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RS Sports

RS Sports Prime Cobra Review (2026)

Cobra Light 2.0 shaves weight off the standard Cobra Edition and shifts the balance toward the handle, making an already-forgiving allround racket even easier to swing.

Reviewed by Carlos Ruiz
74Our score
Strongest
  • Sweet spot82
  • Value82
  • Handling78

No brand pays for a score. Every racket is scored with the same published method. Better than 16% of the 518 rackets we have scored.

RS Sports Prime Cobra padel racket, Round shape

Round · 360–370 g · 3 layers of fibreglass · Super-soft Black EVA · Intermediate

Also at 2 more retailers

Our verdict

What we loved

Three things it does better than most.

Very forgiving and easy to swing - a strong true-beginner option
High tolerance means mishits still stay playable
Same comfortable EVA Soft construction as the standard Cobra at a similar price
Worth knowing

Two things to know before you buy.

Power is minimal by design - players will want to size up once technique develops
Newer brand with limited long-term track record

Not for you if

  • Power is minimal by design - players will want to size up once technique develops
  • Newer brand with limited long-term track record

What players say

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Inside the frame

A 370 g round with a 3 layers of fibreglass face over a soft core, built for intermediate players.

Shape
Round
Weight
360–370 g
Face
3 layers of fibreglass
Core
Super-soft Black EVA
Level
Intermediate
How the core feelsSoft
  1. Soft
  2. Medium
  3. 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.

RS Sports Prime Cobra

The review

Cobra Light 2.0 shaves weight off the standard Cobra Edition and shifts the balance toward the handle, making an already-forgiving allround racket even easier to swing.

It is aimed squarely at beginners and lighter-framed players who want comfort and control over any power at all.

Highlights

Top 3% 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 17% of the 518 rackets we hold a score for.

Best scoreSweet spot, 82More in Our score
Lowest scorePower, 54More in Our score
Sweet spot82 · better than 96%
Value82 · better than 88%
Handling78 · better than 85%
Comfort76 · better than 82%
Control76 · better than 61%
Our score74 · better than 17%
Power54 · better than 0%

Against the rest

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This racket wins 3 of the 6 scores.

74RS Sports Prime Cobra

RS Sports Prime Cobra

88adidas Metalbone Ctrl

adidas Metalbone Ctrl

€216

PowerControlSweet spotComfortHandlingValue
This racketadidas Metalbone Ctrl
54Power+2478
76Control+1490
82+6Sweet spot76
76Comfort76
78+3Handling75
82+10Value72
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

RS Sports Prime Cobra
Shop RS Sports Prime Cobra at PadelProShop
01TennisPoint ES€80€135Buy02TennisPoint UKUK price & delivery only£70 (€84)£117Buy

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The line

One year of the Cobra.

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

20262 versions · 74

This racketHighest scoreMost comfortableBest value
RS Sports Prime Cobra 2026
Cobra74Most power
RS Sports Prime Cobra Light 2026
Cobra Light74

Rankings

Top 5 in the one list it is in.

Questions

The RS Sports Prime Cobra is built for Intermediate players, scoring 74/100 overall in our testing.

The RS Sports Prime Cobra is priced from €80 at PadelProShop. See the price comparison above for the latest deals across every retailer we track.

The RS Sports Prime Cobra 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.