Compare
Adidas Cross IT Carbon vs Cross It Light
The Cross IT Carbon is the better racket, 83 to 80: more power. They cost about the same.
Our scores, updated 7 July 2026 · How we score
Score by score
How we score →The green bar wins the round. The Carbon takes 1 of the six, the Light takes control and sweet spot and comfort and handling and value.
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.
24K packs 24,000 carbon filaments into each thread against 6,000: a stiffer face that answers sooner on volleys. The Carbon's 6K is a little softer and gives you more time when you are late.
Edge: the Light, 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 Light is about 15 g lighter: quicker to the ball at the net. The Carbon puts a little more weight behind a smash.
Edge: the Light, for quick hands
Where each one balances, measured from the end of the handle. The lower the point, the more of the weight sits in your hand: the Light at 240 mm, the Carbon at 265 mm.
Edge: the Light, for your arm
* 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: €179 and €171.
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?
Tap every line that sounds like you.
Cross IT Carbon
Our score 83 · €179Skip it if you want quicker hands: the Light has 86 for handling against its 72.
Cross It Light
Our score 80 · €171Skip it if you want more power: the Carbon has 82 for power against its 66.
Our recommendation for most players
The Cross IT Carbon
The higher score, 83 to 80.
Not sure of your level? Padel DNA matches rackets to how you play.
What other reviewers scored them
Out of 100, each linked to its page.
Our score
Carbon +3
Padelful
Has scored only the Light
PadelReference
Has scored only the Light
We do not change ours to match.
Your shape
What players said
Players who own a racket tell us how it plays. It is their word: it is not a review and does not count towards Our score.
No player has told us about the Carbon or the Light yet. If you own one, two minutes drawing your shape puts your word here, beside the other players who own it.
Our recommendation
Adidas Cross IT Carbon
The better racket, 83 to 80: more power.
- Our score 83 against 80
- Carbon 6K face
When you buy through PadelProShop we earn a commission. It never changes a score.
Price alert
Share the cards
The comparison as two cards, for a post, a story or a group chat.
Download
Or share the page
Before you buy
Questions
Straight answers.
Which is better, the Cross IT Carbon or the Cross It Light?
The Cross IT Carbon is the better racket, 83 to 80: more power. They cost about the same.
What is the difference between the Cross IT Carbon and the Cross It Light?
24K packs 24,000 carbon filaments into each thread against 6,000: a stiffer face that answers sooner on volleys. The Carbon's 6K is a little softer and gives you more time when you are late. The Light is about 15 g lighter: quicker to the ball at the net. The Carbon puts a little more weight behind a smash. Where each one balances, measured from the end of the handle. The lower the point, the more of the weight sits in your hand: the Light at 240 mm, the Carbon at 265 mm.
Which is better for power?
The Cross IT Carbon: power 82 against 66.
What is the price difference?
About the same price: €179 and €171.
