Bullpadel Vertex 05 W Cloud 2026 Review
By Andres Jovem · Updated October 20, 2026
The Vertex 05 W Cloud is Delfi Brea's diamond with a softer Cloud EVA core and an elastic fiberglass face, the attacking Vertex for the woman who wants the smash without the jolt that usually comes with it.
The verdict
Two rackets share the Vertex 05 W name this year, and the Cloud is the gentler one. Same diamond, same attacking intent, same Delfi Brea on the frame. Under the face sits Cloud EVA, a softer foam than the MultiEVA in the standard 05 W, and the skin is Elastic Fiber, Bullpadel's flexible fiberglass. The smash still comes down heavy. What changes is what arrives at your elbow afterward, which is a lot less.
The standard 05 W weighs 357g with a medium balance and a Fibrix face. The Cloud weighs 350 to 360g. Bullpadel calls the balance low and the shops call it high. On court it is a medium-weight diamond that does not drag on the volley, so the head is ready for the overhead and still quick on the block. The practical consequence is a frame you can swing for three sets, which is the whole argument for a women's-line Vertex.
The buyer is an advanced attacker whose arm has started to argue with full-carbon diamonds. If the smash is your living and your elbow is the cost of doing business, this frame lowers the cost. If you need the sharpest contact a Vertex can give, the standard 05 W keeps that edge.
The build
A Cloud EVA core, the soft one
The core is Cloud EVA, a low-density foam. One shop sells it under the name New Blue SoftEva. Either way it is softer than the MultiEVA in the standard Vertex 05 W. Soft foam under a diamond is not the common recipe. The diamond puts the hitting zone up near the tip for the overhead; the soft core means a smash caught a shade off that zone still comes down with weight instead of twisting the frame. The trade is the one every soft core makes: a flat drive from the back leaves slower than you hit it.
An Elastic Fiber face over a diamond
The surface is Elastic Fiber, a fiberglass weave that gives on impact where carbon stays rigid. One shop has it down as a 3K carbon face; Bullpadel says fiberglass, and Bullpadel made it. Glass on a diamond widens the forgiving zone on the lower half of the face, so a block taken low when you are stretched still travels. It also damps the strike. A ball hit at the tip, where diamonds bite, lands in the palm as a push rather than a crack.
A diamond at 360g
The mold is the Vertex diamond, with the hitting zone up near the tip, and the Cloud declares 350 to 360g. Bullpadel also adds an Air React Channel, an aerodynamic groove meant to help the frame move through the air, and a redesigned double bridge. On a diamond at 350 to 360g, the balance word matters less than the mass itself. There is no 370g frame's worth of weight to drag, so the head arrives on time for a fast volley.
How it plays
The smash comes down, and your elbow stays out of it
Set your feet under a short lob and the diamond does what diamonds do. The mass up top turns a full swing into a ball that comes down steep and kicks away off the back glass. The difference from the standard 05 W is the half second after contact. The soft core and the glass face soak up the shock, and the handle passes on a dull thump instead of a sting. A long run of overheads in the third set leaves the forearm quiet. A smash hit off-center, toward the frame, still goes down and in. It will not have the last word against a pair who defend well.
At the net, quicker than its shape
The medium balance keeps the head in reach during a fast exchange. A drive at your hip is blocked back with a short move, and the second volley in a quick rally lands on time. A drop volley dies short because the core slows it. Where the Cloud gives ground is the volley hit through the court for a winner: it arrives firm, not final, and a well-placed opponent sends it back. The volley you take at shoulder height, the one that ends points on a tip-heavy diamond, comes off this frame firm enough to force a lob and no more.
From the back, you supply the pace
Defense asks more of you than the net does. Off the back glass the soft face gives the ball back a touch slower. The lob needs a committed lift to reach the back fence, and a flat drive from deep will not hurt a net player on its own. The lower half of the face is more forgiving than on a carbon diamond, which saves the stretched block that dies on a stiffer frame. Play the lob to the corner, reset, and get back to the net where this racket wants to be. The chiquita, the soft low ball dropped at the feet of the net player, is the one shot the glass face improves. It holds the ball a fraction longer, so the dip comes easier than on the carbon Vertex.
Overheads that place rather than punish
Slice the bandeja and it dips into the side glass, because the glass face keeps the ball on the strings long enough to take the cut. Brush up the side and the víbora kicks away, with the soft core taking a little of the snap out of it. Hit it to the corner by the side glass rather than down the middle, and the returner has to play it from behind her hip. Neither overhead ends the point on its own against a good pair; both set up the volley that does. The rulo, the flat overhead rolled toward the side glass, is the one to add once the smash is reliable, because this frame's forgiving lower face lets you hit it a touch late.
Who it's for (and who should skip it)
Buy it if
- You play the left side and want the Vertex smash with less shock in the elbow and shoulder
- Full-carbon diamonds have started to hurt and you are not ready to give up the shape
- You want Delfi Brea's frame with the softer of its two cores
Look elsewhere if
- You are new to padel: a round, soft frame teaches more, and the women's beginner guide has them
- You want the crispest contact a Vertex gives: the standard 05 W with its MultiEVA core and Fibrix face keeps that edge
- You defend more than you attack: a round or teardrop control frame from the right-side women's guide serves that game
Not sure it's your match? The free 2-minute quiz reads your level, style, and budget and tells you which racket is.
The bottom line
Choose between the two Vertex W frames by what your arm said after your last match. If it said nothing, buy the standard 05 W for the sharper contact. If it had an opinion, the Cloud is the same smash with the complaint removed.
Where to buy
Prices shown in Euro, converted and approximate. You check out in the store's own currency.
Frequently asked
The core and the face, not the money. The Cloud runs a softer Cloud EVA core and an Elastic Fiber fiberglass face. The standard 05 W runs MultiEVA under Fibrix with a Top Spin rough finish, at 357g and a medium balance. Same diamond, same attacking intent. The Cloud absorbs more of the strike and spins a little less; the standard frame hits sharper.
No. It sits in Bullpadel's women's line and carries Delfi Brea's name, but a 360g soft-cored diamond with a medium balance works for any attacker after a gentler landing. The W is a label, not a limit.
No. The Vertex 05 W Cloud is an advanced attacking diamond, and the soft core does not move the hitting zone, which sits up near the tip where a new player rarely makes contact. A beginner will catch the low strikes on the frame and feel the shock in the wrist. Learn on a round frame; return to the Cloud once the overhead is a weapon.
The Vertex 05 W Cloud is €171.90 at PadelPROShop, against a €269.95 list price, with Tradeinn within a euro and PadelMarket higher. The standard 05 W sells at a similar level, so the choice between them is the core, not the money.
Power, with a softer landing. The Vertex 05 W Cloud puts its mass where the overhead needs it; the Cloud EVA core and the fiberglass face take the shock out of the contact and give back a little less pace. It is an attacker's frame that defends better than most diamonds because the lower face forgives.
A Cloud EVA soft core under an Elastic Fiber fiberglass face, with Bullpadel's Air React Channel in the frame. The frame material is not published.
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Bullpadel Vertex 05 W Cloud 2026 Review
By Andres Jovem · Updated October 20, 2026
The Vertex 05 W Cloud is Delfi Brea's diamond with a softer Cloud EVA core and an elastic fiberglass face, the attacking Vertex for the woman who wants the smash without the jolt that usually comes with it.
The verdict
Two rackets share the Vertex 05 W name this year, and the Cloud is the gentler one. Same diamond, same attacking intent, same Delfi Brea on the frame. Under the face sits Cloud EVA, a softer foam than the MultiEVA in the standard 05 W, and the skin is Elastic Fiber, Bullpadel's flexible fiberglass. The smash still comes down heavy. What changes is what arrives at your elbow afterward, which is a lot less.
The standard 05 W weighs 357g with a medium balance and a Fibrix face. The Cloud weighs 350 to 360g. Bullpadel calls the balance low and the shops call it high. On court it is a medium-weight diamond that does not drag on the volley, so the head is ready for the overhead and still quick on the block. The practical consequence is a frame you can swing for three sets, which is the whole argument for a women's-line Vertex.
The buyer is an advanced attacker whose arm has started to argue with full-carbon diamonds. If the smash is your living and your elbow is the cost of doing business, this frame lowers the cost. If you need the sharpest contact a Vertex can give, the standard 05 W keeps that edge.
The build
A Cloud EVA core, the soft one
The core is Cloud EVA, a low-density foam. One shop sells it under the name New Blue SoftEva. Either way it is softer than the MultiEVA in the standard Vertex 05 W. Soft foam under a diamond is not the common recipe. The diamond puts the hitting zone up near the tip for the overhead; the soft core means a smash caught a shade off that zone still comes down with weight instead of twisting the frame. The trade is the one every soft core makes: a flat drive from the back leaves slower than you hit it.
An Elastic Fiber face over a diamond
The surface is Elastic Fiber, a fiberglass weave that gives on impact where carbon stays rigid. One shop has it down as a 3K carbon face; Bullpadel says fiberglass, and Bullpadel made it. Glass on a diamond widens the forgiving zone on the lower half of the face, so a block taken low when you are stretched still travels. It also damps the strike. A ball hit at the tip, where diamonds bite, lands in the palm as a push rather than a crack.
A diamond at 360g
The mold is the Vertex diamond, with the hitting zone up near the tip, and the Cloud declares 350 to 360g. Bullpadel also adds an Air React Channel, an aerodynamic groove meant to help the frame move through the air, and a redesigned double bridge. On a diamond at 350 to 360g, the balance word matters less than the mass itself. There is no 370g frame's worth of weight to drag, so the head arrives on time for a fast volley.
How it plays
The smash comes down, and your elbow stays out of it
Set your feet under a short lob and the diamond does what diamonds do. The mass up top turns a full swing into a ball that comes down steep and kicks away off the back glass. The difference from the standard 05 W is the half second after contact. The soft core and the glass face soak up the shock, and the handle passes on a dull thump instead of a sting. A long run of overheads in the third set leaves the forearm quiet. A smash hit off-center, toward the frame, still goes down and in. It will not have the last word against a pair who defend well.
At the net, quicker than its shape
The medium balance keeps the head in reach during a fast exchange. A drive at your hip is blocked back with a short move, and the second volley in a quick rally lands on time. A drop volley dies short because the core slows it. Where the Cloud gives ground is the volley hit through the court for a winner: it arrives firm, not final, and a well-placed opponent sends it back. The volley you take at shoulder height, the one that ends points on a tip-heavy diamond, comes off this frame firm enough to force a lob and no more.
From the back, you supply the pace
Defense asks more of you than the net does. Off the back glass the soft face gives the ball back a touch slower. The lob needs a committed lift to reach the back fence, and a flat drive from deep will not hurt a net player on its own. The lower half of the face is more forgiving than on a carbon diamond, which saves the stretched block that dies on a stiffer frame. Play the lob to the corner, reset, and get back to the net where this racket wants to be. The chiquita, the soft low ball dropped at the feet of the net player, is the one shot the glass face improves. It holds the ball a fraction longer, so the dip comes easier than on the carbon Vertex.
Overheads that place rather than punish
Slice the bandeja and it dips into the side glass, because the glass face keeps the ball on the strings long enough to take the cut. Brush up the side and the víbora kicks away, with the soft core taking a little of the snap out of it. Hit it to the corner by the side glass rather than down the middle, and the returner has to play it from behind her hip. Neither overhead ends the point on its own against a good pair; both set up the volley that does. The rulo, the flat overhead rolled toward the side glass, is the one to add once the smash is reliable, because this frame's forgiving lower face lets you hit it a touch late.
Who it's for (and who should skip it)
Buy it if
- You play the left side and want the Vertex smash with less shock in the elbow and shoulder
- Full-carbon diamonds have started to hurt and you are not ready to give up the shape
- You want Delfi Brea's frame with the softer of its two cores
Look elsewhere if
- You are new to padel: a round, soft frame teaches more, and the women's beginner guide has them
- You want the crispest contact a Vertex gives: the standard 05 W with its MultiEVA core and Fibrix face keeps that edge
- You defend more than you attack: a round or teardrop control frame from the right-side women's guide serves that game
Not sure it's your match? The free 2-minute quiz reads your level, style, and budget and tells you which racket is.
The bottom line
Choose between the two Vertex W frames by what your arm said after your last match. If it said nothing, buy the standard 05 W for the sharper contact. If it had an opinion, the Cloud is the same smash with the complaint removed.
Where to buy
Prices shown in Euro, converted and approximate. You check out in the store's own currency.
Frequently asked
The core and the face, not the money. The Cloud runs a softer Cloud EVA core and an Elastic Fiber fiberglass face. The standard 05 W runs MultiEVA under Fibrix with a Top Spin rough finish, at 357g and a medium balance. Same diamond, same attacking intent. The Cloud absorbs more of the strike and spins a little less; the standard frame hits sharper.
No. It sits in Bullpadel's women's line and carries Delfi Brea's name, but a 360g soft-cored diamond with a medium balance works for any attacker after a gentler landing. The W is a label, not a limit.
No. The Vertex 05 W Cloud is an advanced attacking diamond, and the soft core does not move the hitting zone, which sits up near the tip where a new player rarely makes contact. A beginner will catch the low strikes on the frame and feel the shock in the wrist. Learn on a round frame; return to the Cloud once the overhead is a weapon.
The Vertex 05 W Cloud is €171.90 at PadelPROShop, against a €269.95 list price, with Tradeinn within a euro and PadelMarket higher. The standard 05 W sells at a similar level, so the choice between them is the core, not the money.
Power, with a softer landing. The Vertex 05 W Cloud puts its mass where the overhead needs it; the Cloud EVA core and the fiberglass face take the shock out of the contact and give back a little less pace. It is an attacker's frame that defends better than most diamonds because the lower face forgives.
A Cloud EVA soft core under an Elastic Fiber fiberglass face, with Bullpadel's Air React Channel in the frame. The frame material is not published.
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