In this guide, we'll take a closer look at Starvie and their best padel rackets, including their history, manufacturing process, and the technology they use.
Finding your new padel racket is tough!
Just in the last couple of years, Oxdog, Alkemia, and Slazenger, have entered an already crowded market.
With so many brands to choose from, how do you decide which racket to get?
Here at Padel.FYI, we collect and summarize professional padel racket reviews from YouTube channels and blog to create an always up-to-date list of the most performant padel rackets.
Below you can see an overview of the top rackets from one of the most innovative brands, Starvie. Scroll down further to see the Ultimate Guide to Starvie Padel Rackets, where we go through the company’s history, manufacturing process, and the technology they use.
Padel Racket Manufacturing Process
Starvie’s padel rackets are designed and manufactured in Spain, where the company has its headquarters. The manufacturing process starts with the design of the racket, which is done using computer software.
The main phases of the manufacturing process are:
- Prepping and cutting the materials
- Casting: placing frame, foam core, and surface layers together with epoxy resin into the racket mold, and baking at high temperature
- Painting and decaling
- Drilling the holes in the face
- Finishing: wrist strap, end cap, grip installation
Being a premium product, Starvie only uses the highest quality of materials, such as Toray and Teijin Carbon Tenax carbon fiber. They also have pioneered innovations, such as the use of basalt and colored carbon fiber in racket surfaces.
Starvie has also attained the following ISO quality certifications: Environmental Management of the Factory (ISO 14001:2015) and its Control System (ISO 9001:2015).
Racket Naming
Unsurprisingly, the artisanal products that they are, Starvie’s racket also have beautiful names, most of which originate in or relate to celestial bodies in some way.
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- The Titania Kepler is named after Titania, the queen of the fairies in William Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Titania was then the name given to the largest of the Uranus’s moons. Kepler refers to the German astronomer and philosopher, Johannes Kepler.- The Eris of Astrum Eris refers to the Greek goddess of strife and discord and is also a celestial body in our solar system.- Metheora of the Metheora Warrior, refers to Aristotle’s treatise, a text which discusses what he believed to have been all the affections common to all elements.
Seriously, if you’re bored one day, just start plugging the names of Starvie’s rackets into Wikipedia. You’ll be at it for hours.
Racket Suffixes
Starvie’s racket suffixes refer to the rubber foam used in the core of the racket:
- Dual - outer layers of low density rubber and inner layer being high density (new in 2023 models)- Pro - refers to the use of a hard, high density rubber core, roughly 50kg/m^3- Soft - refers to the use of a soft, low density rubber core, roughly 30kg/m^3
Starvie often manufactures the same model with different rubber foam cores in order to offer the benefits of a model to players with different preferences regarding the hardness of the touch they like to play with. Deciding on your desired touch is one of the most important parts of deciding on the racket you would like, learn more about How to Choose a Padel Racket.
If you’re looking for a high-quality, artisanal Made in Spain padel racket, you can’t go wrong with Starvie. This brand has a reputation for producing some of the best rackets in the industry, with a wide range of models to suit different playing styles. Our reviews of Starvie rackets are conducted according to our standard methodology in order to score their strengths and weaknesses on the court, so you can tell if they suit your playing style. This scorecard is below. More on our About page.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most powerful Starvie padel racket?
Javi Garrido’s Triton Pro is Starvie’s most powerful racket.
Where are Starvie padel rackets made?
Starvie opened its factory in 2013 about 50 kilometers northeast of Madrid in Azuqueca de Henares in Guadalajara, just across the border into Castilla y La Mancha, Spain. This is where all Starvie rackets are produced today.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most powerful Starvie padel racket?
Javi Garrido's Triton Pro is Starvie's most powerful racket.
Where are Starvie padel rackets made?
Starvie opened its factory in 2013 about 50 kilometers northeast of Madrid in Azuqueca de Henares in Guadalajara, just across the border into Castilla y La Mancha, Spain. This is where all Starvie rackets are produced today.