N90 iv costs a bomb here so I probably wouldn't wanna sell it at the low prices I've been letting my rackets go at.
To be honest I'm not sure if you'd even want to try N90iv. It's borderline head light and you seem to like head heavy racquets.
The n9ii and n90iv couldnt be more different. If you like head heavy racquets go for n9ii no question. BP of my n9ii is 10mm more than my n90iv.
I do wonder tho, which is stiffer. Spent an incredible amount of time on badmintoncn yesterday just reading up data on it. Seems many users there think it isn't enough to kill the shuttle from backcourt.
N9ii is stiffer ime. Yes the n90iv has a noticeably weaker smash. It is hard to win a point w a smash but it is good enough to set up your partner to win the point
Good thing I decided against it then. With my gigantic size I have no place in the front so having a lesser smash is definitely not very helpful. The Tontovi Ahmad Orange Black N9ii should come by tomorrow.
Oh .. well done for the choice and welcome to N9-2 club !!! Awaiting your review on the same. What I atleast have observed is that different player models have different BP ... Do let us know the numbers if you get a chance .
I wanted to jump in here, as an owner of both a N9ii, N90iv as well as a N99 I might be able to give some tips if someone needs to decide between them. Spec wise the N90iv is a little bit (tip of my fingernail) head lighter than the N9ii and N99 which are roughly similar, with the N99 being a tad more on the head heavy side. But to comment on the smash, for me the N90iv is faster and steeper than the N9ii. It is also very stable on impact, where I found the N9ii to be a little bit floppy in comparision. Of course the N9ii is not floppy, but for the comparision and the lack of a better word...
As expected, the release date of July means nothing... The re-launched n90iv is already here. Now called 900B (red) - n90iv repaint, along with her new siblings 900 (gold) and 900c (green) For those who are out of the loop, Li Ning had announced in March that they were going to have a total product line-up overhaul. It's really unnecessarily convoluted but I'll try to break it down as simple as possible. Now grouped into three families: Turbo Charging, 3D Calibar, Aeronaut Turbo Charging model numbers are 2 digits, 3D Calibar are 3 digits, Aeronaut are 4 Each racquet is now further categorised into 4 groups: Drive (D) - speed, Combat (C) - power, Boost (B) - balanced, Instinct (I) - light Models beginning in 1,2,3 are entry level (previously tf); 4,5,6 are intermediate level (previously td); 7,8,9 are sponsorship level (n series) Let's practice what we've learnt now ok? 900B 9 - sponsorship level 3 numerical digits - 3D Calibar family B - Boost group (balanced model) It's confusing because its inconsistent LN does not even follow their own rules. The 900 (gold) belongs to the drive group but does not have 'D' in its name Furthermore, new models in different groups are stated to be repaints of the same racquet under the old naming scheme. E.g. LN states that both the 75 and 75D are repaints of the n9ii So much for igniting product variance controversy (͡•_ ͡• ) A quick name change guide: n7iiL -> 75I n9ii -> 75/75D n90iv -> 900B n99 -> 8000/8000D tl;dr 3D Calibar replaces 3D Breakfree; Aeronaut replaces Airstream; Turbo Charging is well... Turbo Charging
So why is the 99 an '8' when the 90-IV is a 9? How do they work? Is it like, skill level required to use? Carbon quality used? I think their 'first number' system is going to work well, but the 2 vs 3 vs 4 numbers isn't. That's going to be confusing. People prefer names for stuff like that. Should have been Turbo, Calibar, and Aeronaut. N90 IV -> 900B -> Calibar 900B N9 II -> 75D -> Turbo 750D Got a new N90? Calibar 901B.
Bloody hell, that's even more confusing than the previous system. There was no system behind it, but still... And they are seriously renaming all their already existing rackets? You've got to be kidding me.
They should hire a brilliant marketing honcho for their brand. They're really as confusing as trying to understand the chinese language Sent from my SM-J320F using Tapatalk
The old system was 'Hello Lin Dan, which number would you like? 90? Great. And you Fu Haifeng? 9? Got it.'
Oh you're absolutely correct, my post was about understanding the short-hand model names for the international audience I just wanted to clarify the abbreviations for english speakers because LN are officially going with Chinese model names over there now. eg. 能量75D - if you don't know the characters at least you can decipher the model from the alpha numerals The full name still exists and will be written on the racquet in whole ie. Turbo Charging 75D
What about when they make a new one? TURBO CHARGING 75D-IIB That's my issue with the character shift.
