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Average review score

  • Rating: 8.72 / 10
  • Number of reviews: 18
    • Swing: 8.94
    • Maneuverability: 8.44
    • Control: 8.56
    • Touch：8.33

    Specifications

    Producer
    YONEX
    Series
    Astrox (ASTROX)
    Model number
    4550086092001
    Grip size
    4U5、4U6
    Color
    Mist Purple
    Length
    675
    Weight
    4U
    Shaft stiffness / feel
    Slightly soft
    Head balance
    Slightly head heavy
    Recommended tension

    19-27 (lbs)

    Frame material
    High elastic carbon frame + tungsten + tough G fiber
    Shaft material
    High elastic carbon shaft + Namd, built-in T type joint
    Frame shape
    isometric

    User Review SummaryAI Summary
    A versatile racket widely supported by beginners to intermediate players. Its soft shaft and lightweight design allow for distance with minimal effort, making it particularly suitable for mastering fundamental shots like clears and lobs.
    ■ Frequently mentioned points
    • Soft shaft makes it easy for beginners to hit farther
    • Lightweight with excellent maneuverability and less fatigue
    • Soft and pleasant hitting feel
    • Excellent control performance
    • May be insufficient for power players
    ■ Representative voices
    ▲ PositiveFlies well even with light swings, making it a good racket for both beginners and intermediate players. The soft shaft feels like a spring is built in, providing a pleasant hitting sensation. Clears and lobs are especially easy to hit.
    ▽ CriticalThe shaft is too soft, making drives difficult and hard to impact at the right moment. Experienced intermediate and advanced players may find it lacking, and power players might find it flies too much.

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    • kazu

      kazu （Experience：11-20 years） Easy to use!!

      I normally use Z-series rackets, so I was thinking "a 6-series racket? come on," but when I used it, first of all, smash receives and lobs fly well even when hit lightly!!
      Maybe because of the material, it has a pleasant feel, like there's a spring built into the shaft.

      It's light, maneuverable, and doesn't tire you out, so I especially recommend it for women and others.
      It's head-heavy close to even balance, so it seems usable at the front court in doubles too.
      Anyway, it was really easy to use!

      2018/09/30
      Overall
      9/10
      Swing
      10
      Maneuverability
      10
      Control
      9
      Touch
      8
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    • Hunter rolling

      Hunter rolling （Experience：2-3 years） The shaft is surprisingly...

      By catalog specs, it's in the category of fairly flexible shafts
      even among YONEX rackets, but when you flex it, it's stiffer than expected. Yet the feel on impact is soft,
      which is a strange sensation. Perhaps thanks to Tough G Fiber, the feel is soft, but the shaft
      itself isn't that flexible, so I think even intermediate male players will find it easy to use.
      A child in the lower grades of elementary school (a prefectural champion) switched from a lighter racket with a more flexible shaft
      and is practicing with it; it flies well with little effort, so the child loves it and now uses
      nothing else.
      Rather than forcing yourself to choose a high-spec racket, choosing one that's just right
      may give better results. It doesn't stand out, hidden behind the high-spec rackets being
      promoted, but I think it's a masterpiece racket that both kids and adults can use!

      2021/08/30
      Overall
      10/10
      Swing
      8
      Maneuverability
      8
      Control
      8
      Touch
      9
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    • Badminton Uncle

      Badminton Uncle An easy-to-handle head-heavy racket

      I think it is a perfect racket for beginners. Even with a light swing you can hit good smashes, and I really liked it. The feel is quite soft.

      2020/03/01
      Overall
      8/10
      Swing
      9
      Maneuverability
      9
      Control
      7
      Touch
      8
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    • Shindo

      Shindo （Experience：2-3 years） For beginners to intermediates

      This racket helped me a lot around my first year. I really like it.
      It's head-heavy, but it leans toward even balance, so the head doesn't feel that heavy. The shaft is very soft. Because of that, control is very good and the feel is soft. On the other hand, the downsides are that the shaft is too soft, so drives are hard to hit (it flexes a lot before impact, so it's hard to make clean contact), and the feel isn't the repelling kind.
      However, for beginners who don't have strength yet and aren't used to it, it's very easy to use, and clears fly easily, so I highly recommend it.

      2020/02/28
      Overall
      8/10
      Swing
      7
      Maneuverability
      7
      Control
      9
      Touch
      7
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    • Batobato

      Batobato （Experience：11-20 years） Entry model to less experienced intermediates

      It's lighter than I expected and the swing speed is good, but I don't feel it being head-heavy. The shots lack punch.
      Also, maybe because the shaft is on the soft side, you can't expect sharp shots.
      I think it's suited to rallies where you keep the shuttle in play.
      It's neither great nor bad, an all-around racket, and I think it's a good one.
      Experienced intermediate and advanced players might find it lacking.

      2019/11/18
      Overall
      8/10
      Swing
      9
      Maneuverability
      9
      Control
      8
      Touch
      8
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    • Batoko

      Batoko Trying out YONEX's ASTROX 66

      Maybe because the shaft is relatively flexible, what I like about this racket is that you can easily send the shuttle a long way. After three solid years of badminton in my high school club, I hadn't played for a while, so I bought this racket, which is said to be for beginners, and tried it out. I think it's a good racket not just for beginners but for intermediate players too.

      2019/01/25
      Overall
      8/10
      Swing
      10
      Maneuverability
      6
      Control
      6
      Touch
      10
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    • Tarao.

      Tarao. （Experience：2-3 years） This is good!

      These are my impressions after buying and using the ASTROX 66. First of all, drives and pushes are easy. It's light overall, so the racket doesn't drop, which lets you move into the next exchange.

      You can send the shuttle far with little effort, so I think I can recommend it to people whose clears don't go very far and to beginners. By the way, high backhands carry well too.

      I felt its smashes are fast shots rather than heavy ones.

      2019/01/17
      Overall
      9/10
      Swing
      10
      Maneuverability
      10
      Control
      9
      Touch
      8
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