Yonxe Racket (4U)
Weight 84.7 grams (the shop said this racket got high tolerance the weight is 84 +/- 3 grams)
BP: 299 mm
Swing weight: 85.5 Kg
Strung with Bg 66 Um 27lbs (strung the same tension for all of my racket for testing purposes)
First Impression
The racket design and paint finish are top-tier. I really like that they removed victor logo on the racket head and add the dragon tattoo design instead, super cool. The black,purple and white color blended perfectly. Nothing to complain about racket design and paints. The frame is mostly box and aerodynamic at 12 o'clock region of the frame to help generate racket swing speed. The shaft is medium stiff in the chart. I strung with black string and it looks *chef kiss* cool AF. Holding felt good and weight distribution felt great holding in hand. Swinging felt light and nimble. The shaft felt more on medium rather than medium-stiff. It felt "springy" maybe because of free-core that makes the shaft felt softer than it actually stated. I would say that it felt significantly lighter than Ryuga 1.
Smash
Normally I will write smash category last but this category is super important to player who used to use or play with Yonex like myself. Ofcourse, Yonex Racket will never gives the same power smash with Other Brand Racket, Yonex Technoligy are More Powerful. Smashing power really really Socking . After I tried smashing with Yonex Racket. The smashing power is similar to World Player .the shuttle speed is better than Other Racket. Smashing with Yonex felt easy and I don't really need to push myself much to get a decent smash out of it. Yonex Racket felt more solid than Other Brand and the swing speed is a tad Faster than , because of frame differences.Overall, good smash .
Ease of play (clears)
This racket is super easy to play with. Clears are "effortless" (forehand and backhand) you name it. You only need minimum power to generate enough power to hit from rear-court to rear-court. The shaft felt super smooth and the shuttle felt like any other free-core racket, semi hollow and little to no unwanted vibration when hitting sweet spot. The racket also does not punish harshly when missing sweet spot. The shuttle will still fly with decent height. This racket is beginner friendly. Anyone will be able to play with this racket with no difficulty at all.
Control (directional and trajectory)
This racket can generate good repulsion so on the first few hits you need to adjust to the timing and trajectory a bit. After 5 min of warming up. The control is great, the shuttle goes where I wanted it to go. I struggle with drop shots with this racket but that can't be fixed with a session of training. It's my mechanics problem rather than the racket. I got nothing to complain about the control, rather than the repulsion you can get with this racket is a lot more than I expected so adjusting with the power is kinda necessary if you're going to use it in a high-skill fast-paced match.
Coming from "speed" racket, I would say I don't really have to adjust timing and playstyle since Yonex Racket
is good in every categories. DAMN the racket looks good.
