It is the technique. Why are you stringing so high? Ahh this is better news than the first review! I like this I finally gotten my hand a Z Slash today (no string) and swinged it around. No opinion on it yet but it feels bit solid, heavy and flexy to my first impression.
I re-strung it with ZM62 at 23lbs while it was better than BG80 it was still disappointing... Another friend of mine who's got better technique tried it and came to the same conslusion as me, while it's a fast racket, is it worth the time and effort to adjust the swing to produce the same or similar results I could get with my old rackets with no adjustments at all? And my partners will hate me for sure when I miss the sweet spot and they get the resulting smash in their face Hmmm... not a bad idea I must say lol... But no, this racket is definitly not for me that's why I'm getting rid of it... I'll keep it if it doesn't sell but it's going straight to the closet or it's for games when I don't like the person I'm partnered with
Yeah, to be frank it felt horrible when I first swung it- really wooden and heavy in the hand, but after swinging it in anger, and with my new grip, I'm really happy with it and will stick with it for a few weeks and see how it pans out. I'm such a poser though, that even if it was 95% as good as the Carlton, I'd probably still go with it just because it's fluro Trivia for the day. Weighted my three current fave rackets, all gripped and strung the same, all 3U - AT900T - 101g Carlton VT Tour - 93g Arc ZS - 101g The Slash might be a 'smaller' racket than the 900T, but man they must've thrown some carbon at it because it sure ain't a lightweight!
I am going to try it tonight and play with it. Yeah probably the racket does not suit your style of play. Don't give up on the racket yet lol! I guess you could put it as a collector item thou as you mentioned the closet heheh! Well, the racket does need a break-in peorid before the performance comes in. That happened to my Arc7. The first hour I tried it, I literally hated it. In the second hour, the racket seemed to come to me as it seem to have broken in and the racket performed the way it is suppose to and I like it afterwards.
Well.... since you like the Arc 7.... you will not be disappointed with the ZS.... It is a powerful and 'solid' feeling racket!! Thanks.
Yonex ARCSABER Z Slash Badminton Racket PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This awesome new racket from Yonex features a brand new aerodynamic cross section which enables you to smash returns faster than any other racket. It gives a 10% greater swing speed and features an ultra small frame and thin shaft which creates 29% less air resistance. Made from a hybrid of SHM carbon and ultra PEF, it realises tough flexibility and greater kick back effect. Flex: Stiff Frame: CS Carbon Nanotube Super HMG Shaft: Ultra PEF High Modulus Graphite Weight / Grip (85.0-89.9g) G3 £152 http://www.ukrackets.com/shop/product.php/9179/yonex-arcsaber-z-slash-badminton-racket---free-grip
Hope your are right... Just spend $$$ on a JP version. Will try it out next week. Still try to figure out what to use for string.
NBG98 BG66 BG66Sharp BG66Maxima Tension: 26LBS X 26LBS for 1st stringing... subsequent stringing at 28LBS X 28LBS....
EasyTiger, All my rackets, I've always rip off the original grip and replace them with Prince (Tennis Grip) leather wrapped very tightly, then add another layer of regular polyurethane grip. However, I haven't tried the way you do it. Yours is kinda like the anatomic grip of table tennis blade (and quite ala LIN DANesque with his anatomically wrapped grip plus thumb grip). Well, thanks for the feedback. Just like me, I like it too more and more as I played it each time. MetalOrange Twobeer, Well, yes it could've arrived already if you go direct from Japan. Anyways, pls let know when you finally get it and have a go at it. Tks. OrangeMetal P.S. By the looks of it, it seems I have to change my login name from MetalOrange to LaserYellow! Ha ha.
...sigh...my game just got cancelled, due to most of my friends having appointments for the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival... now i hav to wait another week til next Saturday to try my new ZS... arrrggghhh...its so fustrating...almost felt like my friends are conspiring against me...hehe... anyway...another long week to wait...
hi guys. just visited yonex website, under badminton, videos. watch the video clip for arcsaber z.. a stunning 414kph smash!
so string @ 28lb should have good control? (I string my ARC 10 using NBG 99 @28lbs too, but I think the NBG99 losses tension after a few games.)
BG 66 Sharp I would try cause they are better (according to yonex ) Than the BG66 however BG66M is overall best BG66 (according to yonex)
Does anyone of you know where (i googled some online stores but no idea which store can be trusted) and when we can buy this new weapon in germany? I have read something bout Oct. 02nd. Great review Ants.
I don't know wheather these shops may be trusted but I just found two: racketpoint.de (available) badminton-vertrieb.de (available around next week) Is there any official information on the specs of the Arcsaber Z-Slash? I am looking for an overview with a comparison chart like the one on the japanese yonex website.
There's not much to know. It's even balance, has a shorter handle than usual, has a slimmer ISO head than usual, most kicking around at the moment are 3UG4's. They've redesigned the head so that it's more aerodynamic at 45º rather than 90, because they figured out (duh) that that racket is rarely at 90º to the shuttle for long. Shaft and cone are slimmer, leading to slightly less drag. That's about it.
