On the dutch YONEX Forum I've seen the new specials that YONEX have broutgh. YONEX ARMORTEC TOUR The ARMORTEC TOUR is like the ARMORTEC 300 YONEX NANOSPEED TOUR The NANOSPEED TOUR is like the NANOSPEED 5000
Actually the Armortec Tour is exactly like the Armortec 600 except for the different colour scheme and name. Both are only available in 4U. I took the pictures of both racquets. Blue AT 600, Golden Yellow AT Tour. I saw them for the first time yesterday. Both the Armortec Tour and NanoSpeed Tour are now available at Yonex Sunrise Sports Life. Both racquets technology are nothing new to existing models except cosmectics. Armortec Tour Ultra Light Weight, Head Heavy Balance, High Modulus Graphite, Power Armour System
Armortec Tour will be slightly more expensive than the NanoSpeed Tour. AT Tour will likely priced the same as AT600.
Yonex isn't innovating alot, they take what they have, put on a new paintwork and market it as a new racquet, hmmmmm. They should take a leaf from SOTX, they just launched a few new series, G series, Golden Palace and Seven Sword series ! The Seven sword series is quite nice, they have 4 models and each one has it's own name taken from http://www.wu-jing.org/dramas/Seven-Swords/The-Seven-Swords-Weapons.php
More close-ups of AT Tour and AT 600. AT Tour is retailing at $279 and AT 600 $299.90 in Sports Life although they look like the same racquets with the same specs to me.
Looks like yonex needs new design team.It seems that they're running out of ideas of colours and looks.CAB35 looked like 9900 in colour n scheme,n now tour looked like 600?Never happend like this monoton in the past..
Yea Yonex should consider hiring Porsche Design to design their high-end racquet models. PD designs everything from shoes, cars, watches, personal accesories to sportswear. They may just inject a more inspired design.
