Varlion Bourne Summum Prisma
Based on 4 Expert Reviews
- Very rigid and powerful
- SLICE system applies spin with delicate touch
- Summer and winter version for players with strong seasons
- Small sweet spot
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€410
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How Does the Varlion Bourne Summum Prisma perform?
Varlion's top of the line, Bourne Summum Prisma is perhaps the most rigid and powerful padel racket on the market today.
And its playability embodies exactly those characteristics - every second in your hand it requires your fullest attention to keep up with it while simultaneously delivering more power, control, and spin than you've ever witnessed.
Our test of the Varlion Bourne Summum Prisma
Expert Reviews of the Varlion Bourne Summum Prisma
Touch is very hard, hard than Gamma Pro, similar to Vertex 03, harder than Nox 18K, similar to Kombat Delta Fox.
Smashes are the strongest
Very manageable though a little bit heady
Sweet spot is very big for a diamond.
This is a racket with tons of power that suits medium-high level players who prefer a racket with a medium hard touch and like to play fast. It will make you work a lot at the back of the court. I'm using this racket in summer - I felt comfortable with it from the beginning.
Aerial game is the strongest point of this racket. It makes it easy to get good leverage and has a generous sweet spot. If you want to be offensive at the net, it allows you to play at lot that way, without having to fear throwing the ball into the fence.
It's difficult to use in the back but it gives you a lot of control to put the ball where you like. It doesn’t allow you much margin for error, technique has to be medium high or more, i’m use to this and like it a lot but
Touch is medium hard, on the hard side, hard for people who are not accustomed to hard rackets. When the ball hits the surface, it doesn’t enter the foam very much, but you can still feel it well (compared to other hard rackets)
Sweet spot - larger than last years, not big, but better than a lot of rackets with softer touch than this one
I adore this racket, but it is suitable for advanced players only. It is very aggressive, very rigid. Its sudden impact requires an arm that knows how to give fast shots and react to the fast blows.
one of the tastiest rackets in terms of the flat smash, you don’t even need to throw it because even with 3/4 power, this racket explodes with a noise that is really satisfying.
You will need to follow your shots through perfectly. I found the lob more difficult than usual because when you go to lift the ball, you notice the ball shoots up very very quickly.
You have to indulge its vehemence and follow it precisely by controlling its power. So from the back of the court you need to know how to manage power - you need to understand how much power to give on each shot. At the net, it can give you everything you want as long as you find the sweet spot Accompanied with spin, with the SLICE system, spin is a bit technical, the shots even ones without much spin needed are delivered with a delicateness of spin.
The sweet spot is not large - though not super difficult for an advanced player but it requires physical attention, pay attention to closing your wrist in shots. It is located near the top of the racket.
Bourne Summum Prisma
rating based on 4 expert reviews