Customer Reviews

Spalding Pro Serve Badminton Set (20047)

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I was looking for an inexpensive badminton set and found a good deal with Dick's sporting goods online store (actually, it's not really Dick's - 'cos you can't return the item at Dick's).
Anyway I decided upon this set since it didn't seem to cheap, nor too expensive. But when I did get the item here's what I found:

1) The rackets are terrible. Even though the string on the rackets didn't seem loose, every time I played with it, the shuttlecock would get stuck in the net of the racket. And I wasn't hitting hard or anything, just light playing.

2) The shuttlecocks are pretty bad too. They get squished in the molded case and then don't fly well.

3) Speaking of molded case - this one's okay. But mine didn't always close properly. I think I'd prefer the soft cases (like bags) instead of the molded cases.

4) Everything else seemed decent (net, poles, etc.). You do have to push the stakes into your lawn to mount the poles for the net, though. (It's not the kind with a heavy base).

Overall, it might have been an okay package if it weren't for the rackets. What's the point if you can't play for more than a minute before the shuttlecock gets stuck in the racket's strings? Sadly, I ended up losing money by paying for the return shipping.

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I actually purchased the Spalding World Pro Badminton Set, which I thought would be a little better quality. After an hour of putting the net together I tried to set it up. Every time I tried to adjust the net to take the sag out of the middle something would break. After three broken items I decided that somebody should have known better than to make poles and stakes out of plastic. Have no comment on the raquets and shuttlecocks because we never got to play. The bag is very nice; too bad the effort put into the bag wasn't put into the game.

*racquets are strung too loosely......shuttlecocks get stuck in the racquet almost every time.
*the net is so-so....all plastic...we tried to move it once and one of the stakes broke. The net poles bend under the pressure of the lines.
*still...we had fun playing (had to think of a new rule...what to do when shuttle gets stuck in racquet)
*now...looking for better equipment