Carbonex 8200
Model CAB-8200
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Carbonex 8200: the flexible graphite beginner that Yonex USA listed in 2U
The middle beginner, with a US spec sheet
Yonex’s 1996 Asian catalog marked three graphite-framed beginner Carbonex as “New”: the 8300, the 8200 and the 8000. The 8200 is the one Yonex USA took up. Its Carbonex page of October 1999 listed the Carbonex-8200 as a Flexible racquet in 2U, with graphite in frame and shaft, beside the Carbonex-22, the 20 Long and the 9 Tour; the page stayed online unchanged until April 2001. That makes the 8200 the best-documented of the three.
Graphite, a built-in joint and a 2U weight
The 1996 block reads Built-In T-Joint, Player: Beginner, Frame: Graphite, Shaft: Graphite, and ratings of 2 for flex, 2 for power and 2 for control on the catalog’s own scale: between the jointless 8000 (rated 1 for power and control) and the 8300 (3 for flex and control). A Yonex spec chart that the collector dates to 1999 puts its flex dot at the Flexible end, with power and control one step above the bottom. Yonex USA’s page adds the details the catalog lacks: 2U (90–94 g), grip G4, and a recommended tension of 16–20 lb (7–9 kg). No balance, item code or country of manufacture is documented.
No player on record
No player is documented using the Carbonex 8200. The 1996 spread’s photograph shows Mia Audina, but the page does not name the racquet in her hand, and no Yonex source ties her to any of its beginner models.
The 8200 and the 8200LT
The 1996 photograph shows a dark frame with red and yellow trim; Yonex documents no named colorways. By August 2002 Yonex USA’s Carbonex page listed a “Carbonex-8200 Light” beside the Carbonex-20 Muscle and the Carbonex-23, still there in February 2004 and gone by June 2004. Its spec sheet, titled Carbonex 8200LT, describes a different racquet on paper: Extra Flexible, 3U (85–89 g), a built-in T-joint, Yonex recommended 14–16 lb mains and 16–18 lb crosses, and power and control rated 3. No Yonex source says whether it is a lighter build of the same frame; the 8200LT, the 8000 and the 8300 have their own pages.
From Asia to the United States
Neither the 1996 spreads nor Yonex USA’s page print a price, so no Yonex list price for the 8200 is known. It is a Carbonex column on the 1999 spec chart but not on the chart of the 2000 Asian catalog, and Yonex USA’s page of October 1999 is its last dated listing, so 1999 is its last documented year; that page stayed online unchanged until April 2001. No Yonex Japan listing is documented. No verified sales are recorded yet.
Weight class and name
No counterfeit of the Carbonex 8200 is documented. The identity question is the 8200LT: Yonex lists the 8200 in 2U only and the 8200LT in 3U only, so a weight class, where marked, separates them. A jointless frame is the Carbonex 8000, and the 1996 8300 is rated stiffer. Read the model name printed on the frame.
A beginner racquet with a US record
The 8200 is the 1990s beginner Carbonex with the fullest Yonex record: a catalog block, a spec chart placing it at the flexible end, and a Yonex USA spec sheet with weight and tension. Its launch date, price and country of manufacture are undocumented.
Yonex documents the Carbonex 8200 as a graphite frame and graphite shaft with a built-in T-joint, Flexible, in 2U (90–94 g) with grip G4, and Yonex recommends 16–20 lb. Its 1996 catalog photograph shows a dark frame with red and yellow trim. No balance, item code or country of manufacture is documented, so a seller’s claim about them is not Yonex’s. A 3U frame or an “8200 Light” name points to the 8200LT that Yonex USA listed in 2002–2004 (Extra Flexible, 3U); a jointless throat points to the Carbonex 8000. On a frame 25–30 years old, check the throat, the hoop and the grommets for cracks.
The 8200 suits collectors of Yonex’s 1990s beginner range and of early Yonex USA listings rather than players looking for a period performance frame. Expect the 8200 and the 8200 Light to be mixed up in listings: the printed name and the weight class decide which is on offer. Claims about its year or country of manufacture need evidence beyond the listing.