bg 66 vs. bg 85 hello everyone! i'm going to restring my prince more +85 at 23lbs, which one should i use and which one is better in terms of power and control (bg 66 or bg 85). price and durability is not to be considered. pls, write your comments, tips and suggestions... thank you very much!
BG66 review http://www.badmintonreview.com/rp/showproduct.php?product=208&sort=1&cat=29&page=1 BG85 review http://www.badmintonreview.com/rp/showproduct.php?product=211&sort=1&cat=29&page=1
so everything is same except Durability??? then why would Yonex make a thinner string??? BTW, where did you find the pictures of those strings??? I wanna take a look at other strings as well. thx!
Yonex rating is just a reference, could mean something to player A, and might making non-sense to player B. If you want to know how it plays, try it yourself.
you may also notice that by touching the string bg 85 has a more rough feel to it (if memory serves me well). perhaps yonex was trying to give players who enjoyed the sensitivity of bg66 but hated the lack of durability a new option. and at the same time charge extra as well. product diversification i suppose.... excellent marketing plan eh
got those pics from YONEX 2004 catalogue... http://www.badmintonforum.com/vb/showthread.php?t=15313&highlight=YONEX+Catalogue at Yonex - Thailand website... http://www.yonex-th.com/b_tendon.php YONEX 2003 catalogue ratings were different though (shown at the following pics)... well the most important thing is the user preference... i prefer BG66 coz it is widely available here... lots of color tooo... prefer white n black
I use BG66 more just because it's cheaper than BG85. Personally, I like them both, so why don't you give both of them a try and see which one you like better. Then, also think about the cost of them. That should do it
If you string BG85 at 10% lower tension than BG66, it should perform better than BG66. If you string it at 23lbs or higher, BG85's superiority over BG66 will start from being equal and then decline with each one lb increment in tension.
I guess u read this from the back of the package. Well, if we strictly follow the Yonex reference, then I guess Peter Gade (using BG80, which also has the 5-10% less recommandation) must be dumb, as his 30lb racket will leave no performance to him.
good day! thank you very much for the replies! i used bg 66 with 23 lbs tension... have a nice day.....
I play once a week at a place where 5 courts are taken up by kids (10-15 years old) who are being coached by two Chinese coaches. The coaches would always string BG65 for the kids, and give them a life-long warranty against breakage. Some of them do ask me to restring and I used to restring using BG66, BG85 and BG68Ti. I have found out that the best tension for BG85 is no more than 23lb, preferably 20-21lb for the kids, but 23lb on BG66 would be ok. Despite what is said about BG65 being so good, all the kids hate it, that is from those kids who had their BG65 strings replaced by BG85. The reason why BG85 should be strung at a 10% lower tension is the use of a high modulus Vectran fiber, which requires some slack to perform at its best. I have strung BG85, BG66 and BG68Ti at 26-28lb; and at this tension BG85 is the most difficult to handle for the player. If you want high tension go for BG65 and other strings but not BG85.
Taneepak, I often notice that strings lose 1 or 2 pounds of tension after 2 months or so, is it advisable to string to say 25lbs on BG85 if I want to end up with 23 or 24 lbs eventually? BG85 lasts a LONG time for me since I do not smash all that hard.
This effect is not as noticable for BG85 when compared with BG65. I'd advise 24lbs at the most. Of course, individual variations in calibration of stringing machines need to be taken into account.
I prefer the BG85s. I strung my Ti-10 with them at 22lbs and I plan to string my MP99 with them at 23lbs. Anyway, it's more or less the sound I love. I didn't like the sound of the bg66 or bg65. I found them quite dull...I don't know why. There's a great loud clear and crisp crack when you hit the seweet spot with the BG85's. Power. I find it satisfying. Good amount of power. I couldn't generate the same amount with the BG66's. Control. I think it's sometimes more or less the way I slice. I don't think it has too much to do with the strings. Mostly the shots are nice and land within 3 inches of where I want it to, which isn't too bad. There's a good feel to the strings. Good feedback when you make a good or bad shot. I'm sure there are other's who don't agree with me. hehe.
Stringing quality is always the issue here in Manila. I think most people from here will agree with me when I say 24lbs from one stringer is not the same as 24lbs from another. Isnt there some sort of simple mechanical device that you can use to test string tension? I'm tired of using the rule of thumb (i.e. using the thumb to press down on the string to gauge tension, heheh)
Same issue for Malaysia. I encountered a case where 24lbs strung by one stringer had the same tension (a least what it feels) with 20lbs strung by another stringer. If there is any sort of gauge to measure ! I think someone with this invention may earn some money.
im certain i saw one once, it looked like a pair of tweezers whose prongs you used to press against the string and it would indicate the tension. i sure wish I had one!
