“The Impact HL Red is Dunlop's budget attacker for the current season: a Soft EVA core under a fibreglass face producing power 70 with fair-to-firm terms (comfort 67, tolerance 66) and honest handling (68).”
69/100
PRR Score
Round
Shape
Soft EVA
Core
Even
Balance
Performance
Every metric, scored out of 100.
Its value score ranks in the top 13% of 1,000 rackets we’ve tested.
Power
High70
Control
Good64
Maneuverability
Good68
Sweet Spot
Good66
Comfort
Good67
Value
Very High80
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Power
Control
Maneuverability
Comfort
Sweet Spot
Value
PRR Score
69PRR Score
Inside the frame
What's inside
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CoreSoft EVA
Foam core determines feel and vibration damping.
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ShapeRound
Head shape affects sweet spot size and balance.
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SurfaceFibreglass
The texture of the outer face.
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BalanceEven
Balance point determines power vs. control trade-off.
Our verdict
The Impact HL Red is Dunlop's budget attacker for the current season: a Soft EVA core under a fibreglass face producing power 70 with fair-to-firm terms (comfort 67, tolerance 66) and honest handling (68). Weight documentation is incomplete. Value 80 keeps Dunlop's bench-money reliability intact. The card reads like the brand's whole budget shelf: keen enough to reward intent, kind enough to forgive the learning, priced to make the decision easy. As ever with Dunlop's carousel of near-twins, buy whichever edition is cheapest in stock this week.
This current-season budget attacker delivers genuinely honest, straightforward power: the Soft EVA core lands the keenness gently, and Dunlop's bench-money reliability holds up throughout. The buying logic here is genuinely easy. Weight isn't confirmed in our data, and control wants developing targets — Dunlop's own twin listings in the same range compete on price, worth comparing before buying this specific one.
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