They were sold out in the shop I bought my C7 from. Clearly more people fancy themselves as FHF than CY.
CY always played with the N70 when they're sponsored by LN, yes the N30 was marketed as his racket but he didn't use it... As to the person saying the Kason's are just copies of the LN rackets it actually is not, I own both the C7 and N70 and they're not copies of each other, the C7 is actually faster than the N70 but N70 out powers the C7....
What can we say? Smashers are, as they always have been, the crowd pleaser. Poor net players are always overlooked.
I must say, I'm having a great time with the C7 at the moment. It's surprising how playable a racket like this is with a 304 balance point. Took a while to get used to it, but now that I am, I'm struggling to play with other rackets. I seem to constantly find myself reaching for it the VS 850 it was originally strung with has pretty much died, so I'm going to restring with ZM67 red and see how it goes.
Well, they're opposites in a way. The MX80 is stiff and zingy, and feels stiff everywhere yet has a 'sort of' playable stiffness. Barely detectable head-heaviness at BP300-295 and as everyone knows is great in pushes and drives especially. The 80 is best described as a kinda mechanical or springy feeling racket - it's strength is also its weakness in that respect. The C7 on the otherhand is obviously head heavy with a BP of 304-5. Its a very tactile racket, very well damped without losing connection to the stringbed. It's got great punch from the back court, yet is surprisingly nimble in the forecourt, which makes you kinda stop and look at the racket when you first play with it! It's not as stiff as it probably could be, which i think would bother some more advanced players but for intermediates it means gobs of playability - especially something head heavy.
Actually, many advanced players like not-so-stiff rackets, as they make playing easier and give most a little extra help on hard shots (smash, clear). What seems to work best for those I play with are moderately/slightly head heavy rackets with a medium stiff shaft (Oliver T50P/eNtron600, which is basically a slightly softer ArcZS, and Arc7). I'm very interested in the C7, but really can't afford it after getting 2 rackets recently
Haha, would like that as they both look interesting indeed - but as I destroyed my BS09 recently, I decided to get the Oliver T50 Power twice. Similar stiffness, but more head heavy - a very good offensive racket. Not too head heavy for net play, but enough to be noticeably stronger than the BS09 on smashes. Very nice racket, and a super price (81€ per piece for me, although the BS would've been only 90€). Strung with 26,5 NBG98 - good power, good control I noticed Oliver isn't very popular outside of Germany, and while MBS have some of their stuff, it doesn't include the T series or the eNtron series...a shame, it's a really nice brand for those who don't want to pay Yonex prices. Although I always have to laugh at the English translations
I was looking online, and found the the F9 LTD and the F9, different prices, and the only difference seems to be that there's the signature near the top of the shaft... No paint difference whatsoever. Anyone try the F9 PT or the C7 PT?
Is it PT series are more forgiving or opposite one? i guess the opposite, so that when use the real racket (non PT series), we can whack like hell easier.
The different thing I notice between F9 and F9 PT is the frame profile. F9 has "sword" and octablade shape, no Muscle Power grommet style from 10-2 o clock. F9 PT has box shape, and muscle power grommet style(just like Ti 10).
