DinkAlot, any reviews on X3 silver??? can we expect any reviews on RSL X3 Silver form the 'Panda'??????some say it plays similar to YY Ti10 (3rd).....n thanks 4 the countless reviews on other well known racquets....has helped us a lot.... ~^Anand
Has Panda given reviews on the Apacs Tantrum 300 and Lethal 70 yet? If he has, could someone kindly direct me to it please? I tried searching for it but there were no results.
Oh, just to let you know, he has ran out of Tantrum 300s, that is why he took away combo I was looking to buy with the Tantrum 300 and Lethal 70 for $199. Well, he also told me that he has one left that his stringer put a chip in the paint while talking it off the maching I think and he is willing to sell it for less. I doubt that would bother you as it is only a paint chip and you are using it for testing but for me, after much consideration I would much rather wait until the end of April and get a brand new one and he might even be able to get North American versions of Edge Sabers. Thank you sooo much Sir Panda for putting sooo much effort into making these reviews and helping us!
Yeah, it seems like Carlton has pretty much died out. Before, EVERYONE used Carlton and now it is not even heard of anymore. I am using a Carlton Airblade 500 Ti and I get laughed at for "using some kind of ugly no name brand" as all they know is Yonex this and Yonex that. It just shows me how little they know about sports in general. Sure, my Carlton racket is definitely not any kind of top of the line racket or anything but it does the job for me but it does not deserve to be called "no name"! Just about all of them have been slayed by my Carlton racket and I guess seeing their faces after I destroy them makes up for them hurting my racket's feelings. All the people who are capable of beating me know better than to think that a racket determines one's skills. Hehe. ^^ Sorry for the rant. I just have to let it out and I love my Carlton rackets. Though I am going to switch over to Apacs soon as Carlton rackets are not really accessable anymore, while Apacs is REALLY cheap and has many selections.
ive got both apacs and carlton...carlton i love for doubles, the apacs works its magic at singles, BUT they are more accessible in the UK
Yeah, the only bad about Apacs for me is that there are no stores here to buy Apacs equipment so I am not able to hold it in my hand and try it out before I buy something. We have to get everything online. The owner (or whatever you call him) of Apacs Canada told me that if they decided to open a store to sell Apacs equipment, they would have to increase the prices by about 50% so they could survive. It is too bad because they also have cheap shoes but with something like shoes, I would only buy it if I tried it on first, knowing it fits properly. Also, since I have wide feet, I do not want to risk spending money on a pair of shoes that would not even fit me properly.
I've got the Apacs shoes about 4 months ago, still going well. My feet are also wide (120kg weight, what you expect). So no worries here. And cheap.
Printing whole review over 3 pages For those of you like me that wanted to print DinkAlot's excellent racket review but found it too small. I have converted it to a 3 page pdf document split across 3 pages (landscape) and it can be downloaded from here (sorry it is a tad big at 3MB) I did try and upload the pdf to this forum but it would not let me....some sort of failure message! I hope DinkAlot does not mind me converting it and hosting it elsewhere....I don't have any ulterior motive except that I would like to be able to easily access it from my iPhone when I am out and I could not do that from this forum....anyway let me know if it's a problem and I can remove it.... Does anyone know of a similar list for shuttles? Simon (aka Lord Slimeburger.....don't ask...its a long story)
I believe that Sir Dink posted something to that effect somewhere in either this thread or the Panda Power thread.
