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.

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.

Nice power on clean hits, but a small sweet spot, dead mishits and blocks that fly into the glass.

Loved it, but its smaller sweet spot led to mishit lobs and smashes.

Likes the touch of their Metalbone 3.4 and says it feels great when it connects, but finds it a bit sluggish, hard to get a low ball out from the back court, with dead off-centre hits under pressure.