yesterday i saw asean games, looks like hendra setiawan use this racket too, his smash perform much faster and better than other comrades. maybe due his swing speed, so damn fast...
at asean games final 1st set i absolutely sure he use arc-7, due to yellow and black color, but for second set he might change to another. ants??
i just got an Arc7 (3U) yesterday and strung it with BG66 at 25lbs. being a user of the NS7700 and Ti10 (lately the Ti10 has been my regular racquet), i must say that when i tried the Arc7 today, it felt initially a bit flat... then after playing several games with it, i found that the Arc7 does feel very different from my other racquets. control was very good and the power was there - just that i had to readjust from using the Ti10. if u mishit, the sound of the shuttle hitting the strings would sound really weird. hmm must play more to get better impressions of this interesting racquet. the stringers has mentioned that this racquet is able to take >30lbs tension easily.
This is my final review of the ARC7. It is a good racquet. Given the best score is 10 and worse is 0. Defense 9 Smash 7 Power 8 Control 9 User Friendly 6 This is a racquet for advanced player. You need to get the right technique and hit it right to get the most power. Also right string such as BG85, BG80 or Ashaway MP will help on the power depot also. String at your own regular tension range, no need to adjust on the first try,
Ants, wouldn't happen to have heard anything about an ArcSaber 10 now would you? Happened to stumble upon some dutch yonex fanboy forum the other day and it was mentioned ... Only thing I remember specifically is that it would be placed around then NS9000 (think X) on the chart. Nothing else going on there except complimenting each other on what a great forum they have .
