Lukasy said:

Hi everybody,

 

Has anybody already tried Forza rackets? Because I found Yonex a little bit expensive.

 

Greets

 

Lukas

 

 

Hello!

My opinion may not be taken in account as I don’t have the experience for testing racquets as Paul haha.

But there’s only one racquet I can advice you to try : it is the Forza Nano 35000 SL.

A friend of mine is currently using one and he loves it more and more haha (he owns three racquets of this model if I remember well). Moreover, most of people who were adviced by him and who played with it, like it very much. It is not very expensive and it is really worth your money. It is around 65€ but when I got mine I paid 52€.

It is a very versatile racquet, you can do every shot with it without a doubt. I have one for myself as well but I’m using it as my back-up and I’m still playing with my Yonex Armortec 600 as I’m very satisfied with it. But I’m sure that when I’ll need it, it will be ready in my bag for action.

The original strings can be use immediately but you may want to change them for something more appropriate with your game or whatever reason you will find to change it LOL.

There’s one little problem, it is an “old collection” racquet of Forza so you may have some problems to find it.

Finally, I will tell you what Paul has written for every test he has done. A racquet may be very good but it will depend on the player. You have to feel comfortable with it and then, buy it if you think it will be your next weapon in Badminton LOL.

Anyway, be sure that Forza is very worthy, it may not have the same reputation as Yonex but it is still reknown. Check their new catalogue for this year if you want a more modern racquet than the nano 35000 but don’t be afraid to switch to Forza.

Hope it will help you.

Jonathan

AT600 is extremely good racket.

it is updated MP88. very forgiving.

Ali said:

 

Just an aside here re: some comments about AT600 in this thread . . .

It’s a racket that makes badminton “easy” in my view. With a long and flexible shaft, a heavy head, and a light weight frame, it helps a player execute a hard smash whilst not compromising on defence. The shaft length + flexibility gives the racket that “whippy” feel, whilst the heavy head adds more “umph” to a smash. The overall light-weight of the frame obviously helps it maneuverability, thus aiding your defence.

With a current online price of under £80, this racket fits the bill in more ways than one in my view.

As for the Forza discussion: I met with Steve Butler a few years ago now and put many Forza rackets through their paces. Although I can’t speak for their current range, my overwhelming conclusion about their rackets then (must’ve be around 2005 I think) was that they were good, solid rackets without being spectacular. There was just some finesse missing if that’s not too vague a description.

 

Then again, in terms of colour finesse at least, Yonex have hardly hit the jack-pot with their latest Ltd Edition versions of the AT900P, ARC10 and ARCZ have they?! (I’ll admit that the ARC10 Ltd doesn’t look too bad, but the others – eek!)

Ali 

Viva AT-600 !!! haha I love it so much

Paul, between the AT-900 Technique or Power, which one is more similar to AT-600 ? As I have the opportunity to buy a “top of the range” racquet, which one may I choose and which advantage will I get from the racket ?