Yonex Nanoray Light 18i Graphite Badminton Racquet With Free Full Cover (77 Grams, 30 Lbs Tension, Black)

Let me give you the following disclaimer first: I'm an amateur playing 3-4 times per week from last 3 months, upgraded to this racket from Yonex ZR100 and bought this at 1766. So here goes..As you upgrade your game, you might realize that your skills might be hampered by your racket as well. I researched on professional rackets but those cost upward of 10K LOL. So I checked Voltric, Astrox and Nanoray which were within my budget. Of these 3 and their multiple variants, Nanoray had the least purchase to complaint ratio. I mean you just cant sell thousands of racket without having stupid 1star reviews, but that ratio skews to higher ratings when the item is really good.Voltric and Astrox are great on their own and Im sure I might have given a similar positive feedback for those as well. But I am not at all disappointed in my purchase of this one. My friend uses Astrox and hes fine with that one as well.Now about the racket, its super light and super strong. Dont believe in those stupid reviews that mention it broke, u dont know how dumb people can get when they are angry. Rackets are not supposed to be used as dandiya for god sake! This is a super racket which is strong and quite well designed. I have not come to the level to get it custom gutted yet, but Im sure this racket can handle about 30 lbs tension without any issues. This is an awesome buy for me, thanks!Edit after 6 months: Still going strong as new one, absolutely genuine product. Just go for it!

Yes it was good product and light weight racket

It is a good product and ishould recommend it but if you play without clashes of badminton or struck the ground

i ve got the best racquer ever for a reasonable rate.... its almost 1 year, but the racket has not broken yet... only minor scars because of my carelessness while playing outdoors... my friends got racket of 4000,5000,3000....but i got this one at 1700...and they all know this one is much better than theirs.... its super light about 77g+5g(string) and good for controlled play defense.... being headlight, but even after puting a new string i put to 26 lbs, it became the weapon for attacking too.... i have best racket in the court... i am proud of nanoray light 18i....dont consider the 1 star review since i think they got a damaged product... which can be replaced i believe. so if you are an intermediate player like me go for it

great lightweight racquet for beginner-intermediate, value for money, most recommended beginner racquet for a reason,best for balanced players who like to attack as well as defend

Lightweight and balanced, default tension is good enough for beginners (around 22to24lbs) later can be upgraded to 30 lbs max. Suggested to keep it a little low from the max limit for good product health. Specifically my racquet was laterally not balanced i.e. if you allign the head parallel to the ground, the part of racquet head with the head of "yy" imprint on the mesh is slightly heavier. But that's a temporary issue . Goes with replacement of string. Prevent it from touching the ground while you play because it can break without warning and avoid collision with the racquet of you teammate while playing. Those who are looking for a long life racquet which could be exploited , this is not the one for you . Gives extremely nice playing experience, provided, you take care of it . Go for it👍

Racquet quality is good but bag quality is very poor

I'm writing this review after 4 months of use. I didn't like Amazon's packaging service either. When I received the racket, it was only in a Yonex cover, no additional packaging? And now I will tell you my experience with my racket. This was my first racket that I ordered myself, before that I was using my brother's. I took great care of this racket, so much so that I wouldn't give it to anyone to play with. Even with all this care, this racket only lasted 4 months. And when this racket broke, I wasn't hitting any powerful smashes, I had just come out to the court to practice and it broke in just 2 hits. I am really disappointed with the durability of the racket. Yes, but this racket was very comfortable. Its light weight, you can play defensively, attacking, smashes were also powerfull and everything was perfect. Only problem was durability. Though I'm giving it 3 stars👍