Nanoray 70DX
Model NR-70DX
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Nanoray 70DX: the stiff 4U Nanoray of 2014–2019 behind Mohammad Ahsan’s Deep Red edition
Almost five years of a stiff 4U Nanoray
The Nanoray 70DX (item NR70DX) was a stiff, 4U, Taiwan-made Nanoray for markets outside Japan, on Yonex’s international list from spring 2014 to January 2019, far longer than the Nanoray 90DX it arrived with. Yonex pitched it at advanced players: “successive grommets positioned at the lower part of frame” gave “quick repulsion power with high tension stringing.” In 2016 its specification became Mohammad Ahsan’s Deep Red limited edition, the Nanoray 70DX AH.
Linked grommets low on the frame
Yonex published no launch release. A US shop listed it as a 2014 model in February 2014, and it joined Yonex’s international Nanoray list between February 20 and April 9, 2014, just below the new 90DX, so 2014 is its first documented year. Yonex’s page of April 2014 gives stiff flex, a high-modulus graphite frame, a high-modulus graphite shaft with Nanomesh and carbon nanotube, 4U (80–84.9 g) in grips 4 and 5, and Taiwan as the factory; by 2015 it read 4U (average 83 g) with stringing advice of 24–30 lb. Its 2015 technology list names Isometric, the Aero Frame, the Built-in T-Joint and a Control Support Cap, but no DX Frame. The selector in Yonex’s 2018 catalog places it slightly on the head-light side of even, in what Yonex called “the latest head-light series.”
No player on the standard frame
Yonex names no player on the standard 70DX. Ahsan’s name reached the frame only through the 2016 edition, and Yonex’s announcement of that line said he and Hendra Setiawan had competed with the Nanoray 900 since 2014; the 70DX AH has its own page. Yonex’s own description aimed the 70DX at advanced players.
Black/Lime Green, White/Silver, Blue
Yonex’s April 2014 page names no color. Yonex UK’s 2015 brochure lists the 70DX in Black/Lime Green, Yonex China’s 2016 page (item NR70DXEX) and Yonex’s 2017 catalog in White/Silver, and Yonex’s 2018 catalog in Blue; the international page of January 2019 gives “Black/Lime, Blue.” All carry item code NR70DX with the same flex, frame and weight. The 70DX AH (item NR70DXAH, 2016) is the frame in Ahsan’s Deep Red. The 3U Nanoray 95DX, with Nanocell and Solid Titanium in its frame, joined the list above it in 2016 and has its own page.
Outside Japan, 2014 to 2019
The 70DX was a model for markets outside Japan: Yonex Japan did not list it, and its Yonex sources are the international site, Yonex UK, Yonex China and Yonex’s 2017 and 2018 catalogs; Yonex USA’s rebuilt Nanoray list also showed it from March 2018. Yonex published no production end. The international list shows it until January 18, 2019; by January 25 it was gone, with the 95DX, the 800 and the 700 FX, so 2019 is the last year it is documented on sale new. No Yonex launch price in US dollars or yen is documented. No verified sales are recorded yet.
Telling it from the AH and the 95DX
No counterfeit of the Nanoray 70DX is documented. The practical risk is identity. A Deep Red frame that reads 70DX is the Ahsan edition; a Deep Red frame that reads 7 is the Nanoray 7 AH, rated medium with a plain graphite frame. A 3U frame that reads 95DX is the 95DX. A 70DX in Black/Lime Green, White/Silver or Blue is the standard model in one of its documented colors. A White/Silver frame that reads 90DX (item NR90DX) is the Nanoray 90DX of 2014–2015; it has its own page.
The longest run of the DX models
The 70DX had the longest run of the DX models on Yonex’s international list: the 90DX was gone by February 2015, and the 95DX, added in 2016, left with the 70DX in January 2019. For a collector it is the base of Ahsan’s 2016 edition and a frame documented in three colors over almost five years. Yonex records no player and no launch price for it.
Check the item code NR70DX and the model name on the frame. Yonex lists stiff flex, 4U only (80–84.9 g, average 83 g), grips 4 and 5, a high-modulus graphite frame and a high-modulus graphite shaft with Nanomesh and carbon nanotube, made in Taiwan, and recommends 24–30 lb. Documented colors are Black/Lime Green, White/Silver and Blue. Deep Red with the 70DX name is the 70DX AH (NR70DXAH); a 3U label or Solid Titanium in the frame points to the 95DX; a frame coded NR90DX is the Nanoray 90DX. Yonex’s own checks apply: a laser-engraved production code on the cap above the handle and a hologram sticker that resists peeling.
Confirm the NR70DX code, the 70DX name and the 4U label in photographs, and match the color to one Yonex documented. Listings that tie the standard 70DX to Ahsan are describing the AH edition; Yonex documents no player on either frame. Check the head, the lower frame where Yonex placed the linked grommets, and the T-joint of this stiff frame for cracks, and look for repainting.