QUARTET AFC
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[Hardness] Medium hardness [Performance] Control and Spin are excellent. |
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Averages reviews points
- Speed: 8.56
- Spin: 8.89
- Control: 8.94
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VICTAS Quartet AFC is a fast, high-quality offensive blade featuring excellent control thanks to well-balanced DSE technology. An Aramid Carbon layer, a combination of elastic aramid and tough carbon fibres, is applied directly on the core ply of the Quartet AFC blade and provides for extra speed and stability. The outer Fleece Carbon layer increases the blades spin potential and will give you an extraordinary level of control which you will hardly find in any other blade in this speed class. Take your offensive play to a new level with the power and vigour of Quartet AFC.
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Specifications
- Producer
- VICTAS
- Product code
- 028604,028605,028603
- Speed
- 101
- Size
- 157 × 150
- Weight
- 91g ±
- Material
- Wood, Fleece carbon, Other, Other
- Thickness
- 5.5mm
Players use QUARTET AFC
- Four carbon layers provide controlled rebound with excellent ball grip
- Outstanding stability and ease in aggressive front-court play
- All techniques including service and blocking are highly manageable
- Limited distance in backcourt; front-court focus recommended
- Exceptional compatibility with sticky rubber
User reviews
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Horikawa Psychopath Horikawa (Experience: １１〜２０ years) Arc
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2019/01/27
It's good.
The spin and arc are especially good.
My style is to play a little away from the table rather than right up close. It's a somewhat unusual, aggressive style where I hit loop drives from mid-distance with an emphasis on spin, and with this racket the arc gets really high, which cuts down on net mistakes.
However, I have Vega Europe DF on my forehand, and there were times it flew a bit too much. Omega V Tour DF on the backhand had just the right distance.
Since it has a lot of carbon layers, I figured it would be pretty durable, but I ended up breaking it in two weeks. orz...Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Vega Euro DF
Recommended rubber (Backhand) OMEGA V TOUR DF
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Az (Experience: １１〜２０ years) An all-round balanced blade
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2019/01/25
It's easy to get a nice arc on the ball, and combined with the good bounce, the balance of stability and power is on another level. It's a bit lacking in speed, but compared to a straight-flying arylate racket, you can hit fast-paced drives with less effort.
The thinner grip makes it easy to angle your blocks, and the backhand drive swing-through is also fantastic. The weight actually works in favor of stability and power rather than against it.
As for rubber, if you can hit from above close to the table, V>15 Extra suits it well. But if you're slow to react and your contact point drops, you might not be able to hit hard, and the racket's performance can suddenly fall off — so I'd recommend Tenergy 80 or Rakza X, which let you get distance and power on drives even when pushed back to mid-distance.
It has 4 layers of special material, but it flexes like wood and feels like one solid piece. The feel is hard, but control is good, and surprisingly it even suits tacky rubbers well.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) HURRICANE PRO Ⅲ TURBO BLUE
Recommended rubber (Backhand) TENERGY 80
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Tatsuya (Experience: More than ２０ years) Great arc
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2019/01/13
Even though it's a spin-oriented racket, it still gives quite a lot of speed.
The spin is beyond complaint. The arc is nice and high, but there were times when the ball flew a bit too far.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) OMEGA VII ASIA
Recommended rubber (Backhand) OMEGA VII ASIA
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Tatsuya Yamaguchi (Experience: More than ２０ years) If there's room, I'd like to go back to TOKIO again
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2019/01/11
This racket is a spin-oriented racket, but it still gives you solid speed too — I thought it was a very well-balanced racket.
The ball traces a nice arc as it goes in.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) NEO HURRICANE 3
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Vega Euro DF
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v15 (Experience: ６〜１０ years) No good for far-from-table play...
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2019/01/04
Considering it has 4 layers total of aramid carbon and fleece carbon, the bounce feels fairly restrained. When you hit the ball hard, the carbon's power kicks in and you can produce enough force to punch through. It felt like a VICTAS version of the Inner Force Layer. The performance isn't bad at all.
But it's quite tough if you back up too far away from the table. Because it's on the lighter side, flat shots without spin would even hit the net... I couldn't do lobs for fun anymore with it. But I think it's a satisfying racket for players who attack close to the table or at mid-distance. If you're curious about it, it's worth trying.Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Little soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) V＞15 Extra
Recommended rubber (Backhand) V＞15 Limber
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Yoshimura Chance (Experience: ６〜１０ years) Easy-to-handle blade
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2018/11/28
I have a lot of power, and most of my mistakes come from overshooting. Also, the "Ludeack" I was using before had good bounce, but didn't hold the ball well. So I picked the Quartet AFC, aiming for a thinner blade that holds the ball better.
First, it pairs really well with Vega China. This racket leans more toward an inner-type build, so it holds the ball well, but it also has bounce on top of that. Because of this, the quality of spin doesn't drop off on connecting shots. Also, the power of a single shot isn't just dependent on your own strength — you also get the tremendous drive power that's characteristic of tacky rubbers.
This racket bounces when you want it to bounce, and lets you put spin on when you want spin. It lets me play exactly the way I want to, and at a very high quality too! It also gives the image of the ball tracing a straight trajectory and driving right into the opponent's side of the table.
So I'd recommend it to people who like to control the ball themselves, people who prioritize spin but still want some bounce, and people looking for a racket that pairs well with tacky rubber!Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness little hard
Recommended rubber (Forehand) Vega China
Recommended rubber (Backhand) Fastarc C-1
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Sughi (Experience: More than ２０ years) A balanced blade that's neither too bouncy nor too dead.
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2018/11/24
I found this racket while looking in a shop for one that doesn't bounce too much on light hits but bounces well on hard hits.
A racket that doesn't bounce too much in the short game like this, yet still flies solidly on hard hits, deserves nothing but praise.
And being able to easily send the ball out or keep it under control regardless of whether you're attacking or defending, or playing close, mid, or away from the table, is simply amazing.That said, since it doesn't send the ball flying on its own, it seems like you won't get distance from mid or away from the table unless you can generate that power yourself.
Now that easy-to-use single-material arylate or glass fiber rackets are gone, it's become hard to find a balanced-type special-material racket, but the Quartet AFC turned out to be a very well-balanced racket.
Overall Speed Spin Control Touch Hardness Soft
Recommended rubber (Forehand) TENERGY 05
Recommended rubber (Backhand) ROZENA
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