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Friday, January 1, 2016

Another fake racquet from PRC

A friend recently purchased the following fake from PRC via TaoBao after using my Dunlop Biomimetic Evolution. I purchased my pair in 2010.

The below pix shows the fake with yellow strings - looks ok right? Even the skin effect of the Biomimetic series was well cloned.  Upon closer inspection, there are differences.

1. Racquet is 675mm for the FAKE (YELLOW string) vs 670mm of the original and of the specifications printed on the shaft of both the original and the fake.

2. Finger over the wordings on the frame of the FAKE (YELLOW string) feels lumpy (aka printed) vs smooth feel on the original

3. Smear of the BIOMIMETIC on one side of the frame of the racquet on the FAKE (YELLOW string) vs the original

4. Difference of the cap over the handle

5. Grommet layout of the original vs the FAKE (YELLOW string) which is alike an older racquet I bought in 2009.

Fake version in Yellow string

Closeup of bottom grommets on the fake


Fake (YELLOW string) vs original (BLUE string)
Note the difference in the grommets on the 12th position from the shaft. The grommet layout of the fake is as per normal racquets whilst the original has 2 micro-grommets at the same location.

Grommets at top of frame. Fake in YELLOW vs original in BLUE string
Minimal difference here with the fake (YELLOW string) having only a single large grommet. The original has 2.

More grommets on the side of the original
Both the fake (YELLOW string) and the original (BLUE string) have 6 transparent micro-grommets on each side of the frame. However on the original, there is a additional micro-grommet after the last transparent micro-grommet on the top of the frame.

Difference in string layout - overlay of fake (YELLOW string)  over the original (BLUE string)

String pathing differs on the fale (YELLOW string)

Different handle top of the fake (middle)

Pix of grommet layout of friends racquet from same series. He bought his racquet from Malaysia., Grommet structure is as per my racquets in BLUE and WHITE strings.