- Swing weight
- 114.0Average
- Twist weight
- 6.41Average
Vatic Pro
Prism Flash 16mm
The budget benchmark. Raw T700 carbon face and a 16mm core at roughly half the price of the premium tier, with a genuinely competitive feel.
All-courtSpinBeginnerIntermediateValueBudgetRaw Carbon
Performance profile
How these are calculatedPower46
Control66
Spin88
Forgiveness58
Swing weight index36
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 | 16 mmManufacturer Spec |
|---|---|
| Face material | Raw carbonManufacturer Spec |
| Core material | Polypropylene honeycombManufacturer Spec |
| Shape | HybridManufacturer Spec |
| Length | 16"Manufacturer Spec |
| Width | 7.9"Manufacturer Spec |
| Handle length | 5.3"Manufacturer Spec |
| Grip circumference | 4.25"Manufacturer Spec |
| Static weight | 7.8–8.2 ozManufacturer Spec |
| Swing weight index | 36/100Derived |
| Balance point | 21 cm from buttDerived |
| Thermoformed | NoManufacturer Spec |
| Unibody handle | NoManufacturer Spec |
| Edgeless | NoManufacturer Spec |
| USAP approved | Yes — listed May 2023Manufacturer Spec |
| Released | 2023Manufacturer Spec |
Specs last verified against the manufacturer: not yet verified
Independent reviews
Aggregated reviewer score
Aggregated from 3 independent reviews · normalized to a common scale
Sources disagree on this one
61/100
- Matt's Pickleball — 5/5 → higher than 75% of paddles they've rated
- STS Pickleball — 8.2/10 average of 4 → higher than 14% of paddles they've rated
- BestPicklePad — 9.6/10 → higher than 92% of paddles they've rated
Measured by more than one reviewer
Averaged across sources · each reviewer's own figure shown below
- Swing weight113.73 sourcesPickleball Studio 114.0·Matt's Pickleball 114.2·STS Pickleball 113.0
- Twist weight6.433 sourcesPickleball Studio 6.41·Matt's Pickleball 6.46·STS Pickleball 6.41
- Spin1,990 RPM2 sourcesMatt's Pickleball 2,059 RPM·STS Pickleball 1,920 RPM
5/5 their overall
87/100 control
13/100 firepower
- Swing weight
- 114.2Average
- Twist weight
- 6.46Average
- Spin
- 2,059 RPMLow
- Serve speed
- 58.6 mphLow
Their readers: 4.8/5 from 5 ratings
8.3/10 power
8.3/10 control
7.9/10 pop
8.2/10 sweet spot
- Swing weight
- 113.0Average
- Twist weight
- 6.41Average
- Spin
- 1,920 RPMLow
Their readers: 6.44/10 from 9 ratings
9.6/10 their overall
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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