Update Good call, Tom - it's certainly a grey area. If I could claim from Royal Mail for the full sticker price and then relay it to the customer I would be more than happy to do a refund that way. I wonder if I did claim, and told Royal Mail to send payment to the intended recipient, rather than me, whether they would accept it... In any case, I'll be hacking up some old cardboard boxes for international shipping, so with any luck this won't be an issue. Meanwhile, some news from the Panda: 1. The T2 that are coming in will NOT be v2; they will be v4; 2. Apparently you have a better chance of getting what you're after if your chosen BP is in the 290-295 region - completely the opposite of the last shipment. I will be submitting the final list to Dink on Sunday (13th) morning, his time, so he has chance to sort them and get them away at the start of the week; specs can be submitted to me any time until then - I just put them in a spreadsheet and pass them on. M.
Even more excited for this now. Can't wait!! Just wondered though, what sort of grip does it come with as i am hoping to maybe get an extre 5-10mm out of it if possible.
Hi sir dink, i managed to get my hand on one ti10 1st gen yesterday. It was the best racket i ever tried. Is there any chance you will produce a racket similar to the solidness of the old ti 10 in ur production? If you do i believe there will be alot of takers
What are the specs of your 1st Gen Ti10? The T2 is based on the 1st Gen Ti10, just not as endloaded nor as stiff in the shaft. The T1 was nearly identical not as heavy. With respect to doubles and mixed, the original 1st Gen Ti10 is just too slow (heavy and head heavy) for the game now; at least at an advanced-intermediate and higher level. The game is all about speed now at those levels.
I did not take a look at it. Perhaps you are right in that it is too heavy for a competitive game nowadays. But it was a long version. The solidness and heaviness however is rather appealing as it feels like an absolute hammer for an attacker. Really a attacker's dream. Now i am regretting to stop playing badminton in those years when it was available
If you're looking for something similar, we have some T2s in BP295 in 85-87g. That'll give you the same feel and power. You need to play more advanced players who can defend better.
Haha I dunno, too many versions for my poor head. V1 was original, v2 was the new paintjob/finish and new way to measure swingweight, v3 was ????, and v4 has a new cone.... Is that right? or did I combine 2 and 3??? Heh, I use a v1 that's 86.7/290 and it does have quite a lot of power and feel in it. But I'm slowly falling in love with the v2 86.1, 286 my friend is using...
So the v3 was new "red" color with no grey lines between them? I thought that this was a verson 2. Ok here are the color difference: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/for...-40lbs.-String-Tension!&p=1406649#post1406649 I thought that racket with lines between red is T2 version 1 and the other one T2 version 2, but if I get it this was actually version 3 Dan? Never mind I just used to play with T2 (286/86) and it is feels better than chocolate.
This is an excellent question with a difficult response (at least difficult to be accurate without writing a lengthy response). Panda is in the process of writing a response (as easy to understand and as concise as possible) but it's taking a long time. Will finish later on tonight.
This is possibly the last thing that needed to be done to make the T2 one of the greatest rackets ever (imo)! Having used the HPS rackets not having the flatter cone is a problem on the T2 (for serving). As I seemed to be the only person in existence having this problem (obviously I have an obese thumb) I assumed it would not be changed, but it has been, hurray! Dink or Mark, any idea of the weight of the 290-295bp rackets? I'd still prefer one in the fly swatter region if possible but if not a lighter head heavy might be ok.
Dink has told me of many, many 4U 290-295's - the record so far is 81g, and he hadn't even finishing sorting them when we were IMing last night. You're not alone in wanting a better cone to choke up on for serves and net play... SOTXs, IME, have a very pronounced rounded cone, and this was a real annoyance after years of Armortecs!
Dink, you are so right about the pace of today's Double game at higher levels, what was excellent a few year back, cannot do the job anymore. Came back to the game after a 15 years absence, and ouch, it is fast. This is why, I have been trying many different tools and not yet happy; so I am really excited about the latest REVOLUTION specs. I hope the latest tests are positive, so we can see that baby soon.
