Here’s a superb evaluate of the Wilson Baiardo and a few very nice photos courtesy of Martin Creasey a stringer from the UK:
Wilson Baiardo for Badminton a evaluate by Martin Creasey
A number of factors particular to badminton. (see hooked up images)
The machine itself is VERY heavy. It is available in two packing containers and the primary field particularly wants not less than two folks to take away the machine and elevate it. (47 KG) I needed to get it upstairs and it almost killed me!
As soon as arrange it is rather secure and one of the best characteristic of the fundamental machine is you could customise the peak and angle for a number of totally different customers and for every person you may choose a special peak and angle for mounting the racket, cross strings and principal strings. Badminton rackets have much more difficult weaving than different sports activities and it is rather helpful to have the ability to elevate the string mattress nearer to you to do that work. In the event you do many rackets this actually helps keep away from again pressure and fatigue.
There are two units of arms for the 12 and 6 o’clock mounting factors. The lengthy ones are for badminton and the quick ones for different sports activities. These are very easy to vary over and likewise they’re very straightforward to regulate for every particular person racket to verify the 4 aspect arms find in precisely the suitable place so they don’t block one of many essential double grommet holes. Every racket is a bit totally different and this has proved very invaluable. There are a number of fixings to go on these arms to go well with all forms of racket together with two fixings particularly to go well with badminton and unfold the load on the high and backside of the racket.
The 4 aspect arms are equally straightforward to use to the body. I do know this appears foolish however the smoothness of operation is the distinction between a BMW and a Fiat! Actual high quality. That is true of the entire machine and for me was a sudden enchancment after my outdated machine. It truly is fine quality engineering.
The strings clamps are completely fine quality too. You’ll be able to repair the bases with lower than 1 / 4 flip with one hand with a click on lock to safe them. They’ve fast releases in order that whenever you undo the string clamp it drops and routinely releases the bottom. Alternatively there’s fast launch button to launch the bottom. As soon as fastened the clamps don’t transfer on the bottom or the string. Each bases and string sections are simply adjustable. I discover I by no means have to regulate the bottom clamps. I often verify the string clamps earlier than every racket stringing to make sure they are going to firmly grip the string gauge I’m utilizing.
The identical clamps work effective for all sorts of racket and appear to be designed firstly for badminton which shocked me. The tooth are the proper distance aside for holding badminton cross strings.
I am certain you might have already discovered that some rackets with non isometric heads have strings that come collectively barely on the head. With one of these racket I discover the primary strings are generally barely distorted by the clamps as I begin the cross strings. I all the time begin the cross strings on the high so if this is a matter the distortion doesn’t occur when the racket is at almost full pressure. This slight distortion types itself out as you progress additional down the cross strings and it isn’t an issue. I all the time do a remaining verify on the finish to make sure all strings are mendacity straight within the stringbed. This difficulty doesn’t appear to happen in additional trendy actually isometric formed rackets the place the clamps sit completely within the paralell principal strings. That is in fact a difficulty with the rackets not the machine. All machines may have the identical downside with these (usually cheaper) rackets..
Additional notes and loadspreaders and head/throat towers
The machine comes with all of the spreaders and body mounts you would probably want for all sports activities. This consists of the badminton particular spreaders that are completely effective. Higher for my part than the generic white spreaders you should purchase at W&D and elsewhere.
To reply one other individual’s feedback, you do not transfer the Towers (as on low cost machines) whenever you change rackets. There are particular longer mounting posts for badminton which put the smaller body in the midst of the machine (however might be adjusted to get optimum positioning for the aspect arms) .
