Voltric 50 Neo
Model VT-50NEO
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Voltric 50 Neo: the orange 2014 Voltric that paired the Tri-Bumper with a Power Boost Cap
The middle of three Voltric 50s
Yonex sold three racquets called Voltric 50 between 2013 and 2018, each under its own item code, and the orange Voltric 50 Neo (VT50NEO) is the middle one. Yonex summed it up in one line: “In addition to TRI-BUMPER, POWER BOOST CAP increases the smashing power.” It took the Pearl Red/White Voltric 50’s place on Yonex’s international list in January 2014, and gave up its own place to the Dark Gun Voltric 50 E-tune between February 4 and March 5, 2016. A stiff, Taiwan-made export racquet in 4U and 3U, it is the only one of the three that Yonex lists with both the Tri-Bumper and the Power Boost Cap.
Tri-Bumper and a new cap
Yonex published no release for the 50 Neo. It is first documented on Yonex’s international Voltric list of January 15, 2014, in the refresh that also brought in the Z-Force II, the 9 Neo and the Voltric 2, and Yonex Taiwan’s Z-Force II site listed it on January 30. Yonex’s page gives stiff flex, a frame of high-modulus graphite, Tri-Bumper, Sound Filter and tungsten, a high-modulus graphite shaft, 4U (average 83 g) and 3U (average 88 g) with grips G4 or G5, orange, made in Taiwan. Yonex calls the Tri-Bumper “the first bumper from YONEX that improves the stiffness of the frame and amplifies its power,” and says the Power Boost Cap “combines hard and soft materials to maximize the shaft’s bending power without losing stability.” By September 2015 Yonex recommended 19–26 lb for 4U and 20–27 lb for 3U.
No player on record
No Yonex source names a player on the 50 Neo or on either of the other Voltric 50s. Yonex pitched it on smashing power alone, and its product page related it to the Voltric 60, the i-Force and the 9 Neo rather than to any tour frame.
Three 50s and a red cousin
Yonex listed one color for item VT50NEO: orange. The Voltric 50 of 2013 (VT50, Pearl Red/White) had the same Tri-Bumper, Sound Filter and stiff flex, but Yonex gave its frame as graphite rather than high-modulus graphite, its weights as ranges (4U 80–84.9 g, 3U 85–89.9 g), and a Control Support Cap where the Neo has the Power Boost Cap; it has its own page. The Voltric 50 E-tune of 2016 (VT50ETN, Dark Gun) drops the Tri-Bumper from Yonex’s frame line and adds the E-tune system, a new grommet pattern and an Aero+Box frame, keeping the Power Boost Cap; it has its own page. The red Voltric 9 Neo of the same refresh shares the cap and the weight classes but has no Tri-Bumper; it has its own page too.
Two years on Yonex’s export list
The 50 Neo was sold outside Japan. Yonex’s international site, Yonex UK and Yonex Taiwan listed it, while Yonex Japan’s racquet list of the period carried neither Neo. Yonex’s international Voltric list shows it from January 15, 2014 to February 4, 2016, about a year longer than the 9 Neo; on the list of March 5, 2016 the 50 E-tune holds its place, beside the new 8 E-tune, 1TR, 0F and Lite. So 2016 is the last year it is documented on sale new, though only for its first weeks; Yonex published no production end. For a collector it is the middle step of the 50 line, between the 2013 original and the 2016 E-tune. No verified sales are recorded yet.
Telling the three 50s apart
No counterfeit of the Voltric 50 Neo is documented. The practical risk is identity: a title that says only “Voltric 50” could mean any of three racquets. Color and item code settle it: orange VT50NEO is the Neo, Pearl Red/White VT50 the 2013 original, Dark Gun VT50ETN the E-tune. Yonex published no balance point or balance word for the 50 Neo, so a balance figure in a listing is the seller’s, not Yonex’s.
The 50 line in steps
The 50 Neo marks the January 2014 refresh of Yonex’s export Voltrics, when one list update put the Power Boost Cap on two Taiwan-made frames, the 50 Neo and the 9 Neo. Yonex’s spec lines show the 50 changing in steps: in 2014 a high-modulus graphite frame and the new cap beside the Tri-Bumper, in 2016 the E-tune system, with the Tri-Bumper gone from the frame line. The orange Neo is the two-year middle of that sequence, sold outside Japan and documented with no player.
Read the item code and the color first: VT50NEO, orange. Yonex lists stiff flex, a frame of high-modulus graphite, Tri-Bumper, Sound Filter and tungsten, a high-modulus graphite shaft, a Power Boost Cap, 4U (average 83 g) or 3U (average 88 g) with grip G4 or G5, and Made in Taiwan, and recommends 19–26 lb for 4U and 20–27 lb for 3U. A Pearl Red/White VT50 is the 2013 Voltric 50, a Dark Gun VT50ETN the 2016 50 E-tune, and a red VT9NEO the 9 Neo. Yonex’s own checks: the production code on the cap above the handle is laser-engraved rather than printed, and the hologram sticker resists peeling.
Settle the identity first: orange and VT50NEO make the Neo, and a listing that says only “Voltric 50” does not. As with any stiff frame of this age, look over the head, the T-joint and the cap above the handle for cracks or play, and check the grommets. Yonex documents no player and only the orange color, so treat a tour link or another color as unproven without a Yonex source.