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
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. Kindest regards, -Ajay- Quote of the Day People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.
fortunately, i strung this racket. I had some swings, but I don't feel to much differences. One side like BraveSword's frame, and the other one like Armotec.
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..
Yeah that's what I was thinking. How is it gonna stand the pressure from the strings cutting inwards..
And the fact you can't spin and then just start rallying before looking properly is... disconcerting.
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.
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.
So it explains the name now: Duo + Radical = Duora Interesting, still sounds silly but I guess it could grow on me. Kindest regards, -Ajay- Quote of the Day Imagine what it would be like if TV actually were good. It would be the end of everything we know.