Yonex ArcSaber Z Slash Review

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  1. ignatius95

    ignatius95 Regular Member

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    lol.... The shuttle will just melt instantly:eek:

    I really want to know how the racket will looks like.....:rolleyes:....so sad in Hong Kong won't have the racket selling, at least until October.....(I think:p)
     
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    So glad it is no match to compare with at700 head heaviness ...
     
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    YONEX ARCSABER “Z” Slash Review
    Feel: 9.5/10
    Control: 9.5/10
    Power: 10/10
    Defense: 9/10
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    Maneuverability: 8.5/10

    Pros : All around racket, Great Power and Repulsion, Good Feel.
    Cons: Price
    Suitability : Advance/Intermediate. Singles/Doubles racket


    YONEX NanoSpeed 9900 Review
    Feel: 9.5/10
    Control: 9.5/10
    Power: 9/10
    Defense: 9/10
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    Maneuverability: 9/10

    Pros: Design,Technology, Fast Racket Speed, Durability, Good control and
    Maneuverability
    Cons: Price
    Suitability: Intermediate/Advance. Singles/Doubles Players


    Yonex Arcsaber 10 Review
    Feel: 9.5/10
    Control: 9.5/10
    Power: 9/10
    Defense: 8.5/10
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    Maneuverability: 8.5/10

    Pros : All around racket, Good control.
    Cons: Lack of Defense, Price and looks
    Suitability : Intermediate/Advance. Singles/Doubles racket


    Nanospeed 9000 Type S Review
    Feel: 8.5/10
    Control: 8/10
    Power: 9/10
    Defense: 9/10
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    Pros : Speed, Power and User friendly.
    Cons: Maybe the color ( don’t blame me if I have bad taste on color ), prefer it slighly head heavy, lack of a little Control.
    Suitability : Intermediate/Advance. Singles/Doubles racket.


    Nanospeed 9000 Type X Review
    Feel: 9/10
    Control: 8.5/10
    Power: 9/10
    Defense: 8/10
    34.5


    Pros : I love the control and power. Whipping effect.
    Cons: Maybe the color ( don’t blame me if I have bad taste on color ).
    Suitability : Intermediate/Advance. Singles/Doubles racket


    Armortec 900 POWER Review
    Feel: 9/10
    Control: 8.5/10
    Power: 9.5/10
    Defense: 8/10
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    Pros : The Feel of its RAW Power
    Cons: Defense a little slow and probably its looks. However it is much better than the other AT Models.
    Suitability : Intermediate/Advance. Singles/Doubles racket


    Yonex Armortec 900 Technique Review
    Feel: 9/10
    Control: 9/10
    Power: 8.5/10
    Defense: 9.5/10
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    i totaled their scores
     
  4. Makunouchi

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    Just asking

    Sorry for my ignorance!


    When they (yonex) said it will be launched on the 19th of September will it be available already in Singapore by that time?
     
  5. ignatius95

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    I don't think so, may be yonex will just distribute to those shops on 19th of September.:crying: Cause probably yonex don't want shops to be selling this racket before 19th.;)
    P.S.All Above is just personal opinion.:cool:
     
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    Is arcsaber z significantly slower than ns9900?
     
  7. goldenratio

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    great review ants. thanks.
     
  8. Easy Tiger

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    Local Distrubutor says that they will be available for sale on the 19th. I wouldn't be surprised if judging from the LiNings, that it will be the most expensive Yonex ever.
     
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    Hi Easy Tiger,
    Which distributor did you ask? I live in Melbourne, I'm interested to get one of these... Still thinking about getting it from shuttle house japan. The price is almost the same as Arc Saber 10 and NS 9900 in Japan
     
  10. Blitzzards

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    It probably would be cheaper to just directly import it from Mybadmintonstore rather than wait for the distributors in Australia. I wonder if the racquet is even balance to headlight similar to the NS9900.

    On a side note I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out similar to this (because of the colour scheme and the "subtitle"):

    [​IMG]
     
  11. quik_silver

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    hey isnt that power rangers lol it's awesome xD
     
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    No wonder this power ranger is so strong. He's using the Yonex Arcsaber Z Slash!
     
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    looking forward to seeing who switched to the arcz
    Maybe taufik or gade ?
     
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    I would say that Taufik will make the switch first.
     
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    Here is a picture of Arc-Z Slash.....Looks pretty ugly....But I don't know what it looks in real...
    [​IMG]

    Courtesy of AT700.com and Badmintoncn.com
     
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    Aw man, what a disappointment, that thing looks ugly as hell
     
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    The black / red / white colour scheme would have worked. But they HAD to add in yellow! Now it really does look like a power ranger's weapon.

    Oh well.. at least it does pack a punch in terms of power :)
     
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    If they made the yellow part blue, it'd be the sexiest thing ever.

    I wonder if Yonex hates blue?
     
  19. Blitzzards

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    :rolleyes:

    And I thought my joke about the relation of the racquet to Power Rangers Zeo was bad enough....

    By the way some if not most of the folks at AT700.com are threatening to not buy the racquet amidst the hype about the smashing prowess.
     
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    Whoa, très ugly! Definite saltpeter to my enthusiam. I'll pass and stick to my NS9.9K.

    No wonder they've been trying to keep this image secret until the official reveal date! Time to include color-blindness test as a prerequisite for their design team.

    Somebody please tell me that the actual racket looks better than this.
     

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