I have been playing for 13 years, registered in the forum for 12 years, about the level of Chinese feather 5, all the way through the experience of burning racket, burning equipment, burning coach. I have not been able to write a little something to share with you, I feel a little sorry, coincidentally, I got the VICTOR AURASPEED 100X Panda color, love it, write a little something to share with you, see the joke.
I usually play men’s doubles only, occasionally mixed doubles. Currently, my style is more balanced between front and back court, and my back court is mainly coherent, without the ability to nail the floor with a single shot. So the evaluation is basically based on the men’s doubles scenario. The evaluation is based on the competent feeling, more ethereal, so when talking about the feeling, it will be based on the comparison with the ordinary color scheme, if you have used the ordinary color scheme, you will more accurately appreciate the feeling I want to share with you. Let’s start with the conclusion that the 100X Panda colorway (made in NJ) is a men’s pair of gods that feels better to hit than the regular colorways (made in Taiwan Province & NJ).
Starting from the appearance, 100X Panda Colorway is mainly in black and white, the low-key colorway can’t hide the sultry heart, as if to say I’m very low-key but I’m not ordinary, I personally paired it with a black 66um string, 26-28 lbs (all my comparison racquets are 26-28 lbs with 66um string). The finish is frosted with multiple lacquer imperfections. My personal guess is that the dust from the paint shop was not handled properly, resulting in all kinds of fine dust adsorbed on the surface of the racket, causing all kinds of imperfections on the lacquer surface. Panda appearance than the ordinary version of the biggest feature is bumpy, I do not know is a sticker or other process, all positions are more three-dimensional feel. The shape is exactly the same as the normal version, the racket frame is grooved at 3-9 points, the head breaks the wind, the racket frame is larger, the sweet spot is larger, and the forgiveness rate is higher.6.8mm thick and thin center stick is moderate from the parameter point of view. The following is a description of the playing feeling, the playing feeling is compared with the ordinary color Taiwan Province and Nanjing production, the parameters of the same 4UG5. The weight of the Taiwan production of 89.44 grams (other weight to be added), the hand rubber for the Li-Ning gc200r thin towel rubber. Panda color balance point 304mm, ordinary color Taiwan production 303mm, ordinary color Nanjing production 305mm, balance point is not much different. The hardness of the center stick is “hard”, the hardness of the center stick is close to the hardness of the break, but the hardness of the feel: Panda > ordinary Nanjing production ≥ ordinary Taiwan production. Personally, I think the reason for the difference is not the center stick itself, but the difference in the strength of the transparent handle. This difference in the actual process of playing the ball is manifested in the Panda color in the kill link conduction more direct, easier to get rid of, easier to defend in place. And the Taiwan production feel softer, not so punchy, light and soft feeling.
Kill the ball and kill the ball, Panda color is relatively easy to find the “sense of explosion”, although there is no special focus, but the power conduction is not dragging, you can effectively conduct the explosive force to the ball and even have to accelerate the feeling of sending a ride. Putting the net and hanging the ball, the center stick is more elastic and the racket face is more hard, so the feeling of hanging the ball is not that kind of stable package cut, it belongs to that kind of accurate hit, the ball speed is faster, the tail speed is not slow, where to hit. The ball is more direct, the ball stays on the racket surface for a short time, the direction is accurate, but the height of the ball over the net is not well controlled. Flat blocking, not much different from the normal color scheme, fast, fast or fast, 100X is particularly amazing is that he is not light, but when blocking, no matter the overhand or underhand ball will be high-quality to catch the ball that could not be caught, blocked, or pressed before, very magical. That’s what attracted me the most to the 100X.
To summarize, the VICTOR 100X in Panda color is very forgiving, powerful, accurate, accurate, accurate in defense, consistent in kills, and average in net rolls. The catching and flat blocking are unique and unrivaled. Killing and net is a short board, can not be a beat to solve the battle, but kill the ball coherent and fast, need to cooperate with teammates to kill the front seal, kill hanging combination of multiple beat to solve the opponent. Suitable for doubles high-intensity confrontation. The main coherent partner is recommended to get, absolutely will not be disappointed.
Hendra Setiawan, born August 25, 1984 in Malang, Indonesia, is an Indonesian men’s badminton doubles player who won the men’s doubles gold medal with his partner Markis at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In October 2003, Hendra Setiawan participated in the Asian Badminton Championships held in his home country, and won the second place in the men’s doubles of the Asian Championships with his partner Markis Kido.
In September 2005, Hendra Sethiawan participated in the Asian Badminton Championships in Hyderabad, India, and won the Asian Championships Men’s Doubles title with partner Markis Kido. In the same year, he and Marquise Kido played in the Indonesia Open Badminton Championships and won the Men’s Doubles title.
In April 2006, Hendra Setiawan was selected as the main men’s doubles starter in the Thomas Cup, helping Indonesia win the third place in the men’s team.
In October 2006, Hendra participated in the Badminton World Cup in Yiyang, Hunan Province, China, where he played with his partner Malkis Kiddo and won the Men’s Doubles title with a 2-0 victory (21-18, 21-15) over Malaysia’s Faluz Zuan/Ling Boon Hwee in the final, winning the first World Cup title of his career, and ushering in the moment when he became the new World Champion.
In August 2007, Hendra represented Indonesia at the World Badminton Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where he and Marquise Kido competed in the Men’s Doubles event. In the final, he welcomed the 13th seed of the tournament, Korea’s strongest gear Jung Jae Sung / Lee Yong Dae, no doubt 2-0 (21-19, 21-19) to take down their opponents, won the men’s doubles title of badminton career for the first time in the World Championships, renewed after the World Cup, once again will be the badminton federation of the important competitions in the hands of. In December of the same year, he represented Malaysia at the Southeast Asian Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, where he helped his team win the mixed team gold medal, and with his partner, Marquise Kiddo, he won the men’s doubles gold medal at the East Asian Games, making him the double champion of this year’s East Asian Games.
In August 2008, Hendra Setiawan represented Indonesia in the Olympic badminton tournament held in Beijing, China. In the final, facing the No. 2 seed of the tournament, China’s Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun, caught in a bitter battle to 2-1 (12-21, 21-11, 21-16) overcame the opponent, for Indonesia to win the Olympic Games men’s doubles gold medal.
In 2009 Hendra Setiawan and Marquise Kido participated in the Asian Badminton Championships held in Suwon City, South Korea, in the final, facing the tournament’s No. 8 seed, South Korea’s strongest file of Gao Sung Hyun / Ryu Yeon Seong, to 2-0 (21-18, 26-24) force to overcome their opponents, individuals win the third Asian Championships Men’s Doubles Championships. In December of the same year, he represented Indonesia at the Southeast Asian Games badminton tournament in Vientiane, Laos, where he successfully defended his Eastern Games men’s doubles gold medal with partner Marquise Kido.
In November 2010, Hendra represented Indonesia in the Asian Games badminton tournament held in Guangzhou, China. In the final, he welcomed the tournament’s top seed, Malaysia’s Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Hong, and once again got into a tough battle to win the Asian Games Men’s Doubles Gold Medal at the highest level of the Asian Games with a hard-fought comeback of 2-1 (16-21, 26-24, 21-19).
In January 2013, Hendra Setiawan and Muhammad Ahsan competed in the Malaysia Badminton Superseries, defeating the tournament’s No. 6 seed and Korean powerhouse Ko Sung Hyun/Lee Yong Dae 2-0 (21-15, 21-13) in the men’s doubles final, also representing their first international Superseries men’s doubles title.
In August 2013, Ahsan/Hendra competed in the Men’s Doubles event at the World Badminton Championships in Guangzhou, China. In the final, Hendra/Ahsan took on the No. 3 seeds, Bowie & Morgensen of Denmark, and won the title by defeating their opponents 2-0 (21-13, 23-21) in 33 minutes; this was also Hendra’s World Championships title after a 6-year hiatus.
In March 2014, Hendra Setiawan and Muhammad Ahsan played in the All England Badminton Premier Super Tournament, defeating the tournament’s No. 2 seed and Japanese powerhouse, Dayu Endo/Kenichi Hayakawa 2-0 (21-19, 21-19) in the men’s doubles final, which was also the first All-England men’s doubles title of his badminton career that he won individually and with his partner. In September of the same year, he represented Indonesia in the Asian Games badminton tournament held in Incheon, South Korea, facing another group of South Korea’s Lee Yong Dae/Yoo Yeon Seong in the final, caught in a bitter struggle to defeat their opponents 2-1 (21-16, 16-21, 21-17), which is also his personal and different partners to win the men’s doubles gold medal at the Asian Games two times, successfully defended for the domination of Indonesia in this event.
He participated in the World Badminton Championships held in his home country in August 2015, where he and Muhammad Ahsan played in the men’s doubles event. The final was an unchallenged and easy 2-0 (21-17, 21-14) win over the tournament’s 9th seeds, Liu Xiaolong/Qiu Zihan of China, winning the men’s doubles title at the World Championships again after a year. In December of the same year, he and Mohamed Ahsan played in the BWF Super Series Finals. In the final, the team took down Chai Biao/Hong Wei of China 2-1 (13-21, 21-14, 21-14) in a three-set battle to win his first men’s doubles title at the year-end badminton finals.
In March 2019, Hendra and Mohammad Ahsan played in the All England Open Badminton Championships, defeating Malaysian powerhouse Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiye in the men’s doubles final 2-1 (11-21, 21-14, 21-12) to regain the Super 1000 men’s doubles title after a five-year hiatus.
In August 2019, Hendra and Mohammad Ahsan played at the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, defeating the Japanese duo of Jorang Hiroki/Yugo Kobayashi in the final to win their fourth World Championships Men’s Doubles title.
In 2021, Hendra won the 2020 Thomas Cup badminton men’s team event.
Once upon a time, ‘fast’ became synonymous with VICTOR’s doubles rackets, and its unique shaped and wind-breaking frame design always became the wind vane of the overall badminton circle. VICTOR has never slacked off in the pursuit of speed, and on the contrary, it has given birth to a series of rackets that combine the seemingly contradictory concepts of ‘speed’ and ‘attack’, ‘fast’ and ‘stable’, and the concept of ‘stability’, which is the key to the success of VICTOR. Instead, VICTOR has given birth to a number of excellent works that combine ‘speed’ and ‘attack’, ‘speed’ and ‘stability’, which seem to be contradictory, but have achieved a good fit.
The AURASPEED 100X that I am going to share with you today, as a model of the AURASPEED series with the extraordinary 100, must be more than just fast so mediocre and simple.
The post-modern industrial style cement grey mixed with dappled starlight forms the introverted tone of the AURASPEED 100X, the dazzling red-orange and sporadic pure white signify that the AURASPEED 100X is not willing to be mediocre, and the white-orange colour blends with each other in the middle tube. I have always been in love with bright and colourful design, but for the cool-toned AURASPEED 100X, there is an inexplicable irresistibility, it is not the kind of love at first sight, but the kind of simple and unforgettable.
Detailed parameters
AURASPEED 100X
Racket Colours
H (slate grey)
Weight parameters
3U/G5, 4U/G5
Wire Pulling Pounds
≤ 29 lbs(13kg), ≤ 28 lbs(12.5kg)
Frame Material
High Toughness Carbon Fibre + TR + Toughened Carbon Nanotubes
Middle Tube Material
High Toughness Carbon Fibre + PYROFIL + 6.8 SHAFT
The 100X in my possession is a 4UG5 specification; Racket origin: Taiwan, China; Marking pounds: ≤ 28lbs; Number of threading holes: 76 holes, the overall racket frame area is larger; Racket body length: 675mm; Empty racket weight: 77.8g (official factory de-bottomed rubber weight: 7.1g, the bottom rubber is separately encapsulated and can be self-adhesive); Empty racket bottom balance point: 310mm (on the line without the bottom rubber wrapped around 3 layers of VICTOR priming film 88.5g, on the GR233 hand glue after 305mm); The official logo of the middle tube directly 6.8mm (actual measurement 7.04mm) the elasticity of the middle tube is hard, the official playing feeling logo hardness is hard. (The feedback from the hardness logo is slightly less than ARS-90K; Handle length: 210mm (extended handle); Handle material: nylon composite handle; Threading with: VBS-66nano, poundage 28lbs;
Hands-On Physical/Technical Interpretation
The grip on the hand is more moderate, the weight distribution is more balanced, there is a slight sense of head weight, the overall grip in the Godspeed series can be ranked after the 90K and PB in terms of the sense of head weight.
Power Windbreaker Frame + Stretch Shield
The StretchShield technology is a combination of high-toughness glass fibre into the laminated design of the power windbreaker frame, which achieves better elasticity and comfort when hitting the ball. Combined with my earlier experience with the StretchShield technology on the Platinum Leather Claw, I can clearly feel that the AURASPEED 100X is hard and elastic, but does not have any vibration or mute feeling at all. The classic power windbreaker frame combined with the Elastic Shield reinforcement technology produces a smooth windbreaking effect. In practice, it is more stable and precise in flat blocking and continuous attacking, and brings a powerful attack with continuous pressure. In this way, the AURASPEED 100X can bring out its ‘fast, stable and accurate’ blocking style in the mid-field.
With the use of high modulus carbon S.R.S. and Stretch Shield technology, the most intuitive feeling is that the overall stability of the AURASPEED 100X is particularly outstanding during multi-shot hitting, even with the VBS-63 strings (27-28lbs), which have outstanding elasticity and a soft feel, the AURASPEED 100X still has a ‘dry and direct’ feel. Even with the VBS-63 strings (27-28lbs), the AURASPEED 100X still has a ‘dry and direct’ feel to the ball.
The combination of speed and accuracy of the AURASPEED 100X is excellent, and the stability of the ball can still be guaranteed under the fast-paced multi-shot play. For singles players who are keen on more delicate net control, the AURASPEED 100X tends to have a weak ball wrapping feeling under such a crisp and clear feedback, and the ball drags and stays on the line for a short period of time when the AURASPEED 100X is hit by the hand slingshot and the wrapping cut.
Fast ball, accurate landing point, crisp feedback, consistent and stable, by virtue of the overall characteristics of the higher balance point of 305mm, the integration of the heavy kills are as powerful as a breakthrough, and the Godspeed AURASPEED 100X in the spectrum of heavy kill performance naturally became a deserved spectrum of the most. The PB that I have experienced before also has an excellent head weight and downward pressure feeling, but for the AURASPEED 100X, the feedback after the heavy kill is more comfortable, and the burden on the body of the racket holder after hitting the ball is also weaker, but it has not reduced the precision of the ball in the slightest, which is different from the whipping sensation of the ARS-90K’s absolute sudden attack, and it is fast, stable and accurate. AURASPEED 100X is the core attacking weapon of AURASPEED.
Handle Reinforcement – Unleash a Solid Hitting Feel
FREE CORE + POWER RING. After the recall, the AURASPEED 100X is back with POWER RING technology, which makes the overall shock-absorbing feel of the ball even more remarkable. Adopting Japanese nano nylon material and introducing injection moulding technology, it releases the freedom of swinging in the middle tube, which makes the swinging smooth and the hitting feeling more comfortable.
Threading Recommendations
Stronger feedback and shorter lag time on the ball bed can help you to push forward. However, this also directly leads to the fact that the AURASPEED 100X will need to be adjusted accordingly when dealing with rolls that require delicate feedback, so you can try to match it with a vbs63 cable that pays more attention to the handling and elasticity of the feel to improve the feeling of holding the ball. For me, the AURASPEED 100X is undoubtedly an excellent doubles speed type of attacking racket, through its fast ball, accurate landing, crisp feedback, coherent and stable overall characteristics, of course, can also be used as a singles when necessary, recommended that amateurs who love doubles choose 4U specifications for experience, such as more demanding on the attacking part of the choice of the appropriate 3U specifications.
