Hi jmmylee33, there are a few places that you can buy a Armortec 300 / 500. If you've gone through the thread, there're quite a few recommended places. Classic Sports @ Toa Payoh SAFRA. Tel : 625388581. Mr Soh Artic Sports @ Sembawang Shopping Centre. Tel : 67536486. NewLink @ Queensway Shopping Centre, 2nd floor. Ranking @ Bras Basah Complex, 3rd floor. There're many shops in Queensway SC (Gala Sports, Chau Beng etc) and Bras Basah (Zenith Sports, 10&10, Music Book Room) that you can check out too. Just use the benchmark of S$160 plus minus and you should be fine.
hi modius, I was told that AS-4, AS-5 (single digit series) are duck feather, while AS-40, AS-50 are goose feather. My group has tried several of the brands of shuttles you mentioned: Sealion -- more durable than the rest, but the organizer of the group did not like it, so the guy in charge of buying the shuttles stopped buying them. RSL Tourney 1 -- did not last as long as the Protech Masterpiece. Protech PT-10 -- group is willing to pay more for the Masterpiece. I think it is decent. Protech Masterpiece & Tournament -- current choice. Yang Yang -- thought it was decent, but group decided to switch to Protech. Victor -- personal dislike, its shuttles are not as durable. I won't recommend it at all. Sintec -- another group I know plays with the 818 model, no complaints. I have also played with groups using Ashaway Classic and Carlton on one occassion each. Personally I can't tell the difference between most of them, except Victor which goes bad much faster such that i cannot forget it...
tkteo, many thanks for taking your time to write this. yes I've read that AS-4 / AS-5 shuttles are duck feathers rather than goose feathers (AS-40 / AS-50). But I've tried AS-5 before and it was pretty durable and good actually. I've never used Sealion before, but I've tried Aeroplane G1130 previously and it was also pretty ok imo. Protech MasterPiece. Is it available in Singapore? So far I've seen many shops selling Protech PT-10 and Tournament only. Heard that Ashaway shuttles standard has dropped alot..... wonder how true is that. I've also used Carlton AG10 before and they were quite good. However can't seem to find them anymore. Anyone used CN Aplha (Gold) before? I also had very good impressions of it using it 3 years ago. That time, the group I was playing with used it for a period of time as the flight/durability/price was good.
Well, i used before. For S$26 per tube i rather play Sintec Blue [special edition]. The cost is same, yet the performance of CN Alpha is not better than Sintec special edition. Durability, performance, flight consistent, sintec is better. Well i bought the sintec special edition from the HQ side, the boss sell me S$15 per tube to let me try out. Man, i am satified with the performance. P.S i am not sintec agent or watever. Just like their shuttlecock product. thats all! (and some rackets)
Time for a bit of nostalgia. I remember the quality of Yonex shuttles used to be even better than current productions, but that was, like, around 15 years ago. Back then the only "quality" brands I remember using were Yonex and Victor, but even then Victor shuttles had the annnoying habit of having feathers snap off. (I also remember the All-England and FC brands.) I have found Protech Masterpiece, Championship, and Tournament in JB, at the "Jiwa" shop people go to for RSL stuff. Carlton's current lineup of shuttles are AG 7.7, 8.8, 9.9, and a cheaper range called Smash, Power, and something else. All available at Mustafa basement 2. I bought the Smash (I think) at $15.60 for coaching and at least it's well good enough for that. I suspect I am far from being the only one who finds shuttle quality to have deteriorated, so I am averse to paying in the mid to high S$20s for shuttles. Can't say that there is any significant improvement to warrant the extra expenditure. Then again I suppose it could be because I can't afford to be too choosy about the brand, except those with feathers that snap off more easily ;:
Shuttle price rising,quality decreasing. Aeroplane shuttle(sg1130) quite last for me. Although the speed decrease,at least still can fly and flight path still remain constant. Ashaway(black tube) is quite good too. AT700 - $200 AT500 - $160/$170(forgotten) MP99 - $180 NS9k - $260 NS7700 - $180 NS8k - $220/$230 All quoted from artic sport.With bag,string and grip Orginal quoted price,haven bargain yet.
S$180 for the recently released NanoSpeed 7700? Darn, I was quoted way higher elsewhere... Would you please confirm this?
not too sure..maybe i got mixed up with NS6k. But it should be around $200..maybe a little more. try calling them.
I have confirmation from Mr Lim at Artric. He's selling the new Yonex NanoSpeed 7700 at S$235 thereabouts. 10&10 at Bras Basah quoted me a price of S$250. In any case, it's not S$180.
When You're Playing Like That...! Guess what... I went back on my vow! Just a few hours ago, I partnered that (grrrrrrrr) criminal again... and guess what he did!!! Oh my poor Nanospeed 7000 :crying: That #**#$&### criminal whacked it to kingdom come. He has just had his eighth kill. And I spoke too soon... the victim is again me! :crying: The silver lining is that the older players got together and decided that he had to pay this time. The 'breaking of others' racquets' was getting to be an ugly, regular habit. He will pay me S$200. But it won't be enough to get a NS 7700. Maybe I'll get a reinforced steel racquet just for the games at Spottiswoode Park By the way, how much does a gun cost?
Hi Oldhand..wat weapon is this "racket serial killer" using to kill all the other rackets ??? Just for curiosity sake.
Yonex Sunrise - S$400++ You can give Yonex Sunrise @ Far East a call. Tel: 67332434. You can get it for only S$200 plus minus @ Classic Sports.
When I call Artric to ask for price they quote me something higher, i say i read the price on the internet, they deny it and ask me who say the price like that.... can I quote your name if he asks? So far I find price quotations posted in these forums from Classic to be very consistent - i call them, they give me the posted price, whereas for Artric it seems random and variable.
Did you read the post that followed?? Come on, don't tell me you believe you can get the NS 7700 @ $200 just bcos someone posted the supposed price here and you quoted the name?? Don't forget that they might be regulars while you are not.
If you have the NS7700 in mind, you're simply not going to get a price quotation of S$180 to S$200. That was an honest mistake by Lobber. See my recent reply to clarify.
suggest u refrain from posting prices if you are not sure. can imagine Mr. Lim's reaction when he reads this thread
