Best volleyball brands
In this article, we will go over the best volleyball brands. The list is made up of the following brands:
- Wilson
- Mikasa
- Molten
- Mizuno
- Tachikara
List of best volleyball brands
Let’s take a closer look at each brand
Wilson
The Wilson Sporting Goods Company is an American sports equipment manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois. The company has been a subsidiary of Finnish multinational company Amer Sports since 1989.
Wilson is often seen as a very good volleyball brand for entry level players. A lot of their volleyballs -and other volleyball gear- is both good high quality and affordable. This is what makes Wilson the best brand for beginners.
It should be no surprise that Wilson provided one of the balls that made it on the list of best cheap volleyballs.
However, Wilson also provides more expensive products aimed towards the higher level competitions.
If you are looking for a good value deal, you can’t go wrong with a Wilson volleyball.
Also, Wilson does provide a wide range of volleyball related products. Simply take a look on their official website.
As you can see, Wilson has indoor, outdoor, beach and custom volleyballs. However, they also have knee pads, backpacks, ball carts and single ball bags.
Whether you are buying a ball or any other product from Wilson, you know that the quality will be at least decent. Wilson is a trustworthy and solid volleyball brand that we can highly recommend.
On top of all that, Wilson probably has the most iconic volleyball of all time, thanks to cast away. This iconic ball can be found here. Also, many other original and fun prints are available under the Wilson brand.
Keep in mind that it can sometimes be more interesting to buy Wilson volleyball gear on Amazon instead of their official website (depends on timing, promotions and product – it can be worth the effort to compare a bit).
Mikasa
Mikasa is a Japanese sport equipments and ahtletique goods company, founded in 1917. Mikasa volleyballs are the official balls for all Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (International Volleyball Federation) worldwide competitions, and numerous domestic leagues outside of North America. Mikasa volleyballs are the official ball for the Olympics. Presently clubs, regions, high schools, colleges, and tournaments throughout the U.S. use Mikasa volleyballs.
Where Wilson focuses more on beginner volleyball players, Mikasa focuses mainly on the elite volleyball players. Mikasa volleyballs are often used in the Olympics because of the high quality that they produce.
The Mikasa V300W for example is a very popular Olympic volleyball that has been praised by many elite volleyball players.
All that said, it’s not because they provide a wide range of high quality Olympic balls that they completely ignore the beginners. They also have plenty of options for beginners. However, it feels like Mikasa is more oriented towards elite players.
Mikasa is a Japanese company. Sometimes the shipping to US can take a while (not always), just so you know.
Not only do they produce plenty of really high quality volleyballs, you can also find other high quality volleyball gear, like a volleyball net on amazon. However, their main focus is definitely volleyball balls.
Molten
Molten is a Japanese brand (founded in 1958) that focuses on sports equipment and automotive parts. Molten basketballs are the official balls for all FIBA worldwide competitions and numerous domestic leagues outside of North America.
Molten is also the official volleyballs producer for USA Volleyball and the NCAA men’s and women’s championships
Molten is another brand that produces high quality volleyballs. Some of these are also used in the Olympics. In many ways, Molten is the competitor of Mikasa.
Molten has a very wide range of types of volleyballs. They have mini volleyballs, recreational volleyballs, high quality volleyballs, beach volleyballs, light volleyballs, soft touch volleyballs competitive/Olympics volleyballs…
They basically have every type of volleyball you could ever need.
If you want to get a full view on their selection of volleyballs, take a look on their official website. However, as usual, it can also be interesting to take a look on amazon.
They do not sell any volleyball accessories or clothing, but they do have an amazing range of volleyball balls. Their more expensive volleyballs are also very high quality.
Mizuno
Mizonu finds it’s origin in Japan where it was founded in 1906 and is a large sports equipment and sportswear store.
Most brands that are chosen as the best volleyball brand have a clear focus on volleyballs. Mizuno very clearly focuses on accessories, clothes and shoes. That Mizuno is mainly known for their wide selection of high quality volleyball shoes is no surprise to most volleyball players.
Every time you are looking for a good volleyball shoe, Mizuno shows up as one of the first options. And with good reason. Mizuno makes great value volleyball shoes, if you are looking for a solid shoe you really can’t go wrong with Mizuno.
Especially the Mizuno Wave series is highly praised by many volleyball players.
Mizuno also got featured on our list of best cheap volleyball shoes, so they also produce budget-friendly shoes.
Except for shoes they do also have volleyball specific clothing, shorts, knee pads, shirts, etc.
Other brands like Nike, Adidas, etc. Also have good clothes for volleyball, but Mizuno seems to actually go the extra mile and create volleyball-specific clothing that really fits the needs of a volleyball player.
Tachikara
Tachikara is a Japanese sports ball brand. It was established in Tokyo in 1915.
Tachikara is another Japanese sports brand. Even though their balls are praised by many volleyball players and very well known. Their online brand presence is mediocre at best.
Their official site can be found here: tachikara
However, the main takeaway is that Tachikara balls are very solid products. Simply take a look at the ratings: Tachikara volleyballs. They also have a pretty big assortment and have specific balls for ages, play types, etc.
Last but not least, Tachikara tends to provide a lot of value for the money. It might be because they don’t invest a lot in marketing, they don’t have the best online presence and are not getting a lot of media coverage, that might be why they end up with such high value products.
How did we pick the best volleyball brands
It’s easy to say, here, these are the best volleyball brands. However, what is that claim actually based on? We want to be as transparent as possible and provide you with all the information our picks are based on.
Note that ratings are based on a combination of all these factors.
Overall quality
One of the most important factors is whether a brand produces high quality –or at least decent– quality products. This is also one of the most frequent related questions.
There isn’t a single brand out there that’s perfect. However, there are definitely some brands that carry the label “trustworthy”. This means we can expect products to be at least decent quality and that manufacturers claims are reliable (within a reasonable margin).
All the brands on the list do have a good overall quality rating. That said, it’s normal that the cheaper products or brands won’t provide the same amount of quality than the more expensive ones.
Value
Overall quality is one thing, but if a brand has to ask a very high amount of money for a certain product, this would also not be good for your brand rating.
A product needs to be at least decent-quality, but it should also be appropriately priced. Certain brands might have a strategy where the pricing is a bit higher, which isn’t a problem, but all should be within reasonable proportions.
Brand awareness & production quantity
If a certain brand has great products that have both good value and good quality, it’s still no guarantee that it would get a good brand rating.
When talking about the best volleyball brands, we do focus on brand awareness and production quantity. In other words, a brand needs to be large enough before considered a solid option for our selection. We don’t work with a hard cap, but a brand should have a fairly big production quantity and should be known by a lot of volleyball players.
Usages
Last but not least, we take a look at certain usages of the volleyballs or other volleyball related products from certain brands.
What do we mean by usages? Well, is a brand’s volleyball used in the olympics, FIBA, other leagues, etc.
Best volleyball brands – Conclusion
This was our selection of the best volleyball brands, based on quality, value, brand awareness & production quantity and usages.
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