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Adidas Metalbone Carbon Ctrl vs Equation Advanced Soft
The Metalbone Carbon Ctrl is the better racket, 83 to 75: more control and sweet spot. The Equation is not at PadelProShop right now.
Our scores, updated 8 November 2026 · How we score
Score by score
How we score →The green bar wins the round. The Carbon Ctrl takes 5 of the six, the Equation takes value.
Feel is read from the core and the face until hardness is measured.
What is different
Face, balance and price change between them; the rest is the same. Pick one to look closer.
6K packs 6,000 carbon filaments into each thread against 3,000: a stiffer face that answers sooner on volleys. The Equation's 3K is a little softer and gives you more time when you are late.
Edge: the Carbon Ctrl, 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 same weight, 360 to 375 g.
No edge either way
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.
Only the Carbon Ctrl is at PadelProShop right now, at €152.
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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Metalbone Carbon Ctrl
Our score 83 · €152Skip it if you want more racket for the money: the Equation has 84 for value against its 76.
Equation Advanced Soft
Our score 75 · not in stockSkip it if you want more control: the Carbon Ctrl has 85 for control against its 73.
Our recommendation for most players
The Metalbone Carbon Ctrl
The higher score, 83 to 75.
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What other reviewers scored them
Out of 100, each linked to its page.
Our score
Carbon Ctrl +8
Padelful
Carbon Ctrl +9
Padel.fyi
Has scored only the Carbon Ctrl
PadelReference
Has scored only the Equation
1 of the 1 other site that scored both puts the same one ahead. We do not change ours to match.
Your shape
What players said
11 players 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.
Metalbone Carbon Ctrl
5 of 11 liked it
Liked it 5No strong view 3Did not 3
What they said, by how many said it
Equation Advanced Soft
No player has told us about the Equation yet.
Our recommendation
Adidas Metalbone Carbon Ctrl
The better racket, 83 to 75: more control and sweet spot.
- 5 of 6 scores
- Carbon 6K face
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Or the Equation Advanced SoftNot at PadelProShop right now · Our score 75
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Questions
Straight answers.
Which is better, the Metalbone Carbon Ctrl or the Equation Advanced Soft?
The Metalbone Carbon Ctrl is the better racket, 83 to 75: more control and sweet spot. The Equation is not at PadelProShop right now.
What is the difference between the Metalbone Carbon Ctrl and the Equation Advanced Soft?
6K packs 6,000 carbon filaments into each thread against 3,000: a stiffer face that answers sooner on volleys. The Equation's 3K is a little softer and gives you more time when you are late. The same weight, 360 to 375 g. The balance point is not listed for both.
Which is better for control?
The Metalbone Carbon Ctrl: control 85 against 73.
What is the price difference?
Only the Carbon Ctrl is at PadelProShop right now, at €152.
