What’s #AskSquashSource? (1) You ask me a question. (2) I’ll do my best to answer it. (3) Readers are encouraged to leave their own answers in the comments!
Steven asks: What’s the best squash racket for power? He is currently playing with the Black Knight Ion Cannon PS. He plays provincially high C / low B level, and is turning 53 this year.
Here’s the Ion Cannon PS:
My take:
I’ve never played with the Ion Cannon PS, but I’d bet you’ve already got a powerful racket in your hands. It’s got the teardrop head shape, which should lengthen the string bed and give you more pop. It’s a medium weight, and slightly head-heavy, which should help you carve through the ball. And it comes strung with Ashaway Supernick XL, which is considered a high-end string.
The most powerful racket I’ve tried in recent memory is the Dunlop Revelation 135. I just find the “fan” stringing pattern to provide a ton of power.
On Squash Source, the racket I see most people raving about recently is the Tecnifibre Carboflex 125. I had a quick hit with that racket and didn’t find it super powerful personally, but the owner said he hadn’t restrung it for years, so it may have been a little stale. Check out the comments of that post — readers generally love the power.
Here’s a video from Paul at PDH Sports. He compares the power of the Tecnifibre Carboflex 125, Head Graphene Cyano 115, Dunlop Evolution 130, Karakal SN 90 and Prince EXO3 Pro Tour.
Readers, what’s your favorite power racket? Please leave a comment with your thoughts!
Mark Rittmayer says
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I have found the Ram Power 130G Racquet available in Hong Kong to be the most powerful racquet on the market today. It hits with no vibration and the ball is clocked for speeds at upwards on 133 MPH…with the speed gun.
Available from the Pro at the HK Cricket Club (Chad) at a great price too.
Anders says
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How much was it?
Nico Poore says
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The Tecnifibre Dynergy 117 is the most powerful racquet in my experience. With the factory strung 305+it has massive power.
joe says
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I’ve recently switched to the Karakal sn-90 (when when strung and gripped,its nowhere near 90 grams by the way!)
Its very light,and without doubt the most powerfull racket I have tried. Its a great,fun racket to use and it still provides a lot of accuracy and feel. It is one of those rackets that feels like more of an extension to your arm.
Pierre Bastien says
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Thanks Joe, I added your feedback to the Karakal SN 90 post also!
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Owen says
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I’ve hit with most of the Black Knight range in recent years and the PS Ion Cannon is definitely the most powerful racket that they produce. Good balance and good strings too which makes it a good solid racket for all players really. I’ve also hit with the Prince Airstick Lite 130 previously and found that racket to have tremendous power too.
James Barlow says
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Wilson hyper hammer 145 is definitely the most powerful racket. About as much control as a wooden caveman club, but similar amounts of power!
I’ve found the Technifibre ones above to be very powerful, a bit too light for me personally though!