Sharing this with others, if this would be any help in picking up your "right/best" racket. I know some of points below might already mentioned in earlier posts by other members, this is only my personal views and comments. No reflections/connections whatsoever from other BC members and/or other parties. A bit about me; More towards "arm" player rather than wrist. Weapons, serve and attack. I have tried and tested most high-end Yonex rackets and other brands esp SOTX, RSL etc. This post is about me and Yonex rackets.... Here we go as to my personal opinion of a few Yonex high-end rackets; AT700 (1st edition) 3UG5/3UG3 I used to love racket so much, because it suited me well. This is before AT900P came out. AT700 was my perfect racket that time. Awesome attacking power and suits "back court" player and/or "arm player" and/or "attacking player". AT900 3UG5/4UG4 Got this racket (and AT900T) when it first came out to test it and felt good about it. My defence got better with AT900P and overall play style slightly improved. Yes I know, good player should adapt to any racket (even wooden racket)...blah..blah...but like I said this is my personal view and comments about me and my rackets I've played/tested. If you want power without compromise your defence then AT900P is the racket for you. ARC10 3UG3 Another good racket from Yonex, well done. For me, if you are looking for overall racket this is your choice. Excellent racket for double play. Single is OK. This racket makes me better and quick at net play. Flat drives and quick reponse/defence is very good. Drawbacks, less power in attack compare to AT700 and AT900P.If you have a very powerful in attack and needing something to up your game, then ARC10 is your answer. AT700 (limited edition, the dragon/fire paint job) Bought this racket and tested it, notice a slight different compared to the AT700 1st edition, I think the shaft is a bit stiffer, maybe it's new....but I don't think so. Anyway, for me I like/prefer AT700 1st edition better.If you are an excellent "defender" and want to improve your smash/attacking go for AT700. If you want/like to smash and smash only you care about...go for this one..!! Conclusion I use AT900P most of the time now. If I feel "lazy/tired" then I use ARC10. If I'm showing off my "weapons" (serve & smash), I use AT700. Note: -All rackets strung with BG80 -Tension ~26lbs -Yes, variables here and there because of Weight, Grip sizes, tensions etc. BUT I only can compare with what I've got. -And YES....I have all these rackets in in hands... Again, I stress out here, results of my findings are of my personal opinion. Hence findings above valids for me and myself only. Bottomline, only by testing the racket yourself will find which one is for you. Preferably all within the short space of time or buy all of them at the same time and test all then sell the one(s) don't suit you.
Very nice racket collection there. If I wasn't sponsored and could warrant building up a collection of rare and high end Yonex rackets, I'd have a collection similar to that - you only need a Ti-10 and then you'll have pretty much all of the cream of the recent Yonex crop. May I ask a question though? Why is it that you have such a large variation in grip sizes?
LOL, yes, you'd need big hands for a G3 grip but he also has G4s and a G5 but I was wondering more about why he has such a variety of grip sizes than how big his hands are.
Aw! You never mention the abandoned youngest Yonex sister,the nanospeed 9900. Or the aunt Carbonex 30MS.
I own all the rackets discussed above, even the NS 9900 and Ti-10 (1st gen, 2nd gen, and 3rd gen; OH yeah baby)
I used to have Ti10s as follow; 2xTi10 1st gen (long) ***excellent attacking racket BUT defence suffers (a lot..!!!) 2xTi10 1st gen ("short" version) ***same as above, did not feel right, the above is better 2xTi10 2nd (yellow) ***excellent racket for double if you are more "wrist" player Yes, I have variations of grip sizes due -to unable to source G4/G5 here in UK -IMHO, bigger gripsize (G3) is better for attacking and smaller suits more defence.
That is exactly what I need to know. I am still deciding beteen AT900P, Ti10, Arc10 or the AT700. I think I might try the Arc10 as it looks to be an all rounder to me.
for that 900p review ... the one that wooden rackert bla bla ... some good eq can increase your skill ... thats some information
