APACs Rackets and Stuff: Christmas comes early for Panda!

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  1. DinkAlot

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    Happy Panda! Panda just received his order from APACs Canada: www.apacscanada.com. There's lots of interesting stuff to test. :D

    Just from inspection, the racket fit and fit finish and materials used appear to be excellent. Also notable, APACs 3 compartment racket bags are at least 2" wider than the Yonex's 3 compartment and the materials used seem excellent. Panda thinks he finally found a backpack strap type racket bag big enough! :eek:...:)

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    your fibrous diet of rackets are incomprehensible:p
     
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    Wow, lots of Apacs stuff there. Give some feedback to them later please.
     
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    Stringing now...will test all the rackets and add them to my racket review.
     
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    Can you tell us what are the specific racket models?
     
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    what in the world are you going to do with 14 racketbags? :p

    anyway, keep us up to speed ;)
    (and offcourse, how much are they really like the yonex they 'clone'...though I'm happy to see some 'original' stuff, good news indeed)

    So you're really going to string ~10 rackets at 28lbs and grip them all (the works) just for a test?
    you're one dedicated panda :p
     
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    No. I'm going to string ~10 rackets at 31lbs. and grip them all...

    ...oh wait, Coach Don and others want to test the rackets...I need to string them at 28lbs. I should string them at 26 but I can't stand anything lower than 28. :p
     
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    Woawow..

    ..i have a feeling the APACs dealer in Canada must've been ecstatic when he found out it's the Great Panda on the other line..:);)

    *phone ringing*
    APACs dealer: Hellow, APACs Canada, may i help you??
    NGP: Good morning sir, this is the Great Panda from down South.
    APACs dealer: Who?? Did i just hear the Great Panda from SoCal??
    NGP: Yes, sirree. You heard me right*chuckles*..Guess what i'm calling you for?..
    APACs dealer: *jumps up & down*..the Great Panda has called. Wow, am i dreaming?? I've been waiting for your call..Hmm, let me guess, you wanna order some rackets??....*laughs*...
    *conversation ensues*..:) ;);)
     
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    what strings are u using for these?:D
     
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    Quite a few of them:

    Armor Muscle Pro 88
    Armor Muscle Pro 90
    Armor Muscle Pro 95
    Edge Saber 7
    Nano Power 900 Red
    Nano Power 900 White
    Visible Hollow 1600
    Visible Hollow 1700
    Visible Hollow 1800
    Nano Pro 9600 Tour

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    that's what i wonder too.
    If manufacturers stop making these racket bags and sell the rackets cheaper, that would be great. Those single bags are just not used and wasteful of oil. We all would buy the large size racket bag anyway.
     
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    all the key words are there: muscle, armor, nano, saber, power :D
     
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    Nice try but no cigar. :p

    This is really what happened:

    APACs Canada: Hello?
    NGP: Hello Sir! I would like to purchase one of each of your products
    APACs: Huh?
    NGP: Hi, this is the Nice, Gentle Panda from Badminton Central.
    APACs: Oh, Hi! Uhhh, you want one of each?
    NGP: Yep.
    APACs: I don't have everything in stock at the moment.
    NGP: No problem, just send me one of everything you have and send me a Paypal request.
    APACs: OK, no problem. Thanks and bye.
    NGP: Good bye.

    Both hang-up...

    NGP thinks to himself: Boy that was easy, APACs Canada is nice.

    APACs thinks to himself: Boy that was easy, BC's Panda is crazy.

    :p:p:p
     
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    My new benchmark string: Ashaway Micro Power XL.

    It's also PeteLSD uber tension approved! :D
     
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    Hehe..

    ..:)..:D..:)..:p..
     
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    The racket bag that comes with the APACs racket is the nicest racket bag I've seen. It's actually a three compartment (two small and one full compartment) 10 racket capacity racket bag!

    It's ideal for someone who wants to travel light.
     
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    Have you even finished the RSL review yet, man your one busy guy or wait maybe there are multiple panda's. Maybe you are one of a litter of many who are rotating work, playing, testing, and stringing. It is all making sense now we are dealing with several Panda's.
     
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    Yes, just about. I'll add them to the racket review.

    Hmmmm, cloning NGP, that sounds like a good idea. I'll have all my clones do the work while the ONGP (Original, Nice, Gentle Panda) can sleep. :p
     
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    Prepare to be very pleased and probably a little suprised with APACS performance Dink! shame you don't have a NS9kS there though.
     
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    I already predict the APACs rackets are going to perform as good enough not better than their Yonex counterparts. :p
     

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