# Do you really need a new padel racket?

> After a few months the itch starts. Six questions and a straight answer: play on, test first, or replace it.

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New racket or keep playing?

After a few months it starts: a new collection, a review, a friend with a shiny new racket. Perfectly normal. Six questions and a straight answer, even if that answer is: just keep playing.

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## Four possible answers

**Play on. This is the itch, not your racket.**

Nothing you filled in needs a new racket.

**Do not buy yet: test first.**

Maybe, but feel the difference before you pay for it.

**A new racket is justified.**

Lots of use, a changed game or an arm that asks for it.

**Replace it.**

A crack or a rattle. Playing on makes little sense.