Does Yonex make the best racquets?

[@123a-o5d]

I always wondered why I hit so many shots out.

[@TennCom]

100% racquets fault (i always blame my equipment)

[@jomawmawizzofat]

Could be your grip too! Some people are sensitive to certain grip colours. It might affect your game 😊

[@ruterosdelmorro]

@@TennComlol

[@beandip504]

Made the switch to Yonex several months ago and never looking back.

[@TennCom]

which one?

[@beandip504]

@@TennCom 6th gen vcore 100 and I have a vcore pro 97hd on the way.

[@letrantrung1]

​@@TennCom I switched to ezone 98 (2020) last year Feb, and currently looking for ezone tour (2023) Having a peace of mind believing that it will not be too off from what I want.

[@rodrigoolivos1648]

I’m in love with my 2023 vcore 98

[@iambs11]

same. FIRE!

[@JaraTheProfit]

Just switched from a head microgel prestige 93 sq inch to a yonex core 97d pro, and I do not regret a thing. When I see Made in Japan anything, I see quality.

[@rijulgupta1597]

I started off with head but switched to Yonex because I had a single handed backhand and I just loved the wawrinka backhand so much that I wanted to learn his technique on that. I was so obsessed that I requested to get his racquet for my birthday and I was fortunate that my mom could buy me the racquet he used during his prime years. It was hell expensive but I have used that one for years and I love that thing so much.

[@nino88881]

I csnt recall which pro player mentioned this. He said when you wanna buy multiple rackets (same type and specs), you should buy at the same time from the same store. Because theyre more than likely came from the same production batch.

[@jonathanwinspeare7314]

Yeah my babolat pure strike 305g turned out to be 313. One shoulder injury later and I'm happy to stick with yonex from now on.

[@TennCom]

ouch thats outside what they say is acceptable too

[@devpatel7154]

Wait so they lying on the racket?? 😭

[@petepete8556]

I have two Yonex ezone that are within 2g static weight, but have 1/8" grip size difference (serial numbers ending in US is larger than non-US). Keep that in mind when buying Yonex!

[@rubenforlagetrhodos1987]

I have 4 Wilson Pro Staf RF 97 - from new one was 328, one 333, one 342 and one 348 grammes - they should have been 340 - further more the balance of each racquet was really different - the 348 version was around 2 pt head light were as the the 333 was the only one the was on specs with regards to balance. I switched to Yones VCore 98 305 gram and they are both exactly 305 grammes and equally balanced - and the paint does not chip of the first time you play with them. For the price Wilson asked for the RF 97 it is a disgrace

[@1petrofski]

Wilson are notoriously poor on their quality control while making racquets. Have experienced this variation on my Wilson racquets.

[@dillonpatel2247]

Made the switch from babolat pure drive to yonex exone 98, and apart from my continual adjustment the tiny head size, I’m never looking back

[@abitoun]

Yonex are great rackets. I like the red one 95 older frame. As good as they are though, I have a few and they all feel and play slightly different.

[@Weltbummler23]

Yup, cant beat japanese six sigma manufacturing. Strongly considering yonex for my next stick. Cant believe how bad the tolerances are on all other brands.

[@philanthropenos1074]

Actually QC issues negates most of novelty (if any) coming from the new versions. For example Blade V9 came out with higher SW than V8. With Wilson's QC you may end up with just the opposite. Plus TW's matching does not guarantee the advertised specs. They can send you two 293g.

[@evnyquil4159]

Gotta buy a percept now 😂

[@jorgecruz6663]

Agree, little comparison for perspective. lghtest carbon bicycle frames weigh About 900 grams and its more than 3 times the material of a tennis racket

[@MatthewNeal-s8c]

Tested several different frames and decided on the Ezone 98 a couple of months ago. Best decision I could've made! Switched from a Babolat Pure Storm Tour after playing with it for 10 years lol.

[@stephane3719]

I can't stand wasting money to find two identical racquets anymore. Yonex would have to manufacture for their competitors and just stick the stickers and still manage to stick them askew. I just requested a matching 305 iso from 32cm to 33.5 balance, 302 to 308g and swing 292 to 318 unstrung!!!!!!! I'm going to stick with two Ezone 98, oh my god they're identical.

[@miles2m]

In the last 3 months I bought two Ezone 98 and one Vcore 98. All of them came out of spec with SW 300-305 strung. Am I "lucky"? or just Yonex is not that perfect. I measured the spec for more than 50 rackets, the most consistant were Pacific and Prince.

[@tissuepaperbandit]

Why are you buying multiples of the same racquet in low quantities, but then happen to have tested over 50 racquets of the same model lol. Something doesn't add up

[@MrHitthespot]

I just purchased the Yonex percept 97 and love it.

[@TennCom]

That's awesome! What strings have worked best for you so far?

[@MrHitthespot]

@@TennCom because of elbow problems I’ve switched to multifilament. The Yonex was strung at my club with Sensation @ 54lbs. I have been using Gamma professional spin. I think they are close but the Gamma has a little more power.

[@sebastiandomagala9233]

I remember Pacific having a zero tolerance policy. Unfortunately it didn't pay out and the stopped making racquets. But Yonex is the go to brand these days. Made in Japan is what Made in Germany once was.

[@TennCom]

yeah pretty sad, I think that old Fischer mold could really be repurposed into something cool today

[@returntotennis706]

Pacific still makes racquets and actually have a couple new models for 2023. They just find have wide distribution. Quality control is on point. I have found Angell to have solid quality as well. Yonex is definitely the best of the major distributors.

[@miles2m]

Yes, Pacific is still alive. Tenistown sells pacific.

[@acikacika]

I am regretting not buying Vcore back when I was in Vietnam, now they r much more expensive here in Europe

[@masonwrisley2748]

Solinco is great, I got the weighted butt caps and got my weight up to 340 grams with it strung

[@BaldRavenHaired]

Yonex has the expertise of designing and manufacturing racket sport equipments for decades now and it's their primary focus of business unlike other companies!

[@cradlecap123]

ooh thanks for this, never knew rackets could be that much out.

[@TennCom]

you are welcome!

[@MiracleAgeGKS]

In last few months I bought 4x Yonex Vcore 95 '23. Unfortunately, weight difference between each frames is noticeable. My record is about 6g gap between the lightest and heaviest. Big disappointment from Yonex.

[@The-White-Pepper]

Means a +/- 3g difference. Quite impressive I guess. (rather than +/- 7g)😅

[@kagakai7729]

+/- 3 g? Tf are you complaining about?

[@Towards5.0TennisChannel-xh4ex]

@@kagakai7729math

[@KanhaPlaysPKXD]

I prefer Yonex Aristrox Attack-9 for badminton beginners.

[@lucasutley9409]

This piqued my curiosity, so I weighed my 3 Head Gravity MPs from 2021, and they weighed 319, 319, and 320g with strings. I guess I got lucky with mine.

[@TennCom]

if you bought them all at once, i'm not too surprised. I think usually within a batch things are pretty close.

[@devpatel7154]

I’m a lil confused. Do u mean two rackets that play completely diff if they are the same? Like say two head speeds. And both will play diff cus of the weight? Or two diff rackets from any line?

[@TennCom]

two Head Speeds can play quite different if you get one that weights 295g and another that weights 305g... especially if you have big swingweight variance, like 290 vs 300 unstrung.

[@pawewlodarczyk6200]

So what you meant that if I buy a Wilson/Head/Babolat racket with 305g it might not be 305g? Should I just only buy yonex? How does it work

[@Shaun949]

Yep, they say it will be within a weight range. They can be quite different

[@Richibald1]

Perhaps I'm the exception but my Head Gravity Pro was just 1 gram headlight. Yonex have been often known to be a gram head light, head heavy which ever so I'm pretty happy. Great racquet by the way. No free power with Gravity Pro you need to play up to it, but I accepted the challenge and my game came ahead leaps and bounds. I suppose what I'm trying to say is that China has the ability to make quality racquets. Why they don't choose too is an enigma. I'm hoping to pick up an Ezone 97D cheap. Wow I loved the thing, No two ways about it Yonex is a fantastic company that all others need to aspire too. Comforting to know that someone still sees quality control a necessary business expense and I'm certain Yonex sales do better because of the QC in there "Made in Japan" racquets. In fairness Yonex's cheaper racquets are made in China, so there's that to this story also. I do think if I'm paying this much for quality, the owner should insist on standardized QC parameters.

[@TennCom]

I agree the factories in China 100% have the ability to be on-spec every time, its the cost saving measures implemented by the manufacturers which cause the workers to rush through the process or just accept a wider tolerance.

[@SharkAcademy]

I wish Yonex had something like Head Speed Pro

[@TennCom]

Percept 100D!

[@SharkAcademy]

Just saw this. I’ll have to test it

[@cekinekshn]

Current batch of Yonex Ezone 98 is heavily underspec in terms of swingweight. Mine was 274 unstrung. Others at tenniswarehouse also had 276 or 278 SW.

[@eric.p.merlin3537]

Oups 😅

[@vnishpt7036]

(As you are aware) tennis rackets can play significantly different even if same models have the same static weight as a result of swingweights being different. So until the Mfg.'s get serious about QC by also providing swingweights in their specs & making sure their frames are close to those, the comments about QC only regarding static weight are not of much value imo

[@olimoring8951]

How are tecnifibe and Dunlop when it comes to quality control?

[@꾸잉-k3o]

My Head speed MP 2022 racket is 300g officailly. But actual weight is 308g

[@TennCom]

You could probably have warrantied that if it was within 1 year from purchase date

[@donnienguyen2294]

308g with the overgrip and dampener? Normally overgrip adds 5g and the dampener 1.7-2.5g ish depending on the type. Some dampener adds like 4g for no reason.

[@꾸잉-k3o]

@@donnienguyen2294 only with string is 308g. When racket With overgrip and dampener is 337

[@YehShano]

Hit a bit with a Vcore Pro 97D…felt like it bent like a rubber band

[@SharkAcademy]

Was that a good thing or bad?

[@TheTennisDaddy]

@@SharkAcademy I’m ‘YehShano’ this is my other channel I just started for some tennis related stuff in my spare time….The 97D felt nice sometimes but only sometimes, it’s an effort to use and to create power with, I have it strung at 48lbs and I can feel the racquet bending and I don’t like it…I think it could suit a player that uses a very stiff wrist…but I think the only player that should use it is a really really high level player as for everyone else there’s far better options that are far easier to play with…I used Speed Pro for years and thought they were a perfect blend of everything and now changed to Extreme Tours just for the the whippy nature I’ve realised I love now…if I was to go a Yonex, the Ezone 98 to me was great, just a good amount of flex without bending like crazy, has a nice feel and tonnes of power

[@filipvukovic5141]

what yonex is simmilar to the a wilson blade 98?

[@ashitaka2755]

Percept 97

[@pawewlodarczyk6200]

Which is the best yonex for all-court players

[@TennCom]

EZONE 98

[@pawewlodarczyk6200]

@@TennCom Thanks. Maybe in the future I will check it out. I recently bought Head Extreme Tour.

[@Tennissensitive]

You find this quality also in pacific ( former fischer) rackets.

[@Presaria]

I had no idea

[@dqp2947]

My Yonex Ezone 98 came in 312gr static weight unstrung and swing weight seems pretty hefty is that acceptable?

[@villiam7941]

Three rackets I bought was almost on specs.

[@TennCom]

thats pretty unusual for them i dont think they would be pleased with whoever QCd your racquet

[@malvec9013]

reminds me of my very first 2015 blade 18x20. It came at 315 grs 354 SW +1 HH

[@villiam7941]

@@malvec9013 I’m pretty sure you could return it

[@ternedo6074]

How good is Solinco qc?

[@TennCom]

Mine have been very good (within a few grams) but they knew who they sending the racquet to. Other users have posted pretty decent specs. I was TW would post the variance on their measurements though.

[@bogdan.mtduro]

+/- means it can be 307g

[@Jkan2001]

Yonex qc isn’t perfect either I have 3 Vcore 95s that are close to 10 sw points in variance

[@fluffy_skye]

While Yonex static weight might be pretty on point, their SW control sucks just as the other brands.

[@TennCom]

I don't think they advertise their SW so its not like you are being promised something that isn't delivered on.

[@fluffy_skye]

@@TennComTrue, none of the brands provide a target SW. However, I find static weight difference doesn't hinder playability that much whereas SW difference affect playability a lot. Therefore, I find it not very meaningful to say Yonex has better quality control just because they have good static weight control. Yonex used to have pretty good SW control but in the latest generations they don't any more.

[@TennCom]

@@fluffy_skye I agree that SW is the more critical spec. Prince used to print unstrung SW but idk if they still do it, or if they were accurate about it.

[@Tennis214]

Yonex is still lacking QC for swingweight, which is the most important part :(

[@rbarreira2]

Their swing weights are still less variable than other brands'.

[@kondor99999]

Former juniors champion observation: The racquet is easily the least important part of tennis. Within minutes, I can adapt to whatever I have. I’ve gone from a Pure Aero to a T2000 (long story) during a match. It made little/no difference.

[@iambs11]

to be honest im a 4.0 but fairly new to tennis. I've played most sports at a high level, i recently demo'd a bunch of racquets and found the same thing. I adapt in 2 mins

[@christiansaavedra1953]

Tell it to Novak,Rafa or Roger😂😅…

[@tissuepaperbandit]

Someone just casually had a racquet that was produced in 1967 handy for you to switch to mid match? Also you didn't have any backup racquets as a "former juniors champion" when even casual recreational players have multiple/backup racquets? Cool, we believe you. Let's just drop the world's pro and artisanal racquet craftsmen standards since racquet differences don't matter by a former junior player's standards. It's always advisable to judge things by the standards of a 14 year old or a 4.0 rated (sigh...).

[@channel-ol1yn]

I agree. Unless you are a top 100 players in the world competing in top tier events, variations between racquets are not that important. I have played with people who keep changing racquets and still sucks. This happens for many years and they still keep changing racquets but they still sucks at tennis. It is obvious to me their technique is wrong. They would have been a much better player if they spent the money on a few coaching lessons. From a guy with UTR 7.

[@yeeeaaahmayneee3808]

That’s true if you are not top level,roger rafa and novak among some others have been playing with the same frame for the past 15-20 years

[@wozmac771]

Head is pretty close in their tolerances, Yonex and I heard Fischer also, are the best. Identical weights and balance and stiffness. Wilsons are the worst.

[@lordwellingtonthethird8486]

Wilson are notorious for this

[@smallboto]

honestly everysince moving to yonex was a big change from using a babolat, gonna save up for the vcore now

[@walterhayley7252]

In a word--"Yes!"

[@brana1646]

Love my yonex vcore 98 and regna 98.

[@jaekn]

At most peoples levels.. technique is 98% of the game, luck 1%, and Racket 1%

[@lwh7301]

Blaming the racquet is the most common excuse for amateur players.

[@youngsuit]

They shouldve just kept it the all red

[@Fidlnks]

All the best players in the world use those racquets so I think its fine

[@yaxx1]

Pacific rackets have zero tolerance and are all perfectly the same, so Yonex is not the only one

[@TennCom]

Didn't know Pacific was still making frames!

[@khalilyaker]

Why is this guy Ben Shelton with no hair ?

[@everettwaterman2030]

or you can just get a matched set like an adult

[@ared18t]

Racquets are so expensive and they have bad tolerences? Not surprised.

[@isaacchen7315]

Idk but I see no pros using fat

[@rob.halpin]

Absolutely. Won't play with anything other than Yonex. Rather give my money to a Japanese firm with no CCP department on site.

[@dma23]

Yonex is the goat of racket manufacturers. They basically are the main racket providers of the Badminton World Federation. And I would say they can achieve something very similar in Tennis and the ATP tour.

[@aldobueno6733]

Prince >>>>> others

[@carkod]

Blake Shelton without hair?

[@ryanchoi6013]

Not huge difference, racquet is just a racquet

[@thehiddenfamily]

Waiting for that percept 100 lol

[@arthurevans2029]

Sounds like sketchy exaggerated claims for promotion purposes

[@logicrule]

Only for the expensive range of yonex, the cheap ones are still bad quality like pathetic brands

[@AZdaJa]

Or...buy a prostock

[@GuidossInnit]

Yonex are streets ahead

[@두근두근테니슈]

thats right. yonex is alsway accurate.

[@pvsk10]

Leave it to the Japanese to get it right

[@t2dev]

What's your point? You think the cars you buy are the same the F1 drivers buy? When chefs sit at chefs tables in restaurant do they get the same menu? The bat you get at the sporting goods store same as MLB?

[@TennCom]

What's your point? This video is about the quality control standards for retail racquets.

[@NeuralEngin33r]

wilson is the worst

[@christiansaavedra1953]

I own 3 v13 RF autograph, all of them 3,40 grams same exact weight…

[@Tenistenistenis]

Homero te puliste la cabeza?

[@condogwow]

Why do you talk like that? Are you Canadian?

[@sacredxgeometry]

Well, they’re made in China soooo 😂😂😂

[@willbia646]

I've bought many rackets because I like to review them and try a new one.. I've never ever found a racket with 5g + or - I think is more just a mith.. Moreover I always weight them in my friend store before I buy and the worst I've found is 3.5 g lighter , which could just be an advantage especially for new players that run to the store and want a 300g racket and they have been playing tennis for 6 months 😂😅 so everything make sense.. Last racket I've ordered from tennis point, head boom pro 308.7g instead of 310 not a big deal.. I challenge you to do the same with padel racket and then let me know 😅😂

[@cesarfernandezlopez2209]

Made in China....

[@wilsoch]

I'm sick of the Yonex hype. Seriously, enough.

[@iambs11]

what would you prefer

[@byrne8509]

But they deserve the hype. They are make great products, are innovative and care about their products. What's the problem?

[@RobertoOrtis]

Lies! Yonex sucks big time. No one uses them. Stop lying to people.

[@TennCom]

False. Roger Federer uses Yonex.

[@wullbot]

Was just looking for that one hate comment that knows nothing😂

[@TurboGauchiste]

Yonex suck and japonese quality is overrated