Saturday, February 25, 2012

Picture links

New camera pics!
New TV!! - and why you shouldn't buy Pensonic
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Knife links

Out with the old, in with the New!
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Badminton links

Shuttles material review
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Badminton shuttle materials


Hi! Welcome to my shuttles testing page!

Ever since I was "conned" to buy a tube of Li Ning A+60 (RM58/tube of 15, the guy say very durable and better than Yonex), I'm now very skeptical about shuttle quality.

So... what makes a good shuttle? The best shuttle feel is supposed to be a head made of cork and good flight and durability depends on the feathers. Also I've found better feathers to he "harder to open", meaning that when you smash hard, lousy feathers tend to be ruffled while good ones keep their original shape.
Good feathers also tend to be thick and err on the softer side.
Also, the white thingie that covers the cork is supposed to be made of kid leather.

I'm pretty shocked to find out that there is almost no manufacturers that give you a full head of cork and kid leather, preferring a hybrid of cork-foam and synthetic leather! And this even goes into their most premium shuttles!

So on to the test~!! Hope this helps make better decisions. =)

This is not a play or durability test, just to show what materials goes into a brand's shuttles. Head will be split open to show head material and the white part will be burned for about 3 seconds using a jet lighter.



How to see this review?

1. I'm looking at the materials used here only. A cork head gives the best feel (I think so) but is also the most expensive.
2. Material of the cloth covering the head. It's mostly real leather vs synthetic leather (hopefully no cloth, etc)

Example of real leather. Taken from Yonex AS-30. Notice that it burns without shrinking.

Example of synthetic. Taken from Protech Classic 88. So shrunken




And let the shuttles begin!

Aeroflight 700 BWF
foam sandwiched between cork

Aeroflight 700 BWF
Synthetic (shrinks)

Dana
Half foam half cork

Dana
Synthetic (shrinks)

Protech Classic 88
Foam sandwiched between cork

Protech Classic 88
Synthetic (shrinks)

Protech Classic 99
Foam sandwiched between cork

Protech Classic 99
Synthetic (shrinks). This one is also one of the worst one. Don't know why it seems to be of a different material than the Classic 88

Protech Masterpiece
Foam sandwiched between cork
Protech's top shuttle

Protech Masterpiece
Synthetic (shrinks)
Protech's top shuttle

RCL Titanium Gold
Foam sandwiched between cork

RCL Titanium Gold
Synthetic. Badly burned as well, one of the worst

RSL Classic
Half foam half cork

RSL Classic
Synthetic (shrinks)

RSL No.1
Half foam half cork
RSL's top shuttle

RSL No.1
Synthetic (shrinks)
RSL's top shuttle

Sealion C2101
Foam sandwiched between cork

Sealion C2101
Synthetic material. One of the worst.

Yonex Aerosensa 2 (AS-2)
half cork, half wood? (it appears to be wood of some sort)

Yonex Aerosensa 2 (AS-2).
Real kid leather (notice no shrinking). Burned twice

Yonex Aerosensa 10 (AS-10)
full cork head

Yonex Aerosensa 10 (AS-10).
Real kid leather (notice no shrinking)

Yonex Aerosensa 30 (AS-30)
full cork head

Yonex Aerosensa 30 (AS-30). I burned this a little longer than the rest just to see how it fares.
Real kid leather (notice no shrinking)

Yonex Aerosensa 40 (AS-40)
full cork head

Yonex Aerosensa 40 (AS-40).
Real kid leather (notice no shrinking)

Yonex Aerosensa 50 (AS-50)
full cork head
Yonex's top shuttle

Yonex Aerosensa 50 (AS-50). I burned this a little longer than the rest just to see how it fares.
Real kid leather (notice no shrinking)
Yonex's top shuttle






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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Out with the old, in with the new!

As some of you might know, my old knife's clip broke. Thats what you get for buying a cheap China knife. So I went ahead and got myself a new knife! Thank you Keong for bringing it in!!



Introducing.. The Cat


No.. I'm Spydie!


It's a Spyderco Cat


And a HDR photo for the end. Umm..


Well, overall it's been great except for a part that rattles, which I've fixed. Let me use it a bit 1st. It's already useful, I cut the string on Justin's racket as it snapped. =D






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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

New camera pics!

Alright!! My mac is back!!

That means... pics!!


Introducing my new camera! "The best camera is the one that is with you"


I really miss them, back when they taste great..


Ooooh! This looks better than it tastes lol!


POO juice. Brings joy.


Feelings~


Drying papaya. Hmm...


And this tastes FAR better than it looks. In fact it is one of the ALL TIME NICEST FOOD I'VE EVER TASTED!!


You're the buh-na-na king~!


Bored, jam and in the car.










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Thursday, February 16, 2012

A loooong break

Well, after a million years, I hope that I am back.

While sharing on twitter and occasionally FB sounds like a good idea, I think I prefer a real site. Where I can put real photos, and write real reviews and real crap! Hahahaha!

So anyway, I've gotten rid of my D40. It's great but I never made any great pics from it. I actually made better pics with my Canon A530 (a AA compact). Sheesh..

And now I'm back with an even "better" camera!! The iPhone 4S! Lol!

Since I'm on Windows writing this, it shall not bear the apple logo and also explains why I don't have any pics in this post.

Also look out for some shuttlecock testing! (Haha! VERY out of topic lol) And will attempt to re-organize this site.

Till then!
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