Close-up of an Ashaway Phantom X-Shadow Badminton Racket - Black Green handle and a white net, adorned with a stylized "A" design. The racket features an extra slim shaft profile and a round frame. The image highlights both the complete Phantom X-Shadow racket and an enlarged view of the head.

Ashaway Phantom X-Shadow Badminton Racket - Black Green

Regular price £109.95
Regular price £160.00 Sale price £109.95
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Ashaway Phantom X-Shadow Badminton Racket - Black Green

Ashaway Phantom X-Shadow Badminton Racket - Black Green

Regular price £109.95
Regular price £160.00 Sale price £109.95
(Save 31%) CYBER MONDAY DEAL

WEIGHT:

84G

PLAYER LEVEL:

Professional

BALANCE:

Head Heavy

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What we love

Incredible Control

Player Style

Power

Model Series

Ashaway - Phantom

Weight:

84G

  • Balance Shows where the racket is naturally weighted, Heavy Head suits Power, Light Head suits Speed.

     90%

    HEAD LIGHTHEAD HEAVY

  • Flex Shows the level of racket flex. Flexible rackets suit players needing extra power, Stiff rackets are for accuracy

     50%

    HIGHLY FLEXIBLEEXTREMELY STIFF

  • WEIGHT Shows the weight of the racket. Lighter rackets mean faster racket speed, but sometimes less power

     84G

    LightHeavy

Head Heavy Stiff Head Light Flexible

Overall feel of the racket
  • Product description
  • BUYING GUIDE
  • PRODUCT DELIVERY
  • RETURNS / WARRANTY
  • PRICE MATCH

Product description

  • Suitable for an attacking, power player.
  • 40 Tonne Japanese Carbon Graphite
  • Phantom Airflow System
  • Nano Carbon - High Modulus Graphite
  • Medium
  • Strung in Zymax 69 Fire White

The NEW Ashaway Phantom Rackets are here! The Phantom X-Shadow and Phantom Helix are brand new for the 2018/2019 season. The Phantom X-Shadow is the Pinnacle of the Phantom Range. 40Tonne Japanese Carbon Graphite meets High Modulus Quantum Carbon to make up this all-round frame. Perfect for attacking and defending, this racket really does have it all. A matt black frame with hints of Gold, Silver and Green really does make this racket look exquisite.Weighing in at 84g this racket is on the lighter side of the Phantom range. The Extra Slim profile really does aid this rackets velocity through the air creating tremendous racket head speed. For those that want to take their Ashaway Phantom experience to the next level…..this is the Racket for you!Strung in Ashaway’s Zymax 69 Fire White!

The pinnacle of the Phantom Range. With its extra slim profile, medium flex and rapid maneuverability this frame is one of the easiest Phantom rackets to use. This frame has no lack of power but really does excel with its control during defence and in the mid to forecourt. A great choice for players looking for ultimate control of the shuttle whether it be singles or doubles. Suitable for advanced club and county players.

IMPORTANT: This racket comes with original specialist strings and tensions already applied for longer term use from the brand. We recommend you select "original strings" when choosing you preferred upgrade option, as it'll save you cost and money in the present and future, unless you're a specialist high level competitive player or someone that specifically wants a certain string & tension.

Brand Ashaway
Model series Ashaway - Phantom
Shaft construction Nano Carbon - High Modulus Graphite
ORIGINAL RACKET STRINGS & TENSION Strung in Zymax 69 Fire White @ 23 lbs
STRING TENSION RANGE 24-28lbs
PLAYER LEVEL Professional
PLAYER STYLE Power
RACKET BALANCE Head Heavy
FLEX Medium
WEIGHT 84 grams
GRIP SIZE G4/S2 (Medium)
HEAD SHAPE Isometric
OVERALL LENGTH 675mm
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN China

BUYING GUIDE

Badminton Rackets Buying Guide

The key question to ask firstly is what style of player are you, or what type of player do you want to become?

  1. Power Attacking
  2. All Round
  3. Fast Reactions to Rallies
  4. Control and Touch, by moving players around the court to create space

As a general guide for your playing style below is the kind of racket you'll want to look at purchasing:

Playing Style Racket Balance Racket Flexibility Racket Weight
Power Attacking Head Heavy Stiff 85g – 89g (3U)
All Round Balanced Medium 80g – 84g (4U)
Speed & Fast Reactions Head Light Medium 79g or below (5U and up)
Control & Touch Head Light Hi Flex 79g or below (5U and up)


In simple terms is means this:
Player with Explosive Backswing Hitting = Stiffer Shaft needed as it'll unload faster for more power.
Player with Slower Backswing Hitting = More Flexible Shaft needed so that it'll unload fully at impact.

If you're still unsure what to choose for yourself, we'd recommend going for a medium flex badminton racket to minimise the chances of choosing incorrectly what's right for you.

Weight:

Weight can make a real difference to reaction speeds, and power behind the hit of a shuttle. Too light a racket and it won't go far or powerful enough. However too heavy a racket and you'll find you'll be reacting too slow in fast flat rallies, where reaction speed is everything.:

Most rackets are weighted around 3U (85-89g) or 4U (80-84g), this is because it's a good weight balance for players to hit hard and also be able to react fast too.:

Typically singles players will use heavier rackets 3U (85-89g), this provides the player with more stability and accuracy, with a little more weight for power behind it, without compromising on racket speed too much, as quick racket head speed isn't needed as much in the singles game:

Doubles players however will usually want lighter rackets, the most popular weight for this being 4U (80-84g), this is because the Badminton Racket will offer more speed and quicker reactions in around the net and for defence against smashes.:

Racket Strings Used & Tension:

Again like the grip, this is customisable on any racket. However do look out for racket tension ranges on the product as this could potentially limit your ability to have the racket strung at a desired tension.:

For a full breakdown on strings and tensions, see our buying guide specifically on this.:

To put it simply however, if you're unsure what to choose when buying a racket you like, either go for the “Original Strings” option or “Stringers Professional Decision” for which we'll choose the string that best suits getting the maximum performance out of the racket for you.:

Full Badminton Racket Buying Guide:

PRODUCT DELIVERY

UK Mainland Delivery

FREE if over £75 or £4.95

Standard 2-4 days delivery.

Express (Mon-Fri) 1-2 working days £5.95

Order by 1PM Monday-Friday for Next Working Day UK delivery.

Full Badminton Delivery Buying Guide

International Delivery

Unfortunately, due to Brexit, we will no longer be shipping outside of UK Mainland.

RETURNS / WARRANTY

Easy Returns

UK Customers

We have a simple 30 days (can be extended) upon receiving the order policy, but we will be flexible and extend this if it's a gift for a specific event, such a a birthday, this can be done by simply ticking the the gift option when purchasing.

We provide a part filled returns form for all UK orders, simply follow the process below:

To find your local collect plus shop: https://www.collectplus.co.uk/store-locator

See here for our full returns details & information.

 

Our UK Address for returns is:

Badminton HQ
Unit 1, Greabridge Business Park
Budds Lane,
Romsey,
Hampshire,
England
SO51 0HA

Warranty Policy - Our Risk Free Support

Within 30 Days of receipt of the items?

Simple 30 days retailer warranty on all orders with genuine manufacturer defects.

More than 30 Days?

We work with the brands/suppliers to see if it can be covered under warranty for you (usually it is, but depends on the way the damage has occurred).

Still not covered but within 6 months of purchase?

We offer a crash replacement policy, where we offer a goodwill policy of 20% discount off your next order with us for the same/alternative replacement item, not including postage costs.

PRICE MATCH

Price Match Promise

It's this simple - Find it cheaper anywhere else in the UK & we'll match it! Subject to conditions (see below).

So how does it work?

  1. Fill in the form on the right with all the relevant details requested. Alternatively you can call our team on 02380 002388.
  2. We'll email you or call you after we review the price match request.

* By requesting the price request you have checked it meets the requirements below

The boring conditions bit:

  1. Make sure the item being sold elsewhere is new and include a direct link to it.
  2. Unfortunately we're unable to match prices for websites based outside of Mainland UK, unauthorised brand stockists, or 3rd party sites such as Amazon or eBay. 
  3. The item must be in stock and actively being sold.
  4. At our own discretion we can refuse to offer the price match. Where this is the case we will offer you a full refund, this is rare, but there are exceptions. We will offer to refund the order in full if this happens.
  5. The product is identical to ours in brand, colour, size and model number.
  6. We cannot provide retrospective price matching after you have already purchased from us in the past, as we cannot verify if on the date of original purchase the price of the alternative retailer you may ask us to price match with.
  7. Strings and Shuttlecocks excluded.
  8. Yonex products are excluded from this offer.

EASY 30 DAY RETURNS

SERVICE PROMISE

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Customer Reviews

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Stephen Hoskins
Delighted !

Excellent racquet, and significantly more powerful than my previous one.

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Brian Murphy
Ashaway phantom x shadow

Firstly it is quite a difference from my beginner's racket but I love it.
Flexible shaft, light and powerfull.
I love it!

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Hemaswaran Jayabalan

Ashaway Phantom X-Shadow Badminton Racket - Black Green

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Zishan Sheikh

Absolutely fantastic service, great value for money racquet. Took advantage of the free restring service and BadmintonHQ re sprayed the Ashaway logo on the strings as if they were new. Purchase all my racquets (now 5, for myself and 2 boys) slowly upgrading the racquets as my badminton improved.

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Abel Flores
Amazing Racket

This racket is powerful, my performance was improved so much compared before. I am satisfied with this racket generally.