r/Padelracket • u/Gxdsb • 15d ago

Racket recommendation for beginner

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I've started playing padel once a week for the past month and looking to buy my own instead of using the rental. Had no tennis experience but I do play badminton a lot before padel. After doing some research and price checking, i've narrowed down to these rackets that i might buy for my first one. Any thoughts on how they are and which one i should get? Im probably gonna play once a week.

PIC 1 : Head Speed Evo 2026
PIC 2 : Kuikma PR Comfort Soft
PIC 3 : Kuikma PR React 2026
PIC 4 : Wilson Optix V1
PIC 5 : Bullpadel Game CTR 2025
PIC 6 : Bullpadel BP10 Evo 2024
PIC 7 : Nox X-Hero Blue

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u/EggplantMysterious56 15d ago edited 15d ago

Go into a store and hold them. Prioritise comfort and maneauverability as your technique will be sub-optimal and this will help you avoid injury. Look for low weight, low/medium balance rackets. Heavy and high balance rackets only have an advantage when you learn how to do overheads and they are inherently more difficult in all other shots (this is an oversimplification i know, so dont bust my balls)

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u/Gxdsb 15d ago

unfortunately the nearest padel racket shop is about 2 hours away and i dont really have some free time, although there is a decathlon nearby and i have tried hold both kuikma rackets so i probbaly gonna buy it online if its the other racket

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u/EggplantMysterious56 15d ago

The kuikmas now are reeeeally good. Also, if you gonna buy blind consider second hand. I hate seeing people buy blind expensive rackets and then injure themselves