The Kinesis is a great all-round racket. Never played with the Babolat. You may struggle to find someone who has used both!
I don't have the Carlton Kinesis, but I have the X feel blast and the Razor v1.0. The razor v1.0 nearly the same as the Kinesis, but the Kinesis has a twisted frame and the razor v1.0 has strings that goes around te frame! The difference between this two rackets is: The x feel blast, has an enormous smash power. But sometimes it is to much for me. The razor v1.0 is better all-round and the smash power is a little bit less, but it's verry good too! So i should reccomend the Kinesis, thats a faster moving racket and the X feel blast feels a little bit strange! But that's my opinion! Sorry for my english