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FYI it's a .5 difference between the regular length handle.
Really only comes into play if you regularly hit two handed & don't choked up when you do ime.
This would have been a great deal last year, but if you are spending 100 or more in 2026, you should be getting a gen 4 full foam paddle. Vatic and Ronbus makes great full foam paddles for 100 or less
This would have been a great deal last year, but if you are spending 100 or more in 2026, you should be getting a gen 4 full foam paddle. Vatic and Ronbus makes great full foam paddles for 100 or less
Full foams are not great paddles… no pros use them. They all use honeycomb. The pros barely even use a boomstick
Full foams are not great paddles… no pros use them. They all use honeycomb. The pros barely even use a boomstick
And how many pros are here on SD?
In my experience, foam paddles are great. Everyone that I know that uses a gen 4 paddle much prefer them over honeycomb paddles. Every single person. Yes, none of us are pros. Also my current all foam paddle has lasted longer than any other paddle I have owned. But I only play 5 to 7 days a week.
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In my experience, foam paddles are great. Everyone that I know that uses a gen 4 paddle much prefer them over honeycomb paddles. Every single person. Yes, none of us are pros. Also my current all foam paddle has lasted longer than any other paddle I have owned. But I only play 5 to 7 days a week.
I play 7 days a week as a 4.0 player what do I know. All the people above 4 don't touch foam paddles. Yes the last longer but no they are not better. Majority of players my level or above all use honeycomb. Randomly you will get the 4.0 with a boomstick or a loco but that's about it.
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I play 7 days a week as a 4.0 player what do I know. All the people above 4 don't touch foam paddles. Yes the last longer but no they are not better. Majority of players my level or above all use honeycomb. Randomly you will get the 4.0 with a boomstick or a loco but that's about it.
So your sample size represents the whole pickleball population? Completely different data where I play. There's no right or wrong answer. Play with whatever you want. But don't claim to know "nobody above 4.0 plays with foam". If these weren't selling, they would stop making them. Reviewers would stop reviewing them. I can't remember the last time I saw a review of a honeycomb paddle.
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Really only comes into play if you regularly hit two handed & don't choked up when you do ime.
And how many pros are here on SD?
In my experience, foam paddles are great. Everyone that I know that uses a gen 4 paddle much prefer them over honeycomb paddles. Every single person. Yes, none of us are pros. Also my current all foam paddle has lasted longer than any other paddle I have owned. But I only play 5 to 7 days a week.
In my experience, foam paddles are great. Everyone that I know that uses a gen 4 paddle much prefer them over honeycomb paddles. Every single person. Yes, none of us are pros. Also my current all foam paddle has lasted longer than any other paddle I have owned. But I only play 5 to 7 days a week.
I play 7 days a week as a 4.0 player what do I know. All the people above 4 don't touch foam paddles. Yes the last longer but no they are not better. Majority of players my level or above all use honeycomb. Randomly you will get the 4.0 with a boomstick or a loco but that's about it.
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So your sample size represents the whole pickleball population? Completely different data where I play. There's no right or wrong answer. Play with whatever you want. But don't claim to know "nobody above 4.0 plays with foam". If these weren't selling, they would stop making them. Reviewers would stop reviewing them. I can't remember the last time I saw a review of a honeycomb paddle.
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