Armortec 900 Power
Model AT-900P · Lee Chong Wei
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Power beat Technique: Lee Chong Wei’s Armortec 900 Power
Power against Technique
The Armortec 900 came in two versions, and in the 2007 Yonex Open Japan final they met across the net. Yonex’s report lists Lee Chong Wei on the 900 Power and Taufik Hidayat on the 900 Technique. Lee won 22–20, 19–21, 21–19 on September 16, after beating Lin Dan 21–19, 21–15 in the semifinal. Yonex’s reports name the Power as his racquet for five titles between May 2007 and June 2008: the Indonesia, Japan, French, Malaysia and Singapore Opens. They also record him on it in two finals lost to Lin Dan and his Armortec 700, at the 2007 Hong Kong Open and the 2008 Swiss Open.
Two racquets for the rally-point era
Yonex showed the Armortec 900 at the All England in Birmingham in March 2007 and released it worldwide on March 11, priced in Japan at ¥24,000 before tax in either version. Its launch page, under the line “Win by power, or win by skill,” said rally-point scoring had made head-heavy racquets a common demand while pulling players toward two poles, power-first hard hitters and speed-first control players. The Power was for the first group. Its box-section frame was meant to give a firm feel and a stable face, and Rubber Metal, a titanium alloy Yonex described as elastic like rubber, sat in the lower frame to hold the shuttle for steep smashes. A titanium mesh called Micro Mesh went into the frame top. The Technique used an aero-shaped frame with the alloy higher up, for control. Yonex’s export spec sheets list the same materials as Micro Ti and Elastic Titanium.
Lee Chong Wei and the other Power players
In October 2006, a few months after he first reached world No. 1, Yonex reported Lee using the Nanospeed 8000; by May 2007 he was winning on the 900 Power. His record 199-week run at No. 1 began on August 21, 2008, four days after he lost the Beijing Olympic final to Lin Dan 21–12, 21–8. Yonex’s player page listed the 900 Power throughout that Olympic year, but no report names the frame he used in the final. The Power is often described as Lee’s racquet by design and the Technique as Taufik’s, but Yonex sold them to hard hitters and control players, not to named players, and its reports show how widely the Power spread. Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan won the 2007 Hong Kong Open men’s doubles with it, and Sony Dwi Kuncoro beat Simon Santoso in the 2008 Indonesia Open final with both men on the Power. At its first Japanese tournament, Sigit Budiarto played the Technique while his partner Fran Kurniawan used the Power.
Red, white and a yellow signature
The Power came in one Yonex color, Fire Red; its sister, the 900 Technique, was Cool White. Yonex gave neither a balance word, but its Japanese spec charts plot both well toward head-heavy and close together. Retail spec sheets rate both head-heavy, the Power slightly more so, so the Technique was not the even-balance racquet it is sometimes said to be. Yonex’s global spec sheets rated both stiff, while Yonex China called the Power super stiff. A third version followed on July 30, 2010, when Yonex Japan released a yellow Lee Chong Wei model, coded AT900PLC, as one of three limited player models. Yonex Japan’s reports list him on it from his Commonwealth Games gold in October 2010 to the Super Series Finals in January 2011; Yonex’s English player page, slower to update, showed it only in February and March 2011. The yellow model, which postdates the titles above, has its own page.
What the sales show
Verified sales of the 900 Power have so far come from Asia resale, and the price panel above lists them. Nearly all were pre-owned frames; new, unused examples are rare in the record so far. That fits the model’s history. It was sold for about six years, from March 2007 until Yonex Japan ended production in 2012, and it was played at club level as well as on tour, so used frames surface regularly. The yellow Lee Chong Wei edition is a separate, later model and should not be judged by sales of the red frame.
Copies of the signature edition
No counterfeit reports specific to the red 900 Power were found. The yellow Lee Chong Wei edition has attracted copies: it has been offered as a “Class A” racquet, a label commonly used for replicas. Yonex’s own 2011 counterfeit warning, published while the 900 was still in production, described many copies on internet auction sites as crude and easy to break. A red frame sold as a “Lee Chong Wei racquet” is a separate problem. The standard 900 Power carries no player marking, so that description adds nothing to it.
The last Armortec flagship
The 900s were the last models at the top of the Armortec line. In 2009 Yonex added the flexible Armortec 600 and Taiwan-made models below them, and from 2010 its head-heavy range moved to Voltric. Lee switched to the Voltric 80 at the March 2011 All England, which Yonex Japan says he won with it; Yonex’s English player page, slower to update, still showed the yellow 900PLC edition until late March. Yonex Japan ended production of both 900s in 2012, the last Armortec entries on its list of discontinued models. For Lee Chong Wei collectors the 900 Power is the racquet of his first seasons as the world’s top-ranked player, before the Voltric and Duora frames of his later career.
The standard 900 Power is made in Japan, in Fire Red (Yonex Japan color 569), and a 2009 owner review notes “Power” printed at the frame tip and on the shaft. White with Technique lettering is the sister model; yellow is the Lee Chong Wei model (AT900PLC, 3U only), which retail copy describes as signed and made in Japan. Yonex listed 4U (80–84.9 g) and 3U (85–89.9 g). Yonex’s 2011 counterfeit guidance gives four checks: the hologram sticker should be hard to peel; the YONEX logo should be crisp, since a wide, round O is a common sign of a fake; the production code on the cap above the handle should be laser-engraved, not printed; and the butt cap should match Yonex’s green.
The red 900 Power is the racquet of the start of Lee Chong Wei’s record run at world No. 1 and the Armortec line’s last flagship. Genuine, Japan-made examples are not rare, so condition and completeness decide. It pairs naturally with the 900 Technique, the two sides of the 2007 Japan Open final. Treat the yellow 900PLC as a separate, later edition, and check its signature and codes closely before buying.
Verified prices last updated Sep 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.