- Swing weight
- 118.0High
- Twist weight
- 6.60Average
Paddletek
Bantam TKO-C 14.3
Thin-core power paddle built on Paddletek's Bantam platform. Fast hands at the net and a firm, direct feel off the face.
PowerIntermediateAdvancedThin CoreFast Hands
Performance profile
How these are calculatedPower51
Control54
Spin88
Forgiveness44
Swing weight index33
These are estimates, not measurements
We calculate these scores from the manufacturer's published specifications using a formula we publish in full. Nobody has swung this paddle on our behalf and nobody has put it on a swing weight machine. Treat them as a way to compare paddles consistently — not as lab data.
Full specifications
| Core thickness | 14.3 mmManufacturer Spec |
|---|---|
| Face material | Raw carbonManufacturer Spec |
| Core material | Polypropylene honeycombManufacturer Spec |
| Shape | HybridManufacturer Spec |
| Length | 16"Manufacturer Spec |
| Width | 7.6"Manufacturer Spec |
| Handle length | 5.25"Manufacturer Spec |
| Grip circumference | 4.25"Manufacturer Spec |
| Static weight | 7.7–8.1 ozManufacturer Spec |
| Swing weight index | 33/100Derived |
| Balance point | 20.9 cm from buttDerived |
| Thermoformed | NoManufacturer Spec |
| Unibody handle | NoManufacturer Spec |
| Edgeless | NoManufacturer Spec |
| USAP approved | Yes — listed Feb 2024Manufacturer Spec |
| Released | 2023Manufacturer Spec |
Specs last verified against the manufacturer: not yet verified
Independent reviews
Aggregated reviewer score
Aggregated from 2 independent reviews · normalized to a common scale
69/100
- Matt's Pickleball — 5/5 → higher than 75% of paddles they've rated
- STS Pickleball — 8.9/10 average of 4 → higher than 63% of paddles they've rated
Measured by more than one reviewer
Averaged across sources · each reviewer's own figure shown below
- Swing weight117.43 sourcesPickleball Studio 118.0·Matt's Pickleball 119.1·STS Pickleball 115.2
- Twist weight6.523 sourcesPickleball Studio 6.60·Matt's Pickleball 6.41·STS Pickleball 6.55
- Spin2,148 RPM2 sourcesMatt's Pickleball 2,222 RPM·STS Pickleball 2,073 RPM
5/5 their overall
57/100 control
58/100 firepower
- Swing weight
- 119.1High
- Twist weight
- 6.41Average
- Spin
- 2,222 RPMAverage
- Serve speed
- 60.1 mphAverage
Their readers: 5/5 from 2 ratings
8.9/10 power
8.9/10 control
8.6/10 pop
9.2/10 sweet spot
- Swing weight
- 115.2Average
- Twist weight
- 6.55Average
- Spin
- 2,073 RPMLow
Their readers: 6.33/10 from 3 ratings
Where these numbers come from
This site is an aggregate database. We test nothing and measure nothing ourselves. Every number above is a named source's published work, credited and linked back to the page it came from. Where 3 of them measured the same thing, we average it and show you every individual reading. The aggregated score is the combined judgment of the reviewers named above, never our opinion of the paddle. Reviewers' numbers never feed the derived estimates further up the page — those stay our own calculation from published specs. How we combine sources
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