I enjoy my rackets for double using ns9900 and ti10gen2. Do u think i should go back to the past to regain that unfound touching or feeling that hidden in ns9000 and ti swing tat cant be found on the new ns and ti series. Purely for performance basis not collection purposes.... I guess only those senior baddy players in this forum who own or experience these classic weapon will able to share ur thoughts with me...
You're not going far back enough to get that the unmatched touch/feel of a racquet. Get yourself a proper past classic yonex racquet! lol I think I might just do that myself next week and bring along my 20 year old Carbonex 21/20 to rekindle some of that old school feel!
Bro, Thanks for advise If its too back to the past then performance issue will comes along. I thk ns9000 n ti swing r quite reasonable... The mom of all past classic racket i dream is boron200.
First racket.. Yonex Blacken...still wondering anyone remember such model.. Then change to Carlton PowerFlo series...really classic...
This thread has really got me toying with the idea of dusting off my old classics and seeing how they play having not used them for so many years. One of my first racquets when I started to play was the Carbonex 8SP with it's blue T-joint. My one still has it's frail original strings (BG65). Perhaps I should restring it and see how it plays too. I don't find the Cab21 heavy, yes it is a tad head heavy but overall the difference is minimal given modern racquets are 1cm longer. In terms of performance, at club level I don't think there'll be a big deficit. I think the biggest difference will be the low tensions that I probably will need time to adjust to. As I'm a collector, all my old unused racquets are strung to lower tensions than my usual for storage. Actually, I've never played with about a half of the racquets I've amassed such as the Cab 15, 14, 11, 9 Tour, 3 and AR80!
Genuine classic rackets are old, but still as good as new ones. Eg. Cab20 is nearly 30yrs old but I still play with them as my go to racket. Classics such as cab8, woodies blacken have sentimental and collector value, but cab20 is emminently playable and competitive even now.
Very different. Cab21 (the original) has a slimmer shaft so it will feel a little head heavier. That means overall, it is less forgiving when your technique is less than very good. Cab20 original is an easier racquet to play with.
A true oldie cab8 should have the racquet strung with Hy-sheep or Hy-O-sheep!! I am going to guess you started playing around 1990-1 given that you have the blue SP version of the cab8 and BG65.
Yes. I remember Blacken being available 1980. It was cheaper than carbonex! Carlton PowerFlo was the total one piece racquet. Somehow, I never bought into the concept.
You know where I am Cab20 is very easy to play with, but still packs a punch when required. Better for singles than doubles as is harder to hit a very hard smash, but good whip and control so good for singles.
thank you, now i know why i suck more playing with the cab21, because my techniques are in fact not very good, and the racket feels like a brick to swing too!!!
if there are diff gens of powerflo then i think i got the last gen before carlton discontinued it. it was indeed one piece all the way to the hand, burgundy color, it's got 85g on it too and i can get it to clear for the life of me because i am not strong enough to be using such a light racket. also, RSL also made a one piece racket which i love but i broke it in a clash with a recreational yonex racket carbon 4000i
LOL, yes I started playing at my first club in 1990, played on and off until about 2005 when I injured my left knee and right shoulder. I stopped playing since then. Can't believe it's been 7 years and I still have the injury! Back to topic... Cab 8 is a really easy racquet to use, really flexible and great for "touch" shots though it lacks power. Cab 14 is also quite nice to play with, but my favourite classic is probably the Cab 21. To me this feels better than the Cab20. Worst classics to play with, imo are the Aerotus/Widebody range. Tiny sweetspot, terrible feel and despite it's claim to reduce air-resistance, I found they actually had more air resistance than the Cabs!
