adidas Cross It Carbon Review (2025)

Name: adidas Cross It Carbon
Brand: adidas
Price: 179.1 EUR
Availability: InStock

Maxi Arce's Cross IT Carbon is adidas's mid-tier signature done sensibly: an EVA Performance core with a 6K carbon face producing power 82 that attacks convincingly at club level, and control 74 that keeps the rest of the game intact.

Reviewed by Álvaro Serrano

83Our score

Strongest

Power82
Control74
Value74
Handling72
Sweet spot69
Comfort70

No brand pays for a score. Every racket is scored with the same published method. Better than 67% of the 518 rackets we have scored.

adidas Cross It Carbon padel racket, Diamond shape

Diamond · 360–375 g · 6K Carbon · EVA Soft Performance · Head-heavy · Professional

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Our verdict

What we loved

Four things it does better than most.

Balanced 82/74 card suits developing attackers

6K face keeps feedback lively without harshness

Comfort 70: plays nicely across long sessions

Signature detail at mid-tier pricing

Worth knowing

Three things to know before you buy.

Weight and balance spec incomplete: check in hand

No standout strength for specialists

Flagship Cross IT versions hit harder

Not for you if

Weight and balance spec incomplete: check in hand
No standout strength for specialists
Flagship Cross IT versions hit harder

Inside the frame

A 375 g diamond with a 6K Carbon face over a soft core, balanced head-heavy, built for professional players.

Shape: Diamond
Weight: 360–375 g
Face: 6K Carbon
Core: EVA Soft Performance
Balance: Head-heavy
Level: Professional

How the core feelsSoft

Soft
Medium
Hard

About this core

A EVA soft core. 44% of the rackets we have scored sit in this band. Read from the core until we rate firmness ourselves.

The review

Comfort 70 and tolerance 69 are fair, liveable numbers, and maneuverability 72 keeps the frame prompt. Weight and balance documentation is incomplete for this build, so confirm in hand. Value 74 is honest for a signature edition. For intermediates who want a name on the throat without flagship demands or flagship prices, the Arce Cross IT is a balanced, unintimidating buy.

Highlights

Top 28% of everything we have scored, and in the bottom half for value.

Both are true at once, and between them they are the whole review. Our score is better than 68% of the 518 rackets we hold a score for.

The face6K CarbonMore in Inside the frame

The balanceHead-heavyMore in Inside the frame

Our score83 · better than 68%

Power82 · better than 67%

Control74 · better than 50%

Handling72 · better than 41%

Sweet spot69 · better than 41%

Comfort70 · better than 41%

Value74 · better than 37%

Against the rest

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This racket wins 4 of the 6 scores and costs €66 less.

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adidas Cross It Carbon

€179

Babolat Technical Viper 3.0

€245

PowerControlSweet spotComfortHandlingValue

This racketBabolat Technical Viper 3.0

82Power+1294

74Control74

69+8Sweet spot61

70+8Comfort62

72+6Handling66

74+2Value72

€179Price€66 apart€245

375 gWeightThis racket is 5 g heavier370 g

SoftFeelFirm

Feel is the core's rated hardness (estimated from the core material where there is no rating), then the face.

Price

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The line

Three years of the Cross It.

All versions we have scored, newest first. This racket is marked.

About the Cross It line

The Cross It is Adidas's all-court series: the rounder, more forgiving counterpart to the Metalbone, and the line associated with Marta Ortega on the women's tour. Its brief is balance: enough bite to attack when the ball sits up, enough sweet spot to defend without punishment. The family follows Adidas's familiar trim structure (mainline, Pro EDT at the top, Carbon and Team below), and the Pro EDT editions have been the quiet overachievers of the range, scoring 87 with us.

The Cross It Pro EDT (87 on our score) is the best racket in the line and one of the best all-court frames Adidas makes, so buy it if it fits your budget. The standard Cross It 3.4 (82 on our score) and Carbon 2026 (84 on our score) are solid steps down, and the Team trim covers improvers. Attackers should look at the Metalbone instead.

Rankings

Top 5 in the one list it is in.

1The Cross It lineof the 13 on the list

Questions

The adidas Cross It Carbon is built for Professional players, scoring 83/100 overall in our testing.

The adidas Cross It Carbon is priced from €179 at PadelProShop. See the price comparison above for the latest deals across every retailer we track.

The adidas Cross It Carbon has a diamond-shaped head, which puts more of the weight toward the top of the frame for power on smashes and overheads. It asks more of your timing: newer players get on with diamonds less easily.

Yes — use the year selector above to see how this year's adidas Cross It Carbon compares to earlier editions.

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Our verdict

Four things it does better than most.

Three things to know before you buy.

Not for you if

Inside the frame

The review

Highlights

Top 28% of everything we have scored, and in the bottom half for value.

Against the rest

This racket wins 4 of the 6 scores and costs €66 less.

The adidas Metalbone wins 5 of the 6 scores. This racket costs €28 less.

This racket wins 4 of the 6 scores.

The HEAD Coello Motion wins 5 of the 6 scores. They cost the same.

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Price

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The line

Three years of the Cross It.

20266 versions · 75 to 83

20256 versions · 76 to 83

20241 version · 79

Rankings

Top 5 in the one list it is in.

Questions

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