I wonder why no professional players wear Yonex Infinity shoes

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  1. sunzhewyq

    sunzhewyq Regular Member

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    This shoe has been published for quite long time.
    But I haven't seen any professional players wear it on court.

    any ideas?

    maybe it is too expensive to the professionals.. :p
     
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    Kevin sanjaya and marcus gideon wear it back then, but because its heavy they didn’t wear it anymore, they switched back to their previous shoes, gideon aerus 3 and kevin wear the new shb65z2


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    okay, that is the first time i hear that they are heavy.. compare with aerus 3, it should be heavier, as the feature of aerus 3 is light weight.
     
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    Yeah, they’re quite heavy, no wonder that kevin and gideon switched back to their previous shoes, i think yonex making a huge mistake for releasing infinity BOA and eclipsion series


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    Both colors on Wang Chi Lin. And he's still using it.


    @Kyuketsuki , Yonex was doing BOA shoes since the SC10i in 2013, then the CFWD, just that it was a JP only special. The Infinity is the first shoe to go international, but being 2 BOA constrictors, brought the price up.

    The Eclipsion series is what the 01/02/03 were: stability. They couldn't go with 04 since Chinese people dislike 4, so went with a name instead. How is it a mistake? Sure it may be heavier but the stability is on point.
     
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    Thanks @esppy . that looks good. And i can understand that if the shoe is aiming at stability, it can be a bit heavier.. I have read some review about this shoe, none of them mentioned the weight.. some of them said the sole is quite thin..
     
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    They aren't the nicest looking shoes - I think they could have done separate overlapping BOA straps instead of one large flap. The Eclipsion X and Z series look much better (although not many players seem to use those either)
     
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