Nox ML10 Hexa Padel Shoes 2026 (Unisex)

Start at the bottom. The outsole is natural gum rubber, the caramel-brown stuff, moulded into a hybrid of herringbone channels and small studs. Nox's AT10 shoes use the same pattern, and it's a sensible one for British clubs, where the artificial grass can be sandy one week and swept the next. Above it sits a low-density injected phylon midsole and an Ortholite insole.

The upper is cut in a grid to stay flexible, then reinforced where shoes usually fail: polymer at the toe cap and around the eyelets, TPU at the heel, and an AbraXone lining on the inside edge that takes the drag on lateral pushes. Padel Shack says the fabrics wear better than the 2025 version's.

Nox also lists AGG, its name for a raised heel drop that tips you slightly forward into the ready position. No listing gives the drop in millimetres, and none gives a weight we trust, so we've left both out rather than guess.

This is the unisex pair, so it runs on Nox's standard chart rather than a women's last. The chart goes from EU 36, a 23.3 cm foot, to EU 48 at 31.3 cm, and puts EU 45 at a UK 10. Spanish brands often size differently from the trainers in your hallway, so measure your foot in centimetres, standing, late in the day, and pick from that.

If you normally wear women's-specific trainers, try a unisex pair on at home before you take the tags off; our women's padel shoes page has pairs cut for women's feet. For a smaller unisex size on a pure herringbone sole, the Salming Rebel comes in UK 4.5 and 5.5.

All three Nox shoes share the hybrid sole idea and an Ortholite insole. The difference is the upper. The AT10 Lux is the light, sock-fit premium shoe at 411 g; the AT10 Pro is a little heavier with a TPU-braced mesh and a reinforced toe. The Hexa sits closer to the Pro in spirit, with its TPU heel and reinforced toe cap, but it's the only one listed with a gum rubber sole.

Prefer a darker shoe? The men's ML10 Hexa comes in darker colourways, and the 2024 white and apricot Hexa is the earlier edition. Want the opposite of the Hexa's firm heel? Nox's Nerbo is the flexible one, with a sock collar.

Club players on two or three sessions a week who play wherever they can get a court, indoors and out, and want a shoe that holds the heel firmly on quick changes of direction. It's also a tidy choice if your club frowns on loud colours. Beginners will be well served too; a good sole matters more than a good racket in your first months, and our beginner padel rackets page covers the other half of the kit.

Knock the sand out after every session and let them dry at room temperature, never on a radiator, which can loosen glue and warp the midsole. Keep them for court only; pavements grind down any padel sole. When the herringbone at the ball of the foot goes smooth, they've stopped gripping, whatever the uppers look like.

To complete the kit, the round ML10 Pro Cup is Lamperti's long-running control racket, and our men's padel shoes page has more pairs if you want to compare. New to the sport? Read how to choose a padel racket.