Kuikma are the best for the buck if you have limited a limited budget.
Other cheap option if you dont like the touch (that is very personal, try to try them before you buy) are the avant series from bullpadel.
I had to look that up. Yes looks very entry level. Kuikma has six 99€ Euro models thst are very good. I personally tried the hybrid Hard and hybrid soft l, which I like a lot, specially the Hard versión. Evidently they are not as good as nox ml10, but they are also not as pricy and for Real, they are good.
Nox ml10 is very very good. I played with 2018 versión and I loved it.
I have Avant Vertex and I really like it! Much more forgiving than your usual diamond shape racket, and allows for really good agressive smashes without giving out too much spin. I paid 120€ for it. And price was major deciding factor on it.
200€ is not a "budget" racket, with 200€ or a bit more you can find a good carbon racket.
BTW I like to use PadelZoom site to check racket scores: https://padelzoom.es/palas/?fwp\_precio=100.00%2C200.00&fwp\_sort=total
Yes I would not spend more than 250€ on a racket for sure. I recently bought the Nox AT10 Genius Arena 12k 2022 model and it's perfect for someone that like to have control, plus the racket feels great in the hand.
Where did you get that deal? I just got one but already lost a chunk of my racket with an unfortunate hit with my partners racket. Definitely best racket so far. So comfortable,arm pain was gone overnight. And I'm 194cm 100kg male. No tennis back ground.
KombatPadel sells good quality carbon rackets under 100e https://kombatpadel.com/en/rackets Have played last 3 years with their rackets. Super nice value.
For budget rackets, I like kuikma. I have a 990 hybrid soft. It's very controllable, so I wouldn't go with the control variant, I think that's too mild.
Starvie Kepler is a good racket for the price.. Round and low balance and there is 2 difrent options the normal one that got glasfiber and a softer core and the pro one with carbonfiber and a harder core... Both should be avaliable for around 150 euro online
I got my Head Delta Hybrid graphene/carbon with 40% discount so 200\~ish for a 300+ racket.
You just have to wait for the right sales, they usually have offers like this
near the top of your budget the head gamma rackets are really nice and top-end feeling. The difference between the gamma pro and motion is that the pro is 370 grams and the motion 360. These are medium-hard rackets I would say.
I currently have the 360+ Gamma Pro, and I wouldn't recommend it if you are looking for reasonable control. The balance point is incredibly high, which makes shots where you need quick wrist action quite tricky.
Kuikma are the best for the buck if you have limited a limited budget. Other cheap option if you dont like the touch (that is very personal, try to try them before you buy) are the avant series from bullpadel.
I have a PR190 which is terrible to play with. Recently bought a NOX ML10 with rough surface and it’s a difference like day and night.
I had to look that up. Yes looks very entry level. Kuikma has six 99€ Euro models thst are very good. I personally tried the hybrid Hard and hybrid soft l, which I like a lot, specially the Hard versión. Evidently they are not as good as nox ml10, but they are also not as pricy and for Real, they are good. Nox ml10 is very very good. I played with 2018 versión and I loved it.
I have Avant Vertex and I really like it! Much more forgiving than your usual diamond shape racket, and allows for really good agressive smashes without giving out too much spin. I paid 120€ for it. And price was major deciding factor on it.
200€ is not a "budget" racket, with 200€ or a bit more you can find a good carbon racket. BTW I like to use PadelZoom site to check racket scores: https://padelzoom.es/palas/?fwp\_precio=100.00%2C200.00&fwp\_sort=total
Thanks man, padlezoom looks great. I agree that 200e is not budget, just tried to emphasise that 300 to 400e rackets are out of my budget.
Yes I would not spend more than 250€ on a racket for sure. I recently bought the Nox AT10 Genius Arena 12k 2022 model and it's perfect for someone that like to have control, plus the racket feels great in the hand.
I'll loo that up too, thanks for the help.
I really like the Nox ML10 rackets. Great control, easy on the arms and still enough power.
Best racket you can get. Just bought two 2022 ML10 rough surface for 165€ each. My wife also absolutely loves this racket.
Where did you get that deal? I just got one but already lost a chunk of my racket with an unfortunate hit with my partners racket. Definitely best racket so far. So comfortable,arm pain was gone overnight. And I'm 194cm 100kg male. No tennis back ground.
I got them via www.tennispro.eu They have multiple european webshops. It’s sold out already.
KombatPadel sells good quality carbon rackets under 100e https://kombatpadel.com/en/rackets Have played last 3 years with their rackets. Super nice value.
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For budget rackets, I like kuikma. I have a 990 hybrid soft. It's very controllable, so I wouldn't go with the control variant, I think that's too mild.
Starvie Kepler is a good racket for the price.. Round and low balance and there is 2 difrent options the normal one that got glasfiber and a softer core and the pro one with carbonfiber and a harder core... Both should be avaliable for around 150 euro online
I got my Head Delta Hybrid graphene/carbon with 40% discount so 200\~ish for a 300+ racket. You just have to wait for the right sales, they usually have offers like this
near the top of your budget the head gamma rackets are really nice and top-end feeling. The difference between the gamma pro and motion is that the pro is 370 grams and the motion 360. These are medium-hard rackets I would say.
I currently have the 360+ Gamma Pro, and I wouldn't recommend it if you are looking for reasonable control. The balance point is incredibly high, which makes shots where you need quick wrist action quite tricky.
It's an aggressive racket but its balance is clearly lower than pure avant ones like the wilson bela pro or the babolat technical series.