Show us your badminton racquets!

Discussion in 'Badminton Rackets / Equipment' started by bigredlemon, Feb 14, 2004.

  1. Rob3rt

    Rob3rt Regular Member

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    Yeah, my bad. I meant the N70s.
     
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    Well I find them pretty quick considering it's actually a box frame and sort of head heavy. They're really smooth cutting through the air, something I never really felt with the Arcsaber tbh. The Arcsaber always felt kind of..empty? Not sure how to describe..

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    Are you trying to sell me one? If so, you are succeeding.
     
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    Nope. I'd like to find them still. But I have a ton of SW35 still much much better.

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    The closest I played to that was a 4U VT70, but the longer handle of the N70 made it quite unique. Made it very cool to use around the net for me, and the soft shaft gave easy power to clears and kills. A bit hard to keep shots in court sometimes though.
    Speed-wise, the lag created by the soft shaft made it a bit weird - slightly slower on fast movements than you'd think just holding it.
    Got counter-balanced by the super high grip you could get on that long handle, though. Truly a unique racket imop. I'd actually consider going back to that and the N90 if I could get a supply of those.....
     
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    Oh god, how did you manage that? R.I.P.
     
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    Look what I dug up, going through my racket drawer...[​IMG]
     
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    Shuttle on the frame, iirc. Maybe a clash...my favorite racket of all time. Slightly off-spec, bordering on 4U I believe. Insane how light it feels when you take it into your hand, and only part of that is the grip. Still was unbelievably solid on contact with the shuttle. I want it back!
     
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    I feel you, very good feeling racket. If I had to specialize in singles, I‘d probably be using this one. Still have on in my collection, which I‘m never going to sell.
     
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    Damn you. I also used it in doubles, play a bit more block defense and it's doable :D best backhand drives I ever had, I think.
     
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    Duora Zstrike is so far so good. I really like these two.[​IMG]

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    Also loves the Lindan Force 4UG5 as they are great for both singles and doubles[​IMG]

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    Didn't know Adidas rackets were still a thing, much less that people actually buy them
     
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    Whoo!
     

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    They are right in the middle of another push into the market - surprised that you haven't seen the threads:

    https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sh...nterview-and-information.175226/&share_type=t

    https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sh...-Badminton-racquets-2018.176494/&share_type=t

    Although I also do wonder why anyone still gets excited about the Duoforce, since that was part of the previous attempt that failed pretty badly.
     
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    Hahaha! I understand that you guys think is’s werd that I still want to buy an old, pretty ugly racket...but that pice is just my avatar arm! ;)
     
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    Nah, nothing weird with that. It's just quite unusual in times in which players rushing from 77 to 88 to 99 within a couple of months.

    I tested an Adipower something (the one that Viktor was using) for a couple of hours back then but found it nothing special really (except the stupid name...). I still hope that they will keep up their latest efforts and come up with some innovative rackets in the future.
     
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    Agreed! I think Adidas Badminton didn’t got an honest chance from start, they have nice products...but I still think the SWITCH racket is the biggest innovative racket in the last five years. To bad for them it didn’t got more cred.
     

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