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adidas Metalbone Team 2026 vs Wilson Defy LS V1 2025

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The verdict

Choose the Metalbone Team 2026 if you want more control and handling. The Defy LS V1 2025 does nothing clearly better on paper.

Metalbone Team 2026Highest score
Pick this one for
  • Control+2.0
  • Handling+1.0
Defy LS V1 2025
No clear edge

On paper it does nothing clearly better than the other.

Same price in Netherlands, so the one that suits how you play is the better buy.

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How they play

From the Metalbone Team 2026 to the Defy LS V1 2025: less control, less handling.

Controlless control5.03.0
Powerabout the same7.57.5
Comforta bit less comfort8.58.0
Handlingless handling4.03.0
Forgivenessa bit less forgiveness4.54.0

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

Where the specs differ

Launched
2026
2025
Weight
360 to 375 g
Not published
Balance
Head-heavy according to the brand, 265 mm
Head-heavy according to the brand
Face
Fiberglass
Fiberglass, Fiberflex
Core
Eva Soft Performance
Foam
Thickness
38 mm
Not published
Head size
485 cm²
Not published
Surface
Spin Blade Decal
Rough
Handle
Extra Power Grip
Not published
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Shape
Diamond
Diamond

Reviews and videos

No review site has tested both yet. Reviews of the Metalbone Team 2026: 2. Of the Defy LS V1 2025: 0.

Often mentioned in video reviews

Metalbone Team 20261 video

No point comes back in two or more videos.

Defy LS V1 2025

No summarised videos yet.

Metalbone Team 2026: reviews and videos →Defy LS V1 2025: reviews and videos →

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Sits between the two on paper: more power than the Metalbone Team 2026, more control than the Defy LS V1 2025.

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