Saturday, December 1, 2012

Sealion C1101 (Gold & Green tube)



Purchased 2 tubes to try out upon good hear-say from 3rd parties. Cost per tube is close to our standard de facto - so they are not cheap.

The shuttle has a 3-layer cork and provides a reasonable feel when hit. Flight characteristics was initially good.

Unfortunately the rib cage structure of the shuttle is not as strong as it should be. Thus the used birdies tend to have non-uniform rib structure after a smashing game. We had to change birdies atleast once during a 21-point game.

At the end of our weekly session, total number of shuttles utilised was up by 30%!

One of my more capable regulars commented the shuttles does not provide much control-ability.

Safe to say we will not be using this particular model and brand of shuttles again.




5 comments:

  1. I have used this particular model of Sealion before, but we never used till it is in this condition shown in the pictures, feather breaking. It must have been hit by the racket. they are good shuttlecocks but it is not as durable as other top brands. It can last for at least a game

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    1. really depends on the level of the players in your group coz my regulars are mostly trained eg like the karate chop from a white belt vs red belt vs black belt

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  2. The picture shows the shuttlecocks has been used excessively. The shuttlecock is as good as like RSL classic

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    1. The pix is from our own use and it could not last a single set, not extensive use - if I remember correctly, that was after being smash once or twice only.

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    2. If you are comparing it to RSL Tourney Classic (black and green tube), the durability is about the same when smashed. Flight quality and feel wise, the RSL Tourney Classic is much better.

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