Black Crown Pro Padel Balls Tube

A tube is the starting size. Three balls is enough for a hit with a friend, and it lets you judge the feel before you buy a stack. The dozen is the same ball as four tubes in one order, which suits anyone who opens a fresh tube weekly.

A rough way to choose: if you play once in a while, buy a tube. If you play every week, buy the dozen so a sealed tube is always waiting. The chart is an illustration, not a life figure, since Black Crown publishes none.

Most retailers call the Pro pressurised, with a rubber core and a hard-wearing felt, and one says pressureless. Felt is described three ways: 50% cotton, a high wool content, or synthetic. Treat all of it as marketing wording and read the tube when it arrives.

One Dutch retailer describes a reusable aluminium tube, and that is a single source. No listing states an FIP approval or a colour, so we do not claim either. For reference, a padel ball runs at roughly 10 to 11 psi, against about 14 psi for a new tennis ball, which is why tennis balls fly off the glass.

Once you crack the seal the pressure starts to leak, faster in heat and with hard hitting. Pop the lid on after play and keep the tube out of a hot car. A padel ball pressuriser such as the Head x4 slows the leak a little, though no maker puts a figure on it.

Our padel balls page lines up other brands for comparison, including the Babolat Court tube and Black Crown's own One dozen and One tube.

Anyone who needs a confirmed FIP-approved ball for a league should ask the organiser which balls count, since no listing says. Weekly players will find a tube runs out quickly, and the dozen is simpler.

To go with the balls, browse padel rackets such as the control-minded Black Crown Piton, plus padel grips and padel shoes.