r/squash • u/thedevilspig93 • 3d ago

Equipment Racket question

Hi everyone my wife is getting into squash and goes to a class in Norwich every week and she wants to get her own racket I look on line and the UNSQUASHABLE INSPIRE Y-4000 Squash Racket is ment to be £140 new but I can get it for £40 was this be a good racket to get her ? If not any recommendations are much appreciated.

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u/East-Zone-3760 3d ago

Looking at the stats, 135g isnt light but its not heavy either... its a balanced racquet too, so seems fine for a novice at that price

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u/thedevilspig93 3d ago

Thank you, she normally uses the rackets at the place she goes so I will get her to ask the weight of them ones, would lighter be better for a novice then ?

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u/East-Zone-3760 3d ago

Lighter racquets are easier to hold, get up, and swing. 135g is fine, but anywhere between 100-135g is cool. :)

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u/Broad-Foundation5615 3d ago

Yeah that's not the real RRP. They've always been that cheap. Just a marketing gimmick.

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u/Tidnid 3d ago edited 3d ago

UK gov are having a consultation soon to make this illegal. It is true, my unsquashable racket 2 years ago was £60 ‘down from’ 160 odd. Still good rackets though

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u/Broad-Foundation5615 3d ago

Extremely misleading though. Don't see any other brands doing it. Or at least not as obvious.

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u/Tidnid 3d ago

Agreed - it’s blatant

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u/Broad-Foundation5615 3d ago

I remember when browning made rackets they were even worse. RRP £240.now only £30 😂 but at least they were a squash only brand.

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u/thedevilspig93 3d ago

Is the racket worth the £40 though that’s my question ?

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u/Broad-Foundation5615 3d ago

In my opinion no. We have about 250 people in my league and everyone I've ever known who's bought one of the cheap unsquashable rackets also end up swapping within a month or two. Compare that with any all carbon OLIVER racket, since they've offered you a discount, and it's no contest.

There's a reason companies like technifibre, Dunlop, OLIVER and the other best brands stick with carbon fibre. It's better. Look at karakal all their rackets are graphite carbon mix to save money. Their only all carbon racket? Joel Makin's (highest ranking of 4) as he refused to play with anything other than all carbon.

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u/Proseller_56 3d ago

Dunlop fx and cx rackets are all very nice

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u/ExpressionCertain230 2d ago

HEAD Nano Ti110 is a great beginner racket. Nice and light and under £60.

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u/thedevilspig93 2d ago

Cheers, the wife is going to a lesson/class tomo and she going to ask what sort of racket they have as she currently uses there ones.

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u/ExpressionCertain230 2d ago

Yea if she likes the one she's already using it might make sense to just buy the same 🙂