BEST Padel Rackets 2025 (Ultimate Buyer’s Guide)
Best Padel Rackets 2025 is the all new summary of my top picks of the best bats from all different types of categories. From beginner level all the way to the top! Power, control, spin, I got you covered! – Ewan
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How To Choose A Padel Racket
Before we start, it is important to know a few basics.
There a few large factors that differentiate padel rackets. They are, shape, weight, sweet spot location, material, and feel.
It is understandable that people come to choose a racket and have no idea what to get! That is why we have created this list to help.
- Round shape is best for control,
- diamond for power,
- and teardrop for a mix of both power and control.
- Fiber glass is a softer material, better for comfort
- and carbon is a firmer material, better for durability and power.
Remember if you need help choosing a padel racket, then you can reach us at shop@virginactivepadel.ca for racket advice, it is free and we can help you out.
Let’s get started
Best Padel Racket For Beginners
Adidas Adipower Junior
- Shape – Round
- Weight – Light
- Sweet Spot – Centre
- Material – Fiber glass
- Feel – Soft
A junior racket needs to be light, soft, control based, easy to use, and also look great as well.
The adipower junior ticks all of these boxes, a super cool racket that has a similar design to the adipower CTRL 3.2 (a pro level racket).
The comfort and lightweight feel will get you into good habits, such as holding the racket up, and playing with great control.
Best Padel Racket For Juniors
NOX AT10 18K 2025 Shape – Teardrop
- Weight – Average
- Sweet Spot – Above the centre
- Material – Carbon
- Feel – Medium/Hard
The NOX X One is ideal for beginner players, it ticks a lot of boxes. Round, control based, big sweet spot, comfortable feel, easy to play with, and at a low price. New players to the sport need a racket with these characteristics, in order to improve FAST, and learn the new tricky techniques of padel as quick as possible. The Nox X One allows for this, available in a blue, and yellow design.
Get your Nox X One here
Best Padel Racket For Intermediate
Dunlop Galactica
- Shape – Teardrop
- Weight – Average
- Sweet Spot – Central
- Material – Carbon
- Feel – Soft
The next on the best padel rackets list is the Dunlop Galactica.
It is class, cool design for starters, teardrop shape, with a great combo of power and control, and strong material.
The teardrop shape is perfect for intermediate players to give them that extra bit of power whilst still maintaining control this is down to the wide sweet spot which makes it easy to use.
It also uses carbon, which is rare in a racket at this price, great value.
You can get fast ball speed, good power, but most of all, due to the soft face of the racket, great comfort.
Well worth checking out.
Get your Dunlop Galactica here
Best Padel Racket For Advanced
Nox AT10 18K
This is the Nox AT10 18K 2025. One of the best padel rackets out there.
The Nox AT10 18K 2025 is world padel tour standard, used by the best player in the world, Agustin Tapia
It has a carbon frame, 18K carbon surface, anti vibration system, DCS (improves durability), rough surface, and smart strap.
A few of the key features include:
EOS flap technology, making the racket more aerodynamic, giving a faster swing and lighter weight
Nox custom grip now added to increase comfort, grip and reduce chances of injury
Teardrop shape to help you get a great mix of power and control
AVS (anti vibration system) this will help you with any arm/wrist pain as well as helping your control.
This racket has small raised bumps on the surface, to get a lot of grip on the ball, you can get a lot of spin on your shots.
Was a tough one to pick, but the Nox AT10 18K takes the top spot!
Get your Nox AT10 18K here
Best Padel Racket For Control
Head Gravity Pro
For ultimate control, you are going to need a top level racket, that it is adaptable, round, with a big centred sweet spot, low balance, and strong material. The Head Gravity Pro has ALL of that.
The Carbon Face Provides more comfort and control. All head rackets have a comfortable feel making it ideal for a player looking to play with optimum control. Despite being good for control you can still generate a good amount of power on shots like the vibora and smash when using proper technique.
Best Padel Racket For Power
Bullpadel Hack 04 2025
- Shape – Diamond
- Weight – Average
- Sweet Spot – At The Top
- Material – Carbon
- Feel – Hard
The Bullpadel Hack 04 Padel Racket 2025 wins the best padel racket for power, the speed on this, is brutal. If you want a bigger smash, then this is for you. This is SPECIFICALLY designed for players who want to kick the ball out of the court. Our best selling advanced padel racket last year.
If everyone else loves it, why not you? A very distinctive sound to rattle your opponents on court with, you will notice this straight away when you play a smash. A true “no brainer” for anyone who wants more power.
Best Padel Racket For Balance Of Power + Control
Bullpadel Vertex Hybrid
- Shape – Hybrid
- Weight – Average
- Sweet Spot – Above the centre
- Material – Carbon
- Feel – Medium/Hard
Another Bullpadel model here, and that is due to them being one of the best padel brands on the market.
For players that want that perfect mix of power and control, the vertex Hybrid is for you. When you play with the Vertex Hybrid, the smash, vibora, and attacking off the back glass are easy, they fly off the racket with extreme pace, but due to the big sweet spot and nice balance, the control is easy as well.
This also comes equipped with a rough surface, to create devastating topspin on your smash and brutal slice on your volleys, your opponents have no chance! I recently made a video, testing which rackets had the most power, the Vertex Hybrid performed very well, I was able to smash the ball out easily.
Best Padel Racket For Comfort
Head One Ultralight
- Shape – Round
- Weight – Extremely light
- Sweet Spot – Central
- Material – Carbon
- Feel – Soft
The New Head One Ultralight is the lightest adult padel racket in the world. Weighing in at 300 grams this racket is a full 65 grams lighter then the average padel racket. This change in weight means anyone that struggles with tennis elbow can now play with freedom. Furthermore, the weight difference means you can play with minimal fatigue and increased swing speed giving you the upper hand within volley battles.
Best Padel Racket For Value
Nox Equation
- Shape – Round
- Weight – Average
- Sweet Spot – In The Centre
- Material – Carbon + Fiber glass
- Feel – Soft
The reason the Nox equation makes the list, is down to two factors: It has a carbon frame It has a rough surface Most rackets with these features start at £150, whereas this year, this model is £94.99.
An absolute steal! This is one of the best padel rackets for players that do not want to spend too much, but still get a great racket for a good price.
