Yonex Nanoray 10F Review

Feeling strong and durable yet light in players’ hands, the Yonex Nanoray 10F badminton racket is a great badminton racket for beginners. At an affordable price also, this badminton racket has enough capability to keep you entertained as you grow and learn more about the wonderful game of badminton.

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Yonex NANORAY 10F Badminton Racket 2017 Pre-Strung	Head Shape: Square/Isometric Frame: Graphite Weight: 80 - 85g Stiffness: Flexible Best For: Beginners	A light frame that packs some power behind it, the Nanoray 10F is a perfect badminton racket for beginners.

Let’s examine the specs below.

The Frame

The Yonex Nanoray 10F had a head made from graphite making the striking surface and general frame of this badminton racket lightweight. The name Nanoray referes to the shaft construction. The shaft of all of the Nanoray series is constructed out of a mix of graphite, nanomesh, and carbon nanotube.

The shaft of all Nanoray series rackets is made up of carbon nanotubes and graphite.

One interesting thing to note about the Yonex Nanoray 10F is that the thickness of the frame varies around the head. Yonex specifically designed the Nanoray series to have a thinner top of the frame in order to minimize air resistance. To players, that means that you can swing through shots with a greater head speed without a lot of force!

The bottom of the head is actually thicker than the rest of the Nanoray frame. This helps the racket as a whole by creating greater frame stiffness and giving you the maximum amount of power from this frame.

With all this talk about the thickness of the frame, you might think the Nanoray 10F would be really stiff. And you couldn’t be more wrong! The Nanoray 10F actually is rated as a hi-flex frame. This helps it absorb the impact from hitting the shuttlecock during games.

Weight and Balance

To go along with the excellently designed frame, the Yonex Nanoray 10F weighs in a light 80 – 85 grams putting it in the 4U weight class. Holding and playing with this racket in your hands feels amazing. It’s light as you swing it and yet the specially designed frame allows you to generate so much power.

The weight is placed along the racket creating a head light balance. For players, this means the control of this badminton racket is in your wrist allowing you to easily get the head in position to make excellent players.

Head light is a common balance for badminton rackets and one I often recommend to beginners just starting to play.

It’s perhaps one of the most natural weight distributions and I know that most beginner players tend to do better with rackets like the Nanoray 10F that are head light.

Length, Strings and Extras

This racket comes in at 27 inches long which gives you plenty of length in order to reach for that hard shot and smack it back over the net.

The Yonex Nanoray 10F also comes pre strung when buying from Amazon. The tension is set between 19 – 21 lbs for each racket.

The grip size of this racket is a G5 and here is one instance where I believe the Nanoray falls a bit short. Some of our testers noticed that the grip was slightly substandard and tended to wear quickly. What’s that mean to you?

Well if you’re only planning to play with this racket for a couple of months, don’t worry about it. However, if you like badminton rackets with a great grip, I would recommend you get a badminton overgrip.

They are very similar to tennis overgrips except specially designed for badminton rackets. Most badminton overgrips hover around $5 and you can grab them when you buy the Nanoray 10F.

As an added bonus when buying from Amazon, this racket also comes with a small case! This makes it easy to protect when you’re not using it or when taking it outdoors.

Nanoray 10 vs Nanoray 10F

Now, many people have a common question: what’s the difference between the Yonex Nanoray 10 and the 10F versions?

According to some people, the 10F has a shock absorbing cap where your thumb rests. This is supposed to minimize vibrations and increase power.

Here’s my opinions: There’s no difference! I’ve held both rackets in my hand and felt absolutely no difference between them. On every major website that sells them, the specifications are both the same.

One thing that did come up during my research is that the Nanoray 10F is more popular than the Nanora y 10. Now I’m not trying to make your choice for you. You decide. But when, by all accounts, they’re the exactly same badminton racket? Toss a coin and choose!

Yonex Nanoray: Who Should Buy?

The combination of price point, frame, and weight make this decision easy. People just getting into the sport of badminton and beginners would be best served by playing with the Nanoray 10F. At an affordable price, this badminton racket can be picked up today without breaking the bank!

Particularly for beginners, the combination of light weight frame and large sweetspot make this badminton racket a must have if you’re looking to improve your badminton technique overall.

You’ll be hitting strokes over the net and smashing shuttlecocks in no time with this badminton racket for beginners.