i think it's good enough for shop to give a test racket for their customer..... in Malaysia, there is no such things, you have to buy racket based on your instinct and experience.... no test racket.... about ARC7, just like kwun said.... i think it's just like VT70, but VT70 is a bit more head heavy and the shaft is a bit stiffer.... good luck in finding your racket...
i do not have an opportunity to test either, unless of course a friend has the racket, i went to my local store and really liked the z force and the arc 11 (my favourite so far) the new arc fb felt very average imo... now all i need are good string and tension options as my store will give me a free restring
you know, i just realized the same thing in HK, no demo program of any sort. the only store in the bay area i know of that has a demo program for badminton rackets is racket supply. and badminton alley said i can try out their new rackets just because i've been going there since i got back into badminton when i joined this forum not long ago....so now i should actually count my blessings and just be appreciative of the demo programs available in the bay area. but if there are no demo programs, then it would be best to make more friends so that maybe a few of them will let you try out their rackets even during a warm up session?
yeah, the only time i get to try new rackets is when my friends get new ones from my club, or i go to tournaments. i am already friendly with most people in the county, i have emailed my shop and am requesting to demo their arc 11, hopefully they will let me as i use them for all sporting stuff (football included) the only high end racket i have actually used from a friend is an n90 and a zlash, n90 was so head heavy... not for me haha
I have an arcsaber FB and an Arcsaber 10 Gade for sale? You can pm me if you're interested anyway, why not take a look at Li Ning and Kason as well? I've got the N50II and I love it. It's about even and it's relatively stiff; not too far off Z slash but not exactly a soft shaft either. Maybe take a look at that because it's about the £100 mark, not too far off depending on where you look
