adidas RX Series Light 2026 Padel Racket

The standard adidas RX Series is a 360 to 375 g racket; the Light is listed 15 g lighter. Everything else you can compare is the same: fibreglass face, soft EVA core, comfortable response. A lighter frame is easier to swing and kinder to the elbow, and it is quicker to react at the net. The standard has a little more stability behind the ball.

Choose the Light if you are smaller, newer to racket sports, or you play long evenings and your arm tires. Choose the standard if you are tall, strong or coming from tennis.

Padelful's page describes a racket that is light in the hand and calm on contact. The takeaways it gathers say the same: very quick, easy handling, a generous, forgiving sweet spot and comfortable bandejas and víboras. One source suggests it suits intermediates who want control and manoeuvrability; another points at recreational players and beginners.

What it lacks is bite. Padelful lists limited smash power and a lack of heavy overhead bite, and nothing here is built for aggressive finishing. A fibreglass face on a light frame will not get the ball off the bat at 100 km/h, and it will not try.

The Padelful page carries a weight of 310 to 330 and calls the shape a tear, while its own takeaways describe a round racket, and retailers list 345 to 360 g. We use the retailer weight and say so. Treat the exact figure as a range until the racket is in your hands.

The materials are not in doubt: a fibreglass face and a soft EVA core. Balance is described as medium by one source, and we could not find a millimetre figure.

Players who stay on a racket like this for six to twelve months usually leave because they want more pace (the Royal Padel M27 Light is a carbon step up in control). The natural step up is the fibreglass Metalbone Team Light, which Padelful scores at 8.2 (the even softer Metalbone Superlight is the easiest swing of the lot), and then a carbon racket such as the Metalbone Carbon Ctrl. Our intermediate padel racket page compares the whole field.

A racket protector goes on first. Add the adidas overgrip 3-pack and see the padel grips page for the rest. Fresh adidas Speed RX balls and our padel balls guide cover the next part, and padel shoes matter because trainers slide on sand.

Compare it with other starters on the beginner padel racket page, see budget picks on the cheap padel racket page and women's options on the women's padel racket page. Our guide to choosing a padel racket explains shapes, and the full padel racket range covers everything else.