I'm not an expert in racquets (or badminton!) by any means, but I think that the VT80 would be a better balanced racquet to naturally upgrade to from the VT7 (which I reckon is a great racquet for the price). I think they [VT7 & 80] share similar characteristics, but the VT80 is slightly heavier? I've only had the VTZF (3U) for a short while, and am still getting used to it - it's certainly a fairly difficult racquet to get adapt to if you're upgrading from the VT7. I guess it just depends of your style of play?
1xFinnex Nano Tour 4xApacs Tantrum 200 2xApacs Lethal 60/70 1xApacs Slayer 88 1xApacs Slayer 88 - turned into training racket 1xYonex Voltric 80 PG version 1xWilson KTour Total: 9 active rackets. Selling 2xTantrum 200, KTour, Slayer 88, and 1xLethal 60/70. So I'll be down to 5 active rackets. I like having this variety of rackets since I'm in a phase of narrowing down which racket and strings I play best with. Getting closer everyday.
Mine: Proace Thunderbolt Yonex AT900P 4UG4 Yonex ATTour 4UG4 Yonex Arc8DX 3UG3 Li-Ning Flame F360 W3S2 Yonex VT80 3UG4 Apacs FW100 6UG4 Currently looking for F360 replacement.
It's been awhile since I counted my rackets.. Keep telling myself to stop buying but they just look so good... Carltons: Air Rage Tour Air Blade 35 Fireblade FX8 Powerblade 9902 Vapour Trail Elite Vapour Trail Tour Vapour Trail Vanquish Vapour Trail S-Lite Yonex: ArcSaber 10 2012 Premium ArcSaber 10 PG ArcSaber Z-Slash TH Armourtec 900 Power LC Armourtec 900 Technique Armourtec 700 2012 Premium Nanospeed 9900 Ltd Purple Nanoray 700RP Voltric 60 Voltric 70 Voltric 80 Voltric 80 PG Voltric Z-Force Ltd Li-Ning: N90 N90-II N55 N55-II N36 Some misc brands like toalson, karakal, dunlop, RSL... Phew..
my humble list... 1x Li Ning N90-II 1x Li Ning N55 1x Victor MX80 1x Victor BS15 1x Yonex NS400 SP 1x Yonex AT50 (for warming up) 1x ProAce Titanium 9
Yonex: Voltric Z Force Ltd x 1 Arcsaber 10 x 1 Armotec 900P x 2 Carbonex 21 Special x 1 Carbonex 6000DF x 1 B 650 x 1 Victor: Coming soon
Oh, simplicity is very difficult to buy Yonex Voltric Z-Force [code JP] in Vietnam, so when I found it, I have bought all of them.
3x RKEP XP70 (87 300) Go to 3x FZ Forza kevlar 10000s, used to have 4 one broke on a smash 1x RKEP PRO9000 red (84 305) 1x RKEP XP60 (87 300) As you can see I love RKEP.