Ashaway rackets and their Yonex Counterparts

The nano legend 9675 is a pretty old racket indeed, not sure how many of the BCers here have tried it before.

According to racketmaster, the spec of this racket are as follow:

• Head: Isometric
• Flex:[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] [/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Medium[/FONT]
• Weight: 75g
• Composition: [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Nano Carbon / Graphite[/FONT]
• String: MicroLegend XL
• Case: full

It's a very light racket, right at the lower end of the 5U range. It's mid-flex, that means it's easy to bend which is quite suitable for beginner who does not have enough strengh(wrist and arm). For more information about the flex rating, refer to the following thread.
http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/showthread.php/40187-Shaft-stiffness-flexibility-explained

 

One more thing to add, a 96 hole grommet racket is pretty tight. Analogously, you can imagine, with the same area which normally has 72 people, you now have 96. It will be very crowded, a slightly lower tension is suggested.

 

I don't really see anything close to this as there is no yonex weight 75gr (CMIIW)
96 hole grommet also unique on few brands only (And definitely not yonex racket)

if you really want to find the closest, we can only retain 2 informations, the shaft flex and balance point (however, at the end it would play pretty differently with your ashaway racket)
anyone knows what is the balance point of nano legend 9675?

 

based on 2011 Yonex catalog, there is NO yonex with weight 75 (all above 80, and mostly 85-89gr)

and you need to know the balance point of the racket (is it head heavy, head light, or even balance) to know which racket is the closest

again, however it would play pretty differently as 75gr would be light and fast (with less stability and power) and yonex racket mostly 85+ gr which is more stable but would be slower due to 10gr differences

so there is no yonex racket that can be compared to this racket
it means this racket is ashaway own line racket (not a copy cat racket like arch striker)

 

But 75gr must be the racket unstrung and without grip. I owned some Ashaway rackets, currently using the Electro VB which is supposed to be 82gr. on the scale it is exactly 82gr unstrung and without grip. Add string and towel grip, it is now ~95gr. It was the same for the Viper XT650.

 

yeah, when we talked about weight it would be dry weight (without string and with factory grip)
it is same with yonex, 85 is dry weight

 

82gr was without grip at all for me.

 

that means it is not dry weight
you need to add factory grip to gain the dry weight (maybe around 85gr?)

 

Yeah it should be around 85g with grip on. But the weight announced on the ashaway website is without grip. That's what I meant.

 

I don't think Yonex has similar rackets, not even those classic ones.
75g is definitely very light, which is not quite popular. If you really want something close, the only racket I can think of is the Apacs Tantrum Light Infinity. It's 76-79g, that's pretty close. It's also mid-flex, which also suit your requirements. Finally, it's the balance point. The Tantrum light infinity has a bp of 285-295. I don't know the bp of your racket, would you mind measure it yourself to find if the TLI has a similiar one?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snJO6UDug4s&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GBEOawp3QY

 

Actually, you can simply use our finger to get a rough estimation of the balance point. What we want to know is when your racket is head-light, even-balance or head-heavy. That 1-2mm differential is negligible, as using different grip can alter the balance point for quite a lot.