What are some of the lightest yonex rackets? ive been using armortecs for quite a while which really helped me with my smashes and i bought a musclepower which is a lot lighter... (mainly cause its not head heavy) using this musclepower, my smashes seemed to be a lot more powerful and faster than when i was using the armortec. so using my musclepower i got a better smash and a lighter weighted racket. so i was just wondering which rackets (pref yonex) are lighter than the musclepower limited? thanks!
karakal Mtec 70 is said to be the lightest racquet..i have bought it myself but didn't actually found the weight of it..but it seems very light...
The uncle in the shop show mi a apac racket which he say is the lightest in the world n i pick it up it was REALI light
I dont really know Yonex's lightest racket , would have thought muscle power 99 - but I am not sure! Karakal claim the worlds lightest racket - The M-Tec 70 and the SL-70 But these are only 70 grams (unstrung) - even with strings - 75ish grams is still really light! But then I guess - one of my coaches always plays with a light racket because when your wrist tires , you have a lighter racket so its easier.
...plus another 5-10g for the grip, which Karakal don't allow for in their quoted weights. Black Knight and Ashaway (and probably others too) also make sub-80g superlight rackets.
But IMHO, Karakal's weighing method is the best. Different grips weight different amounts, as do different strings so measuring just the frameweight really, is the fairest way to measure racket weight. The lightest Yonex currently in production would be the AT600 but the Muscle Powers 66 and 88 (both discontinued) would feel lighter, despite being the same weight as they are head lighter than the Armortec 600.
I'm not saying it's a bad way of measuring weight, or that they're bad rackets - just that they may weigh more than another brand's racket with the same listed specs. Infact, I'm not at all certain that BK and Ashaway don't do the same thing. Personally, I don't see much point in going lighter than 80g anyway - I don't think it's going to help your defense that much.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to challenge you as to whether it is a good way to measure weight or not. I was just saying that if everyone No, it isn't necessary to go that light for most people. I only go really light because I like to lead up my rackets a lot and would rather not play with a racket that is ludicrously heavy. Or that is what I thought.........I think I might go heavier for my next racket and see if I like it or not.
Black Knight SuperLite They spelled "light" without the "g" so that they can exclude the extra paint involved in painting the "g", making the racket as light as possible. just kdding
In my experience, I've come to the conclusion that the balance of a racket is far more important than the actual static mass. Knights in the middle ages understood this very well, that's why a 5-foot long-sword has a pomel, a sword weighing 5 kilos without a way of balancing it would be impossible to manouever.
