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Drop Shot Flame Soft 2026 vs Wilson Bela Pro V3 2025

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The verdict

Choose the Flame Soft 2026 if you want more comfort, handling and forgiveness, the Bela Pro V3 2025 if you want more power.

Flame Soft 2026
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  • Comfort+1.5
  • Handling+1.0
  • Forgiveness+1.0
Bela Pro V3 2025Highest score
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  • Power+1.0

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 Bela Pro V3 2025: less comfort, more power, less handling, less forgiveness.

Controla bit more control6.06.5
Powermore power8.09.0
Comfortless comfort5.54.0
Handlingless handling3.52.5
Forgivenessless forgiveness6.05.0

Flame Soft 2026Bela Pro V3 2025Line = the average of all rackets

Where the specs differ

Launched
2026
2025
Weight
350 to 370 g
370 g
Balance
Slightly head-heavy according to the brand
Head-heavy according to the brand
Face
12K Textreme Carbon
24K carbon
Core
EVA Soft Low Density
Power Foam
Surface
Not published
Spin2 Texture
Frame
Double tubular carbon
C2 Tubular construction
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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 Bela Pro V3 2025: 1.

Often mentioned in video reviews

Flame Soft 2026

No summarised videos yet.

Bela Pro V3 202510 videos
  • Good spin 8×
  • Easy to handle 6×
  • Lots of power 5×
  • Large sweet spot 3×
  • Versatile 2×
  • Vibration, hard on the arm 3×
  • Demanding, needs good technique 3×
  • Small sweet spot 3×
  • Less control 2×
  • Harder to handle 2×
  • Lacks power 2×
  • Feels heavy 2×
Flame Soft 2026: reviews and videos →Bela Pro V3 2025: reviews and videos →

Or a third racket in between

NoxAT10 Genius 12K

Better where both are weak: handling 4.5 against 3.5 and 2.5, and otherwise close to the two.

€ 179.95Compare all three →

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