I have been using (and selling) Forza for about 3 years. Before that, it was ProAce, not bad racquets, but I met a ProAce fanatic who paid big money to buy them off me. But my old Yonex Isometric Tour 800 were still one of the best racquets I ever had, unfortunately I broke all 3 of them!!!
Would be nice if the results indicated breakdown by regions (e.g. Asia, Americas, Europe, etc) to give an idea of where each brand is more popular although more than likely Yonex wins hands-down
Wilson Titanium 5.0 w/BG70 Pro at 21lbs. Mostly used for doubles. It is an interesting racket. Only 85 grams yet head heavy and generates quite powerful smashes. The head is of ISO shape. The racket looks very solidly built. I am curious if anyone has ever broken one during game play? Rackets ever owned: YY ISO800 (broken), YY Ti SP ss (broken), YY ISO900 sx (cone loose), YY Cab 20 (broken).
Me too..so far. Using BK PC68, Cab 7 Long, Cab 7000. But possibly Pointfore for my next racket, there's a really good racket I've tried out and is worth getting. I didn't realize before...but for computers I always get AMD because of better bang for the buck. Why not for rackets?
I had nothing but Yonexes for the past 9 years except for the very first when I used a Pro Kennex with a t-joint. Will be buying Yonexes in the future.
i Use from a 35 GB Pounds Inflight XP50 racket up to a 105 GB Pounds MP 99 i can play with them both as good.
wow, it's like more than 70% of people are using Yonex. It would be a totally different story in Taiwan though (most people use Victor, MMOA, and Kawasaki because they are much cheaper)
big spenders I couldn't agree more about rackets when someone said: "It's the player that makes the racket, not the racket that makes the player" I think when you have a look you will find thousands of examples of people using all kind of different rackets and playing high level badminton to the best of their ability. I have used alot of brands, from Carlton, Wilson, Yonex to the current Winex. I like my Winex rackets, they cost half of the Yonex ones, and they may look the same (I don't care that much how rackets look) but they are slightly lighter, and I love that. Of course quality wise Yonex is the best in the world, also the only real innovations are from them. But their price is really high, and quite frankly I think they are overated, as you can perfectly play with other brands. Yonex tends to be a bit heavier, normally a bit in the head of the racket. So If you don't like that, there are better options with other brands. And them some innovations like the Ultimum Titanium aren't really suited for 95 % of the players. You need a really really fast arm to use it to full potential. It is just to fast, and the steel for example is made shorter, so that the flex is less. Not everything new is good. So it's the player who makes the racket...surely. Choose your own racket with the balance, weigth etc. that you prefer. All the major brands produce good quality material (Forza, Carlton, Winex, Yonex, Prince and some others) and look at the budget you can buy two others for one yonex. And it isn't always the best for your style of play. So I am suprised to see that there are nearly only big spenders on this forum. Nice for you, but I prefer to spend less and play with a racket a little more adapted for my playing style. Ciao!
yes. at the end of the day it is the player that decides what is best for him/her. but in regarding to the stiff prices that yonex sets are actually quite reasonable as they are the only one that (sort of) that is investing back into the sport really seriously (no offence to other brands/companies). so when they come up with something new, bear in mind the R&D cost spent on it to bring this new innovation to the market/consumers. tho other brands may emulate this new tech at lower cost, however purchasing the real deal may give you satisfaction that you are supporting a good cause for the dev of the sport in general. but of course this is just a matter of choice and prefference. i myself have subsituted the real mcoy for some clones one time or another. we dont always have that extra cash to blow now do we
That's right, the R&D is costing some extra for Yonex. I guess the only brand I have seen these last few years with something nearly of it's own, it must be Babolat who has used a new stringing pattern (20/21), not that strange considering that babolat was always a mainly string company, and I guess they developed as the first a new kind of cap, with the rubber strips, a bit wider, to give more grip with the tumb. So that's nice of them, of course there was Prince...with the Y...but well...and the one piece rackets...but I guess the last few years it comes down to yonex and a little bit Babolat.
