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Drop Shot Explorer Pro Attack Soft vs Explorer Soft Women
The Explorer Pro Attack Soft and the Explorer Soft Women score the same, 77. The Soft Women costs €23 less.
Our scores, updated 11 June 2026 · How we score
Score by score
How we score →The green bar wins the round. The Pro Attack Soft takes 2 of the six, the Soft Women takes power and handling, and sweet spot and value are level.
Feel is read from the core and the face until hardness is measured.
What is different
Face, weight and price change between them; the rest is the same. Pick one to look closer.
Carbon against fibreglass: the Pro Attack Soft's carbon is stiffer and more precise, the Soft Women's fibreglass is softer, gives the ball more pop at low speed and forgives more.
Edge: the Pro Attack Soft, 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.
About the same weight: 360 to 375 g and 355 to 365 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.
€23 apart at PadelProShop today. Under the launch price: Pro Attack Soft 50%, Soft Women 45%.
Edge: the Soft Women, 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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Explorer Pro Attack Soft
Our score 77 · €139Skip it if you want more power: the Soft Women has 74 for power against its 72.
Explorer Soft Women
Our score 77 · €116Skip it if you want more control: the Pro Attack Soft has 73 for control against its 71.
Our recommendation for most players
The Explorer Pro Attack Soft
The higher score, 77 to 77.
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What other reviewers scored them
Out of 100, each linked to its page.
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Padelful
Has scored only the Pro Attack Soft
PadelReference
Has scored only the Pro Attack Soft
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 Pro Attack Soft or the Soft Women yet. If you own one, two minutes drawing your shape puts your word here, beside the other players who own it.
Our recommendation
Drop Shot Explorer Pro Attack Soft
The better racket, 77 to 77: more control and comfort.
- Our score 77 against 77
- Carbon 12K face
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Questions
Straight answers.
Which is better, the Explorer Pro Attack Soft or the Explorer Soft Women?
The Explorer Pro Attack Soft and the Explorer Soft Women score the same, 77. The Soft Women costs €23 less.
What is the difference between the Explorer Pro Attack Soft and the Explorer Soft Women?
Carbon against fibreglass: the Pro Attack Soft's carbon is stiffer and more precise, the Soft Women's fibreglass is softer, gives the ball more pop at low speed and forgives more. About the same weight: 360 to 375 g and 355 to 365 g. The balance point is not listed for both.
Which is better for control?
The Explorer Pro Attack Soft: control 73 against 71.
What is the price difference?
€23 apart at PadelProShop today. Under the launch price: Pro Attack Soft 50%, Soft Women 45%.
