Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0 Review (2025)

Name: Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0
Brand: Drop Shot
Price: 113.95 EUR
Availability: InStock

The Axion Control 1.0 is Drop Shot's placement specialist: a head-light build with a Soft EVA core and 12K face scoring control 80, tolerance 77 and comfort 75, kind numbers with a premium face's clarity.

Reviewed by Álvaro Serrano

78Our score

Strongest

Control80
Value80
Sweet spot77
Power66
Handling74
Comfort75

No brand pays for a score. Every racket is scored with the same published method. Better than 36% of the 518 rackets we have scored.

Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0 padel racket, Round shape

Round · 360–370 g · 12K Textreme Carbon · EVA Soft Low Density · Head-light · Advanced

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Our verdict

What we loved

Four things it does better than most.

Value 80 for a 12K-faced control frame

Control 80 with genuine kindness (75/77)

Premium face clarity on touch shots

Head-light tune tames the mass

Worth knowing

Three things to know before you buy.

385 g: demo if you are light-armed

Power 66: no finishing help

Committed hitters will find it inert

Not for you if

385 g: demo if you are light-armed
Power 66: no finishing help
Committed hitters will find it inert

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Inside the frame

A 370 g round with a 12K Textreme Carbon face over a soft core, balanced head-light, built for advanced players.

Shape: Round
Weight: 360–370 g
Face: 12K Textreme Carbon
Core: EVA Soft Low Density
Balance: Head-light
Level: Advanced

How the core feelsSoft

Soft
Medium
Hard

About this core

A EVA soft core. 44% of the rackets we have scored sit in this band. Read from the core until we rate firmness ourselves.

The review

The catch is the scale: 385 g, so the head-light tune is doing real work (maneuverability 74) and lighter-armed players should demo honestly. Power 66 states the genre. Value 80 keeps the invoice sensible. For sturdy defenders and lobbers who want soft, precise and informative in one frame, it is a strong, slightly heavyweight answer to the control question.

Highlights

Top 11% for sweet spot, and in the bottom tenth for power.

Both are true at once, and between them they are the whole review. Our score is better than 36% of the 518 rackets we hold a score for.

The face12K Textreme CarbonMore in Inside the frame

The balanceHead-lightMore in Inside the frame

Sweet spot77 · better than 87%

Comfort75 · better than 79%

Value80 · better than 78%

Control80 · better than 77%

Handling74 · better than 61%

Our score78 · better than 36%

Power66 · better than 9%

Against the rest

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The adidas Metalbone Ctrl wins 4 of the 6 scores. This racket costs €91 less.

78This racket Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0

Control · Round

Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0

Control first, then value.

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Control · Round

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More power, by 12.

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Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0

€125

adidas Metalbone Ctrl

€216

PowerControlSweet spotComfortHandlingValue

This racketadidas Metalbone Ctrl

66Power+1278

80Control+1090

77+1Sweet spot76

75Comfort+176

74Handling+175

80+8Value72

€125Price€91 apart€216

370 gWeightThis racket is 10 g heavier360 g

SoftFeelSoft

Feel is the core's rated hardness (estimated from the core material where there is no rating), then the face.

Price

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The line

Two years of the Axion.

All versions we have scored, newest first. This racket is marked.

20264 versions · 70 to 82

Most power

Attack 2.082

Attack Soft81

Comfort 1.079

Attack Junior70

20252 versions · 78 to 82

Highest score

Attack 1.0 LTD82 This racketMost comfortableBest value

Control 1.078

Rankings

Top 5 in the one list it is in.

5The Axion lineof the 6 on the list

Questions

The Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0 is built for Advanced players, scoring 78/100 overall in our testing.

The Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0 is priced from €125 at PadelProShop. See the price comparison above for the latest deals across every retailer we track.

The Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0 has a round-shaped head, which keeps the weight lower in the frame. It is built for control and touch over raw power, and newer players usually find it easier than a diamond.

The Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0 weighs 360–370g with a Head-light balance.

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Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0 Review (2025)

Our verdict

Four things it does better than most.

Three things to know before you buy.

Not for you if

What players say

How would you rate it?

Score it on five things.

How much have you played it?

Worth the money?

Anything players should know?

Your rating is in.

Inside the frame

The review

Highlights

Top 11% for sweet spot, and in the bottom tenth for power.

Against the rest

The adidas Metalbone Ctrl wins 4 of the 6 scores. This racket costs €91 less.

This racket wins 4 of the 6 scores and costs €72 less.

The Oxdog Hyper Tour X 2.0 wins 5 of the 6 scores. This racket costs €100 less.

This racket wins 5 of the 6 scores and costs €120 less.

Drop Shot Axion Control 1.0

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Price

Our readers pay less at PadelProShop. It is already in the price.

The line

Two years of the Axion.

20264 versions · 70 to 82

20252 versions · 78 to 82

Rankings

Top 5 in the one list it is in.

Questions