Padel Racket Review - Siux Fenix V Pro 2025

What the reviewers say

Across seven reviews and a large pool of owner ratings the verdict is consistent: an enormous attacking racket for a narrow band of players.

Padel Test by Roberto Cardi put it through a full shot by shot test on a 363g unit with the balance at 27 cm. The smash was the headline, "enormous", a flat 10 out of 10. The vibora also scored a perfect 10 and volleys came back at 9.5, thanks to what he called "fantastic slice" off the 3D face. His surprise was defence: low wall exits scored 9, and he described the sweet spot as "center-high and reasonably wide", not as small as he expected from a diamond. His one real complaint was the price, 5.5 out of 10 at 325 euro.

Keepadel were blunter about what the racket asks of you. In their reading the hard EVA core "only releases the ball when the player puts enough force into it", and the racket "does not cushion, it does not help you if your swing is weak, and it is not made for defensive players". They rate the sweet spot as not wide, but very effective once you find it.

Zona de Padel, reviewing the whole 2025 Siux line, landed close to that. They call it a racket for "an aggressive yet accurate game" where the diamond shape and high balance "allow for fast smashes without compromising stability on defense". That is the one real disagreement worth flagging: Cardi and Zona de Padel both found more defensive stability than the shape suggests, while Keepadel and the owners found the opposite.

The owners break the tie. Across roughly twenty ratings on Racketguide the racket averages 4.0 out of 5, and the pattern in the comments repeats. One advanced player wrote that he loves the smash and the vibora, his two best shots, but that it penalises him on the volley, his worst. Another kept it short: "hard to manoeuvre in defence".

Three video tests from 2025 lean back the other way, and all three were on units around 358 to 359 grams. Dani 13 ran it zone by zone and still ranked defence last, but at the net he expected a racket that would be slow to move and instead found one that "does not demand much from me physically". Probando Palas goes further on the same point, calling it "one of the best rackets I have tested on the volley, above all because it is very predictable", and credits the unperforated centre of the face for a sweet spot that punishes off-centre hits far less than the Pro 4 did.

Padel Review scored it shot by shot: 9s for the net game, the spin, the smash and the vibora, a 7 for manoeuvrability and barely a 7 for value at 325 euro. The surprise there was the lob, which he also rated 9 and described as "millimetre-precise", with one caveat that fits everything else here. The lobs only come out that way if you accompany the shot, because nothing on this racket comes for free.

Our take: Lars's summary

I build points rather than blow them open, and the Fenix Pro 5 is not built for that. It rewards the swing you commit to and gives almost nothing back on the one you do not, which makes it a poor partner for a patient chiquita and lob game. What it does better than almost anything at this price is end a rally from above. If you take the net and finish, the evidence here is overwhelming, but be honest about how often you are actually in that position.

Defence is the trade-off. The head-heavy balance and hard EVA mean a low, fast ball off the glass has to be met early and with intent, or the frame gives you nothing back. Reviewers disagree on how badly this bites. The tested unit handled wall exits better than the shape suggests, and the dampening in the handle keeps blocks comfortable. Owners, though, report the same thing over and over: it is slow to get into position on defensive volleys. The lob is the exception and rates excellent, provided you drive through it.

This is the whole point of the racket. The 24K carbon face over a hard core is among the stiffest combinations on the market, so energy goes straight into the ball instead of being absorbed. The smash came back at a flat 10 in testing. The higher hitting zone and the longer grip give real leverage overhead. In return it asks for a full, committed swing from the whole arm, and the conditioning to keep swinging it for three sets.

At the net it is firm and fast rather than delicate. Volleys land heavy and the 3D relief bites enough to cut them properly. The vibora is the standout shot on the whole frame. Touch is the limit: several owners noted there is little feel for a soft drop or a defused block, and a 24K face at this stiffness will never be a quiet, deceptive racket.

How it compares

Want the same mould without the punishment? The Siux Fenix 5 Elite 2025 shares the shape at 229 euro with a softer touch and a noticeably wider sweet spot, which makes blocking at the net and defending from the back far easier. For most players still developing, it is the better buy.

Want a comparable power diamond from another brand? The Adidas Metalbone 3.5 2026 sits in the same attacking territory but adds a tunable weight system, so you can bring it back toward manageable. Choose the Fenix Pro 5 if you want the drier, more immediate strike and the better vibora of the two.