Bullpadel Elite 02 27 Padel Racket

Bullpadel builds a women's pro racket for several of its players, and three of them share the same Fibrix and MultiEVA recipe. Claudia Fernández's Wonder 27 is the quick, gentle one: Padelful scores its handling 9.2 and its power 6.8. Bea González's Pearl 27 is the opposite, a diamond scored 8.8 for power and 7.4 for handling. The Elite 02 sits almost exactly between them, at 7.6 for power and 8.2 for handling.

That middle position is the point of it. You get enough head weight to put a bandeja where you want it and finish a ball that sits up, without the slow hands of a diamond in a fast exchange.

Three things, and one of them you'll notice on the first rally. The hitting area grows from 524 cm² to 537 cm², which puts the Elite 02 above the standard Vertex 05 (530 cm²) and just short of the Vertex 05 Geo (541 cm²). Bullpadel also runs a new Total Channel around the frame to stiffen it against twisting, and keeps the balance at about 25.5 cm on its own scale.

The one you'll notice is the feel. Padelful rated the 26 medium-soft and rates the 02 medium, and the rebound score drops from 9.6 to 8.8. The old racket threw the ball deep with almost no effort; the new one asks for a fuller swing and gives you more say over where the ball goes. Power slips from 8.0 to 7.6 and control edges up from 7.9 to 8.0. If you loved the trampoline of the old Elite, try before you buy.

Padelful's testers liked it most at the net: quick hands on fast volleys, a generous ball off the face on blocks, and a bandeja that goes deep and where it's aimed. The sweet spot scores 8.4, and the bigger face helps there.

What it won't do is end a point with a flat smash from the service line. There isn't the mass for it, low driven lobs need good timing, and anyone used to a hard EVA core will find the feedback a little muted. For a player who builds the point and finishes with a vibora or a well-placed volley, that's a fair trade, and our guide to choosing a padel racket explains why most club players should make it.

No. A women's racket at Bullpadel means a lighter build and a player on the box, not a smaller head or a softer level of performance; the same rules cap every padel racket at 45.5 cm. Men who want a light frame for quick net play, juniors moving up to an adult racket and players nursing a sore arm all buy this weight class. Our padel rackets for women page explains the W labels across brands.

If you'd like an even livelier, lighter Elite and don't mind an older season, the Elite Light W 23 scores higher for rebound and handling. If 350 to 360 g feels too light once you're used to it, the frame takes Bullpadel's 3 g CustomWeight plates: a set of four 3 g CustomWeight weights adds up to 12 g where you choose to put it.

A light racket turns quickly in a sweaty hand, so a tacky overgrip earns its place: the fluorescent pink Bullpadel overgrip suits the colours, and our padel grips page covers thickness and when to change. The Bullpadel CustomWeight protector guards the frame and carries the same weight slots.

For balls, a tube of Bullpadel Next Pro suits competitive club play, and our padel balls page explains why fresh pressure matters. Quick footwork at the net needs grip on sand-dressed turf: Triay's own shoe line, the Elite 26V, or the wider women's padel shoes and padel shoes ranges cover that. The Bullpadel rackets page and the whole padel racket range show where to go next.