Drop Shot Explorer Pro Control 1.0 Review (2025)

Name: Drop Shot Explorer Pro Control 1.0
Brand: Drop Shot
Price: 99.95 EUR
Availability: InStock

The Explorer Pro Control 1.0 points Drop Shot's entry platform at placement: a head-light build with a Soft EVA core and 12K face scoring control 76 with kind terms (comfort 73, tolerance 75) and honest handling (73).

Reviewed by Álvaro Serrano

76Our score

Strongest

Value78
Control76
Sweet spot75
Power66
Handling73
Comfort73

No brand pays for a score. Every racket is scored with the same published method. Better than 24% of the 518 rackets we have scored.

Drop Shot Explorer Pro 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.

12K face at entry-control money

Kind terms for the learning curve (73/75)

Value 78: cheap commitment to placement

Head-light punctuality

Worth knowing

Three things to know before you buy.

Weight spec incomplete: verify in hand

Power 66: no finishing help ever

Improving attackers should look elsewhere

Not for you if

Weight spec incomplete: verify in hand
Power 66: no finishing help ever
Improving attackers should look elsewhere

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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

Power 66 states the brief plainly. Weight documentation is incomplete, so check the specimen. Value 78 keeps the entry-control arithmetic attractive: a premium face on a forgiving platform at starter money. For beginners and improvers who already know their game is placement-first, this is a thoughtful, inexpensive commitment to that identity.

Highlights

Top 21% 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 25% 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 spot75 · better than 75%

Comfort73 · better than 65%

Value78 · better than 65%

Control76 · better than 61%

Handling73 · better than 56%

Our score76 · better than 25%

Power66 · better than 9%

Against the rest

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The adidas Metalbone Ctrl wins 5 of the 6 scores. This racket costs €64 less.

76This racket Drop Shot Explorer Pro Control 1.0

Control · Round

Drop Shot Explorer Pro Control 1.0

Value first, then control.

€152€24037% offRead our review

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Control · Round

adidas Metalbone Ctrl

More control, by 14.

€216€39045% offRead our review

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Drop Shot Explorer Pro Control 1.0

€152

adidas Metalbone Ctrl

€216

PowerControlSweet spotComfortHandlingValue

This racketadidas Metalbone Ctrl

66Power+1278

76Control+1490

75Sweet spot+176

73Comfort+376

73Handling+275

78+6Value72

€152Price€64 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

Drop Shot Explorer Pro Control 1.0 · at PadelProShop

€152

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The line

Two years of the Explorer.

Not necessarily this one. The Soft W scores 77 at €116, €36 less than this racket's 76 at €152.

20265 versions · 76 to 82

Highest scoreMost powerMost comfortable

Pro Attack 2.082

Soft W77

Pro Attack Soft77

Pro Comfort 2.076

9.076

20253 versions · 75 to 76

Best value

Pro Comfort 1.076 This racket

Pro Control 1.076

8.075

Rankings

Top 5 in the one list it is in.

4The Explorer lineof the 8 on the list

Questions

The Drop Shot Explorer Pro Control 1.0 is built for Advanced players, scoring 76/100 overall in our testing.

The Drop Shot Explorer Pro Control 1.0 is priced from €152 at PadelProShop. See the price comparison above for the latest deals across every retailer we track.

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

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Drop Shot Explorer Pro 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 21% for sweet spot, and in the bottom tenth for power.

Against the rest

The adidas Metalbone Ctrl wins 5 of the 6 scores. This racket costs €64 less.

This racket wins 4 of the 6 scores and costs €45 less.

The Oxdog Hyper Tour X 2.0 wins 5 of the 6 scores. This racket costs €73 less.

This racket wins 5 of the 6 scores and costs €93 less.

Drop Shot Explorer Pro Control 1.0

adidas Metalbone Ctrl

Bullpadel Vertex 05 Hybrid

Oxdog Hyper Tour X 2.0

Babolat Technical Viper 3.0

Price

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

The line

Two years of the Explorer.

20265 versions · 76 to 82

20253 versions · 75 to 76

Rankings

Top 5 in the one list it is in.

Questions