hi there, I just got my woven 7 in today. letting my dad have a look at him and notices it it the éxact same shape as my yonex ns8k. the headshape and the way the shaft thickens at teh T-jont are remarkably alike. So, naturally, My dad states they come form the same factory. and that my woven 7 is actually the same 'model' as some yonex racket (dunno wich). Or maybe sotx was just a Sub-brand for yonex to try out new tech and rackets. is this possible/true/false? how can those two arcket look so much alike in terms of shape? Is there a yonex racket similar to my woven 7?
yes, I know. that why you see 105pages of "Ebay auction watch" but the short question would be: I sotx just another Clonex?
SOTX seems pretty original usually, the similar shape is understandable, afterall maybe it is the most reasonable shape to be after caculations. Atleast SOTX use Woven material thats rather different then Yonex Instead of giving u boggie name like Lameocarbon or Emmotech. Plus the best part is they don't have a Clonex color scheme. If i wanna be a Clonex, i would make them looks like Yonex If i can actually make identical yonex racket, why repaint them? paint them as yonex and sell them for the 30000% profit margin.
just occured to me, why would sotx choose the most recognizable, trialed (isometric) racket shape know to man? choosing what shape yy does is playing it safe...might also be a motive..
Do you like the racket? If so, just use it. Why are all these conspiracy theories coming about? Are people posting for the sake of posting? I just don't get it. I have come to the conclusion, any properly made, HMG racket with a slight to heavy endload is good for me. Some are better than others but they all work.
I like it, so far...still ahve to play it No conspiracy, just an observation from my dad. Wich I found curious...I bought this racket almost solely to see if Í like power-rackets. BTW, sotx claims the woven 7 is UHMG, right?
Sounded to me asking why do all car manfacturer have their own all wheel drives solutions..perhpes because it works and there is a reason for them to be there. ISO head shape does give a larger sweet spot and u can either like it or hated it but they r there to give u more choices. Pretty sure if Yonex didn't patented their T join before then everyone would've incorporated that into their own design somehow. U can call them playing it safe cos ISO shape is so commonly accepted and maybe it is the best way to increase the sweet spot. Not saying there arn't other attempts like the tear drops and the prince's approach but how often u see ppl acutally using those design. It make sense for company to approach a design thats appeals most to end user.
I'm sorry for being so vague. but I just wnat t make soem things clear: -I having nothing against Sotx. and the 'playing it safe' was not meant offensive -I have nothign against Iso's I'm not bahsing sotx for using iso's. I was mearly wondered how such an uncanny shape resemblence could be.
If you haven't played it don't pass judgement so fast. Also, the Woven 7 is: Head: Woven, 100% UHMGShaft: UHMG Woven carbon fiber is key, that's what they use for the shell of F1 cars.
I know, I know...I'm too darn curious....Thuesday and wednesday are my only non-baddy days in the week...and I'm really itching to play....escepically with my woven 7....at 22x24....thurdayevening...21 hours away.... F1 cars use woven? I hoep you mean in the critical area's liek suspension and stuff...and not the nose-cone and the stuff that is desinged to break away
yah i understand, not saying your obversation is wrong cos it is as u said, almost identical, like how racket r mostly at the exact same length.. with long shaft one being 1cm longer.. who set those standard neway. But i just wanna say i don't think sotx would want to be a clonex in any way, in fact, i would rather be as different as possible as any yonex design but sometimes there are only very few ways to get things done properly. If i got something that yonex couldn't achieve, that would bring the brand up on par and i can probaly sell my stuff on the same profit. Given the similar shape, i believe the Woven does gives a rather different charactistic/feeling to the racket.
Sir, you need to read more carefully, I said the "shell" of the F1 car is woven carbon fiber. It's the strongest, lightest combination (relatively speaking).
well, It certainly does feel different when I dry-swing it (comparing to an at500 and an ns8k) though I can't really put my finger on it. Also people, sorry for being so Harsh in the title...
I stand corrected.... and deducing in child-like: Woven is just as strong for the same mass...so with equal mass woven is stronger than, say, Carbon graphite. so that's were Sotx get's it's edge in 'durability' or, of course the far more likely option: I'm wrong...
Yonex NS8000 released in 2005. SOTX Woven 7 released in 2003. Its hard to say that woven 7 copied NS8000 lol
i don't think you can make a paint on top of yonex racket that would look like woven... we still can't produce 3D paint(or if we can) cheaply... right?
from everything i read so far, sotx is said to have a distince feel then yonex and very much different. I also heard they are more durable, i just broke my fking AT800OF(only 1 year life span :crying so im buying a sotx woven 2 right now. I was going for the Woven 7 or 8 but i lost my wallet now have to get moeny from mom.
