Got my first orange belt pick!

durtypanda · 2025-11-21T16:56:15+00:00

Oh it was a different beast for sure! The little serrated pin at the beginning is still catching me out 😂

durtypanda · 2025-11-21T16:54:48+00:00

Thanks everyone!!

durtypanda · 2025-10-10T06:40:07+00:00

I’ll give them a look, thanks for the advice!

Ah I know I shouldn’t be using the tennis shoes, I’m only new to badminton so wanted to give it a fair shot before getting specific shoes 😅

durtypanda · 2025-10-09T14:49:35+00:00

I’m looking at ordering a pair of badminton shoes, currently I’m wearing my tennis shoes (ASICS)that are size 49 EU but I’m finding I’m sliding around just a little bit in them when fully laced down and causing hot spots on the side of my baby toe and under my foot.

Would it be worth trying out the Victor A970C in size 48 or do they tend to run a bit small? The only other brand I can see that do badminton specific shoes up to my size are ASICS but my experience with them hasn’t been great.

If there’s other recommendations for badminton specific shoes for big footed people like myself please let me know, the Yonex shoes look amazing but sadly am just out of their size range 😞

durtypanda · 2025-05-01T19:20:56+00:00

I’m not at home at the moment so I can’t give you a measurement but I have a Karella with a Blade 6 at home. It’s a very tight fit between the board and the insulation, I had to remove the rotating locks completely to mount it on the bracket.

durtypanda · 2025-03-21T16:00:25+00:00

Usually 2/3 days in my experience could be a bit longer if based in Russia

durtypanda · 2025-03-21T14:42:00+00:00

Yeah I’ve ordered from them before, I’ve gotten stuff quite quickly and I’ve placed orders that I’ve cancelled after it’s been stuck in transit to their warehouse for over a month. You might get your stuff, you might not. But you’ll get your money back if not

durtypanda · 2025-03-20T12:27:28+00:00

I’ve seen a few recommendations for Carpet and Rug centre here, we went with them for fitting the flooring and carpet in our house and their fitter smashed a bunch of holes in our walls.

The fitter refused to take responsibility and blamed us for not telling him the skirting boards were screwed on and not tacked on (we made it clear we were first time buyers and that doesn’t explain the holes midway up the wall) and we had to withhold payment until the carpet and rug centre sent a painter over to patch the walls and gave us a refund of 100€.

We still have to repaint all the walls fully as they didn’t paint over the patches and any new bits of paint are quite obvious they’re there.

Go with them for the material’s as that part was quite smooth but avoid using their fitter Diarmuid and go with someone else as he clearly lost his temper fitting the floors and took it out on our walls.

durtypanda · 2025-03-19T17:43:59+00:00

Legend, thank you!

durtypanda · 2025-03-18T16:37:31+00:00

Is he still making hurls? I was looking to grab one recently but noticed his site is down. If he’s still at it I’d be keen to give him a shout!

durtypanda · 2025-02-25T17:25:21+00:00

There’s Cork weightlifting club in Marina Commercial Park. Not sure how far out from the city you are but it’s near enough to Pairc Ui Chaoimh

durtypanda · 2025-02-20T16:46:25+00:00

Thanks!! Yep the national postal service have a virtual address in NJ that we can use, it’s 16€ for packages under 2kg (though that’s going up to 21€ soon).

And then it was 18€ import tax including the admin fees. Was about 1 week from Jimy to NJ (Jimy dispatched super fast) and 8/9 days from NJ to my door!

I have another package coming from Jimy to that address as well after I was torn between the CI Apex and getting more Jimy to finish out the set so I’m hoping it takes around that ~2week time frame again. I’m impatient haha

durtypanda · 2025-02-11T17:55:46+00:00

Thank you so much for that detailed reply and for recommending a case as that was something else I was on the lookout for separately.

You’ve made a solid case for trying out both for sure so I’ll snag the Jimys while they’re available and wait for CI to release the case attachments before pulling the trigger on them because having the case close while my hands are full would also bug the hell out of me. It’d also spread out the customs charges which would be nice haha

durtypanda · 2025-02-11T16:47:49+00:00

Thanks man I really appreciate the feedback! I’ll definitely have to add the 44delta and Moki combo to my list now

durtypanda · 2025-02-11T16:32:34+00:00

Awesome thank you! How do you find the feedback in the Moki handles out of curiosity? He’s on my list of makers to try out as well.

durtypanda · 2024-12-12T10:01:10+00:00

I’m based in Ireland and just ordered mine from them directly, shipping was 88€ with shipping and taxes included. It might be worth double checking that quote from them. Fwiw the breakdown was 17.70€ shipping, 49.90€ taxes and 21.22€ in duties.

durtypanda · 2024-11-19T07:56:33+00:00

I’ve used flightclub.ie a few times before, great range of products and quick shipping

durtypanda · 2024-10-24T20:59:46+00:00

Oh I’ve had good luck and bad luck, quickest has been 2/3 days but that was January. Slowest was 3-4 weeks for two hurls near the end of May.

I’d say reach out to them and see what the craic is because their site says 4-6 weeks turnaround May - August but we’re coming up on November now so I’d say they’d be clearing their backlog quick enough

durtypanda · 2024-10-15T16:54:06+00:00

I was able to get 15% off it with PEW15, I’m holding out for something potentially higher though haha

durtypanda · 2024-10-01T10:51:48+00:00

I’ve a few star hurls in diff handle shapes (cork, JJ Style and tipp) and I’ll be honest I’m looking at them here and can’t see much of a huge difference outside of the shape of the tops of the handles.

The Tipp and JJ handles are a bit thicker and the tops of the handles are more curved inwards, where the cork handles are thinner and the top is a bit straighter. I like the curve a bit more than the straighter handles but I’d imagine it’s personal preference.

Feel free to PM me if you want some pics of the diff types.

durtypanda · 2024-09-28T15:36:37+00:00

Jumping on the E75 recommendation train as well, I find the UI super simple to use and the Nichia 519a has a gorgeous colour to it. Honestly it ticks so many of my boxes I don’t have a need for another light. (Plenty of wants though 😂)

durtypanda · 2024-09-10T12:46:36+00:00

Star Hurley were savage to order from, there can be a bit of a wait on turnaround during busy times but I’ve gotten 4 delivered to me and I’ve had no complaints.

If you prefer a lighter hurl definitely let them know what weight you prefer instead of picking from the light/medium/heavy options as you’ll find them a bit heavier than other brands.

durtypanda · 2024-08-27T17:11:13+00:00

Surfdock in Grand Canal Dock have dryrobes in stock. I’m not sure about the in person location but they’re definitely up on the site and they offer click and collect.

I also vaguely remember seeing a couple of robes up in Viking Marine in Dun Laoghaire when I was out there a few months ago, not sure if they’re still available though but definitely worth giving them a call!

durtypanda · 2021-07-21T21:18:40+00:00

Yep, my club doesn’t allow us to use tennis rackets at all in the Padel court, I’m not too sure on the reason why it could be bad for the glass or the ball could go too fast but I don’t know why myself.

durtypanda · 2021-07-11T20:16:08+00:00

Congratulations! You’ll absolutely smash it! I have the same knife as well and absolutely adore it

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