Tuesday, January 1, 2019

One possible reason why the RSL Supreme is popular?


Not sure if any players noticed the wide-spread usage of the RSL Supreme shuttlecocks on the courts in Singapore.

I am aware of one possible reason for this "popularity" among the various organisers. The feathers do not break as easily as the other brand/model(s) but the RSL Supreme shuttles tend to slow down quite a bit if used in a more than average game pace.

For instance, the sample below. It looks ok (even when in real life!) but upon usage, the shuttle slows down too much for a decent game among above average intermediate players. The slowdown effect is as if a Speed-77 shuttle has turned itself to a Speed-76 or 75!!!

Rear view of the RSL Supreme


A long time organiser informed the recent RSL Supreme stock has degraded in the past few years, after RSL introduced the Ultimate model.