Hi guys, Just received my AT700 from my friend who bought it from HK. I noticed that there is no SP word on the shaft of my IP coded AT700 while there is a SP word on the shaft of crashandburrn's AT700 IP coded racket: http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44346&highlight=at700+ip Just curious......why? I don't think that both of the rackets are fake. Any other people who has AT700 IP coded without the SP on the shaft?
IP coded means it's distributed in indonesia. So far it looks authentic. You can always check the serial numbers here http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31873 . As for the SP thing on the other guy's racquet, I have no idea.
Just curious..why is it that IP coded means distributed in Indonesia but I've never seen an IP coded one in Indonesia. All of the shops that I've been to carry rackets that are SP coded.
What year your IP coded rackets were produced? I assumed maybe there were a SP word for rackets produced before 2005 and no SP for rackets that were produced after 2006..
I'm not sure if it's informative, but most of the Yonex Rackets from the Official Dutch reseller here, no longer have the country code printed on the shaft apart. Like "SP". It's only comes behind the other code. These are newer rackets, I was told by the Yonex representative (at the European T&U-Cup Prelims) Maybe you got a newer model which hasn't got the country code printed apart on the shaft?
If that's true, I hope the built quality has been improved as well for the 'newer production' of old AT700's since many said that the old AT700 was quite fragile. But who knows......
I thought I had the phonenumber of that representative somewhere. He's a very friendly guy, and we talked for an hour or so, and he guided me through the rackets. I'll go have a look in my address book, and contact him if I find it. I'm curious about the quality aswell... Maybe our Sir Silent can give us a hand too?
Hello ChiCha, From the photos, I believe your two old version AT700 are genuine. Pls note in HK, some racket experts and racket fanatics prefer IP than SP for : 1. Racket's outlook : IP rackets are without 'SP' wording on the shaft nor the 'PBSI' yellow logo on the cone, so apparently it looks like JP rackets. 2. Racket's quality : IP rackets are a bit stiffer and heavier (heavier by 1 to 2 grams, I have ever weighted an IP Ti 10 3UG4, it is 90 grams instead of 88 or 89 grams) than normal SP 3UG4 rackets. 3. IP rackets are relatively rare (you can get them just by luck or good chance), compared to SP rackets. I am using IP Cab 21 and love it so much (better than SP in terms of outlook and quality) and my friends choose mainly IP (if any) rather than SP rackets too. Thus, if you like heavier and stiffer rackets, IP would fit you.
racquets of Yonex plan to selling in Indonisia will be with "IP" in serious number,without "SP" in shaft. but Indonisia has its great influence in the world,so there "IP" racquet can be sold all around the world ,as a result,when "IP" racquet is in short supply. Sunrise ,which is the YONEX SP agent,will provide their SP racquet ,with SP word in shaft & IP serious number in code. in one world , SP in shaft or not depends in provide to indonisia in plan or not.all of them are genuine. after 2006,Sunrise provide Indonisia with enough quantity,so IP racquet with SP word in shaft is scarce.
It happends to my AT800 of n def also.Both of them has IP stated on the cone.My 800 of got no PBSI logo n no SP on the shaft,while my 800 def got the PBSI n the SP.Both of them r produced in the same year,2004.Any explanations on that?Is there any difference between those who has SP written n those with no SP?Then why yonex made two different kind of racket for the IP rackets.. Enlightments from all the shifus out there please..=)
