Adidas Metalbone 3.4 2025 Reviews

Feels way more explosive on overheads with the 2025 update than last year's model because the longer handle gives you serious leverage. The head has a nice cushioned rebound where the ball sinks in and fires right back out with extra pace. Moving the weight tracks higher up on the neck also frees up room if you like using a two-handed backhand. That said, it's noticeably head-heavy and the sweet spot is smaller and higher up than before. If you aren't consistently centering the ball, you'll struggle with mishits and might prefer the rounder Control version instead.

Got a longer 13 cm handle and reactive soft core, so swinging overhead feels much punchier this year. You'll get easy ball speed on víboras and kick smashes without swinging out of your shoes. Still, the sharper diamond mold shrinks the sweet spot and makes defense slower, so taking out the frame screws helps.

After about 10 rackets, the original Metalbone 3.4 (2025) is perfect for them: easy to defend with good power, and much better for them than the Babolat Air Viper.

Tried it and found it amazing: light and comfortable to swing, letting them play more aggressively despite preferring control rackets.

Noticeably more power and arm comfort than stiffer rackets that caused post-match elbow pain.

Massive sweet spot, predictable ball exit, and good power after switching away from a bouncy 18K teardrop.

Very happy two weeks in, saying it completely changed their game compared with the cheap and mid-priced rackets they used before.