Both my husband and I are Carlton fans. We have an Airblade 500, 2 x Airblade Comp T1s and I recently bought a Vapour Trail S-lite which frankly I dislike immensely. The grip is way longer on the Vapour then on the other 3 rackets. So I'm passing it over to my husband and am now looking for a new Carlton. I really liked the Airblade family and it just suited me better as a female player. Any recommendations on a replacement that would be like an Airblade? Thanks, Shawnster
Hi all I still have my Carlton Powerflo GR which still play beautifully!! but I am looking to get a new racket, does anybody have a recommendation for that has the same balance and power of my Powerflo?? Thanks in advance.
Kindly share your review on Vapour trail ignite in comparison to vapour trail tour and vapour trail elite. I am getting a good deal on ignite but I heard it's not as good as tour or elite, will you be able to elaborate the difference? Thanks.
HI there..newbie here from Malaysia..my 1st racket was carlton, which I loved it very much before I broke it..after that I switched to yonex, lining,and Victor racket..currently I enjoyed the Victor bs12..but lately, I feel like want to have carlton racket in my collection..I fall in love with the kinesis, after read the reviews, but I can't find it here in Malaysia..do u guys have any ideas how can I get the kinesis? Or can u suggest me which carlton racket, with head light spec..I play doubles.. Tq in advance..
The Kinesis X90 or X900LTD feel headlight. I think they're really good rackets, so won't hesitate to suggest them to you.
Then online. International shipping should be available somewhere. It's a British company, so perhaps easiest to start looking there (.co.uk).
Kindly share review about carlton gpx 9. Recently i bought it, but still don't have the chance to use it.
I bought at sports direct hattan at malacca. Rm169 after discount. The original price rm400++. Last one.
same here I been using GPX-9 for 2 months d. as like you , i bought it from Sport Direct with special rate. My previous racket is Zspeed which broke then i wanted to try something different so i get this GPX-9. So far it's not a bad racket and it done the job as fast racket really well and I am happy with it. It's much easier racket to use (if you used to speed racket) , it play drive very well and the repulsion of it also quite good. as for control , i have no complaint about it. The best part of the racket is the defend of it, it swing very fast and it make your defend job much easier. There are 2 problems with this racket which are it's not that powerful (minor problem) compared to my previous zspeed and my shaft paint just came off without hitting anything. But I only pay RM169 for it so , i happy with it.
You still can try your luck on GPX-11 at sport direct. it's lighter and more even balance racket compared to GPX-9 but it can withstand 35lbs string tension on the frame. Or you can get Kinesis 4.1 or Carlton agile 50 , carlton racket is not that famous in Malaysia but i quite like it after my experience with GPX-9. (I am a Yonex fans but slowly lose faith on them)
Carlton is not a popular brand in Msia or SG now a days. UK series and model name is different compare to its asia market product. Too many brand out there, the old model Carlton Airblade 800 & AS-1 is still very good racket to me. recently bought some used and new carlton racket. going to string Yonex BG68 Ti with 27lbs. will update the info once i tried. Carlton Airblade 800 Carlton Airblade AS-1 Carlton Kinesis X2 Carlton Optimax Lite Apacs Feather Weight 55 ======================================================== previous own and existing using racket. most of them are Ti68 with 28lbs. Yonex Carbonex 8 Yonex Carbonex 21 Yonex isometric (shart loose, can't remember the mode} Bedini (can't remember the model) Wilson (can't remember the model) eptif wide body (crack, after crash with others racket) Yonex mp55 ProAce wide body 33 Carlton Powerflo 807 Carlton Airblade 800 (hair line crack after crash with other racket) Carlton PowerBlade Elite (hair line crack without crash after 6+) Carlton AirBlade 37 (crack on frame after 5+ years with power smash) Carlton Fireblade FX9 (shaft loose after 5+ years plus) Carlton PowerFlo 815 Carlton Vapour Trail Viper Carlton Vapour Trail Vanquish Carlton Vapour Trail Elite ==========================================================
Has anyone tried the latest Kinesis rackets? https://www.directbadminton.co.uk/Searchers.aspx?Category=badminton&BE=0&q=Kinesis Hopefully they have resolved the weak points in the frame. I liked the original Kinesis when it came out. I would love it if they have changed the handles for G5 they used to be more like G4
Thinking of getting my first carlton racket. I am very familiar to carbonex rackets so I prefer even balanced rackets or head light. There are Carlton agile 50 and carbotec 3000 going on offers currently. Which one is better?
