Bullpadel XPLO 2026 Padel Racket

Bullpadel calls the XPLO 2026 the most powerful racket it has ever made. It's a head-heavy diamond for advanced players with an attacking game, the kind who do most of their damage overhead and want the racket to add pace to every smash.

• Shape: Geometric diamond
• Weight: 365 to 375 g
• Balance: High (head-heavy)
• Thickness: 38 mm
• Face: X-Tend Carbon 12K
• Hitting surface: Rough 3D finish
• Core: MultiEVA, three layers
• Frame: Hexature hexagonal carbon tube
• Level: Advanced

The frame is wider at the 2 and 10 o'clock positions, which moves weight up toward the head and gives you more contact area in the top of the face. That high balance raises the racket's moment of inertia, so on a downward swing the head keeps travelling through the ball and adds power your arm doesn't have to create. The cost is speed of handling. A racket this head-heavy is slower to bring around in quick exchanges at the net, which is why it suits players whose technique is already settled.

Inside, the Geometric Core uses a double diagonal reinforcement in the upper section to cut down twisting and flex on impact, plus two structural reinforcements lower down near the throat. The frame itself is built on Hexature, a hexagonal tubular structure that Bullpadel made 3 mm thicker for this model to add stability, resist torsion, and help the racket hold up over time. Air Power opens the lower side channel of the frame by 50% for faster acceleration through the swing, and the Wave System balances flex against stiffness so more of your energy reaches the ball and less comes back as vibration.

The face is X-Tend Carbon 12K, twelve thousand carbon filaments per strand woven biaxially into a more open, lighter laminate and bonded with high-modulus epoxy resin. The hole pattern was redrawn for this racket with no drilling along the centre line, which stiffens the face and gives it a dry, hard feel. Under that sits a MultiEVA core in a three-layer sandwich: two denser outer layers that respond fast on full swings, and a softer inner layer that adds some forgiveness and comfort on slower balls.

A stiff power frame can be hard on the arm, so Bullpadel has stacked several comfort systems into it. Four Ease Vibe dampeners sit in the face, and testing at the Polytechnic University of Madrid found they absorb up to 49% of impact vibration. The Hesacore grip uses an anti-vibration elastomer and a honeycomb surface your fingers settle into, and Vibradrive splits the handle lengthwise with a highly elastic insert that soaks up off-centre hits.

If you want the balance even more extreme, the CustomWeight system has been moved to the tip for the XPLO, letting you add 3, 6, or 9 g to push the weight further toward the head. To carry it, the matching XPLO backpack is cut from the same 2026 line.