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Everyone's rating [Performance] Control and Maneuverability rated highly

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Average review score

  • Rating: 9 / 10
  • Number of reviews: 16
    • Swing: 9.19
    • Maneuverability: 9.25
    • Control: 9.31
    • Touch：8.81
    It is equipped with Taflex, it plays supple and has excellent balance of defense.

    Specifications

    Producer
    YONEX
    Series
    NANORAY
    Model number
    4549317411315
    Grip size
    4U6
    Color
    (New design) White / High Red
    Length
    675
    Weight
    3U,4U
    Shaft stiffness / feel
    Medium
    Head balance
    Slightly head light
    Recommended tension

    4U: 19-24 3U: 20-25

    Frame material
    High elastic carbon frame + Taflex
    Shaft material
    High elastic carbon shaft + X-fullerene, built-in T type joint
    Frame shape
    isometric

    User Review SummaryAI Summary
    A user-friendly racket widely supported by beginners to intermediate players, praised for its excellent maneuverability and stable control performance due to its head-light design. However, durability issues and insufficient smash power are noted as concerns.
    ■ Frequently mentioned points
    • Head-light design provides excellent maneuverability and swing speed
    • Flexible shaft makes it easy to handle for beginners
    • Superior control performance in drives and receives
    • Low durability with reports of frequent breakage
    • Smash power tends to be somewhat insufficient
    ■ Representative voices
    ▲ PositiveThe head-light design offers good maneuverability, and its light racket release creates sharp drives and pushes, making it an ideal step-up from beginner rackets for players wanting to improve their doubles front-court play.
    ▽ CriticalDurability is a notable weakness, with multiple users reporting breakage, including instances of damage from light floor contact.

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    • Kurorin

      Kurorin （Experience：6-10 years） Still as easy to handle as ever!

      It's a racket with lots of fans, and it seems many people use it even at local municipal tournaments, regardless of gender or level from beginner to advanced. It's head-light with good maneuverability, and the light release of the shuttle typical of the NANORAY series leads to crisp drives and pushes. It has a "just right" moderate stiffness, so it's easy to handle for both overhead and underhand shots. It doesn't have the stiffness or difficulty of the 800 or 900, so it's probably a strong candidate for the next racket after a beginner model, especially for those who want to polish their front court play in doubles. If someone returning to the court after a long time, who used to use an AEROTUS or NANOSPEED, asks me "what's good?", recommending this one is almost always a safe bet.
      The 700RP, released around the same time, was a stiff, quirky racket and dropped out of the catalog early, but I think this one still offers first-class ease of handling.

      2018/10/17
      Overall
      9/10
      Swing
      9
      Maneuverability
      9
      Control
      9
      Touch
      9
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    • Kanabun

      Kanabun （Experience：11-20 years） Softness is its hallmark

      The shaft is soft, so it flexes with just a little force. The feel is also relatively normal or soft within the NANORAY series, which is known for repulsion, so it's easy to use. Being a racket with a 7 in its name, it's finished to be rather quirk-free. It's easy to use for both singles and doubles.

      2020/02/18
      Overall
      9/10
      Swing
      8
      Maneuverability
      10
      Control
      9
      Touch
      8
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    • narivo

      narivo （Experience：2-3 years） For advanced women or intermediate men

      A good racket with no quirks.
      I used it around my second year after starting badminton.
      It's head-light, the shaft flexes well, and the swing speed is decent, so you can use it as an all-rounder.
      What stands out is how easily it breaks.
      Looking at people around me, it breaks quite easily.
      Mine broke just from lightly hitting the floor.

      2019/10/09
      Overall
      7/10
      Swing
      8
      Maneuverability
      10
      Control
      10
      Touch
      7
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    • Colette Misuzu

      Colette Misuzu （Experience：6-10 years） Well suited to fast smashes

      I feel it's a racket that greatly improves the accuracy and speed of your smashes as you keep up an aggressive approach. I use it for training geared toward real matches, and it really helps because it raises the quality of my performance.

      2018/10/24
      Overall
      8/10
      Swing
      10
      Maneuverability
      8
      Control
      8
      Touch
      10
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    • Hidejiro

      Hidejiro （Experience：11-20 years） Suited to fast-paced doubles

      The NANORAY 700FX is a very light racket, and since it's head-light it feels even lighter. For drives and receives, I can handle shots solidly even when I'm pulled side to side. However, the feel on smashes is light, and it just can't quite produce smashes that hold their speed all the way. I think it's a very good racket for people who mainly play front court in doubles.

      2018/06/19
      Overall
      8/10
      Swing
      10
      Maneuverability
      10
      Control
      10
      Touch
      6
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    • y

      y （Experience：6-10 years） Feels good!

      The best thing about this racket is probably that you can easily hit clears all the way to the back line.
      I use it for doubles, and it's really handy because I can send clears deep even from an awkward position.
      I also think it allows quick touches when you get into a drive exchange.

      That said, maybe because it's head-light, I feel smashes tend to float if you don't hit from a good position. *Though that can sometimes be a weapon

      When receiving, I also can't return the shuttle as deep into the court as with a head-heavy racket. (That's just because I'm not good, lol)
      I feel it's more of a control-oriented racket, aimed at women, rather than one for hard hitters.

      Overall, I can't see any major flaws.
      I think it's a very easy racket to handle.
      If I had to say something, it's that it's a bit fragile.

      2018/03/12
      Overall
      9/10
      Swing
      9
      Maneuverability
      9
      Control
      10
      Touch
      8
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    • Kenken

      Kenken （Experience：More than 20 years） A racket that grips the shuttle well

      The shaft is slightly flexible, and it's a racket that makes it easy to catch the shuttle on the sweet spot. More advanced players would probably choose the NANORAY 800 (I have one too), but the 800 feels stiff, so this is the racket that gives you the sense of "gripping" the shuttle with the racket at the moment of impact.

      2018/03/08
      Overall
      9/10
      Swing
      10
      Maneuverability
      9
      Control
      9
      Touch
      10
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