These are the racquets that have really stood out for me. 1) Apacs Lethal 70. By far my favorite racquet period. Medium stiff flex, Super solid frame. Strung at 26x29 with bg66um, produces MASSIVE amounts of power with a strong fast swing. More power for me than my at900p. Stiff string bed and light weight make it a great control racquet, stiff flex and tight thin string make it a powerhouse. My favorite all around racquet by FARRRRR. 2) AT 900 power. [RIP] This was my lazy racquet. I strung it at 23 lbs a while back with bg65 and it has lost so much tension I'm sure it was around 19lbs before it broke. I barely had to swing to clear baseline, however even with full swing (both with new and old string) I couldn't ever smash even close to as hard as the al70. This racquet just seemed so easy going... With the loose strings I had low control at net by the end, but that's just string not racquet. 3) BK Photon sl xl. "Troll" I loved the lightweight. It was so easy to perform the coolest deceptive serve returns. Last minute flicks were easy and would result in opponents diving or struggling to make it back in time. 4) Li Ning N90 I. String at 25lbs with bg80. Not anything that really stood out but it was a solid all around racquet. It did everything better than average but nothing that made my jaw drop. I can't justify buying this racquet new at 200+$ though. 5) BK Rapier Berylyum. Strung at 24lbs with bg66. Essentially it's a 60$ version of my old NS 9900. Lightweight around 82-84g iirc. Head light. Easiest racquet for smash blocking. Only thing is this racquet is a bit more flexible than the ns9900. I was never able to produce decent power with both these racquets, clears required so much effort (Though when I tried the ns9900 I wasn't at my current level). Basically this racquet is my favorite defensive racquet and at 1/5 the price of the ns9900 I still keep it in my bag. Not as high quality as the ns9900 but for what I use it for, I love it. My line up was al70, at900p, bk rapier. Since my at900p got smashed I am looking into the apacs lethal 100 or tantrum 989 shot as a replacement in my bag since they are on crazy good special deal right now. Will post again if my top 5 picks change!
1. Yonex voltric 80 2 . Yonex voltric Z force 3. Ashaway nanoforce 5000 4. Li Ning N90 ii 5. Yonex arsaber z slash
Visor, So you actually bought the Adipower Pro? If so, in your opinion, is it as stiff as the Yonex equivalent?
wow, this is hard... I don't even think ive used 5 rackets in my badminton career well, when I started training for serious i was using the Nano Speed 9000. It's alright, than I moved on to the Titanium 280 (FZ FORZA) that racket was AWESOME. great control and power. Then it broke... but years later. I had a titanium 666 for a short time. I really liked it but it broke quickly. Then I was sponsored by ProKennex and started using the 800D. similar to the T280. I used it for about a year. After I changed to the 700D. Which is similar to the MP88. so if i was to make a list: 1. Titanium 280 (FZ) 2. Concave NHM 700D (PK) 3. 800D (PK) 4. Titanium 666 (FZ) 5. Nano Speed 9000 (YY)
I think that's what Kwun said. Is it as stiff as the Arc 10 though? I have played with both the Arc 10 and 11 and I found them to be too stiff for my liking. I would prefer my next racquet to have a similar stiffness level as my Duoforce.
Found the ap pro to be of similar stiffness as the Arc11, but cant say for sure without having both strung at 12,5kg minimum. Definitely stiffer than the Arc7, by a lot
Then I think you and visor saved me some money. I thought about buying the racquet and test it out for myself, but if it's as stiff as the Arc11, which in my opinion is similar to the Arc10, then there's no point for me to try it. Those racquets are too stiff for me to take full advantage of. After testing a bunch of racquets last year, I'm convinced the Duoforce's stiffness is about as much as I can handle.
My New Top 5 1.Kason C7 2.Li Ning N55II 3.MX JJS 4.MX 80 5.ARC 11 MY RSL Gold X3 broken:crying: Shall replace with Li Ning N7!!
1. Victor Brave Sword 15 2. Victor Brave Sword 12 3. Yonex Armotec 900 Technique 4. Yonex Arc Saber FB 5. Yonex Arc Saber 10
owned: mx-JJS mx60 head power helix 8000 head metallix 8000 trinity pro 286/86 most tempted by: tk9000 tk6000
09 June 2014 My top 5 Rackets 1. Gosen Ryoga Issen 2. Voltric Z-Force 4u IP code 3. Li-Ning N55II 4. Li-Ning N90III 5. Arcsaber 10
