Padel Courts vs Vandalism: The first Padel Glass Crash Test with Stones on ComfortGlass
For what reasons can glass on a padel court break? As you know, the most common and well-known cause, including from the many videos circulating on the Web, is the violent impact of a player against the glass during a game. This event undoubtedly becomes dangerous both for those inside and for the audience outside the court who could see an entire 10-foot wall of glass collapse directly above their heads at any moment. The second cause may be the wind, which, when it blows intensely as during hurricanes or violent storms, tends to vibrate the glass in the court that, if the layers of silicone sandwiched between one wall and the other have begun to wear down excessively and if they have not been filled beforehand, two panes of glass may touch each other leading to their breaking.
However, there is a third cause, perhaps the most insidious and frustrating for a club but not to be underestimated or less frequent: we are talking about vandalism that can be enacted especially by throwing stones or objects on the glass walls sending them shattering easily. But what would happen if this happened on our ComfortGlass walls?
Those who already know us know very well, that in addition to the Fiberglass structure (our real trademark) and the ZeroS mat (the world's first sand-free mat), one of the greatest innovations that have distinguished us in this field from the very beginning is ComfortGlass, the first acrylic glass studied and designed for padel and above all indestructible and 100% safe, even concerning the throwing of objects.
To prove this, we could not shy away from testing it tangibly, and just last week we carried out an unprecedented crash test in this sector simulating real vandalism and throwing real stones of 5 different sizes and weights directly on the ComfortGlass glass of one of our padel courts.
We stood about 2 meters from one of the ComfortGlass panes and started throwing the 5 stones from the lightest to the heaviest a few seconds apart between throws trying to always target the same area. The result, as we knew, met our expectations perfectly. Zero cracks, no breakage and ComfortGlass is exactly as new except for a couple of small scratches.
In conclusion, through this test, we have witnessed how once again ComfortGlass is truly the revolutionary solution for padel court glass. It is not only the safest solution for the players on the court and for the installers, who will be able to count on a product that is indestructible and prevents any accident or injury, but it is also an undeniable guarantee for club managers, who will be able to rely on a durable padel court, 100% performing and safe even in the event of vandalism. In short, it has to be said, that ComfortGlass = Zero problems, for everyone!
