*New! Adidas Badminton

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  1. Shinichi

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    Last time they said 26 April. Maybe it going to change
     
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    The BT definitely looks mouth watering but bank account is at red alert...
    Shipping rates and discount plans are all there in the website (get a piece of paper, a pen and a calculator to make notes before place the order)

    Wait for local sells or pay a bit more to own it fast... very difficult to choose

    Too bad, they don't have the Duoforce... Adizero Pro is a good choice!
    Happy shopping~~~
     
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    Adizero Pro, light, fast, can attack and can defense! Super good!

    as for the Precision Pro...hmmm...
    Ordinary control type racket, feels pretty standard, get the birdie over the net well
    BUT racket quality is POOR, first time in the court, just one small bump (not a crash) and already a flake of the paint came off! For this price, I would expect better from Adidas... My buddy is quite heart broken...
     
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    seems like the top rackets to get are:

    adipower pro
    adipower duoforce
    adizero pro

    the others are good. but these 3 really stands out. for the ppl who i have lend rackets to, they usually end up liking one of those. one friend of mine already is planning to get a adizero pro whenever it comes out here in the US.
     
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    Have not seen a adipower tour review, kwun? :)
     
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    Viktor Axelsen (DEN)
    Wong Wing Ki (HKG)
    Nozomi Okuhara (JPN)
    Tanguy Citron (FRA)
    Juliette Wattlebled (FRA)

    i was told another HKG player also signing and probably just waiting for current sponsorship to expire.

    all young players
     
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    ok ok. let me ask for it.

    i got a lot of requests for the adipower tour. is that a spec that people tend to like? why?
     
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    It spec-ed as a balanced doubles racket with the same technology offered by the adipower pro. Just something I am looking forward to try, anyone else?
     
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    from the specs it looks like a more forgiving version of the adipower pro, so why not?

    thought of the amortec 800 off and def or 900 technique and power pairs; maybe it is similar to that concept?
     
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    Hey Kwun, do you mind measuring the length and width of your foot for me please?
     
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    i hope i got it right coz it is hard to measure the feet.

    260mm length
    95mm width
     
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    Thanks, your feet are practically the same size as mine. My feet are 260mm long and 100mm wide.
    I was thinking of trying size 9 instead of size 9.5.
     
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    As I mentioned before, can you request an Adizero Tour as well? I think it's good to get an idea of what Adidas' top range of rackets like.
     
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    BT Feather available in Canada?
     
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    Is that the width at its widest point and length at its longest point?
     
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    i measured as you mentioned.

    however, what i am not sure is whether i am supposed to put pressure on the feet or not. if i do stand with weight on my feet, then there is +5mm difference. i ended up being more towards 265mm and 103mm for my measurements
     
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    Yes, measured at their lengthiest points while standing. I measured multiple times with different methods; measured standing, tracing foot on a piece of paper and resting foot up against a wall.
     
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    Now the space between each toe, please. We need to see if we can get things a little tighter at the top...
     
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    i am afraid to quote the famous:

    "a picture is worth a thousand word...."
     
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    just as long as we don't have to smell that particular picture... ;) :p

    Seriously however, I don't see much point beyond a point of this micro-inspection. You'd have to factor in growth of nails, corns, various thicknesses of socks.... but to each his own, I guess...
     
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