Just spotted this on badmintoncn, a refresh of the Thruster Ryuga with Freecore, im pretty excited to see whether or not this will be a more user friendly version of the og ryuga https://www.badmintoncn.com/cbo_eq/view_13050.html
true, is td the victor equivalent of the yonex pro/tour/game as there was a js12 td released last year?
Probably. They just inconsistence with the naming. Why not TKF TD instead of Hawk. Why not Serpent instead of Ryuga TD
lol they should just name it thruster cobra while theyre at it, in any case ill try to compare the rackets as i just bought a 4u ryuga og
ill definitely try and add some comparisons with the rackets ive currently got (js12 og, ryuga, astrox 88d og, tkfe all 4u)
T That would be awesome. I own 88dpro and TKFE both in 4U. Wanted to see if I will be able to handle the beast.
Just received mine, strung with my usual exbolt 65 @ 25lbs Feels really good when dry swinging First try on court, tomorrow !
Very good first session to be honest, wasn’t expecting this because I didn’t play for three weeks, but I’m a runner too and as I’m on holidays I run every two days I’m quite fit at the moment! When dry swinging, it’s not that much head heavy, just enough not to be hard yo swing. First shuttles, clears, they fly off the racquet with ease, good length, good control, good feeling of where the racquet head is. First smashes, powerful, easy to time, easy to repeat smashes. I’m more a men doubles player but as we were only three we ended up playing singles so I’ll not comment too much on how the defence and counter attack are but the racquet seems manoeuvrable. Even if I lost all my matches I’m really happy with the racquet’s performance, the power play is there as expected with a thruster, it’s easy to play for a stiff racquet and the head is steady, off center hits are very good, late shots too. My main problem in singles are that I’m error prone, so I need a high level of control to feel at ease, and it didn’t disappoint! Not a single clear too long (my usual errors…) and the net is very good too… Only drawback from now, my hand is hurting a little, but I had an injury some months ago and I hope it’s not coming back
The best way to describe it… it’s like an easier astrox 88D pro to play, kind of a toned down version to make it a little more manoeuvrable without sacrificing power or frame stability
Is it me or is anyone else confused by victor's racket ranges recently. This seems like a common pattern in the auraspeed range, take out most of the technologies, add hardcore and then sell slightly lower than premium price. Wonder if there's some factory related issues behind this. However this does look interesting. How does this compare to Ryuga II. Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk
Never tried ryuga 2 so can’t say. If I understand it well, ryuga td is a toned down version of ryuga 1, which I didn’t try too. All I can say it’s that it’s a good allround attacking racquet with great easy power, good racquet head stability and a shaft stiffness that won’t punish you. Usable be it for singles or doubles even if it shines more in singles, at least in my hands
Ryuga 2 is a more user friendly version of Ryuga, maybe the Ryuga TD sits in between the two of them but with less of the new technologies. When I compare the JS12ii and JS12 TD, the TD is more flexible, less head heavy and has less new technologies.
A less HH Ryuga 1 would be great, to be honest I find myself reaching for my JS10s more than my Ryuga simply cos its such a hard racket to use when ur not playing well
Yes the naming is confusing af. Its not a regular followup or anything like yonex or lining lol. Was looking for a backup after selling Ryuga2. And found this TD. Sounds promising from TS review
In fact this is a ryuga 2 lightly toned down to fit good players that are not looking for an overly head heavy racquet, it’s 680mm long just like ryuga 2, as opposed to the vast majority of racquets which are 675mm. It’s weird but for now this is the only racquet I want to play with! Stiff yet easy to play, powerful yet manoeuvrable… I can’t find any drawback.
