Yeah I wanted to get the Elite initially, but was scared off by the head heaviness. Ironically my next racket was a AT900T, which I could wield just fine, so turns out I wouldn've been just fine with the Elite! Man the Cab35 is a handsome looking racket. Where's it being sold at the moment? The VT Elite you can get at Wisdens of Hastings in the UK.
If you think the tour is light, try the vt superlite! That is possibly the only racket I've ever found that is too head light, took a long time to stop me swinging thin air. (About 3 weeks, playing 3 times a week for 2 hours.) Defence is ridiculous though. I agree they don't play like any existing rackets, which is good, no point in having a new racket that's identical as an existing one, unless you were aiming for that. The stock strings are no good whatsoever, loose and that paint just ruins everything.
Carlton Rackets are sweet. Top notch and a great status symbol as you travel along the pacific rim where people always only seem to have Yonnex
I've only had two hours on the ZS so I can't compare as yet, but the Carlton VT Tour is still my current go-to racket (Ashaway PG65 @ 24lbs ). It just does nothing badly.
It's a fantastic racket. A bit hard to get, but I got mine through Wisdens of Hastings in the UK - they've got an eBay account (ebay.co.uk) and shipping is very quick and very reasonable.
Good day to all!!! Im jolliber new member in badminton central im from Balaklava about 45mins drive from Adelaide...just want to know some badminton happenings in Adelaide if any...im a level D player back in the Philippines... Thanks....
You should continue driving about your inquiry on Places to Play/Local Events! It is just located above this Equipment thread in the Main/Home page.
What are you talking about. They're selling every new Carlton model right now. http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/wisdensofhastings/
A long long time, definitely 1 1/2 years. Although I'm pretty sure it was longer than that. How does a big company like that take so long to develop a website! Although it is quite snazzy.
Great looking racquets ! The website is also very well designed. Unfortunately, this new range is not available in Asia.