Compare shuttle packs beyond the price of a tube
Check the exact shuttle, count what is included and keep the full payment beside the price per shuttle.
Match the reference first
Write down the model, material, speed and colour you intend to use. Compare those details in both offers, including any regional version. A similar tube or product name does not establish that the contents are equivalent.
Check what your playing group uses before comparing prices. A lower price per shuttle does not make a different speed or model suitable for the session.
Count shuttles, not just tubes
Read the quantity on the actual offer and packaging. For example, the manufacturer's pages list six shuttles per tube for Yonex MAVIS 2000 and twelve for AEROSENSA 30. These are different products, used here only to show why “one tube” is not a fixed quantity.
Multiply the number of tubes by the stated number of shuttles in each. For an opened tube, mixed pack or unclear listing, ask what is actually included before calculating. Do not infer the quantity from a photograph.
Build the complete cost
For the chosen quantity, add the item subtotal and any mandatory delivery, tax or other charge not already included. Count each charge once. Keep both offers in the same currency and on the same cost basis.
If a required charge is unknown, mark the total and delivered price per shuttle as incomplete. An unknown delivery charge is not zero. A unit price excluding delivery can be a separate note, clearly labelled as such.
Try a fictional comparison
These invented offers use the same unnamed model, speed and colour, with six shuttles in every tube. All amounts use one imaginary currency; they are not market prices.
Offer A: one tube contains 6 shuttles. The item costs 12 and delivery costs 6. The total is 18, or 3 per shuttle.
Offer B: two tubes contain 12 shuttles. Each tube costs 11, so the items cost 22; delivery costs 2. The total is 24, or 2 per shuttle.
B has the lower delivered unit price, but requires a payment of 24 rather than 18. If you only need six shuttles, that lower unit price alone is not a reason to buy twelve. Neither calculation predicts how long the shuttles will last.
Finish with five checks
- Are the exact model and variants comparable?
- How many shuttles are actually included?
- Are all mandatory charges known and counted once?
- What are the full payment and delivered price per shuttle?
- Does the quantity fit what you need now?
Keep unresolved details beside the offer. Confirm them before deciding, and keep cost per shuttle separate from cost per playing session.