There is now a badminton racquet manufacturer in China who can repair broken racquets, specifically broken shafts or frames. The cost is HK$200 to repair a broken frame. The price includes a free BG65 re-string. The cost to repair a broken shaft is also HK$200 with or without a re-string with BG65. An additional HK$20 will be charged for BG85 or BG68Ti. The repair racquet can withstand your original tension without any problem. Furthermore the repairs are guaranteed for life, provided the same spot is broken again. It takes about 2 weeks for the repair.
Does that repairer service international customers or just locally? Whats the deal if a customer lives in Australia? Is there a website or any information about this repairer? It'll be good if I can get my broken racquets repaired without any loss of the original performance.
I don't know how to contact the China source. I do have the Hong Kong connection, who is a distributor of badminton equipment and supplies and an OEM of stringing machines. The price I qouted was from the HK distributor. I crashed my MP99 recently and the racquet is now a bit distorted and out of alignment with a hairline crack and a tiny chip near the grommet. I will let him repair it, and if it is no good, I will ask him to refund the money.
There's a guy in Melbourne who does racket repairs also. However his job is strictly a repair only job and as result makes the racket extra head heavy (assuming it's cracked on the head) and he charges around $30 to repair each section of damages. Had a MP100SP repaired by him and when I got it back it became the most powerful racket I ever owned! however forget excuting touch shots unless you have wrist control and strength of international level players....
I had a racquet repaired on the head at about 3 o'clock. The extra weight at the point of repair unbalanced it so much I never played with it again.
If this fellow in Hong Kong does the same thing to me on my MP99, I will just grab one of his new MP99 off his display cabinet.
I have tried to repair my racket before, but it cannot support 24 x 26 and to be no use for me. What is the maximum tension can the racket support after reparied?? Would the balance can be kept?? Any Warranty??
my repair was to a Carlton AS-Ti in December 2002, it was restrung at 26lb. I haven't played with it since, but I gave it to a friend who has used it every week since. So the durability of the repair is pretty good. I believe the repair came with a 1 year warranty. At the time the cost of repair was much lower than a new racquet (and I didn't realise it would unbalance it) so it seemed reasonable. Since then I've only bought racquets from ebay, so now, to me, a repair is not economic.
Call me stubborn, but I have yet to be convinced that a repaired racquet can be 1/2 as good as it used to before it broke. The density of the materials used in the fix / patch, the grain patterns of the carbon / graphite fibres will be all wrong (compared to the original materials). Why spend a third of what a new racquet would cost when you're only getting something marginal in return? -Rick
i tend to agree with Traum. the use for such a racket imho would be for training, feeding shuttles, shadow drills with racket, or swinging practices. a racket with a cracked frame would be ideal for fitting a head cover on and then doing swinging practice with.
I agree with Traum, I had a racquet repaired this way a long time ago. After the repair it odesn't feel the same, also the repair spot tends to feel heavy, thus the balamce of the racquet is not right. Apart from cost, it is better to get another.
You have a valid point there, even though the racquet repair is done by a company that makes racquets. The MP99 frame and shaft have a special titanium which the repair company might not have.
Tension is the same as your original tension. As to balance it should not be a problem. Guarantee is lifetime, only for the repaired spot. But, most likely, the material used to repair your racquet may not be of the same composition. If you are picky, this may not be for you.
I repair my broken racquet and the cost are less then RM20.It can be strung at 25 to 27 Ibs but feel a little heavy.
If it was just the wood handle and nothing else (cap, shaft etc)., it should be pretty easy to fix. Just find a block of wood (balsa if you want close to the original), sand and shave down to the original shape, then reattach it to the shaft with a nail and glue. Well I'm not sure myself, but it seems pretty easy to fix if it is just the handle, best to ask a more consolidated source, After reading this topic, any word on what became of the MP-99 to be repaired?
For some infos,i guess if it's a single point crack,then it's much easier to repair,n it still can hold preety high tension.But if it's already more than one point crack,then the durability will be much lesser..which means it cant no longer hold a high tension.
