Nanospeed 9900
Model NS-9900 · Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei, Carolina Marin
Price history
Each point = verified secondary market transaction. USD, normalized at time of sale.
Where to find it
The racquet that proved speed could kill
The founding classic
The conventional wisdom: head-heavy for power, head-light for speed. The NS9900 broke that binary. Tan Boon Heong recorded 421 km/h — the fastest smash in history — using this head-light racquet. That single data point shattered the paradigm.
The champions' weapon
Lin Dan used it for the 2012 London Olympic Gold. Carolina Marin won the 2016 Olympic Gold with it — a seven-year-old discontinued model. No other racquet has been used to win Olympic gold by two different players in two different decades.
Why it endures
Discontinued for over a decade, it commands $650 — more than double the Nanoflare 1000Z's retail. Its specific combination of head-light plus extra-stiff creates a feedback sensation modern racquets don't replicate. Players describe switching away as 'losing a sense.'
X-Fullerene branding must be sharp. Shaft genuinely extra stiff. Head-light balance tips toward handle. Weight within spec.
Decade-long appreciation from fixed supply. Badminton's Porsche 964 — a machine that captured a purity of purpose later models never replicated.
Prices last updated March 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.