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Head vs Vibor A
Vibor-A ranks higher: 9th of 52 in our brand ranking, against HEAD's 40th. Both lean to all-round play (36% and 59% of their rackets). HEAD costs less: half its rackets are under €120, against €180.
Our scores, updated 9 November 2026 · How we score
Which one for your game
The best HEAD and the best Vibor-A on sale today for each need, side by side. The brand ranking weighs every racket a brand sells; here only the best one counts.
HEAD wins overall: 93 against 84.
HEAD wins for power: 97 against 86.
HEAD wins for control: 85 against 82.
HEAD wins for comfort: 82 against 76.
No Vibor-A racket on sale for beginners today, so HEAD takes it.
Vibor-A
None on sale for beginners today
No HEAD racket on sale for women's models today, so Vibor-A takes it.
HEAD
None on sale for women's models today
HEAD wins for under €150: 86 against 78.
What each makes
Each bar splits a brand's rackets into power, all-round and control, so you can see which way it leans.
- Power
- All-round
- Control
Which suits you
Finding the one that suits how you play
Score by score, on average
How we score →Every scored racket of each brand, averaged. The green bar wins the round: Vibor A takes power, Head the other 5.
Who they are
Where each comes from and what it is known for, from the brands' own pages and the press.
HEAD
- Making padel rackets since
- 2000
- Brand ranking
- 40th of 52 (brand score 79.3)
- On tour
- Arturo Coello (Coello Pro and Coello Motion)
Its padel story starts in Argentina in 1989, when Billy Mosche made the first rackets under licence. HEAD Padel itself began in 2000, when Eduardo Vieytes, HEAD's man in Argentina, built a team of designers.
HEAD; AnalistasPadelVibor-A
- From
- Spain
- Based in
- Madrid
- Making padel rackets since
- 2011
- Brand ranking
- 9th of 52 (brand score 79.8)
Its name plays on víbora, Spanish for viper, and so do its lines: Black Mamba, Yarara, King Cobra. Its newest rackets are named after snake species.
Vibor-AWhat shape they make
Head makes more teardrops than any other head (16 of 30); Vibor A makes more hybrids than any other head (8 of 13).
Head
Vibor A
The best of each
Our four highest scores in each brand.
The best Head
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Questions
Straight answers.
Is HEAD or Vibor-A better?
Vibor-A ranks higher in our brand ranking, 9th of 52 against 40th for HEAD. Which suits you depends on your game: HEAD has the better racket for overall, power, control, comfort, beginners and under €150, Vibor-A for women's models.
Which is cheaper, HEAD or Vibor-A?
HEAD: half its rackets are under €120, against €180 for Vibor-A, at today's prices.
Is HEAD or Vibor-A better for power?
HEAD: the Coello Motion scores 97 for power against 86 for the Black Mamba Pro 2.0. 28% of HEAD's rackets are power rackets, against 19% of Vibor-A's.
Is HEAD or Vibor-A better for control?
HEAD: the Extreme Motion scores 85 for control against 82 for the Diva Elite. 36% of HEAD's rackets are control rackets, against 22% of Vibor-A's.