I'm having a hard time choosing a racket. I've posed before about choosing a racket, but now im doing it again because my friend lost my Carlton As-Ti somehow. Well at least he paid me back for it. I found that the carlton didnt suit me very well since i went through 5 strings in one 3 month period, so im looking for more head heavy racket so i don't have to swing so hard. My problem is the price perfomance ratio and durability/reliability issue. The 5 choices are: 1. Yonex MP-100 SP for USD $118 2. Gosen WPP Aermet 5300 for USD $110 3. YANG-YANG JSmash TM-8K for USD $100 4. Gosen Titan 5000 for USD $105 5. Gosen Aermet 4500 for USD $100 If you notice, all of them are power rackets. What's really tempting is the MP-100 for $118, but add shipping and stringing it comes out to be $143. Still cheap for what it is. The reason for me not instantly getting the MP-100 is because I've read they are somewhat fragile as well as the ending price. This investment needs to last me through the next 4 years of college. [I'll be attending San Jose State University] So which one should I get? Any suggestions would be helpful. I need to make the decision by this friday because this is when my friends and I are ordering the MP-100 Thanks - Doug
Yangyang JSmash TM8K is the head heavy version of the famous Tactic/JSmash 9000/8500. However, I remember in someone's review, seems this newer model has less playability. I know it really depends on ppl's preference, but just put it into consideration. Also, seems several rackets u listed are from BadmintonAlley, besides Yonex rackets, other brands will cost u a lot of more to re-string, if u don't like the manufacture default string. According to the website, other brand rackets might cost up to USD$20+ for higher end strings like BG85, etc. The MP-100 seems a good buy, if u can get cheaper and better string service, and even share the shipping cost with ur friends. Guess u r going for the 2U version? Good luck.
Re: Re: racket decision yup, badminton alley it is. kinda don't like asby very much. 2u is correct as well. i have access to stuff if i need to make the grip bigger. i don't like to play with bg-85 or higher end string either because last time i played it, it popped after 2 or 3 minutes of using it. either way, my friend and i were calculating price differences last night and we found after stringing between the badminton alley rackets and the mp-100, the biggest price difference between the rackets is $25 uhhh crap gotta go, work!
So, it's badmintonalley. I think even re-string with BG65 will cost u 15-18+. I have no idea how much MP-100 in badmintonalley. However, seems u and ur friends definitely order more than 1 rackets, I suggest u call badmintonalley, and see whether u can get some sort of discount on the purchase. If they agree, or at least, give free string services, etc, u might consider purchase MP-100 from Badmintonalley as well. 1. Order from oversea might have to worry about warranty issues, I assume. 2. Get an expensive racket in local store, could save up time just in case of exchange (defect, etc). Of course, my suggestion is base on a big "if" - if badmintonalley's final price (racket + string + shipping etc) is not way more than USD$143 (ur deal).
badminton alley quote me a price of $189 for a mp100 a few weeks ago. The yangyang ti woven 8 is on sale at $80. Of course they might be sold out. Stringing at badminton alley starts at $20, so don't get your racquet stringed at badminton alley unless u got lots of $$$$$!
lol uhh i always get my racket restrung at badmintonalley. why? because they are 2 -3 bucks cheaper than asby for the same string and both stores are the same distance from my house.
haha i just reread my post to lazybuddy. man sleeping for 4 hours everyday isnt good. anyways i ment that the other rackets are from badminton alley. sorry for the confusion. im still debating. yes you do have some good points about warrenty and stuff. I just called badminton alley and they wont match prices from singapore, so thats out of the question. does anyone know some stuff about the gosen rackets???
