Stiga 1.3K Hard Cybershape
Part of the Stiga Cybershape line. A hexagonal head with a medium balance, so the weight sits neither back in the hand nor forward over the ball. It is an all-round frame at intermediate level. Read the build word before the model year when comparing two Cybershape listings: the year moves every season while the build word is what actually changes the racket.
Shape
Cybershape
Balance
Medium
Hardness
Hard
Core
Foam
Style
All-round
Level
Intermediate
About the Stiga 1.3K Hard Cybershape
The head is a hexagonal, which is hexagonal rather than round or pointed, which pushes the sweet spot higher up the face than a conventional outline allows. The balance is medium, which is the least committed of the four profiles. The face is hard, so it returns more of the pace you generate and asks for cleaner contact in exchange. The core is foam rather than EVA, which is why it feels more damped at contact than the stiffness rating suggests. Cybershape is the only padel family Stiga makes, and the head is what defines it: a hexagonal face rather than the round, teardrop or diamond outlines every other brand uses, designed to push the sweet spot higher up the racket than a conventional shape allows.