Comments on: Yonex Armortec 600 Badminton Racquet Review

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:23:57 +0000

Congratulations on your new purchase. I’m so pleased you like it.

Let’s hope this is the start of a great badminton year for you.

Paul

By: Marian Jascur

Marian Jascur — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 13:45:17 +0000

Hi Paul,
I gone to the risk and I bought AT600 without testing before. It was a really good risk. AT600 is (like you wrote) lovely racket. It’s more powerfull compare to Arcsaber 7 and it is fast like my first yonex racket NS7000 (IMHO). Only one thing where I need more practice is my netplay, with Arc7 it was easier… Finally, AT600 was very good choice for me

Thanks Paul for your help and review.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:26:02 +0000

There is very little difference in flexibility between these two racquets. AT600 is a lovely racquet but I don’t know whether it wil be right for you.

Is there any player you know who uses AT600? If so, see if you can test their racquet and make a decision after that.

Let me know what you do.

Paul

By: Marian Jascur

Marian Jascur — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 17:43:43 +0000

Hi Paul, I have a question about flexibility of AT600 compare to Arcsaber 7. I know that these two rackets have a different flexibility by specs, but i need to know how AT600 feel in hand on the court. In this time I use Arc 7 and I can try slightly head heavier racket. My local retailer has not demo piece of AT600. Thanks for your help.

Marian

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:26:45 +0000

Some intersting points raised here.

Remember, this is my opinion but here goes. If I can find a local shop that lends me demo racquets but charges £10 extra, I’ll buy from them any day. They are obviously more interested in my welfare as a player by going the extra mile and cost to allow me to make the right decision when choosing a racquet.

Most of the online retailers do not have demo racquets. Their pile it high and sell it cheap strategy is a bad one. You see, if you try to be the cheapest in the market, all it takes is another retailer to undercut and you’ve lost the business. Cheap prices destroys loyalty.

I agree that the internet can be very good for us when we’re trying to find a deal. But, if you find the right local retailer, support them because they will work harder to keep your custom, otherwise they don’t deserve it. But, shopping purely on price isn’t always the best way.

Some shoppers forget all the hassle they have to go through when something goes wrong. That’s when they have to make the phone calls, arrange to ship the goods back to the retailer, pay the courier costs etc. That’s when the local retailer shines.

Paul