Badminton Racket HALBERTEC 8000 & 9000 Reviews

Jayce October 9, 2024 3 0

After the official launch of the beat, in more and more different levels of different stages of the ball players on the hands of the experience, there will be mixed reviews, this post only represents the author’s personal opinion, the level is limited, it is not possible to 100% accurate representation of the tone of this beat, for the sole purpose of reference to the ball players, the head of the dog to save his life, do not like do not spray.

In recent years, the red factory was next door to the small days of Green Factory Steal Home lost their own national team sponsorship, overthrowing the family’s previous reputation mixed old product line, in-depth reform after the launch of a brand new product line, and the new products, whether it is in the actual playing feeling or the reputation of the ball players have a great degree of enhancement. The new three series I believe no longer need the author to do more introduction. AXFORCE 80 with Dragon’s endorsement and excellent reputation price is still firm in the first line, BLADEX 700 by virtue of its own not-bad product power and high cost-effective sales is also very considerable. Today’s protagonist is the HALBERTEC series of reputation bear and start work, HALBERTEC 8000 and its iteration of the strengthened version, playing the ‘top of the control’ name HALBERTEC 9000.

First of all, look at the appearance, according to the red factory at the beginning of the poster publicity picture, indeed, as many netizens said this time is ‘sand monk colour’. However, the real thing is not as unique as the Internet rumours. The lacquer on the real thing has a great texture, and the patterns on both the centre pole and the frame show that they have been carefully designed. The most noticeable and recognisable colours on the frame are green and purple, which are also very authentic, with some silver-grey lines in addition to the clashing colours. On this aspect of the paint, I think that the previous generation of HALBERTEC 8000 is excellent by more than one and a half stars, even though the 8000 colour design is very bold and wild, the details of the embellishment is slightly monotonous, and this time the HALBERTEC 9000 paint design is obvious in the design of the time is under the effort, full of dusk!

Parameters, two specifications 4UG5, in the same as the bottom on the line on the hand rubber plus three circles of cushioning, after repeated measurements, the weight of the two rackets is not much different, 9000 is only 0.2 grams heavier than the 8000, respectively, 88.9 grams and 88.7 grams, do not rule out the other batch due to quality control issues that lead to the difference in the weight of the situation. But just an empty racket on the hand can be clearly felt 9000 heads heavier feeling more obvious, swinging up compared to 8000 is also more difficult.

After measurement, we found that the balance point of HALBERTEC 9000 came to around 310mm after removing the bottom line and putting on the hand rubber, while the balance point of 8000 finally stayed at around 300mm. I believe that most of the friends who have paid attention to HALBERTEC 9000 already know, that in the head 12 o’clock position HALBERTEC 9000 installed eight spikes; this 8000 does not have. Also different is that this time HALBERTEC 9000 gives a 6.6mm centre pole, while the 8000’s centre pole is 6.8mm; however, this is not the only noteworthy difference.

Somehow, this HALBERTEC 9000 changes also came to the racket frame, the same full line groove, but compared to the 8000 ‘100zz the same frame type’, HALBERTEC 9000 in the lower part of the racket frame has a visible widening, in common parlance is the lower part of the fat some. At first I thought it was because of the visual difference caused by the different paint colours, but after I and a few players kept comparing, I came to a unanimous conclusion: the bottom half of the frame is indeed different from the 8000, and the ‘fattening’ is not simply caused by the visual effect. It is my personal belief that this design may help to ensure the sense of ball control and holding in high-speed confrontation, or the larger racket surface brings higher tolerance.

In order to minimise unnecessary differences, the two rackets are selected 28 lb BG80 line horizontal and vertical the same pound, Li-Ning two-knot method, for the same threader in the same period of time successively wear out.

When it comes to the actual combat experience stage, the author for the HALBERTEC database in the ‘middle tube toughness’ column filled in the ‘moderate’ section has objections. Personally cautious, the HALBERTEC 9000 hardness of the centre pole is definitely not ‘moderate’; its hardness has further come to the hardness of 88dp next door, and even vaguely better. Although the hardness of the HALBERTEC 9000 has not yet reached the hardness of 100zz (code here and then go to break the author’s 100zz comparison), but it has been the most of all the Li-Ning rackets that I have used; and even the main attack of the AXFORCE 90, because of the higher head weight, which leads to the driving difficulty of its middle stick in the real use of the hand is not as difficult as the HALBERTEC 9000, and the 9000 middle stick is more oriented towards the usual have enough strength training or professional players. The 9000‘s centre stick is more geared towards the usual strength-trained or professional players, for whom the 9000’s stiffer centre stick undoubtedly provides clearer feedback, stiffer shots and more precise control than the 8000’s. The author believes that this is the reason why the BSB’s 9000 is so popular. but in my humble opinion, as amateurs, it’s hard for us to get a full picture of this centre stick. However, this does not affect the author’s opinion that this is the best-tuned centre stick in the history of the red factory (of course, provided that you have the ability to handle it) after experiencing it.

In my opinion, this middle shaft has already caught up with the middle shafts of friends, guaranteeing the hardness while the elasticity is still not to be underestimated (the old BLADEX 800 is an example of ‘only hard but not elastic’), and it really achieves the ‘hard elasticity’; the feedback is very clear and not shocking, and the elasticity of the ball is very clear and not shocking. The feedback is very clear and not shocking when hitting the ball, and the elasticity of the ball is full. In the downward pressure of the sudden attack can obviously feel the rebound of the middle bar brought by the attack added; and to be in the 310 balance point, higher swing weight brings far more powerful than the HALBERTEC 8000 offensive attributes. This board kills the ball that has already reached the level of the offensive racket, the ball speed is fast, and the end of the ball speed attenuation is less. Even doubles backcourt heavy hitters will not find this racket boring. But all of this assumes that the user has the ability to get to the right spot and has a good habit of making short power shots. Unlike the attacking racket, the quality of the downward pressure in a backward passive situation is still online when the attacking racket can’t get the ideal hitting point; however, the HALBERTEC 9000, or the common problem of the balance racket, is that if you want to force the downward pressure in such a passive situation, you’d better be ready to save the ball with a flying shot on the next shot. In this kind of passive situation forced force downward pressure effect is not ideal, in the actual battle I repeatedly forced downward pressure, but the opponent catching the cracks led to fall into a more passive dilemma.

In addition to the downward pressure, HALBERTEC 9000 in the backcourt performance continued the previous generation 8000 can be point, in the drop control is excellent. When doing some chopping and hanging, skateboarding and other actions that need to be sliced and diced, the surface of the racket brings a good sense of wrapping, and the acceptable head weight makes it possible to deal with some passive situations without so much force. Coming to the forecourt, the HALBERTEC 9000’s handling at the net was really commendable. The swing speed of the racket is medium to high, even in doubles fast-paced white knuckle battles in the middle of the court can also be dealt with comfortably; blocking, grabbing rubbing, and releasing the net processing thanks to a certain sense of holding the ball performance is very stable. The only point worth noting is that when defending underhand, due to the increased stiffness of the centre stack, it requires a certain amount of strength from the user compared to its predecessor.

That said, in the Chinese feather database, the hardness of the centre pole is also marked as a ‘moderate’ HALBERTEC 8000 centre pole, which can be said to be the most suitable for our amateur players to choose a centre pole. Its hardness is not as good as HALBERTEC 9000, but the hardness for most of the advanced players is certainly enough to win, and the elasticity is very good, the driving difficulty is not high. But the only criticism is that this middle pole in the big force pumping the ball, still remains a trace of the old Li-Ning unique ‘mute feeling’, this point in the 9000 has been improved; this is also why I will give 9000 middle pole so highly rated one of the reasons. But the flaws do not cover up the faults, HALBERTEC 8000 as the ‘HALBERTEC’ series of work is undoubtedly successful.

Compared to the 9000, the 8000 is not as head-heavy, but the 300mm balance point still retains a good offensive, except for the occasional 9000 can kill the ball with one shot, the 8000 may need two shots. But at the same time, in the actual situation, the HALBERTEC 8000 swing speed is faster than the 9000; in the defence of the pop pick, backhand shot and a series of passive situation performances, thanks to the moderate mid-range, using the HALBERTEC 8000 can be very easy to deal with; and the same situation using the 9000 is not so calm and unhurried. In the author’s opinion, the passive situation absolutely can’t be ignored, especially in the amateur confrontation, everyone’s level is very limited, the case of getting rid of not in place is likely to bury the point directly, and this point, HALBERTEC 8000 for our amateur golfers is absolutely absolutely more friendly.

I think, in the hands of amateur players, HALBERTEC 8000 may be more friendly. Let’s make a common analogy, HALBERTEC 8000 needs the user to have 80 points of ability, and the level of amateur ball players is also 80 points, 80/80 can play 100% of the level. And want to really play well HALBERTEC 9000 needs 100 points, and 80/100 only eighty percent of the level can be played out.

Finally, the HALBERTEC 9000 and 8000 biggest difference is in the hardness of the centre pole and swing weight. 9000 hardness of the centre pole has been greatly improved, more aggressive, out-of-the-ball rigidity full, and more recommended for professional or advanced players to use. HALBERTEC 8000 centre pole hardness is moderate, out-of-the-ball feel softer, swing speed is slightly faster than 9000, in the hands of amateur players may be a more satisfactory performance, applicable to a wider range of people, the current market price is also acceptable, recommended that the intention of the players are on the hands of experience.