adidas Metalbone Superlight 2026 vs Wilson Defy LS V1 2025

The verdict

Choose the Metalbone Superlight 2026 if you want more handling, control and comfort, the Defy LS V1 2025 if you want more power.

Metalbone Superlight 2026Highest score
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  • Handling+5.0
  • Control+3.0
  • Comfort+1.5
Defy LS V1 2025
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  • Power+3.5

Better buy now: the Metalbone Superlight 2026. It plays at least as well on paper and costs € 22.10 less in Netherlands.

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How they play

From the Metalbone Superlight 2026 to the Defy LS V1 2025: less handling, more power, less control, less comfort.

Controlless control6.03.0
Powermore power4.07.5
Comfortless comfort9.58.0
Handlingless handling8.03.0
Forgivenessa bit less forgiveness4.54.0

Metalbone Superlight 2026Defy LS V1 2025Line = the average of all rackets

Where the specs differ

Launched
2026
2025
Weight
315 to 330 g
Not published
Balance
Head-heavy according to the brand, 250 mm
Head-heavy according to the brand
Face
Fiberglass
Fiberglass, Fiberflex
Core
Eva Soft Performance
Foam
Thickness
38 mm
Not published
Surface
Smart Holes Curve
Rough
Frame
carbon tubular structure
Not published
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Shape
Diamond
Diamond

Reviews and videos

No review site has tested both yet. Reviews of the Metalbone Superlight 2026: 1. Of the Defy LS V1 2025: 0.

Or a third racket in between

DunlopNemesis Carbon

Better where both are weak: forgiveness 6 against 4.5 and 4, and otherwise close to the two.