Zohar
Regular Member
Lost my Astrox 77 (probably forgot it on the bus); I waited long enough due to the new grommet pattern, but it doesn't seem like it's going to be remedied soon, and my nanoray 10 replacement was too weak today; so I have to get a new one.
These are my options, and they are all around the same price:
https://www.playerssports.co.nz/rackets/products/category/661/badminton-pro
I'm looking for something with power: heavy (3U), heavy head, and preferably flexible. I thought about Astrox 77, 88D, 99.
I can't get proper info from yonex site; it's mostly BS that I don't buy:
http://www.yonex.com/sports/badminton/products/badminton/racquets/astrox-series/astrox-77/
http://www.yonex.com/sports/badminton/products/badminton/racquets/astrox-series/astrox-88-d/
http://www.yonex.com/sports/badminton/products/badminton/racquets/astrox-series/astrox-99/
For example, they used to indicate the balance of the racket and if it's heavy head. There used to be a racket matrix diagram that broadly compared the rackets.
Someone told me today that there's actually a difference in the balance between the 77 blue and yellow?(?)
Also, while it's stiff, I remember that I liked the z force ii (felt nice and powerful):
http://www.yonex.com/sports/badminton/products/badminton/racquets/voltric-series/voltric-z-force-2/
I also remembered that it was a 2017 racket, its price was dropping, and it was going off the market. This doesn't seem the case.
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Bottom line, I'm looking for a ("very") heavy racket, geared towards power. Any quick recommendations? For example, I read on some post that people found the 99 too heavy and have been returning it; would it be perfect for me?
These are my options, and they are all around the same price:
https://www.playerssports.co.nz/rackets/products/category/661/badminton-pro
I'm looking for something with power: heavy (3U), heavy head, and preferably flexible. I thought about Astrox 77, 88D, 99.
I can't get proper info from yonex site; it's mostly BS that I don't buy:
http://www.yonex.com/sports/badminton/products/badminton/racquets/astrox-series/astrox-77/
http://www.yonex.com/sports/badminton/products/badminton/racquets/astrox-series/astrox-88-d/
http://www.yonex.com/sports/badminton/products/badminton/racquets/astrox-series/astrox-99/
For example, they used to indicate the balance of the racket and if it's heavy head. There used to be a racket matrix diagram that broadly compared the rackets.
Someone told me today that there's actually a difference in the balance between the 77 blue and yellow?(?)
Also, while it's stiff, I remember that I liked the z force ii (felt nice and powerful):
http://www.yonex.com/sports/badminton/products/badminton/racquets/voltric-series/voltric-z-force-2/
I also remembered that it was a 2017 racket, its price was dropping, and it was going off the market. This doesn't seem the case.
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Bottom line, I'm looking for a ("very") heavy racket, geared towards power. Any quick recommendations? For example, I read on some post that people found the 99 too heavy and have been returning it; would it be perfect for me?