Yonex ArcSaber 10 Review

That's an expensive experiment should anything go wrong

 

Hmm... only so-so ratings for the ARC10 from the two reviews so far. Thanks, ants and Oldhand. It will be interesting to see more reviews from other BC users and see how it fares over time.

 

What is the actually difference in playability whether its one or two piece stringing?

I would have thought one piece is better because then the string would be working as one unit. Also one piece looks better.

 

Yep, one-piece looks 'cleaner' because there are almost no overlapping of the string around the frame, and there are only two knots too.. Well, that's the reasoning from the shopkeeper of shuttle-house. Hmm.. the performance shouldnt really change significantly between the two stringing methods..

 

more reviews pleaseeeeeeee.
So far we only heard 2 reviews, and sounds like, it just an ordinary rackets.
Me, waiting for the SP to come. Hope to hear nice thing about this toy.

 

I'm going to stick with my armortec 900T, but I might upgrade from a 4u UK code to a 3U jp code.

 

Can we conclude that it's the player and not the racquet then ?

 

your saying Im jumping ships because i decided to stay with my old racket? and that not making a $250+ investment that is probably 80% marketing is not jumping ships???

(yeah im also in a bad mood because i cracked one of my ns9000s today and lol...Im not going to buy a arc10 thought )

and going back to topic, would u recommend this racket to someone? that is a good question, and why?

 

You can't blame him b/c there are currently lots of people jumping off the Laffs and Sens bandwagon in Ontario. Just j/k...

So far, I have broken 1 NS9000X (warranty covered), and 1 Arc7... I know how it feels...

 

What I'm saying is that people shouldn't be lemmings and be reliant on others to make their decisions for them. The review by oldhand is exactly what it is, his review. To him, it doesn't feel right. To you or someone else... who knows. As advocated my many (including myself) the best way is to try it out first. Then you'll know if it suits you. Case in point is when the ArcSaber 7 came out, sure I was curious. Some people I knew swore by it. So I tried it, found it wasn't my cuppa and stuck with my trusted NS9000X. Not that I wanted to buy an Arc Saber 7.

In the end you buy a racket to help improve your game, not because it's the latest and greatest thing out there or it looks good on you.

 

Isn't it true that with one-piece stringing the mains will be looser and there's a higher possibility that the frame will deform?

 

Yes and true. But... most pros (99.978%) will string with one-piece...

 

it's ok for them because all of them are sponsored by Yonex and other brands.. so if ever the racquet break or deformed, they will just get another batch from shop.. easy....

 

I have been stringing with one piece at tension of 26 x 26 or 28 x 28LBS. Have not break any rackets so far.

Just make sure that the stringer himself is also a badminton player....

Thanks.

 

1 piece gives better tension holding, because not many knot

 

Another Pics of ARC 10

I really like the color of the racket.

 

I have no idea, but it seems like that in Japan, one-piece stringing is the most commonly used stringing method. I do understand the concept that the mains will be looser, but aren't the mains already supposed to be looser than the crossses by 2lbs ? I dont quite like two-piece stringing right now. All my racquets which were restrung with two-piece stringing seems to have a narrower and longer frame. Or maybe it's just the stringer's problem.

 

Obviously the stringer problem, they probably either pull your racket too long when they put on the machine or they add too much tension on the cross string. I string racket by myself and I can't wait to get ArcSaber 10 on my hand. I'm waiting it to come out in TH version and ask my friend to buy it for me.