YONEX has three production locations: high-end rackets are all produced in Japan, and some low-end models are produced in Taiwan.
YONEX has divided into different versions according to different sales regions and objects. That is, we often see CH (China), TW (Taiwan), SP (IP Indonesia/HK Hong Kong) (Singapore), TH (Thailand), JP (Japan) and CP/CN (YONEX sponsors the Chinese national team).
CP (China National Professional Team) and CN (China National Team) are YONEX-sponsored rackets for the Chinese national team, and only a handful of them have entered the market through gifts and other channels. In terms of performance and material, it is incomparable to ordinary rackets, and it has collection value, so the price is beyond the reach of other rackets.
CH (China): It is a racket designated for formal sale in China, which means that the CH version is a legitimate racket sold in the domestic market.
As for other versions of rackets, there are parallel imports and imitations. The versions that can be seen in the hands of domestic golfers mainly include:
1. SP (IP Indonesia/HK Hong Kong) (Singapore): Due to price and circulation reasons, apart from the CH version, the SP is the most sold racket on the market. However, there are also many imitations, and it is difficult to tell whether they are parallel imports or imitations, so if you are not an expert, buy with caution.
2. TW (Taiwan): TW's rackets are similar to SP in terms of material and price. There are only some differences due to transportation and marketing costs.
3. JP (Japan); In terms of price, in addition to the rackets specially designed for national teams of various countries, the JP version is the best in terms of material and performance. So the price is also the highest. The material of the JP version and the CH version are the same, but the sales destination is different.
4. TH (Thailand): Thailand is also one of the origins of YONEX, but the YONEX factory in Thailand only produces rackets sold in Thailand. Therefore, there is a certain gap between the TH version and other versions of the racket.
Although there are many versions and multiple origins, the technology used is the same. The difference lies in the grade of materials used. Since there are many models, the price and material differences of each model are different, so we can only make a rough comparison.
Comparison in terms of materials: CP/CNgt; JP/CHgt; SP/TWgt; TH
Comparison in terms of price: CP/CNgt; JPgt; CHgt; SP/TWgt; TH .
The authenticity identification method is as follows:
1. The top of the frame
There is a welding mark in the middle of the top of the frame, and the 12 o'clock position on the frame surface There is a mark indicating the midpoint, usually a point or a triangle (the third generation of Ti10 does not have a midpoint mark).
2. String-protecting rubber particles
The string-protecting rubber particles on the high-end Yonex badminton racket frame have two obvious features. First, each string-protecting rubber particle has a closing opening. , among which the thicker thread-protecting rubber particles have a more obvious closing; secondly, the double-stitched thread-protecting rubber particles at the bottom of the racket frame are an exception and have no closing.
3. The paint on the racket frame
It may be due to the paint process of Yonex badminton racket. Use your fingers to gently touch the different colors of paint on the frame of the high-end Yonex badminton racket. At the junction, there is a clear sense of layering, especially with ARC10, NS9900 and other beats.
4. Printing content on the racket shaft
The newly released high-end Yonex badminton racket rackets in recent years often have "HIGH MODULUS GRAPHITE" and "ULTRA HIGH MODULUS GRAPHITE" printed on the racket shafts. "HEAD HEAVY BALANCE, HEAD LIGHT BALANCE, EVEN BALANCE", "SLIM SHAFT", "ULTIMUM Ti", "NANOSCIENCE", "FULLERENE" and a lot of nouns, but no matter which of the above nouns are printed or not, high-end Yonex Badminton racket shafts must be stamped "MADE IN JAPAN". Also, the CH version of the racket will have the word CH printed on the shaft.
5. “NANOSCIENCE” and “NANOSCALE TECHNOLOGY”
The “NANOSCALE TECHNOLOGY” on the racket stick produced before the first half of 2006 indicates nanotechnology, and it is produced after the first half of 2006. "NANOSCIENCE" is used on the racquet stick to represent nanotechnology.
6. Contents on the vertebrae
There are two things to pay attention to on the vertebrae: First, the anti-counterfeiting mark. Before the first half of 2005, the anti-counterfeiting mark of the CH version was a large The oval printed CH mark has been changed to a small oval laser anti-counterfeiting mark since the second half of 2005, with "YONEX" and its logo pattern seen from different angles; the second is to propose a pound marking method. In August 2008 In the past, the CH version of the racket was marked by printing the recommended poundage on a rectangular sticker attached to the cone. After August 2008, it was engraved on the cone like a photo-engraved number.
7. Lithography numbers
There are already many articles discussing the details of the ten Arabic numeral glyphs from 1 to 0, so I won’t go into details here. I just look for typical numbers. Just to give you a heads up, here I will mainly talk about some other details that I personally observed.
1. Font shape. The imitation of ten numbers from 1 to 0 in high imitation and refined imitations is close to the real ones. Here we remind everyone to pay attention to the two numbers "6" and "9". The genuine "6" is "belly straight (o right)" "side part" and "back curve"; "9" means "round head (part of o)" and "straight back".
2. The meaning of Paizhu number. The racket number consists of 6 Arabic numerals and 2 English letters. It contains the racket production date, sales area and other information. Its format is "DD MM Y X sales area" (where: DD=day; MM=month; Y=year The last digit; For example, if the cone number of a racket is "150692CH", the most likely information is "This racket is sold in mainland my country, and the racket was produced by the No. 2 production line on June 15, 2009."
(1) Production date information: While observing whether the font shape of the number is correct, you should also pay attention to whether the logic of the date information expressed by the numbers is reasonable.
(2) Production line number? : Here we first assume that the “X” above represents the production line number. Judging from the high-end Yonex badminton rackets we have observed, the production line numbers generally range from 2 to 9. Generally, new high-end rackets are produced on the No. 2 production line, and then transition to other production lines. There are no production lines 0 and 1.
(3) Production day (day of the week): This does not seem to have been discussed. The production days of the authentic CH version of high-end Yonex badminton rackets I have observed are from Monday to Saturday, that is, according to the production date Check the production day (day of the week). I have seen all the rackets produced from Monday to Saturday, but I have not seen the rackets produced on Sunday. Is it because I have seen a small number of rackets and insufficient sample points? Or are we not going to produce rackets on Sunday? I hope everyone can discuss it.
3. The meaning of the racket number.
The racket number is currently composed of 7 Arabic numerals, which represents the production serial number of the racket and is unique. That is, the racket number of the two rackets may be exactly the same, but the racket number will definitely not be the same. The later the production time of the racket, the larger the racket number. Therefore, while observing whether the shape of the racket number is correct, you should also pay attention to the correspondence between the number and the production date. For example, for a racket produced in 2009, the number of the racket must start with "8".
8. Racket handle coating
The handle coating of Yonex badminton racket is generally a heat-absorbing plastic film, and there is an easy-to-tear strip longitudinally running through the entire handle coating. Tie. Also, if you look carefully, the middle horizontal line of the "E" in the "YONEX" printed on the film is slightly shorter than the upper and lower horizontal lines.
9. Bottom cover
1. Material. The bottom cover of the high-end Yonex badminton racket is made of two materials. The green part is relatively soft and has a rubber-like touch; the white part is relatively hard and has a hard plastic-like touch.
2. Logo shape. The bottom corner of the "yy" logo triangle on the CH version of the G5 handle has an obvious missing corner, while the bottom corner of the "yy" Logo triangle on the G4 handle has almost no missing corners.
3. Capsule-shaped circle around JAPAN. Because the logo and "JAPAN" on the bottom cover are inserted into the green material, there is a slightly lighter capsule-shaped circle around "JAPAN" (not protruding, just visible visually), but some The beat may not be too obvious.
10. Detailed characteristics of some rackets
1. The racket number of NS9900 must start with 8.
2. NS9000X/S has 4 pairs of single-hole wire protective rubber particles.
3. The production line number of the third generation of Ti10 is 8.
4. The type of racket printed on the MP88 stick is "HEAD HEAVY BALANCE", not "EVEN BALANCE" like MP99 and MP100.
5. For rackets with a single-line hole design, the single-line holes are not in a straight line on the racket frame, but are slightly staggered.
YONEX’s steel number is also called laser number and photolithography number. All YONEX badminton rackets shipped after 2000 have used this encoding technology and currently have the following two characteristics:
First, the process is laser engraving technology that destroys the surface of the paint. It is similar to the surface pattern of mahjong tiles. It has an obvious concave feeling when touched. Generally, the fake shot number is simply printed on without any concave feeling, or it is stamped. Go up, the surface is uneven (the latter is not suitable for identifying YONEX rackets manufactured before 2000).
Second, the steel font is exclusive to YONEX. Just like the banking system, our ID card numbers, etc. have their own dedicated fonts, it has become a basic anti-counterfeiting technology. The font is as follows:
Font feature description:
0, both sides are a combination of straight lines and arcs, instead of ordinary fonts with arcs on both sides.
1. A simple vertical line with no tip on the head and no horizontal bar on the bottom.
2. The middle stroke has an arc to the left, like a belly.
3. The sharp corner in the middle is very short.
4. The horizontal line is placed very close to the bottom, and the center of gravity of the words feels very low.
5. The header is larger than the ordinary font.
6. The bottom is closer to a circle.
7, composed of straight lines.
8. The upper circle is slightly smaller than the lower one, and the joint in the middle is approximately a straight line.
9. The lines on the right half are the same as 0, which is a combination of straight lines and arcs.
3. The meaning of steel number numbers: The double steel number of a genuine racket is composed of a pole number and a cone number. The pole number is a seven-digit assembly line number. The number increases beat by beat. Each genuine racket has There is a unique corresponding rod number; the cone number consists of six digits and two English letters, in the format of "DDMMYxPP", where DD=date of manufacture, MM=month of manufacture, Y=year of manufacture, x is unknown, PP is the sales area code , so the numbers should have the following characteristics, 01 ≤ DD (manufacturing date) ≤ 31, 01 ≤ MM (manufacturing month) ≤ 12. In 2008, you should not see steel rackets with Y = 9. The number in the X digit is currently There is no most authoritative statement yet, but the most reliable statement currently is the production line number. PP is the sales area code. The common ones are as follows:
AS - Australia
BR - Brazil Brazil
BX - Belgium/Netherlands Belgium/Netherlands
CD - CanadaCanada
CH - ChinaChina
CN/CP - Chinese National TeamChina National Team
DK - Denmark
FR - FranceFrance
GR - GermanyGermany
HK - Hong Kong
ID - India
IN/IP - Indonesia
JP - Japan
KR - Korea
MA - Malaysia
NZ - New Zealand
SD - Sweden
SP - Singapore Singapore (another way of saying South Pacific South Pacific)
SW - Switzerland
TH - Thailand
TW - Taiwan
UA - United Arab Emirates
UK - United Kingdom
US - USA
There are also some steel numbers such as "SPY" whose meaning is unknown, and the meaning of "DEMO" steel numbers It is a trial racket provided by the manufacturer or agent before launching the commercial version.