Bread & Butter The Invader 16mm Pickleball Paddle
US$189.99 at Bread & Butter
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Weight8–8.2 oz
Core16 mm
Swingweight116–118
Specs
| Shape | Hybridestimated from width |
|---|---|
| Core thickness | 16 mmbrand |
| Weight | 8–8.2 oz (227–232 g)brand |
| Size | 16.2 × 7.6 inbrand |
| Handle | 5.3 inbrand |
| Grip | 4¼ inbrand |
| Swingweight | 116–118high for a hybridbrand |
| Twistweight | 6.86high for a hybridbrand |
| Balance | not published |
| Core material | not published |
| Face | not published |
| Approval | USAP approvedlisted as The Invader |
Who it suits
- 16 mm core. Thicker cores feel softer and steadier; 16 mm is the core the sources suggest for newer players and most others today (Onix, Paddletek, Pickleball Effect).
- Midweight, 8–8.2 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).
- 5.3 in handle. Just long enough for two hands; PickleballUS puts the minimum at 5.25 in (PickleballUS).
- High swingweight for a hybrid. More weight behind drives; the sources pair it with power (Pickleball.com, Paddletek).
- High twistweight for a hybrid. Steadier on off-centre hits, which the sources rate highest for newer players and sore arms (Pickleball.com, Pickleball Effect, Paddletek).
- 4¼ 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.
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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.