Nami Gold

Was surprise to find the following brand and model in the hall, as I have not came across them in the sport shops.

When I searched BadmintonCentral, there were reference(s) to them in Singapore. Hence some party must be supply them. 

Fleet Platinum, F-9000, F-2002 and F-300

We do use Fleet shuttles from time to time, when our de facto standard is not available.

Of the following illustrated here, we have not use the F-300 before - found a sample in the badminton hall.

We discovered the F-2002 was not suitable for smashing games as the shuttles need to be changed after about three hits.

The F-9000 is pretty good quality but hard to came by. It is quite durable and retains the shape even after many hard hits.

The Platinum is the most expensive of the available models. It was our preferred birdie a number of years ago. Quality has drop since. Though the Platinum is still a good shuttle, it tends to be a bit light and the feathers tend to be unforgiving if the player hits it.

Cork structure for the shuttles seem to be the 3-layers, except for F-9000 which has 4-layers.

We currently prefer a different model of the Fleet shuttles. Will update once I open a tube.

Fleet Platinum, F-9000, F-2002 and F-300 in LHS->RHS

Fleet F-300, F-2002, F-9000 and Platinum in LHS->RHS

Yonex AS-10

Found the following birdie in the badminton hall and adding it for documentation purposes.

Have not use the AS-10 before.

Li-Ning A-80 (***Updated***)

In the past we tried a tube of the A-80 upon recommendation from a 3rd party - hence reason for no pix of the birdie!

The shuttle provided an extremely nice feel when hit. 

Unfortunately durability was not one of it's main attributes. We had to replace a shuttle upon almost every smash which was above average strength (not even hard yet)???

5Nov2012

Discovered the following sample in one of smaller halls this morning!

The A80 has a 2-layer cork structure.

 

Yang Yang 300B and Li-Ning A300

Both the Yang Yang 300B and Li-Ning A300 are known to be good shuttles.

Both are heavier than the average shuttle and provides a good feel upon hitting them.

Both provide good pleasure for the game thou prices vary depending on locality.

In the past I came across "hear-say" that Li-Ning obtained the A300 from the Yang Yang 300B? Hence reason for the following cut-up of the shuttles below.

Yang Yang 300B vs Li-Ning A300 (LHS->RHS)

No need for intro

The Yang Yang has 3-layers whilst the Li-Ning only 2-layers. So not exactly twins!

Please note the Yang Yang 300B has recently changed their design on the tubes and the review is of an older variation of the same model.

Yonex AS-4

Found the AS-4 in the badminton hall the other day.

Have not played any games using this model. Hence not able to comment on the usability of this particular model.

Cork structure seem to be as per AS-05.

Aeroplane Black and Red Label EG1130

I remember the Aeroplane brand of shuttlecocks from my school days many years ago. In those days Aeroplane and Pioneer were the premier brands.

Aeroplane shuttles became available again over the past few years, and, priced above average range.

I have played with both the Red and Black label. Cork structure on both shuttles seem to be the same in the pix(s) below. Hence difference must be in the quality of the feathers.

Found the Red label lighter than the Black and can go quite a distance if you do not control your strenght! Unfortunately they was a tendency to be brittle as well.

The Black label behaves in a similar fashion to the RSL(s) e.g flight characteristics. Unfortunately it is so in terms of durability as well!!!

The colourful labels tend to loosen after a few hard hits.

Cork construction seem to be the same

Yonex AS-50, AS-40, AS-30 and AS-05

Of the following Yonex shuttlecocks, I liked the AS-40 the best - it has a very nice feel to it and quite durable when you play a smashing game. Unfortunately the AS-40 is quite expensive.

You can see the difference in the cork structure of the various models below. All the models featured were created with dual-layered cork deploying a varying degree of the thicker, denser cork.

AS-50,  AS-40, AS-30 and AS-05 from left to right

AS-05, AS-30, AS-40 and AS-50 from left to right

Feedback received on the AS-05 seem to be batch dependent - the bad are BAD and vice-versa.

I find the AS-30 lighter and not as durable as the AS-40.

The AS-50 is acceptable though more expensive than the AS40.