Sorry, it is Arc 10 review page.... Will get one Next week (JP version lal)... But I read some review @ a Chinese Badminton forum said not to powerful.... Worth a try though..
I believe I'll have my JP Arc 10s plus a bunch of other things and a 200 page Yonex catalog tommorow ^.^
Thursday practice!! Played last night and i think it was probably the best I had played with my new racket. Touch and smashing was really good but whips and hard drives were alot better. However, although I love playing with my new racket i would have to say this was not the highligh as an ex-england badminton player came down to my club night! He hadnt picked up a racket for 2 years due to a knee operation and is now in his early 40's but in all honestly he was bloody amazing. It was one of the best experiences I have ever had playing badminton and it was a complete lesson!! Cant wait till tuesday as he is going to play in a match for us!! It should be quite funny!!
My first opinion on ArcSaber 10 Racket Type : Yonex ArcSaber 10 2UG5 Strings: Yonex Nanogy98 at 24/26 lbs Grip: Two over grip over Original Grip Shuttle used for the review: RSL Feather and Black Night Plastic My other racquets: Ti10 Long 2UG4, MP 99 3UG4 Purchased along with the ArcSaber 10, AT 900P 3UG4 and the new colour scheme Ti10 3UG4 (not the yellow or purple, there is a new one out there now) So I feel this review is unique since I used the ArcSaber, AT900P and Ti10 for the first time they are all strung with the same string and tension First impressing the ArcSaber 10 Compared to my old Ti-10 it certainly had an overall lighter feel, found it easier to swing, wrapped on two layers over grip and took it in to play. Warm up time the ArcSaber have a solid feel in my hands and the forehand clears were certainly reach far back with less effort that usual, my backhand clear was more or less the same that I achieve with my other racquets. It felt easier swing around on the court During game time I was surprised to smash sharper and closer to the net which I am sure with my other racquets would have be caught on the net, I noticed the surprised look on the opponents face as well since they failed to return. I was able to move the racquet around from offensive to defensive mode comfortably. Now for the next game I picked AT900P and noticed the brute force power for the smash and being able to clear forehand and backhand was much better than ArcSaber 10, I feel the same with the new Ti-10 very difficult to choose between the new Ti-10 and AT900P So to conclude I would say the ArcSaber 10 is a good overall racquet and will continue to use it and hope to get better adapted with it over time.
Burger King pictures available http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=813515&postcount=15
Tried my Arc-10 (3UG3) for the first time today. Not a really good test at i haven't restrung it (I estimate its like 18lbs or so BG80 on it.. totally mushy).. I must say it was a very bleak impression.. Neither quick nor powerful.. both 9000S,AT900P and AT700 was more to my liking.. (and of Course Tetracross 700 being king of the hill ) I will restring it tommorrow to give it a fair chance.. As I guess most rackets would suck with such low tension... what where they thinking strinign it like that /Twobeer
I tried my Arc 10 3UG5 yesterday. The feel and control is superb as I can control the direction of the birdie easily. Defence was also good indeed....comparable with NS9000....maybe NS9000 a little bit faster to manoveur. While the power is good. Still need to discover its power since I haven't got enough playtime and rarely smash yesterday due to my ankle problem but I did noticed that my smashes are more sharper and nearer to the net. Will test it again on Sunday
To those that use Arc 7 regularly, you won't find a difference between Arc7 or Arc10. Indeed, some might argue that Arc 10 is a bit more pwoerful becuz of the stiffness and head heavy oriented but to me, they have no difference. It's a cloaked Arc 7 in a red costume.
zhang ning using the arc saber 10 in the swiss open 2008 http://fotos.badmintondeutschland.de/index.php?id=40&no_cache=1&spieler001=85&turnier001=swo08
I tried my Arc 10 again today. The power is very good but not excellent. Baseline to baseline shots and drives are excellent and effortless. By the way it's strung with NBG98 @ 23lbs....
Hi-res pictures for any of those wanting more than 600x600 (yes, I know the string is red and some may not like it...it was a shipping error that I got red instead of gold): http://www.ericserver.net/images/arcsaber10fullsmall.jpg http://www.ericserver.net/images/arcsaber10shaftsmall.jpg http://www.ericserver.net/images/arcsaber10framesmall.jpg
Black colour string would look nicer with the Arc 10. But your Arc 10 looks kinda weird....the head looks too square IMO....maybe it is just the angle of the pictures.
wow, those are some bloody big pictures. i think you should stop calling them small, i shudder to think what large would be!
BK, Please use a postal electronic scale to measure the mass of the 3U AS 10 to the nearest grams without string and overgrip. Thanks. Pete
Most of our members are using AT-700. What they wield the Arc Saber 10, they were quite comfortable with the heat heaviness, even though the racket is supposed to be more well balanced and lighter. Thanks.
I don't agree at all with this.. The ARC-10 is definitviely stiffer and more powerful (for me) than the ARC-7. If you smash soft or just defend, then the feel is very similar, but for all-out smashes the extra stiffnes makes a big difference. /Twobeer
