I unfortunately broke one of my new JS12M yesterday while playing. I had miss hit the shuttle and it broke around the 11 o clock position. (Near the tie off hole) This caused my racket to cave into 1 side and crack the graphite near the Tie off hole. I only string my rackets to 26x28.5 pounds. One of my friends had the original JS12 and he broke all of them in the same position, caused by the same miss hit but he strung it over 30 pounds.
Is this with plastic or feather birds? I've mishit often (and seen other players do the same) on the frame with feather birds and never has this problem with other rackets. (fingers crossed) Sent from my SM-G965W using Tapatalk
Any signs of sinking frame before that? Or maybe increase in grommet hole size like Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It was a brand new racket. I only used it for 30 minutes... I used feather shuttles. I think the frame is very weak in that one spot, and it cant handle the imbalance. Ive only ever seen it happen to the JS12. None of this was present at the time. My other 2 JS12M seem to be ok. Just a bummer a brand new racket just cracked like nothing. I have sent back about 4 rackets, (JS10, JS10Q, JS12F, HX800 Power) for this exact problem.
Can you be sure that what you bought were genuine ones? 4 rackets with the same issue, none of which involved in terrible clashes and seem to be not too old or not strung at ridiculously high tensions? That really sounds strange to me if the rackets involved were genuine ones. Sent from my SM-J320F using Tapatalk
Hmm. For me it's the first time i heard such a case. I have js 12 4u 1st edition strung at 27, had it in some few bad clashes and mishits but it's fine. No sinking grommet either. Do you store your rackets properly, i was just wondering about this? Sent from my SM-J320F using Tapatalk
So this is what post London Olympic Victor combined with their legendary QC is like. Sent from my LG-H930 using Tapatalk
Yep all stored properly. I have used alot of victor rackets and it wasnt until this year ive been getting getting problems Ive strung countless BS12s and JS8, 9 and the very first number of the JS10s and the sinking grommets were never had a problem. All the other brands dont give me any problems, especially at 26 pounds. The js12F that my gf uses had the sinking grommet problem at 26 pounds with bg66um. At this point im gonna start putting bumpers on the spot the grommets sink on all rackets just incase My js12m did not have the sinking problem but there was the break from a miss hit Ive been reading the forums for years and ive been praying i never encounter these problems, but its only recent its been happening.
Sadly... I loved victor stuff during the pre Jetspeed era. The brave swords were indestructible lol. Never had any problems.
In this case, it's fair to say that the stringing cannot be the root cause. From what I've seen, @xZhongCheng has a superb stringing technique : http://www.badmintoncentral.com/for...-stringing-video-sharing.171039/#post-2549626 However, I also can't shake off the feeling that something is off here. 4 rackets gone in a very short timeframe at the same spot is just very rare. I mean, we all know that the latest Victor frames are not very robust (to say the least), but that definitely goes one step beyond that.
I almost forgot I posted that haha. That JS10 was one of the first ones I got where it still said "PYROFIL By Mitsubishi" That racket was strung countless times till I sold it a few years back to get the 3UG5 JS10 (the one in the video is 4UG5) and the gormmets never sunk in.
As we say in Germany - other mothers have pretty daughters too. Knowing your general preference in rackets, I think you would not be wrong with an N7II or an N9II if you might be eying towards Li-Ning. Both can be found for really good prices lately due to their silly change of racket namings.
Well I had 2xMX60 for 5yrs without issues but then a BS12 broke on me within 2 months, and it wasn't due to a mishit or a clash. It literally just snapped at the bottom 5 o'clock position, where a racquet is supposed to be the strongest.
