Bro necro, testing the racket yourself is about the best way to go. Online help has its limitation since everyone is different in every way. My duora 10 is at 300mm bp, sort of head heavy. Less fatigue to wield compared to vt80e and zf2. Packs a good punch too. If you have tried arcsabre 11 and think that you still need something with more punch, duora 10 is your pick. Z-speed is really cheap now and it does fall into your requirements. Sometimes other brands can offer you something that yonex can't, it's important to keep an open mind.
Bought and tried the Duora 10 yesterday. Strung with BG 66UM @ 25lbs. All I can say is - a faster Arc 11. That is all.
I also have faced similar experience using balanced rackets as my lob/lifts usually won't go high to the back, that's because mostly I use stiffer racket that send the racket easily and my sense have tried to not overdo it if I did it too much then it will go long (with stiffer racket small effort of wrist flick will help to send the shuttle back but it will need bigger swing with even balanced rackets), power wise I really like it as I could get nice power for smashes (Arc 10 and 11 definitley got nice power in it), right now I'm juggling between my Nanoray and Voltric (when I want to build points from opponents with not so good defense I'll go with Voltric for power play, but when I need to play lots of fast rallies with drives,pushes, baseline, defense, netplays, etc Nanoray still is definitely the winner )^^
300 with strings? with overgrip? 300 is slightly higher than I expected, thought it was gonna be even balance like the arcs.
Yes 303 to be exact. I removed the original grip, wrap a layer of electrical tape, few layers of cushion wrap and one layer of over grip.
well with strings and overgrip they should roughly cancel each other out. ~303 dry it is. Roughly the same as the vt70 I think bp wise.
I do not measure dry weight and balance. I did the grip for all my rackets, meaning my arc 11 get the same treatment. That's why my Duory is still head heavier than my arc 11. Figures are only rough reference, the frame shape matters.
Tried...does everything well for an even balanced racket Doesnt have big smashes like Voltric Speed on par with any Nanorays out there Jack of all trades and in my case, a friendlier version of NS9900
thanks for your recommendation. My local shop don't have Onigiri though (JS 10, JS Ahmad, and other high-end Victor I think). But duora 10 is more tempting
Had two hours with it. I only know how to play MD. It is a 3U. Here's my general Impressions on it: 10/10 would be the 'best' I've ever used. 0/10 would be the worst TOP END racket I have used. 5 would be average. This way, the comparison is more obvious. Or else, I'd end up with a lot of other people giving everything in the 8-10 range. Looks: Totally subjective, not going to give a score for this one. I'm going to note that there are no fears of confusing backhand and forehand. Attack: 7/10 Full power jump smashes are pretty good, hits roughly as hard as my TK9000. Significantly less than the ZF II. I don't backhand smash so it's up to the singles players to figure that one out. Definitely a solid enough feeling when you hit it. The stiffness is good enough for it to balance out decent power while giving less-than-full swings. Needs slightly more stiffness IMO though. Drops: 8/10 Good enough solid feeling, making it easy to play a drop shot. Escape clears: 10/10 When I'm out of position, this racket is the only one so far that has allowed me to hit a high shot to the opponent's backline when swung with all the remaining strength I have. I don't play regular clears at all so singles players will have to ask others. Defense: 7/10 Fairly good. I do seem to feel that using the aero side blocking/lifting smashes is slightly better for some reason. It's slower than the NR900 by a margin. Drives: 6/10 My backhand drives are somewhat better with the aero frame around I think. Not sure if the big frame is causing the racket to swing slower for forehand, but it doesn't feel fast to me as others reported. Just a bit above average. Netplay: 5/10 Nothing special about it, typical racket. I think it seems to do everything quite well overall, but it does not shine in any department. Perhaps an improved version of the arcsabers, but not by much. I'd say the overall racket is a success and signifies a way forward going for Yonex.
well judging from the silence guessing people didn't like my review To be honest, I'm not a fan of this style of racket, although it does suit a large majority of people
I think people are just in denial. They really wanted this to be something special. It was a good review...
I do like your review n appreciate it (especially on the onigiri as i was so tempted to get it but since i share the same views of the duora 10 as you, i am sure i would find it as you described and it wouldn't be a keeper for me ) Not much of a reviewer myself, i did find the duora 10 to be just okay n not spectacular or brilliant as i was hoping it to be..at least a little bit. In fact i prefer the crispness feeling of my as11 better. That was why I traded it. Once again thanks for the reviews.
