Babolat Air Origin

Babolat built the Air Origin as an entry-level frame, and the specs and the single court review on record tell a consistent story. padel.how rated it 66 out of 100. They called it soft, light and maneuverable, with a broad sweet spot. They also found limited power once the pace rises. That review lines up closely with what the spec sheet predicts, which makes this an easier racket to size up than most.

335 to 355 g at an even 265 mm balance: what that combination forgives

Babolat lists the Air Origin between 335 g and 355 g, with an even balance at 265 mm. That is light for a padel racket, and the even balance keeps the weight close to your hand rather than out in the head. On paper that means quick preparation and less arm fatigue over a long session. It also means you will not find much natural pop on your own shots. The racket moves, it does not push.

EVA under fiberglass: soft contact, low ceiling

The core is EVA, medium density, under a fiberglass face. That pairing usually reads as comfortable but capped. Soft foam plus a fiberglass face absorbs shock well, which is why the comfort meter comes out high. It also caps how much the frame gives back on faster balls, which is part of why the power meter sits low. The teardrop shape works the other way. It moves the sweet spot slightly toward the tip, which usually raises both control and power on paper. Here it partly offsets the softness of the materials, but does not undo it.

One court review, and where the meters agree with it

The profile meters are built from the specs and from that single review, so agreement between them is expected rather than surprising. Still, it is worth spelling out where they land together. Comfort rates high, both from the EVA core and from what padel.how experienced. Power rates low, on both counts, since padel.how flagged limited power and spin at higher pace as their one drawback. Control sits medium on the meters, a specs-driven reading rather than a specific point padel.how raised. Maneuverability and sweet spot both sit at medium too, mostly carried by the light weight and the teardrop shape. There is no tension here between what the spec sheet suggests and what the one court review reported. That will not always be true for every racket, so it counts as useful information on its own.

The sweet spot the reviewer praised, and the power they missed

padel.how described a wide, forgiving contact zone and a soft, light, maneuverable feel. Their one listed drawback was limited power and spin at higher pace. Read together, that is a coherent picture of a racket built to help you make contact, not to help you hit through the ball. If your game already relies on generating your own pace from the back of the court, that drawback will matter more to you. If you are still building consistency, the strengths matter more.

Air Origin, Air Vertuo or the Siux hybrids: picking your beginner racket

The Air Origin is not alone in this space. The Babolat Air Vertuo 2025 shares the same face and shape, but it runs an X-EVA core rather than this racket's EVA core. It also has a fixed weight of 345 g, not a range. Its sweet spot rates lower on the meters too, not medium like this racket. The Siux Astra Hybrid Air and Siux Beat Hybrid 3 Air both run a heavier 340 to 360 g range with the same teardrop shape and EVA core. Both match this racket on every meter, including sweet spot at medium. None of the three change the basic trade off: comfort and forgiveness over power. Picking between them comes down to weight preference and, for the Air Vertuo, whether that different core and lower sweet spot reading matters to you.