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Average review score

Rating: 8.51 / 10

Number of reviews: 51

Durability：8.45
Flight performance：8.53
Touch：8.33
Value for money：8.59
Consistency：8.25

Specifications

Producer: YONEX

Model number: 4549317809945

Temperature indication: 2 ~ 5

Grade: Practice shuttle

Quantity: 12 (1 dozen)

Material: feather+2layercompositecork

User Review SummaryAI Summary

While well-regarded as a training shuttle, it shows inconsistencies in durability and flight performance, with mixed reviews on serious match use. Suitable for beginners and practice drills, but intermediate to advanced players frequently recommend higher-grade models instead.

■ Frequently mentioned points

Durability varies significantly between units, prone to damage from hard hits
Unstable trajectory on rotation shots like hairpin drops
Adequate quality for beginner practice sessions
Lacks clear advantages over competitors in the same price range
Relatively good flight stability and shaft consistency

■ Representative voices

▲ PositiveThe shaft is solid and stable in flight, delivering high performance for daily practice. At an affordable price point, it's easy to repurchase, offering excellent cost-performance value.

▽ CriticalPoor durability—breaks down quickly after multiple hard smashes. The clear trajectory is unnatural, flight stability is lacking, and individual variation is significant. For this price range, competitors and higher-tier models offer superior quality.

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Kurorin （Experience：6-10 years） You get what you pay for

This is one of YONEX's cheap shuttles. I cannot feel any value beyond "Hey, these are waterfowl feathers!"
There is no occasion to use them except for basic hitting or serve practice when I think, "Well, might as well use new ones." At this price, you are better off paying 300 yen more for another company's 2,500-yen product, or pushing a little further and buying STANDARD.
The clear trajectory is not natural (a deep high clear does not drop properly from above), and the durability is nothing special. You could truly say you get what you pay for. The unnatural flight, the poor feel (a bad cork base?), shuttles that tend to shoot off relatively far, the occasional slightly chipped one that is almost a defect... many things bother me. I would not want to use them for game practice, but if you buy them accepting that this is what you get at this price, there is no particular problem.

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2018/12/30

Overall	5/10
Durability	5
Flight performance	5
Touch	5
Value for money	6
Consistency	5

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TOMO （Experience：6-10 years）

I use it at my club, but it usually doesn't last a single 21-point game. For about 2,400 yen, honestly, there are better shuttles if you're not set on YONEX. It might be fine for people who don't hit that hard.

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2022/02/03

Overall	8/10
Durability	7
Flight performance	8
Touch	8
Value for money	9
Consistency	8

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Satokoko （Experience：2-3 years） It spins for some reason

When I hit hairpins with this shuttle, it spun like crazy. The feel was distinctive and a bit heavy. (Compared to AEROSENSA 200)
Personally, I felt AEROSENSA 200 was better.

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2021/03/31

Overall	8/10
Durability	7
Flight performance	9
Touch	8
Value for money	9
Consistency	10

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No Name At the net

Hairpin shots aren't stable.
When you put spin on it, it takes a strange trajectory.

I think it's fine for other shots. ^ ^

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2020/12/21

Overall	7/10
Durability	7
Flight performance	7
Touch	5
Value for money	7
Consistency	9

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Guben （Experience：6-10 years） A tsundere shuttle that sometimes makes you wonder if the 200 is better

I don't think it's a match shuttle, but it's handy for game practice at adult clubs and such.
It breaks easily, though.

It doesn't pick up weird spin in flight, but there's variation between shuttles, so
some open up right away, while others seem like they were closed up from the start.

Since it's reasonably priced, I tend to go, "I'll just buy the 300 for now."
As others have written, I feel it's better to spend a little more and buy another maker's or another type.
(Often I can't even tell the difference from the 200 anymore)

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2020/12/18

Overall	7/10
Durability	6
Flight performance	7
Touch	6
Value for money	8
Consistency	6

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Kanabun （Experience：11-20 years） Not a quality shuttle

Its durability and flight can't really be called good, so you're better off paying a little more for a shuttle one rank higher. When high school boys up to adult players hit full smashes several times, they quickly become unusable and end up as feeding shuttles. They're not suited for game practice.

I think they're good value for money for casual clubs with lots of beginners, but even then you'd probably conclude that an even cheaper shuttle would do, so honestly, I question why this shuttle even exists.

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2020/02/18

Overall	5/10
Durability	4
Flight performance	6
Touch	6
Value for money	4
Consistency	6

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Aaron （Experience：11-20 years） Heavy

I use these at a club I sometimes join, and compared to STANDARD, the feel is heavier.
Personally I'm not a big fan, but they might be fine for practice.

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2020/01/25