Friday, May 31, 2013

Champion

Always wondered regarding the cork structure of such "el-cheapo" shuttles.

Finally found a sample.

Pressing the head reveals a soft object? Ribcage structure did not feel solid at all.

For the curious . ...



Soft rubber head instead of cork

Friday, May 10, 2013

Sintec 818 (light blue tube)

Joined a group using the Sintec 818 recently.

Pix from internet


Feedback from the visitors (another and myself) are that the shuttle tend to slow down after a few hits. Feather does not break easily but tend to be ruffled easily. Usually require atleast 2 shuttles if anyone smashes during the set.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

APAC 800

My group tried the APAC 800 shuttle (black tube with silver lettering) recently.

Shuttle weight is above average e.g felt in-between the Protech Worldclass and Fleet Gold. Rib-cage structure and feather durability was decent. 

Cork structure consists of 4-layers!

Unfortunately quite a number of the players (regulars and visitors alike) fedback the APAC 800 was extremely fast eg like the modified cars from The Fast&Furious after NOS has been fed into the engines!!!