Adidas Metalbone 3.4 2025 Reviews

The balance is very high, so in fast exchanges at the net when they aim at my feet I'm late more than I was with the teardrop. My overheads kept landing long for most of July since the ball jumps off the face even on a short swing, it took a while to calm my arm down. The sweet spot is small too, hit anywhere near the frame and you feel it buzz up into the wrist. Yes there is a lot of free power when you hit it well, but it ask for a lot in return. Get it only if you are advance level left side player who smash a lot.

Handles back-glass defense way better than you'd expect from an aggressive diamond frame, even with the removable weights set up near the tip. The longer grip gives you extra leverage and surprising agility when digging out low balls. Up at the net, bandejas and víboras shoot off the face with serious pace as soon as you swing through cleanly. Flat smashes are its best shot and fly off the court with very little effort. However, the medium-hard touch doesn't give you the easy feel of a round racket, and you've got to push lobs a bit more so they don't fall short.

Leave all the weights in the box and play this at its bare 359g weight, because the new screw system is overly complicated and barely shifts the balance. On court, the stiffer frame doesn't vibrate on blocks and hits heavy smashes and spinny víboras. It's still a rigid, demanding diamond with a modest sweet spot that'll tire your arm in long rallies, and the thin grip needs an overgrip.

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.

Got a longer handle and reworked weight system on the diamond frame, letting you tune the balance from stable leverage to a total sledgehammer. It's built for skilled attackers though, and isn't forgiving out of the box.

Calls the Metalbone 2025 their best racket so far: after a year of hard smashing without special care it is still solid.