Golden Eagle GE92 Best Shuttlecock in USA

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  1. prahlada

    prahlada Regular Member

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    If any one is interested in high quality and very durable shuttlecock for cheaper prices, please contact sales@nydhi.com .

    Golden Eagle birdies are of superior quality, excellent durability, very affordable when compared to other high end shuttles like AS50.

    I don't want to post the pricing information here. Discounts are available on bulk order

    We also ship shuttlecock to other countries too
     
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    We have moved to new website nydhi.com and you can reach us at sales@nydhi.com
     
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    I've bought twice from him .. once a 30-tube box of Victor Master Ace (my favorite kind, although very expensive now) and recently 15 tubes of GE-92.
     
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    I was able to contact nydhi, and got to try a tube of mix speed ge92 shuttlecocks. These shuttlecocks has very good durability. Lasted a whole game. They are a bit heavier compare to your usual as30 but that just make smashing feels so much better. Would recommend.
     
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    After some trouble with German customs, combined postage charges of almost five Euros, I finally received a tube of Golden Eagle 92 and a letter from Customs that they were not charging anything.
    I really don't know what went wrong there, but @prahlada's/nydhi's service was outstanding. I also cannot see any mistake on their side that might have caused the custom issues. At first I thought it was the missing currency, but it was there, I just couldn't see it in the picture I received earlier.

    Unfortunately, I didn't get to play as much as I wanted to, but I can tell you my first impression of the shuttles. It's great. Great quality feathers, stiff enough to give a solid feel, but flexible enough to last quite a bit. If you want to have a look...
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    I also received shuttles if different speeds indicated by the stickers inside. They were extremely consistent when testing. 78 matched Yonex Speed 3 (AS 30) exactly, 77 landed (estimated) 30cm (maybe slightly more) shorter, and another 30 or so cm less for 76. All shuttles of one speed (all I tested at least) landed within a 10cm (or even less) distance when testing the speed!

    I will hold back some details that are on my mind already until I finished testing, but the first impression is very good. Good consistency, nice, solid feel due to quality feathers, good durabiity (without steaming so far, despite being asked to steam them :/ I will do that with some at least, but I'm not a big fan of steaming shuttles).
     
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    It's time for my review. I won't give any grades, because it cannot be completely objective, so I won't even try. I also steamed some of the shuttles (which I normally don't do), but they lost some of that nice solid hitting feel without really adding to durability. It wasn't bad, but I'm not a fan of steamed shuttles anyway. So what does the supplier say?
    I'll get back to this...

    They certainly do have a different flight curve and I read before...
    So I wondered if that was related, but when weighting them, the average was even slightly below my AS30, overall, the differences between different shuttles from the same brand were bigger than the differences between AS30 and GE92, so it's not the weight.q

    Let's start with the cork. It's a composite cork, but that doesn't mean a whole lot as long as the quality is good. I never had issues with the cork of AS30 or AS50, but I do remember the cork getting too soft too quickly for Babolat 1. Even when feeling the cork of (too) heavily used GE92, it still feels solid. I cut open some shuttles...

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    AS20, AS30, AS50
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    Babolat Feather 1, 2, 3, 4
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    Oliver (golden label), Victor Service, Carlton GT1, YangYang 202

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    The AS50 looks worse than it was, it fell apart after being used in extreme ways, for playing and for training. The AS50, GT1 and the Friendship Premium made the best (full natural cork) impression, but the natural cork part of the GE92 looks like it's of great quality. Remember, this shuttle has been used a lot and it still feels solid. Babolat 1 and 2 still look fine, but the bottom (real) cork part already feels soft, but Babolat 3 and 4 is what you really don't want to see. The Carlton GT1 stands out in a positive way, but the feathers seem to break too easily. All Yonex shuttles have all natural cork of pretty much the same quality for all (the picture is misleading, sorry), that explains why I never felt issues with those.
    While GE92 don't offer full natural cork, the quality of the natural cork part is good, the hitting feel is good and stays that way throughout its lifespan.

    The Feather quality is great! We only managed to break feathers of one shuttle when my opponent mistimed his stroke after a high serve hitting the cork with the top strings and hitting the feathers with the frame. When that happened the first time, the shuttle only went out of shape slightly, but was still usable. Two shuttles went out of shape after strong clean hits, one of them was steamed (doesn't count to me), and the other one was the very first one tried. Bad luck? Overall, it looks like it, but even that was still usable for quite a while. Overall, I think the durability is better than AS30. They do slow down slightly, but not as much as other shuttles I had to play with. I cannot compare directly to AS50 or other shuttles, but the durability is way up there among the best.

    I prefer the flight curve of AS30 or AS50, but then, that's what I'm used to. It was easy enough to quickly adapt to the new flight curve. The Hitting feel of the GE92 was great ans solid, at least before steaming, so that takes me back to the first quote.... I cannot give a grade for the flying curve. It's consistent, but it differs from other shuttles more than other shuttles differ from one another, leaving out the Babolats, they're slightly different, too. I prefer the ones that I'm used to, but I cannot honestly say which one might be better, so there's two points where I might argue against @prahlada. Also the durability "10/10" brings back the memory of the very first GE92 I tried that was out of shape after the first hard smash, so there might be some room to improve. Stating it's 10/10 sounds like giving up to me.

    I normally buy AS30, so would I prefer GE92 or AS30. Ignoring one batch, AS30 have proven to be very consistent regarding quality, GE92 still have to prove that. For the same or slightly lower price, I would certainly give them a chance, especially if they keep having the speed printed on the sticker inside. I love that! In Germany, the problem is that for competitions, we have to use approved shuttles. This takes an effort by the manufacturer/supplier, then it's always hard to work against the established brands. One bad batch, and people will never give you a chance again. Then there's out VAT and extremely productive customs that increases prices by a good margin.... With a price point below AS30 (thats below 23€), I see chances, but the quality must stay consistent. Babolat 1 was 21€ last time I bought them, so competition is tough.

    Overall, I think the quality is above the quality of AS30, it's only the first shuttle tried that makes me wonder if that quality really is consistent.
     
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    Interesting review.

    How do you rate the yangyang202 in comparison to as30 and ge92?
     
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    Never tried it, I only found it when sorting out the trash (shuttle) in our kids' training shuttle box. I remembered it to be on the cheaper side, so I cut it to compare.
     
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    thank you for the review !
     
  10. prahlada

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    Did you guys tried the improved quality of Golden Eagle GE92 and GE92 Pro shuttlecock ? It's competitive pricing and affordable.

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    I would humbly like to ask if you would recommend getting these instead for AS30s?
     
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    I think for the price difference between the two for one tube, I would certainly go for the GE92. It's been just over half a year since I last used them, and I do remember the flight being different from what I'm used to (AS30), but it wasn't bad. Just something I had to get accustomed to.

    Using the prices on their website, 25 us vs 38 us is a significant difference. So yes, I would recommend these over AS30s

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    @prahlada would there ever be consideration for trying to get the GE92 pros approved by bwf? Although I have no idea of what sort of process there is, requirements, and complications that might pose.

    Also just say that there are now ge50/70/80 now. Looking forward to trying them all out to see if the club members will consider them.

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    Hello Arisuin. We don't have any immediate plans to get GE92 Pro model BWF approved as it will indirectly result in price increase of the model and customers will not like it as its not more affordable. Customer Instead will choose branded competitiors. We gain customer trust by maintaining quality, giving them free samples to try out and having warranty on shuttlecock quality for bulk orders. Hope this answers your question.

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    You can request free samples and can compare them with our competitors. You can email us at sales@nydhi.com

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    We are in USA and can ship samples locally only at the moment.

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    just dm you for more info... i would like to buy some tubes to try out for my local club.
     
  18. Shuttle Flight

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    May I know where is the Golden Eagle GE92 originated ?

    Goose or duck feather ?

    What's the price per tube of 12 shuttles before delivery within USA ?



    All Best You & Great Thanks , Prahlada.
     
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    Golden Eagle shuttlecock are made in China like all other brands. All GE models are goose feather only currently.

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    We are excited to announce that NYDHI received BWF approval certification for 'Golden Eagle GE92 Shuttlecock' for year 2023.

    GE92LT and GE92Pro are even superior models when compared to GE92 but are not BWF approved.

    Golden Eagle GE92Pro, GE92LT and GE92 are considered high end and in affordable range.
     

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