Nguyễn Tín
Regular Member
Hi everyone, I played with the Spieler P09.1 for roughly 3 hours the last couple of days, I have to say I think I have found my personal favorite racket haha. First off all, thank you all for helping me along the way, I’m super satisfied with the result.
The racket is initially 85 grams (with plastic wrap), after stringing it with Aerobite @24 lbs and gripping, maybe fell into 88 to 90 grams territory (no plastic wrap), gripped it with Spieler grip to make a full set. It’s an even balance racket and medium stiff shaft, conventional head shape so sweetspot is smaller and a bit higher compared to my friend’s Voltric, but getting along with it well so far, not many mishits.
I gotta say this racket has everything I look for, stable, accurate and smashing is very nice, the shuttle flies heavily. Feel is where it lacks but that’s not a problem at all, only had 3 hours with it though. Drives are quick and accurate, overhead clears (used to be a small problem for me) are now gone and improved. One downside is that sometimes my backhands are too quick and hit the shuttle with the frame, but that can be easily improved with timing and technique. Net plays are good, nothing to complain about.
By this point, you may find it hard to believe everything about this racket is good and there’s nothing bad about it. Yes, this racket is an allrounder, can be lethal and effective in the hands of many players, but as it does everything well, nothing especially stands out and be special. Smashes and power shots are great, but can’t compete with heavy hitters like ZFII or DuoraZS, control is also good, but when thinking about this racket, control is not the aspect where it stands out from other rackets like Arcsabers or 88S. Therefore, nothing about this racket is special in any given way. But that’s not a bad thing, no not at all. This is the racket for people who don’t want any hassle in choosing a racket, or even beginners with proper technique, in my opinion, just buy a do-everything racket and slap on it a grip and a string of choice then get onto court. It doesn’t stand out, but it does everything well, this is a compromise that I can live with. I passed it around the court to my friends and elderly in my club and they all get the same impressions as I have.
So this is my go to racket now, and I’m probably gonna get another one in case this one gives in.
Hopefully this helps someone and please, note that it’s my words and also other people’s in my club as well. But I can guarantee that if you give this racket a chance, at least you won’t be disappointed in anyway possible haha.
The racket is initially 85 grams (with plastic wrap), after stringing it with Aerobite @24 lbs and gripping, maybe fell into 88 to 90 grams territory (no plastic wrap), gripped it with Spieler grip to make a full set. It’s an even balance racket and medium stiff shaft, conventional head shape so sweetspot is smaller and a bit higher compared to my friend’s Voltric, but getting along with it well so far, not many mishits.
I gotta say this racket has everything I look for, stable, accurate and smashing is very nice, the shuttle flies heavily. Feel is where it lacks but that’s not a problem at all, only had 3 hours with it though. Drives are quick and accurate, overhead clears (used to be a small problem for me) are now gone and improved. One downside is that sometimes my backhands are too quick and hit the shuttle with the frame, but that can be easily improved with timing and technique. Net plays are good, nothing to complain about.
By this point, you may find it hard to believe everything about this racket is good and there’s nothing bad about it. Yes, this racket is an allrounder, can be lethal and effective in the hands of many players, but as it does everything well, nothing especially stands out and be special. Smashes and power shots are great, but can’t compete with heavy hitters like ZFII or DuoraZS, control is also good, but when thinking about this racket, control is not the aspect where it stands out from other rackets like Arcsabers or 88S. Therefore, nothing about this racket is special in any given way. But that’s not a bad thing, no not at all. This is the racket for people who don’t want any hassle in choosing a racket, or even beginners with proper technique, in my opinion, just buy a do-everything racket and slap on it a grip and a string of choice then get onto court. It doesn’t stand out, but it does everything well, this is a compromise that I can live with. I passed it around the court to my friends and elderly in my club and they all get the same impressions as I have.
So this is my go to racket now, and I’m probably gonna get another one in case this one gives in.
Hopefully this helps someone and please, note that it’s my words and also other people’s in my club as well. But I can guarantee that if you give this racket a chance, at least you won’t be disappointed in anyway possible haha.
but since you can try say every racket at the club maybe look for something else at the same time. If you have funds to buy a spare.