Whats the Best Rackets

[derbyshirelad]

Any clues what the best for certain players or is there a best type or range armourtec rackets just a waste of money have your say carlton or yonex or ashaway or whatever i use a MP99 and u

[northantsgirl]

karakal TI-75!! its so nice 2 play wiv. ive played wiv so many rackets and found it was so much better than any Yonex racket i had ever played wiv. some of my team mates use it 2 and we all agree its gr8, other rackets in the Karakal range r gd 2. xx

[flamingjam]

Strange how you c that in county squads some squad have lots of ashaway or karakal or yonex but never carlton hmmm
I Use MP99 and some does much of the Derbyshire squad

[flamingjam]

and yes me and derby shire (poster of thread play in the same team)

[Badboy]

i use the armourtech 800 offensive, i thought it was loads better than the 99 personally

[badboy2]

i have d yonex mp99 and its class

[molly]

yonex rackets are better than any other racket every other comapny is trying to copy yonex designs but are failing. There is no better make than yonex sorri.lol

[Grover]

in the far east there are about 3 factories. virtually all the rackets are made here. yonex, yang yang, carlton, ashaway, they all fall off the same conveyor belt together and then get painted in different colours.

[robinhood]

Grover, are you serious about his? How can this be true. I would be disappointed if thats true. Do you work in one of the factories?

[piffo]

Some rackets do come from the same factories, but they will be different to play with.

[coops]

hi grover - i have to agree with you. it's the same with shuttles - almost all shuttles come from the far east all that happens is they get different stickers on them. as far as i'm aware there are only two/three true different brands which are carlton, yonex and prince. all the other brands are subsidiarys, now that i think about it tho karakal maybe on it's own too.. since i think browning is a sub of them. from what i remember yehlex is a sub of yonex, slazenger is a sub of carlton which in turn is a sub of dunlop. i think ashaway/gosen/monsoon/victor are all the same. so it's true what ur parents say - which make of racquet you play with doesn't make a damn difference. it's like if you go to the supermarket - at the end of the whats the difference between a £799 versace leather jacket and a tescoe's own brand £99 - if they look the same and feel the same - they prolly are the same!

[robinhood]

well, at least yonex is on its own. Some of the others might come from the same origin. As for shuttles, i am in contact with one factory which has only their own brand names. Not sure about the others.

[Grover]

i'd like to be proved wrong, but as far as i know. yonex sell their frames to other brands

[robinhood]

If thats true, i would seriously consider other rackets which are much lower in price. thanks for mentioning, Grover.

[coops]

if ur wanting cheaper versions of the yonex racquets i'd take a look at yehlex - you can't fail to spot the name similarities...

[finn1001]

There is a difference in rackets but companys buy a £150 yonex racket and analyise is and re make it. Also being made in the same factory is probably true, and make a different type of racket each day maybe.

[PeteG]

Inflight Predator 1000 all the way! Nice racquet. I've heard the same point about the factories, although I guess it also depends on manufacturing laws and patents as well. The problem being that you can't patent a composite!

[Oreo]

I stand by my Megaflex Tour, but then again my coaches dad works at carlton so i get them cheap. For some reason I've never used yonex racquets.

[danbelcher]

I was shown an Ashaway racket called Titanium Power 990 which is a mirror image of the Yonex Muscle Power 99. The actual racket is obviouisly different but the paint scheme is a complete copy of the muscle power! If you compare the two side by side which I did, you will see it is a blatant rip off!

[molly]

Yonex r the best rackets in the whole world and not jst the rackets but the clothing and the shoes too.

[Grover]

of course they are ;)

[jamesd20]

In your opinion of course. there is no way of proving such a statement.

[billybob2185]

No such thing as the best racket. It all depends on what suits individual players. Although a good racket can help, it's the player that wins the match, NOT the racket

[robinhood]

Its true Matt. Deep down inside i know skills and experience are the most important but somehow a good racket (forget the specs) gives me inspiration to do better.

[coops]

hmmm, somewhat agree with robin here - if you were watching the snooker (i know it's slow and boring.. but there is something about the tension that makes is just about watchable) it showed graham dott's old cue - which he has smashed to bits after a terrible run of form, just so that he could start afresh. I think something has to be said that if your happy with your racquet, then it can have a dramatic effect on your game. I know that before i played the final of our club tournament i went to the length of regripping and restringing my favourite racquet - i think it just banishes some of the demons..

mental strength is important in any sport, and anything that improves it has got to be worth something

[robinhood]

Mind over Matter!!! LOL

[Moose]

Yeah its all about which racquet feels best to you at any given time in your current "game". I remember my first racquet nearly ten years ago was this slazenger (cant remember the name) but it had a fantastic moulded hand grip - never seen the like since! It was sweet. Nowadays I use the Yonex VF 87 - another racquet that Ive not heard anyone talk about, but its done me a beautiful job for the last year and a half. Still, starting to look into the Karakal SL70...

[Moose]

Trouble is, and I wonder how the general players gets around this is testing which racquet is best for them... I tend to go to big sports shops, but they are often very loath to take off all the security tags which they have lovingly strapped to the strings...... Ive never ordered from the i.net because I dont know what most companies policys are on returning goods that are "just not right for you".

[coops]

yeah - i always worry about this - i've ordered off central sports a few times - been lucky really that i haven't needed to return one. altho thats more because i've never been that adventurous to make a radical change in racquet type - always stuck with the same brand, and picked the racquet that was described as close as possible to the last one.

The other fortunate side of things is that there are 5 of us that play badminton in the house - all with different racquets so we can usually get a hit with a different one if we want to try something different

[player]

Yonex do demo days where you can play test their racquets. I think they're quite popular so there might be one near you. Coaches are the best people to get test racquets off of.

[Moose]

Thanks, yes, I shall see about these demo days - its just as my game has improved Ive become more wary about not trying the racquets out before hand - I think I have been relatively lucky so far in my choices. But i admit, I also have been going for tried and tested methods of choice rather than specialisation!

I would appreciate it if someone could explain what frame composition is supposed to fit what player (flex of racquet, type of strings etc). I have checked out the Yonex charts, but Id prefer personal experience... Cheers!

[flamingjam]

A players improve shot power though techinque etc the racket stiffness tends to increase with better players using stiff rackets such as the MP99 etc of course ther are expections to this rule their always are. I personally get on well with ISO head on yonex rackets much more than carlton that if tested also as i've improved string tension increases as i demand more control and placement (24lbs+) look for tester days if you find one go to it they can be hard to find and are often at member sport gyms. If not try a local or interdepent sports shop never a large chain. independant shops like the one i use and hav worked at usually let u demo rackets good luck

[Moose]

Thanks mate; much appreciated!