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Bullpadel Icon 26 vs Bullpadel Icon 2025

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The verdict

Choose the Icon 26 if you want more power, the Icon 2025 if you want more control and forgiveness.

From the Icon 2025 to the Icon 26 5 specs changed: shape hybrid became diamond; weight 370 to 380 g became 370 to 375 g; face Xtend Carbon 12k became Carbon 12k; core Dual-density MultiEva became Multieva; level advanced / competition became professional.

Icon 26Highest score
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  • Power+1.5
Icon 2025
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  • Control+1.5
  • Forgiveness+1.5

The Icon 26 plays better on paper (6.9 against 6.6), the Icon 2025 costs € 72.01 less in Netherlands. Pick the Icon 2025 if the price matters more than that difference.

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How they play

From the Icon 26 to the Icon 2025: more control, less power, more forgiveness.

Controlmore control4.05.5
Powerless power9.58.0
Comfortabout the same4.54.5
Handlinga bit more handling2.02.5
Forgivenessmore forgiveness3.55.0

Icon 26Icon 2025Line = the average of all rackets

Where the specs differ

Launched
2026
2025
Shape
Diamond
Hybrid
Weight
370 to 375 g
370 to 380 g
Face
Carbon 12k
Xtend Carbon 12k
Core
Multieva
Dual-density MultiEva
Handle
Hesacore
Not published
Frame
100% interwoven carbon
Not published
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Balance
Head-heavy according to the brand
Head-heavy according to the brand
Surface
Rough
Rough

Not published for one of the two, so not compared: frame, handle and weight system.

Reviews and videos

No review site has tested both yet. Reviews of the Icon 26: 0. Of the Icon 2025: 0.

Icon 26: reviews and videos →Icon 2025: reviews and videos →

Or a third racket in between

HeadExtreme Pro 2026

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

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