Fake Yonex rackets!

[Arief]

It was very easy to spot fake Yonex racket few years back, but now fake Yonex racket looks almost perfect! I myself bought a fake armortec 800def and tried to compare it with the original one. Even the PBSI logo looks perfect. There is only one slight differnce, which is the green part at the bottom where there is a yonex logo. The fake one is a bit blur and the green colour is lighter. I observe that the paint scratch very easily. But the quality itself is not that bad, it's even better than protech nanospeed 7000 (personal opinion). So beware!! Now the fake ones come very fast!! You can get it within a month after the original one comes out, even I saw the fake limited edition armortec. it cost about US$30 and it even comes with the certificates! I wonder how they do that.. there is also fake armortec 900 (green colour) haha... dunno whether yonex is going to release it..

[ahhs_1980]

haha! ur in the same situation as my friend
he recently bought a fake armortec 800 and supposively a fake armortec 900
he says the 800 feels like the real thing, are the imitations actually getting better?? lol hahaha

[HKChua]

I myself bought a fake armortec 800def and tried to compare it with the original one...
Hi Arief,

Where did you buy it from? Care to mention shop name and location?

Thanks.

[cressidaracer]

lol... i wonder if they last long...

[Qidong]

lol... i wonder if they last long...

But real yonex not necessary will last longer. My carlton broke 3 Yonex already from collision. :D :D

[cressidaracer]

woah..... does that mean carlton more durable? hahahaha

[bluejeff]

woah..... does that mean carlton more durable? hahahaha
Nah, that only tells you he is a racket-killer :p

Seriously, fakes may break anytime (see the thread about a broken fake MP100) and they don't even have the term "durability" at all because they are unstable. Some may last for months; some may last for minutes only.

[Arief]

Hi Arief,

Where did you buy it from? Care to mention shop name and location?

Thanks.
oh.. I bought it in Jakarta, don't think can find it here in Singapore..

[Arief]

lol... i wonder if they last long...
no... I broke a fake armortec800off twice already haha..

[Akatsuki]

I have bought a yonex racket 800-Of from sumai03 on ebay for a value of 135$ US. When I received it, the box said that it cost only 30$. Anybody knows why?. However, the serial and quality of the racket are really good. after playing a 2 times with it, one little black piece on the rim/frame broke and broke my string. A friend of mine brought it to Japan to restring it and to switch the little piece. I was wondering if the racket is fake

[madbad]

Sometimes to cut down on insurance costs when shipping, the seller declares a lesser amount on the item

[VinnieTran]

Hi, i just bought a NS 7000 of eBay with 65Ti strings for $160AUS, although i am afraid it might be fake. Do you have any suggestions? I haven't recevied it yet, but i know it's on the way

[Jan_BE]

But real yonex not necessary will last longer. My carlton broke 3 Yonex already from collision. :D :D
Do you mark those kills on your racquet? :o

[Jan_BE]

I have bought a yonex racket 800-Of from sumai03 on ebay for a value of 135$ US. When I received it, the box said that it cost only 30$. Anybody knows why?. However, the serial and quality of the racket are really good. after playing a 2 times with it, one little black piece on the rim/frame broke and broke my string. A friend of mine brought it to Japan to restring it and to switch the little piece. I was wondering if the racket is fake

That's just to fool costums ;) , if they would know the real cost of the racquet they would make you pay import-taxes.
So you should thank him :cool:

[LazyBuddy]

However, the serial and quality of the racket are really good. after playing a 2 times with it, one little black piece on the rim/frame broke and broke my string. A friend of mine brought it to Japan to restring it and to switch the little piece.

The black piece should be the gromment. Brought to JP to re-string??? Wow... :eek:

[Akatsuki]

Yeah, my friend went to Japan and ask me if I wanted to re-string my racket. Where I live, they only string racketball/tennis racket




The black piece should be the gromment. Brought to JP to re-string??? Wow... :eek:

[Akatsuki]

Look at the serial, browse in this forum, you should see thread that deals with fake rackets.

Hi, i just bought a NS 7000 of eBay with 65Ti strings for $160AUS, although i am afraid it might be fake. Do you have any suggestions? I haven't recevied it yet, but i know it's on the way

[jerby]

next step is they start minicing quality as well..

this can be a good thing:D

Yonex rackets, looking like yonex, performing like yonex, 1/2 the yonex price..
why is this bad :p ?

[Kamikaze]

the chance of hurting or even possibly killing someone:p

[Brave_Turtle]

I have bought a yonex racket 800-Of from sumai03 on ebay for a value of 135$ US. When I received it, the box said that it cost only 30$. Anybody knows why?. However, the serial and quality of the racket are really good. after playing a 2 times with it, one little black piece on the rim/frame broke and broke my string. A friend of mine brought it to Japan to restring it and to switch the little piece. I was wondering if the racket is fake

Sumai sell genuine racquet

[george333]

Sometimes the rackets are produced from the plant, but before the final touches are made, maybe Yonex notices a defect and discards these, who knows, maybe the fake suppliers have an inside man that takes these and brings these to the fake suppliers, this would explain why the fakes are pretty much undistinguishible and the quality is very good too, well for the first few rallies...

[hydrocyanic]

he liste the price 30 so that you can avoid being charged by the custom...

the grommet holes problem is most likely due to rushing the stringing job

[hydrocyanic]

Hi, i just bought a NS 7000 of eBay with 65Ti strings for $160AUS, although i am afraid it might be fake. Do you have any suggestions? I haven't recevied it yet, but i know it's on the way

let us know which seller did you get it from

or post us the ebay link of your racket

when you receive it and cannot determine if its fake or not, post detail picture of your racket with the head, joint, shaft, serial code and handle(side and the bottom)

i love photohunt :D

[foo.tw]

The best way the avoid fake yy is to buy them at physical
stores, and there will be their stamp on the certificate card.
You can ask them to write the serial number and date code on the card.
Once it is a fake yy, accuse them with the evidance.

[george333]

How come some Yonex rackets (my patner's mp 30 and 66) for example are very good quality and he throws them around when he gets angry after losing a point or makes a mistake but on the 30, there is a slight paint scrape at the 1' o clock spot and on the 66 nothing? How come I hear of genuine Yonex's breaking or paint chipping so easily???

[hydrocyanic]

How come some Yonex rackets (my patner's mp 30 and 66) for example are very good quality and he throws them around when he gets angry after losing a point or makes a mistake but on the 30, there is a slight paint scrape at the 1' o clock spot and on the 66 nothing? How come I hear of genuine Yonex's breaking or paint chipping so easily???

easy, 95% of badminton user uses yonex, so the chances of hearing racket breakage is much higher than other brands

[george333]

That is a very good explanation but the range of quality from Yonex is quite scary we have my partner here and also today, he threw the 66 around, slammed it against a bleacher and chucked it against a wall, guess what nothing happened:D and then we here the stories of Yonex rackets chipping and breaking very easily

[Zdust]

damn... i didn't find out until today from a friend that fake badminton rackets were such a popular form of business :( i rashly purchased a nanospeed 7000 yesterday off ebay from a seller named racketsnet, and now i have a feeling that it's a fake... new seller and everything, GRAH!! i do have one question, what's the difference between a normal and a SP version racket? i'm wondering because the one i purchased is supposedly an SP version. i suppose there's little point in doing so... but i'll post the serial # on this forum when i receive it.

but anyways, here's the link to the seller, what do you guys think? selling fakes or not?

http://feedback.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=racketsnet&iid=7198217014&frm=284

[bluejeff]

well, fake rackets quality differs a lot. It can last for a long time while it can also last as little as 1 hour of use.

[Plutarch]

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Yonex-ArcSaber-10-JP-Red-65Ti-Badminton-Racket_W0QQitemZ250314333875QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAcc essories?hash=item250314333875&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A13 18|301%3A0|293%3A1|294%3A50

FAKE? I am no good at telling. I don't purchase from eBay, but just curious on how much better people are getting at selling fakes! if they sell fakes at high prices than is it not that much harder to detect a fake?

[bjorn03]

hi there.. i read ur article about how to distinguish a fake and an original yonex badminton racket.. i bought mine the other week while i was on tour in singapore.. it looks original to me as it has the laser engraved serial numbers, the proper tubing wrap and the hologram sticker.. the problem is when i brought it to my local racket stringer, he told me that it was fake because the letters that appears on the engraved numbers is "CH" which i presume is china.. he said that original yonex rackets only carries the letters "SP" and "US" which i presume is singapore and usa.. could you help me out on this? are there really no original yonex rackets that has "CH"? i am pretty confused. hope u could help me out in this buddy. thank you so much!

[drifit]

hi there.. i read ur article about how to distinguish a fake and an original yonex badminton racket.. i bought mine the other week while i was on tour in singapore.. it looks original to me as it has the laser engraved serial numbers, the proper tubing wrap and the hologram sticker.. the problem is when i brought it to my local racket stringer, he told me that it was fake because the letters that appears on the engraved numbers is "CH" which i presume is china.. he said that original yonex rackets only carries the letters "SP" and "US" which i presume is singapore and usa.. could you help me out on this? are there really no original yonex rackets that has "CH"? i am pretty confused. hope u could help me out in this buddy. thank you so much!
some readings (http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63922) on how to spot fake.
there are CH and CP. both are not fake codes.

[george@chongwei]

hmm, talking about fake racket. a fella in my baddy group sells yonex rackets:D
then i decided to have a look, his armortec 900 power only sells rm130:p and there's a racket called yonex nanospeed 2000.. i was like LOL that time:D:D
is there a yonex racket called nanospeed 2000 btw?

[yay728]

Well about a year and a half ago i bought a real arcsaber 10, then i bought a fake one from ebay about a couple of months later to tell the difference between real and fake ones.

The fake ones come in fake crappy bags made of plastic and the code always says SP.

The paint is slightly misplaced.
but when u play with the 2 racquets they're the same o__o.

The fake one broke at jan 2010 by doing a clear -.-
The real one however is still fine.

So basicly real and fake not much difference except one dies after a year or so o.o

AND IF YOU DO WANT TO BUY A FAKE ONE WHATEVER YOU DO DONT STRING IT WITH HIGH TENSION O_O.
YOUR RACQUET WILL SNAPPPPP.

The real ones wont xD

[druss]

damn... i didn't find out until today from a friend that fake badminton rackets were such a popular form of business :( i rashly purchased a nanospeed 7000 yesterday off ebay from a seller named racketsnet, and now i have a feeling that it's a fake... new seller and everything, GRAH!! i do have one question, what's the difference between a normal and a SP version racket? i'm wondering because the one i purchased is supposedly an SP version. i suppose there's little point in doing so... but i'll post the serial # on this forum when i receive it.

but anyways, here's the link to the seller, what do you guys think? selling fakes or not?

http://feedback.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=racketsnet&iid=7198217014&frm=284

First, your link doesn't work.

Second, there is no "normal" version. All Yonex rackets have a region code. SP is the most popular one as they sell the most in the "South Pacific" region.


hi there.. i read ur article about how to distinguish a fake and an original yonex badminton racket.. i bought mine the other week while i was on tour in singapore.. it looks original to me as it has the laser engraved serial numbers, the proper tubing wrap and the hologram sticker.. the problem is when i brought it to my local racket stringer, he told me that it was fake because the letters that appears on the engraved numbers is "CH" which i presume is china.. he said that original yonex rackets only carries the letters "SP" and "US" which i presume is singapore and usa.. could you help me out on this? are there really no original yonex rackets that has "CH"? i am pretty confused. hope u could help me out in this buddy. thank you so much!

There are a ton of different codes out there and your stringer obviously has no idea what he's talking about. I'm sure all the japanese yonex racket owners would be surprised to learn their JP coded rackets are fake considering they are made in Japan...

Canada is CD, USA is US, South Pacific is SP, China is CH, Japan is JP, Thailand is TH... etc.

[TheHalfAMan]

i got a FAKE nanospeed9900 on ebay.... it came with a crappy string.... im goin to restring it and test it out!

[kurnia76]

Anyone knows or ever purchase a yonex rackets in this site => http://www.yonex-racket.com/ ???
The prices seems so unusual.

[demolidor]

Anyone knows or ever purchase a yonex rackets in this site => http://www.yonex-racket.com/ ???
The prices seems so unusual.

Stay away ;) ...

[cooler]

Well about a year and a half ago i bought a real arcsaber 10, then i bought a fake one from ebay about a couple of months later to tell the difference between real and fake ones.

The fake ones come in fake crappy bags made of plastic and the code always says SP.

The paint is slightly misplaced.
but when u play with the 2 racquets they're the same o__o.

The fake one broke at jan 2010 by doing a clear -.-
The real one however is still fine.

So basicly real and fake not much difference except one dies after a year or so o.o

AND IF YOU DO WANT TO BUY A FAKE ONE WHATEVER YOU DO DONT STRING IT WITH HIGH TENSION O_O.
YOUR RACQUET WILL SNAPPPPP.

The real ones wont xDa proficient player should and can tell the difference between real and a fake copy.
If your fake one died so soon, there have to be difference in material and quality manufacturing. Is it quite impossible to
believe your fake plays like the real one. The cost to match all the performance parameters to a real one take $$$$, far
more than the cost of a fake.

[TheHalfAMan]

Anyone knows or ever purchase a yonex rackets in this site => http://www.yonex-racket.com/ ???
The prices seems so unusual.lmao... haha the armortec 700 is most expensive than nanospeed9900 lolz.

[noobyo]

Hey... suppose I got a MP-Tour, but the color at the bottom is slightly lighter than my other yonex rackets, and also the yonex sticker thing is square instead of oval... is it most likely fake or real? B/c I bought it at a place that sells mostly real rackets and also at the normal price ($129)... I'm stumped.

[drew tze en]

hi everyone !!
you buy fake rackets but look at this website from yonex
http://www.yonex.com/badminton/counterfeit_products/index.html

[drew tze en]

and SP isnt fake

[wan.hasbullah]

most of counterfeits use SP serial numbers....it can be fake or real...so better check other aspects for confirmation

[drew tze en]

but isnt the most obvious thing to tell the different between real and fake yonex rackets the button of the racket ?
and the yonex hologram sticker?

[ryim_]

but isnt the most obvious thing to tell the different between real and fake yonex rackets the button of the racket ?
and the yonex hologram sticker?

since when did rackets have buttons...?

[wan.hasbullah]

the most obvious thing is the 'PRICE'...the best way is to compare with the genuine ones from the official stores...my advice is only to buy at the official stores and and their websites for online shopping...

[drew tze en]

true !!
it is not a button it is a sticker
if you get like a nanospeed 9900 for under £60 that is fake