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Stances by paddle
Engage X2 Elongated 16mm
8 positive across 8 traits
Break-instrongly positive
“I was able to pick it up and immediately feel in control of where the ball was going.”
Controlstrongly positive
“Advanced players will love its consistency, feel and the ability to shape the ball well, while lower level players will be getting something they can control easily.”
Handle and gripstrongly positive
“I thought the handle was very comfortable.”
Poppositive
“It had plenty of juice to put me ahead in hands battles if I timed up a counter-attack well”
Powerpositive
“It had enough power to put pressure on my opponents with an aggressive third-shot drive, but not so much power that I was sailing balls long.”
Spinstrongly positive
“a combination that delivered great feel, power and elite-level spin in my testing”
Touchstrongly positive
“I felt like I had good touch and it didn’t take me long to adjust to it.”
Weight and balancepositive
“Because perimeter weighting is already done for you with the way this paddle is constructed, I thought it played pretty well out of the box.”
Holbrook Fuze Elongated 16mm
4 positive · 2 negative across 6 traits
Controlstrongly positive
“Consistency is also important, and the Fuze definitely delivered in that regard.”
Poppositive
“My punch volleys were good with the Fuze — enough to put me ahead in hands battles, but not so poppy that I couldn’t control where the ball was going.”
Powernegative
“you’re not really going to overwhelm anybody with shots from the baseline”
Stabilitypositive
“it was pretty forgiving and stable on off-center hits.”
Sweet spotpositive
“it was pretty forgiving and stable on off-center hits.”
Touchnegative
“The only knock I had on resets was it was a little difficult to absorb pace”
Honolulu J6CR 16mm
5 positive · 1 neutral or mixed across 6 traits
Controlstrongly positive
“I could flick balls from below the net and get them to land in, and I could also place attacks out of the air exactly where I wanted”
Hand speedpositive
“The lower swing weight also helps in this area — you can really whip through the ball and add a ton of shape.”
Powerpositive
“Even without the weight at the top, the power is still very good”
Spinpositive
“I was able to add plenty of shape to get my drives to dip aggressively over the net.”
Touchstrongly positive
“This is where the feel of the J6CR really stands out in the full-foam category.”
Weight and balanceneutral
“this paddle has a very low swing weight out of the box for an elongated model”
JOOLA Perseus Pro IV 14mm
2 positive across 2 traits
Controlpositive
“I was able to be really precise with those aggressive attacks because the ball was holding on the face for a split second longer.”
Powerpositive
“it does have more putaway power on overheads than the 14mm”
JOOLA Perseus Pro IV 16mm
4 positive · 2 negative across 6 traits
Controlstrongly positive
“it has more of a plush feel, so you’re able to control resets more effectively and you can be very precise with fifth-shot drops from this area.”
Hand speednegative
“It’s slightly less maneuverable simply because of the added thickness”
Popnegative
“while it has less “pop” on short swings”
Powerpositive
“I still think this is a very good paddle for players who want to drive their third and drop their fifth”
Spinpositive
“I also was able to generate more spin because of the added dwell time.”
Touchpositive
“I also thought it was very easy to absorb pace from an attack with the 16mm”