The control and comfort brand. Nox holds both the most forgiving racket we have graded and the lowest power figure in the database.
Where Bullpadel and Babolat chase the smash, Nox builds round frames with low balance points and soft cores. The ML10 Pro Cup, Miguel Lamperti’s signature frame, scores 9.7 on forgiveness — the widest sweet spot we have measured on any racket. The Equation runs a fibreglass face instead of carbon, which is exactly why it is comfortable and exactly why the ball leaves it slowly.
That comes at a cost the numbers do not hide. Nox holds the two lowest power scores in the database, 6.9 and 6.5. These are rackets for players whose problem is consistency, not for players whose problem is finishing.
AT10 Genius
Teardrop · 360–375 g · 18K aluminised carbon
ML10 Pro Cup
Round · 365–375 g · not sold on Amazon UK
Equation
Round · 365–375 g · Soft, Hard and Light versions
X-One
Round · 360–375 g · 3 independent sources, below our minimum of 5
Nox is badly served on Amazon UK, and it affects what we can tell you. The ML10 Pro Cup is not sold there at all, so its grade carries no owner component. The Equation has six ratings, which is not a sample. And the X-One we could not grade at all: only three independent sources exist, below our minimum of five, and the shops that would have made up the difference were reviewing their own stock.