Pallap Evoforce Dark Star Padel Racket

Retailer listings treat the two Star rackets as a weight choice within the same frame, but a review from padel-magazine.co.uk shows they're built differently throughout. Bright Star uses an Impulse 2 Layer core (an EVA foam paired with a separate PN layer) and a 15K Alumatrix Carbon face. Dark Star uses what Pallap calls 3VA foam in a 28/40/28 tri-layer construction, with a rigid central section, and a different face material, Carbon Pura 12K CX, on a Dual Carbon frame reinforced with something Pallap brands 3D Lightning.

The result, per that review, is a racket built for raw efficiency: powerful smashes and a lively response off the face that doesn't go dead on a dry, slower-paced shot. It's a deliberately different tool from Bright Star, not a heavier version of the same one. Oddly, the Impulse 2 Layer core Bright Star uses turns up again on the Evoforce Elite, a tier up, rather than on Dark Star, so the tier names don't map neatly onto shared technology.

Tennis Warehouse Europe measures the balance at 255 to 260mm, slightly higher up the frame than Bright Star's 250 to 255mm, and a review describes the feel as head-heavy but manageable rather than extreme. Our own catalogue tag for this racket currently says low balance, which conflicts with both of those independent sources. We're flagging it here rather than quietly rewriting our own tag or pretending the conflict doesn't exist; treat the head-heavy description as the better-supported one until we can check a unit against the box.

Most sources agree on 360 to 365g, matching Tennis Warehouse Europe and the UK stockist's own listing. One 2026-dated retail page gives a wider window of 360 to 375g, which may include a newer production run or simply a looser tolerance; we've gone with the narrower, more widely supported figure.

Advanced players with a committed swing who want a racket that rewards hitting the ball hard: finishers at the net, players who smash often, and anyone who found the Evoforce Bright Star too light to put real weight behind the ball. Our advanced padel rackets page sets it against Bullpadel, Siux, Varlion and Oxdog's equivalents.

A head-heavy racket benefits from a protector fitted early; see our padel racket protector range. An overgrip from padel grip adds a little weight back at the handle if the balance feels too extreme out of the box.

Pair it with fresh balls from our padel balls range and a padel bag with a thermal pocket. Add padel shoes for sand-filled turf, see the full padel racket range, and our guide on how to choose a padel racket if you're still deciding between shapes.