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Adidas Arrow Hit Carbon vs Arrow Hit Ctrl
The Arrow Hit Carbon is the better racket, 81 to 80: more power and handling. They cost about the same.
Our scores, updated 9 November 2026 · How we score
Score by score
How we score →The green bar wins the round. The Carbon takes 3 of the six, the Ctrl takes control and value, and sweet spot is level.
Feel is read from the core and the face until hardness is measured.
What is different
Face, weight and balance change between them; the rest is the same. Pick one to look closer.
Carbon against fibreglass: the Carbon's carbon is stiffer and more precise, the Ctrl's fibreglass is softer, gives the ball more pop at low speed and forgives more.
Edge: the Carbon, for precision
* The feel starts from the core's rated hardness (estimated from the core material where there is no rating), then the face: carbon 12K and up is firmer, fibreglass softer.
The Carbon is about 365 g lighter: quicker to the ball at the net. The Ctrl puts a little more weight behind a smash.
Edge: the Carbon, for quick hands
The balance point is not listed for both.
No edge either way
* Drawn to scale: a 455 mm racket in its shape's outline (traced from a real racket of that shape), with the balance point the shops list marked on it. Real rackets vary by a few millimetres.
About the same price: €194 and €202.
No edge either way
Specs from the makers and the shops that sell them. Weights are the maker's figures, not measured by us.
Which one sounds like you?
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Arrow Hit Carbon
Our score 81 · €194Skip it if you want more racket for the money: the Ctrl has 66 for value against its 0.
Arrow Hit Ctrl
Our score 80 · €202Skip it if you want more power: the Carbon has 80 for power against its 68.
Our recommendation for most players
The Arrow Hit Carbon
The higher score, 81 to 80.
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What other reviewers scored them
Out of 100, each linked to its page.
Our score
Carbon +1
Padelful
Has scored only the Ctrl
PadelReference
Has scored only the Ctrl
We do not change ours to match.
Your shape
What players said
1 player who own or have owned one of them told us how it plays. It is their word: it is not a review and does not count towards Our score.
Arrow Hit Carbon
No player has told us about the Carbon yet.
Arrow Hit Ctrl
1 of 1 liked it
Liked it 1No strong view 0Did not 0
Only 1 player so far: too few to rank what they said.
Our recommendation
Adidas Arrow Hit Carbon
The better racket, 81 to 80: more power and handling.
- Our score 81 against 80
- About 365 g lighter
- Carbon 3K face
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Questions
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Which is better, the Arrow Hit Carbon or the Arrow Hit Ctrl?
The Arrow Hit Carbon is the better racket, 81 to 80: more power and handling. They cost about the same.
What is the difference between the Arrow Hit Carbon and the Arrow Hit Ctrl?
Carbon against fibreglass: the Carbon's carbon is stiffer and more precise, the Ctrl's fibreglass is softer, gives the ball more pop at low speed and forgives more. The Carbon is about 365 g lighter: quicker to the ball at the net. The Ctrl puts a little more weight behind a smash. The balance point is not listed for both.
Which is better for power?
The Arrow Hit Carbon: power 80 against 68.
What is the price difference?
About the same price: €194 and €202.
