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Bullpadel Icon Cloud vs Ultimate Pro Smash
The Ultimate Pro Smash is the better racket, 86 to 83: more handling and power. The Icon costs €126 less.
Our scores, updated 9 July 2026 · How we score
Score by score
How we score →The green bar wins the round. The Ultimate takes 2 of the six, the Icon takes comfort and value, and control and sweet spot are level.
Feel is read from the core and the face until hardness is measured.
The €126 question
€126
more for the Ultimate. This is what it buys you.
- +6Handling78 against 72
- +4Power87 against 83
- 12KA 12K carbon faceagainst fibreglass: a stiffer face, a crisper answer on volleys
Worth it if these numbers are the ones you play for. If not, keep the €126: the Icon is 83 in Our score.
What is different
Face, balance and price change between them; the rest is the same. Pick one to look closer.
Carbon against fibreglass: the Ultimate's carbon is stiffer and more precise, the Icon's fibreglass is softer, gives the ball more pop at low speed and forgives more.
Edge: the Ultimate, 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, 370 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.
€126 apart at PadelProShop today. Under the launch price: Icon 39%. The Icon wins the value round, 80 to 64.
Edge: the Icon, for your wallet
Specs from the makers and the shops that sell them. Weights are the maker's figures, not measured by us.
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Icon Cloud
Our score 83 · €170Skip it if you want quicker hands: the Ultimate has 78 for handling against its 72.
Ultimate Pro Smash
Our score 86 · €296Skip it if you want more racket for the money: the Icon has 80 for value against its 64.
Our recommendation for most players
The Ultimate Pro Smash
The higher score, 86 to 83.
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What other reviewers scored them
Out of 100, each linked to its page.
Our score
Ultimate +3
PadelReference
Has scored only the Ultimate
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 Icon or the Ultimate yet. If you own one, two minutes drawing your shape puts your word here, beside the other players who own it.
Our recommendation
Oxdog Ultimate Pro Smash
The better racket, 86 to 83: more handling and power.
- Our score 86 against 83
- Carbon 12K face
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Questions
Straight answers.
Which is better, the Icon Cloud or the Ultimate Pro Smash?
The Ultimate Pro Smash is the better racket, 86 to 83: more handling and power. The Icon costs €126 less.
What is the difference between the Icon Cloud and the Ultimate Pro Smash?
Carbon against fibreglass: the Ultimate's carbon is stiffer and more precise, the Icon's fibreglass is softer, gives the ball more pop at low speed and forgives more. The same weight, 370 g. The balance point is not listed for both.
Which is better for handling?
The Ultimate Pro Smash: handling 78 against 72.
What is the price difference?
€126 apart at PadelProShop today. Under the launch price: Icon 39%. The Icon wins the value round, 80 to 64.
Ultimate Pro SmashBuy €296