Yonex do not manufacture racquets in China. You can find this out by visiting and looking at the forum. There are a number of them but I don't know them all.

Minshi (sorry for the typeos cba to check!) i like 'thesweatshop' and 'sportsdirect' or 'centralsports'… dunno which.Ĭan you test one fake racket to give us some expert advice on the differences. On ebay, the under 30 pound rackets are all fake and the things that they say about a 'A grade clone' is completely bull! however if go on google then shooping most of the rackets there are genuine. I however am not an expert and will wait untill paul has commented. The fake ones noramlly have 'SP' on the serial code. If you buy a yonex racket in the UK they will have 'UK' on the serial code, and normally The UK ones are genuine by that i mean 99% of the time. If you spend the same money on a genuine racket it will be better! Furthermore, it has a completely different feel – lack power. I brought a faxe on purpose trying to proove that they are as good as the orginal but i was wrong broke in 2 months. It is not as tidy as genuine ones.ģ) The grommets are poor quality, if you look at the two 6 o'clock gromments they are normally badly fitted.Ĥ) The strings does not have the yonex symbol on it.ĥ) the most obvious the price- what you buy it what you get.Ħ) the hologram bit it easily pulled off.

I'll tell you how to identify the a fake racket:ġ) the paint work is untidy, by that i mean they have some bits of paint the flake off and the paint somethings overlap.Ģ) The serial and cone code is uneven – it appears like someone has lazer cut in the engravement and painted over it, this means the white paint on the codes lookes like it has been brushed into the engravements not sprayed. I have brought fake yonex rackets before and it is really different from the genuine ones. can you please enlighten us about this, how to identify original yonex racket line? has the UK market been hit by these fake yonex rackets? i have read quite a lot of post in BC regarding this issue and the administrator give out a hint like serial number on the shaft and code engraved in the cone.

This is really a headache for ppl like us in Asia when every now and then we do come across this fake yonex racket.

Check genuine yonex serial number