GRÜVN THE GRIPPER-G16 Pickleball Paddle Blue Green Smile
US$69 at GRÜVN
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Weight7.9 oz
Core16 mm
Swingweight—
Specs
| Shape | Widebodybrand |
|---|---|
| Core thickness | 16 mmbrand |
| Weight | 7.9 oz (224 g)brand |
| Size | 15.5 × 8.07 inbrand |
| Handle | 4.75 inbrand |
| Grip | 4⅜ inbrand |
| Swingweight | not published |
| Twistweight | not published |
| Balance | not published |
| Core material | Polypropylene Honeycomb |
| Face | /Paddle Surface: Graphite/Carbon Fiber |
| Approval | USAP approvedlisted as The Gripper - G16 |
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, 7.9 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).
- Widebody. The most forgiving shape and the best on comfort measures (Pickleball Effect): a good start if you're undecided (Pickleball Effect).
- 4.75 in handle. Short for a two-handed backhand (PickleballUS); a shorter handle leaves more of the paddle for the face (PickleballUS, Pickleball Effect).
- 4⅜ 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 GRÜVN: 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.