[Review Experience] YONEX ARCSABER 6FL

Jayce September 6, 2024 3 0

The first shift of 2024 is given to a mediocre old Green Factory midrange.
The ARCSABER series is indeed interesting haha, longevity not to mention the fact that it has been updated until now and there are still a lot of people willing to pay for it. Though the most discussed ones are definitely the ones on the high end line, I’m really more willing to keep hitting some untried mid-ends since experiencing the Bow 1000 has made me feel like the line between certain mid-ends and high ends has become very blurred.

Parameters: 4UG5, de-bottomed, total weight of 86.19g in use condition, balance point 312mm, mid-pole length 215mm, low stiffness, boxed racket frame, 76-hole string bed, 9-3 point string slot, 24 lbs. warranty, threaded 25-26 lbs. of Takagami Steel Armor 5 string.
Once I saw the FL suffix, the first reaction was that this was a more female-oriented product, even though its full name is feather light, i.e. lightweight. From the outside it does have some feminine elements such as pink stickers and white primer. This is not a stereotype, and despite the fact that the racket is not rich in decorative details, the overall look of the racket is still coherent. It’s just that the Isometric in the head is placed at 1 o’clock which is more or less OCD-inducing.

The racquet is a 4U size, and the head weight is noticeable after bottoming out, but I didn’t expect it to be balanced at 310+ until I actually measured it. The air swing felt a bit weighty, but reasonable, and in keeping with the FL’s identity, it seemed light and fast. It’s worth noting that the frame retains the use of nano gas springs despite being made in Taiwan, which should allow it to retain the soul of the ARCSABER series.
It’s a sugar water racket in the standard sense, not too heavy but very easy to develop borrowed power, and with a really soft center stick, it can be hit very easily with deformation. After the deformation, the mid-shaft has an 80% Bow 7 feel to its rebound, and the feedback in the sweet spot is almost exactly the same. In terms of ease of use, it’s almost non-existent and the sweet spot is ridiculously large and surprisingly forgiving.

When trying to hit some long line outs with the 6fl, it felt relatively normal, not speaking out of the ball false pressure on the ball, and with a little more acclimatization you can also control the landing point in the high long balls flat high balls. Because the line bed and the head of the contact time is long, hit the ball when there is a kind of “solid” feedback, but the speed of the ball itself will not be too high, the explosive power is average. However, since there are no constraints, you can use it without any worries, and you can use it as much as you want even when you are not as fit as you should be.
At the same time, after the ARCSABER series of holding feeling can be retained, the wire bed to the head of the ball wrapped very obvious, in the net of the small ball and backcourt of the dangling ball in the shot more room for adjustment, but also more to enhance the confidence of the shot.

The 6FL’s head weight provides the racquet with a superb downward compression, while the ease of launch and quicker weight give it a usable consistency. Even if the quality of the kills is far from being ready to kill with a single shot from the center or backcourt, it can still be an effective means of scoring with a continuous output that ensures that the ball is going down the court on every shot. This is not only because of the fast racket and swing speed, but also because of the low energy consumption and the ability to deliver successive shots.
The handling of the backhand path is especially impressive in the 6fl. In the passive state, such as the turn to receive a kill or to receive a flat push, because the power space is extremely compressed, often lead to the poor quality of the ball, not in place to get rid of. The racquet’s easy drive characteristics compensate for this situation, and it’s quite handy for both soft transitions and power shots back to the backcourt.

At first I thought that flat blocks or fast-paced matchups would be the shortcoming of this 6fl, but in practice it didn’t make me feel uncomfortable in doubles in this regard. The ball is a bit sticky, but in line with the overall tuning of the racquet, and the swing speed is not too low, the body is more flexible, and the follow-through of the draw block to the net is quite comfortable. Even if the pleasure of bouncing diagonally through the power is gone, its more conservative and solid performance in passive or holding situations still allows it to keep itself from falling into errors or underdogs in multi-shot situations.
I personally feel that the 6fl really doesn’t stand out, but it doesn’t have any shortcomings either, and I’m sure it will steal a lot of the market from the current double-edged 6 when it’s put on its face value.

I did almost miss out on this racquet, not realizing at first that the ARCSABER 6 and the ARCSABER 6FL are two completely different things. And the latter is a cut above the former in terms of texture. However, this was the conclusion before the author knew the racket market.
ARCSABER 7 is actually very old, and its performance is so inadequate that any low-end player who is willing to use the material can get a not much worse experience, so it is not surprising that even an old Taiwan-made ARCSABER 6FL can get a satisfactory rating after comparing with it.