Hi Guys just wanna share my happiness of getting AT700 Old color. Finally I got one of them. Another one I sold to my friends. Spec AT700 Sp 3UG5 Shaft code 5609205/5609206 Cone code 200656 Anyone knows in what year they start produce AT700 and when is the last year they stop this color.
I think that colour only lasted from 2003-2006... they truely are very sexy looking racquets . I'm lucky to have two myself (CD and IP coded, 3UG4).
Good on you Athelete. if you realize at the bottom of the handle, the logo yonex has one small hole. This small hole was done by Yonex to indicate that the racket is for Profesional player. And I got it from Pro Indonesian player. I also heard that the oldest the production year is the better.
I got it from my friend. He got it from Prof indonesian player. Next time if have more on this racket I will info BCers. Couldn't wait to test it on Wednesday. I have it strung with BG65P at 26-28lbs.
>>just be careful not to hit it with the racket of your partner (if doubles) because yonex rackets with tension that high is very vulnerable in racket head warping. but i have tried to use that model and it's so comfortable in terms of power execution and its handling. no wonder lin dan still prefers to use it in spite of new models were released.
Yonex Give mix rackets to Pro Player ,for the lower level of pro player yonex give SP but with the Punched Hole and the fell is differrent from the common yonex racket in the marketplace, it is more stif and solid similiar with the IP coded,but sometime even yonex give SP racket without the punched hole but they put the hologram sticker in the grip.
Sometimes Yonex give SP rackets to high level players as well. Players like Taufik, LCW uses SP Coded Rackets as well. It really depends on the availability and location of the events that the rackets are supplied. But usually they high level Pros are given IPs,JPs,CPs,TPs,KPs etc... however some can be replaced incase the racket breaks and some can't for eg if the rackets is supplied by Yonex Korea,UK,Japan,Thailand etc.. to Taufik during a tournament in that respective region or country, Taufik's broken racket cannot be replaced. However if Taufik's racket is supplied by Yonex Sunrise.. even if it breaks.. he can have it replaced or claim. As Taufik is Sponsored by Yonex Sunrise and not Yonex from other country.
I wish I could. Not enough money to buy 2 rackets my first yonex racket after back to play badminton again was AT700. I broke it by clashing with my double. after 2 years of searching, finally got this baby. I have learn in 2 years not to clash with other rackets. It works, hopefully this racket will stay for long time.
Slightly off topic for a moment but I think this is proof once and for all that distribution codes don't affect the quality of the racket. If SP is good enough for Lee Chong Wei, I'm sure it's good enough for us. Back on topic, they're two really nice rackets.
i am really jealous i got one of the old and one of the new type and i really hate to change the racket after breaking the strings.. to me it's a different feeling only because of the colour. i know it sounds stupid, but that's psychology
Both of mine are from 2006... but still, they are great racquets. My IP doesnt have a hole in it, my friend purchased it in HK last summer. You must have been an AT700 lover your entire badminton life!!
Yes There is two type of IP racket ,the one selling free like SP racket for common people like u can find many in mybadmintonstore.com and the second is IP racket for pro,This one had punched hole in the green yonex butt. and it is hard to find it,hansip is very2 lucky
You can punch a hole in any IP rackets actually. The reason they do that is to identify the "supplier".
I have heard from my friend, he tried to did it. knock with a nail, the logo split. He said, it's very hard to do it. I don't know if any of you ever try before. Why they don't indicate the user rather than supplier. Don't they have distribution code already to indicate the supplier. Here in Indonesia, the hole indicate that it for prof player.
