Yonex DUORA-10

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  1. amleto

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  2. jerby

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    Why would they start phasing out the arcsabers when almost 30% of their sponsored players are using the arc11? Especially in Denmark it's apparantly quite popular
     
  3. InvincibleAjay

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    To make more money, new rackets sell, especially new ranges. The shelf life of a series is about 6-8 years, then they have to move on, the Arcsaber range is the oldest out of the 3, it makes sense to phase that out and introduce a new one.

    Regarding sponsored players, they will use whatever they get for free, after all, top players can adapt to most rackets, I don't think they will be very bothered if they all were upgraded to the new range or move to the other series.

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    Wow, you have access to it already?? :)

    How does it feel like if compared to, say, VTZF II?
     
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    Wow, you really don't read fully :)
     
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    It's not Duora, but Fleet Offensive 2 / Defensive 2. Same frame.
     
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    Somehow I expect this thing to split down the middle.
     
  11. esppy

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    You never knew warranty claims can take a different turn.
     
  12. Ch1k0

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    Idk. I'm not an engineer but making a racket with 2 different edges out of 2 different materials with strings pulling right down the centerline of it just sounds like trouble waiting to happen..
     
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    The 2 different materials are a concern. That suggests a join down the middle.
     
  14. Ch1k0

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    Yeah that's what I was thinking. How is it gonna stand the pressure from the strings cutting inwards..
     
  15. esppy

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    And the fact you can't spin and then just start rallying before looking properly is... disconcerting.
     
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    Pity for you lot haha. I like to keep using my rackets on one side only.
     
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    I used to look at the butt cap in the past, then thought, ah what the hell, it doesn't matter any way at all.

    I used to hold the racquet so that the YY logo is facing right side up, not upside down.
     
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    Reading the first pages of this thread I was damn sure that this was just a huge hoax. For me, the whole idea of having two different sides on a badminton racket is so strange, I don't know where to start.

    I have never cared about which side of the racket I am using and there is no way that I am going to start with it because a manufacturer is so desperately looking for new ideas that they now have to copy basics from ping-pong rackets. There are enough things that I have to think about while being on court and playing a tough and tight match, I don't want to spend a single thought about the orientation of my racket.

    Apparently, Yonex has obvious issues when it comes to developing modern high-performance rackets without implementing the weirdest stuff that only makes the racket more complicated. I love my VT80 (without E-Tune) and I was quite disapointed from all Yonex rackets that came after - except for the Arcsaber11 and the VTZFII maybe.

    Average customers -like me- want easy-to-use but high-performing rackets. And now the Duora series seems to be a huge step in the opposite direction.
     
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  19. InvincibleAjay

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    So it explains the name now:

    Duo + Radical = Duora

    Interesting, still sounds silly but I guess it could grow on me.

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    When I first heard of Duora...

    Somewhat I feel that Dora The Explorer would like a word...

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