Head heavy - not for everyone! | Badminton Equipment - Rackets | Discussion Forum

Just wanted to post my experience of searching for a new badminton racquet.

I was lucky to get Paul  to do a demo session for me as i was having difficulty finding a replacment for my age old Prince racquet. Made the wrong decision to buy a Yonex voltric 7 based on specification only and although I think it is not a bad racquet (my favourite of the voltrics) i was missing a lot of returns due to the head heavy balance. I mainly play doubles in my local league although I do play the odd singles game.

So I was looking at the top end rackets so i tested the Voltric 7, 70, 80, Z-Slash, Nanoray 70, Nanospeed 6600, Nanospeed 9900. (think there was another arc saber or amortec in there too). I was really amazed at how instantly you get the feel for the right raquet when you can test them all side by side. I realised that my style of play was much more suited to the head light racquets of the nanoray and nanospeed. After a long test i decided that the nanoray 9900 was the clear favourite for me. I found no reduction in my smash speed while i was able to get that extra 10% of returns back that i would miss with my voltric. After using the racquet for nearlly 2 months now i have no regrets with my purchase. I would never buy a another racquet now without testing them side by side again. thanks Paul!