Independent padel racket data
Padel rackets, rated from specs you can check
Every number here links to the page that published it. Every rating comes from a formula printed in full. No play-test opinions, no paid placement.
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Why the numbers can be checked
Every spec has a source
Each figure links to the page that published it, with the original wording. A racket that cannot show its sources is held back.
The formula is printed
Five inputs, five ratings, every weight on the methodology page. Each racket page shows its own arithmetic.
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Ratings are computed from specs by code that has no idea which retailer pays. How the site earns.
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How are the ratings calculated?
From five specifications the manufacturer publishes: shape, balance, weight, core firmness and face material. Each rating is a weighted sum of those inputs, and the full formula with every weight is on the methodology page.
Are the rackets tested on court?
No. Ratings describe what a racket's published build favours. They are a model, not a play test or a laboratory measurement, and every racket page says so.
What happens when a manufacturer does not publish a spec?
It is shown as not published and counts as the neutral midpoint in the ratings. Nothing is filled in from memory or from a similar model. A racket with too few published specs is held back and listed as held back.
Does carbon 18K play differently from 12K or 3K?
Manufacturers disagree with each other on the direction, and the one engineering source we found says the weave count has little direct effect on performance. So the weave count is shown on every racket page and scored nowhere.
How does the site make money?
From commission on some retailer links. A commission cannot change a rating, because ratings are computed from published specs by code that does not know which retailers pay. See the disclosure.