Canary Shuttlecocks

**weinsteinium** · 02-06-2009, 11:25 AM

Has anyone ever tried Canary shuttlecocks?

I can get the A-1 or Special Orange for a pretty good price but I wanted to see if anyone had used them before.

**hhwoot** · 03-21-2009, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by weinsteinium

Has anyone ever tried Canary shuttlecocks?

I can get the A-1 or Special Orange for a pretty good price but I wanted to see if anyone had used them before.

Well, it looks like it's up to you to get a few tubes and tell us your review.

Ebay, I'm guessing?

**weinsteinium** · 03-22-2009, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by hhwoot

Well, it looks like it's up to you to get a few tubes and tell us your review.

Ebay, I'm guessing?

I bought a tube of the A1's. The feathers don't look that pretty but they flew well and the feathers were quite durable (I steamed them first). However they became non-round after a while like the cork wasn't as strong or something. They usually lasted a game which isn't terrible for $11 a dozen. I'm going to try the Special Orange and see how they fly.

**badder** · 04-28-2009, 12:35 PM

I bought something from the ebay but seller didn't have them, so instead, I received a tube of Canary A1 as compensation.

The shuttle is made in Vietnam. The feather does not look good. I only played two, hit some clears, didn't use for a game. Flight is OK. Durability seems OK as well. But the head feel numb, sound is not impressive. Good for recreation, certainly for tournament.

**weinsteinium** · 04-29-2009, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by badder

I bought something from the ebay but seller didn't have them, so instead, I received a tube of Canary A1 as compensation.

The shuttle is made in Vietnam. The feather does not look good. I only played two, hit some clears, didn't use for a game. Flight is OK. Durability seems OK as well. But the head feel numb, sound is not impressive. Good for recreation, certainly for tournament.

The Special Orange are a big improvement. I bought a tube of them also and steamed them (they were pretty dry so I had to steam them a couple of times).

They don't deform the way the A1's did, I'm not really an expert on birdies but I'm guessing that they have a better head than the A1's (I think that that A1's have a fiberboard head instead of a cork head).

They seemed to be similar in quality to other birdies that people pull out (RSL tourney, Victor)

**badder** · 04-29-2009, 01:11 PM

Originally Posted by badder

I bought something from the ebay but seller didn't have them, so instead, I received a tube of Canary A1 as compensation.

The shuttle is made in Vietnam. The feather does not look good. I only played two, hit some clears, didn't use for a game. Flight is OK. Durability seems OK as well. But the head feel numb, sound is not impressive. Good for recreation, certainly for tournament.

My bad English, what I mean is "certainly not for tournament". I will use it for practice or warm up.

**badder** · 04-29-2009, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by weinsteinium

The Special Orange are a big improvement. I bought a tube of them also and steamed them (they were pretty dry so I had to steam them a couple of times).

They don't deform the way the A1's did, I'm not really an expert on birdies but I'm guessing that they have a better head than the A1's (I think that that A1's have a fiberboard head instead of a cork head).

They seemed to be similar in quality to other birdies that people pull out (RSL tourney, Victor)

I do have one (only one) Speical Orange, not in that tube, but outside as packing material, not sure why they do that. Just by looking, I hardly tell it would be any better than A1. I would not pay $14 to get that, rather pay $1 or 2 more to get something much better.

For RSL or Victor, they are very good if you talking about the brand.