 3 tubes of birds from my contact in China... she told me that the retailer told her that SOTX is a German brand. Can anyone verify this?

it's a chinese brand, but for some odd reason SOTX always tries to make it seem like theyre a german brand. there was a talk about this on bc and most people felt sotx is trying to give itself a reliable image (german products=reliable top quality and chinese=cheap and terrible quality). their website doesnt even have a language setting for german, and the english can only be described as terrible engrish..... honestly to me though, as long as your products are reliable, such as woven 7,8, it doesnt matter whether its german or chinese

well, if you ask me, the diamondfighters and cp's are good stuff as well...
No real replacements for the w7 (all are a tad lighter), but when the w8 si discontinued, there'll be the D300 or CP5k to comfort you ;)

I'd love to see some close-ups of your w5L, Ti-8E and Ti-11+ ;)

What string is that black one? I see ti73+, cf66, cf70, bs963, but what is the other one, to the left? ti1040-65? is that 0.65mm? (do they have that in black? never knew... My catalog says silver or gold...)

em... I think SOTX is a Chinese brand. But I don't really mind coz the products are just fantastic. Love the Woven7i too.

Jerry,

It's a shame they discontinue the W8 as my girl friend likes it so much. I am still trying to restring all of the racket. But to date, i only have the W5L restrung. It plays great too. Great for defensive and net play. Very light and solid indeed. I am working on the review on W7, 7i,8,8a and 5L.

I will take some close up photo for those 3 rackets later, okay. The Ti8E and Ti11+ have the new logo on them. And it doesn't really look like the SOTX tranditional design... have you seen the old versions of these two rackets? :)

About the string, yup it is ti1040-65. It's 0.65mm. Sotx gave me the black ones, hha.. not sure if there is any other colour. I will string it on my W7 sometime today. What do you think about the ti1040-65?

Kent

heya do you play in welly central? cos i heard about these rackets and i wanna try em out, i play at the haitaitai badminton hall, if you've heard of that :|

Hi Darkyboy, Thanks for the interest. Yes I always play there. :) I might have seen you before. Which club are you in?

Kent

Well, I didn’t think this deserves it’s own thread..Just posting some stuff, definatly worth checking out sotx clothing!
Don't mean to hi-jack your thread, it's in the same spirit ;)

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A sample:
first up, offcourse, the ladies
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And then, the gents (two more coming)

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Thanks for looking!

hmm do you guys like the old logo or the new logo? i think i like the older logo.

http://www.winningbadminton.com/SOTXLogo.jpg

http://www.sotxsports.com.au/skins/default_red/customer/images/sotxmainlogo2.jpg

I like the new one...
I never figured what the O in sotx actually was... ;)

the S is a lot more recognizable...and you can stencil it on your racket :p

Also prefer the new one. Much more destinctive than the old one. Also, the old one looked a lot like the "Bjorn Borg" tennis/fashion brand. The same circle logo.

New one is cOOl!

yeah, that's right...
I was puzzled when I saw the bjorn jorg thing.."what, that's not sotx....oh wait" :o

I did sometimes paint the giant O on my racket, but it looks hideous :p

is there an actual stencil for SOTX? if so... where can i get one.

Maybe the closest SOTX distributor. Or Jerby might have some...

Hey hey.. the new SOTX logo is shaped a bit like the Superman logo. hehe

[quote=jerby;875940]Well, I didn’t think this deserves it’s own thread..Just posting some stuff, definatly worth checking out sotx clothing!
Don't mean to hi-jack your thread, it's in the same spirit ;)

No worries man. All good. I am ordering some too. hehe... some of them are really nice looking.

I like the new one too. :) it's cool hehe... concur the stencil on the racket too. Looks so much better.

Hi Darkyboy, Thanks for the interest. Yes I always play there. :) I might have seen you before. Which club are you in?

Kent
hey man i'm in the southern club, you know the one on wed nights used to be in the junior club :P what bout u?

I was wondering, since the Woven series has their own bag, does the Diamond Fighter and Conmax Power/Circle Power series have their own bag?

Em... not sure, not that I know. Maybe Jerry will know. :)

Here are some pictures. :) enjoys. I will post some more pics of Ti-11+ later on. The Ti series have a metal thing near the throat area.

I was wondering, since the Woven series has their own bag, does the Diamond Fighter and Conmax Power/Circle Power series have their own bag?

Hey, Only the Woven Series have their own bag, the rest dont. Equitorboy, if you need more pics, i have some models with me. I would be glad to help you post some pictures of the rackets.

hey, SOTX COMMAX POWER series have also their own cover.

The attachment is the special cover for CP 5000

Picture comes ...:D