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Drop Shot Flame Soft 2026 vs StarVie Brava 2025

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The verdict

Choose the Flame Soft 2026 if you want more handling. The Brava 2025 does nothing clearly better on paper.

Flame Soft 2026Highest score
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  • Handling+1.0
Brava 2025
No clear edge

On paper it does nothing clearly better than the other.

Neither is sold to Netherlands by the shops on padell.io.

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How they play

From the Flame Soft 2026 to the Brava 2025: less handling.

Controlabout the same6.06.0
Powera bit more power8.08.5
Comforta bit less comfort5.55.0
Handlingless handling3.52.5
Forgivenessabout the same6.06.0

Flame Soft 2026Brava 2025Line = the average of all rackets

Where the specs differ

Launched
2026
2025
Weight
350 to 370 g
350 to 380 g
Balance
Slightly head-heavy according to the brand
Head-heavy according to the brand
Face
12K Textreme Carbon
Carbon 15k
Core
Eva Soft Low Density
EVA Soft 30
Surface
Not published
Rough
Frame
Double carbon tubular frame
Not published
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Shape
Teardrop
Teardrop

Reviews and videos

No review site has tested both yet. Reviews of the Flame Soft 2026: 0. Of the Brava 2025: 0.

Flame Soft 2026: reviews and videos →Brava 2025: reviews and videos →

Or a third racket in between

HeadSpeed PRO X 2023

Sits between the two on paper: more control than the Flame Soft 2026, more comfort than the Brava 2025.

€ 114.95Compare all three →