They're not a badminton specialty store. Looking for something more like SH, but with better prices.
Going to be a tough one because other specialty stores don't necessarily ship outside of Japan.
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They're not a badminton specialty store. Looking for something more like SH, but with better prices.
Going to be a tough one because other specialty stores don't necessarily ship outside of Japan.
How much did you get the 5U FB for? I'll be demoing the 6U later this week and I might just bite the bullet and make a large order from SH.
How much did you get the 5U FB for?
I think Yonex is on to something here. I don't think the FB is a toy. I definitely see the potential. I have a feeling the 5U version of this racket is ultimately what will make me happy. The 5U version may be able to address some of the loss of power that I experienced. I hope Matt will be able to post some impressions soon since I think he have used the 6U version of the FB.
Be forewarned that a low swing wt racket like FB will not feel that great and will lack power especially when playing with plastic birds. It's fine if you're just hitting around socially, but if you want to win some serious games, you'll find your attack lacking bite.
Ya. Despite what quite a few ppl have said - the racket is just too light. Granted, it was the 6U, but seeing as we have certain limits to our swing speed and the shuttle is not getting faster, this racket really lacks punch. The devastating thing about such a low swing wt is that if your grip isn't 100% tight when you hit the shuttle you'll lose a dramatic portion of your power.
Concerning the 'strain free experience' - if you can't play for 2 hours, train more. Not on court - on your apartment floor and in the forest. Doing just a couple exercises at home and running are certainly sufficient to get to the point where you can play 2 hours (as it's not competition. To play a 2 hour competition match, you'd have to change the scoring system and train about 5 years).
So you think the FB is handicapping Mogensen then?
I don't think this is a one size fits all situation. I don't think I've hinted that I can't play for 2 hours. When did I say that? Strain free doesn't mean I can't play for 2 or more hours. I think that's an important distinction that has to be stated.
So you think the FB is handicapping Mogensen then?
Re repaint, true Yonex can do that as they probably
have done before. Misrepresenting a 3u racket with another 3u racket, most players won't feel the difference if they bought one.
But to willfully and falsely mislead you and me to think that a pro is winning with a 73g 6u racket while in reality using a 88g 3u racket, that would be a major fraud in my eyes.
Especially if I go out and blindly buy it like many people based on their idol using it, and then find out that they can't get much power out of it.
If I ever find out a company did that, they would lose my trust and business for good.
You guys seem to hate this racket at such a point that you think no one should use it.
Keep in mind that something that doesn't work for you might work for others. The lighter weight does decrease your power. No one can deny that. However, it also increases your swing speed, which translates into some power.
Now I'm not claiming that this racket is more powerful than a VT-ZF, or that it's the best racket ever and that everyone should use it. But for me, and many others, it was powerful enough to justify making the trade off of a little power to much more maneuverability. I get much more power from that racket than many 3U rackets.
Keep in mind that we don't know exactly how everything works in regards of rackets vs power vs control, etc. So you can try to justify with weight/flex/wt/etc being incorrect, but as long as you don't know the complete equation, it'll never be accurate.
Also, saying that pros are losing because of the racket is pretty mindless... If they didn't like the racket, they'd use another one. If Yonex wouldn't allow them to use another one (I'm pretty sure that'd be the dumbest move ever), they'd do like usual and play with repaints.