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Weight7.7 oz
Core11.4 mm
Swingweight—
Specs
| Shape | Hybridestimated from width |
|---|---|
| Core thickness | 11.4 mmbrand |
| Weight | 7.7 oz (218 g)brand |
| Size | 16 × 7.6 inbrand |
| Handle | not published |
| Grip | 4⅛ inbrand |
| Swingweight | not published |
| Twistweight | not published |
| Balance | 237 mmbrand |
| Core material | Honeycomb / 8 mm PP |
| Face | not published |
| Approval | USAP approvedlisted as Icon |
Who it suits
- 11.4 mm core. A thinner core is livelier, the traditional pick for pop (Onix, Paddletek), though Pickleball Effect's 2026 analysis finds modern 16 mm paddles have lost little of it (Pickleball Effect).
- Midweight, 7.7 oz. Between Paddletek's lightweight (7.3 oz and under) and heavy (8.5 oz and over) classes: the range suggested for beginners and for sore arms (Paddletek).
- Hybrid (shape estimated from the paddle's width). Between widebody and elongated; with a widebody, the shape to start with if you're undecided (Pickleball Effect).
- 4⅛ in grip. Grips of 4⅛ in or larger tend to need less squeezing (Pickleball Effect); if it's big for your hand, there's no making it smaller, so try before you buy.
Not published by Diadem: handle length, swingweight, twistweight. The finder never hides a paddle for a missing spec; it ranks it lower.
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Lab reviews
Independent labs measure swingweight, twistweight, power and spin; their data is theirs, so we link rather than copy it: Pickleball Effect · Pickleball Studio · John Kew.