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In shortPlayers describe a dry, hard racket with no trampoline effect that gives control but little free power. Several find it fairly easy to handle for its balance.
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With elbow trouble, they switched to their father's Hack 04 2025, which works great; smashes still hurt a little, but far less than their previous hard racket.
“La hack de mi padre me va de miedo, lo que a la hora de rematar me sigue haciendo un poco de daño aunque ya muchísimo menos que antes.”
Too soft and bouncy for them at the net, with a small sweet spot and not manoeuvrable enough at 370 g.
“I feel like the racket is a bit too soft for me, having a hard time controlling fast balls on the net because its a bit too bouncy and the racket itself has quite a small sweetspot”
Surprisingly easy to handle and really powerful on overheads, though hard enough to leave the arm sore at first.
“I just bought the Hack 04 and was surprised how easy is it felt. Just a little heavy but nothing crazy.”
Tried it against the Metalbone 3.4: harder and drier with little free power, but you feel in control.
“The hack is harder, has a dryer touch and the racket doesnt give a lot of "free power", you have to do the motions for it to move (but you really feel in control of the shots)”
Fairly manoeuvrable for a high-balance racket (a light unit), but very dry and hard with no trampoline, which makes deep defence harder.
“For the a high balance racket, mine feels quite manoeuvrable, however I did get very lucky with a light unit. You should note that this racket has a very very dry feel and a hard touch”
Playing the 2025 Hack 04, it felt surprisingly like a light round racket rather than an aggressive diamond; they like the feel but want more power.
“i played with the hack 04 and it feels like a light round racket, lol.”
Cracked completely during a smash after only 1.5 months of play (6–9 hours a week); the paint had come loose earlier.
“Ordered this 1,5 months ago. Should i contact bullpadel for warranty or did I just have bad luck? I play around 6 - 9 hours per week. It cracked completely while playing after a smash.”
Of the 7 reviews with a clear verdict, 29% are positive, 43% mixed and 29% negative. The praise mentioned most is good control.
The praise reviewers mention most: good control (2 reviews), arm-friendly (1 review) and great on smashes (1 review).
7 are quotes from discussions on Reddit and YouTube, each linked to the original post. Player reviews are checked for spam before they appear, and only they count toward the star rating; quotes never do.