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Pickleball Paddles
£150-200
The Joola Premium listing is an umbrella for Joola's higher-spec paddles in the £150 to £200 bracket. That bracket is where the brand's tournament-tier hardware lives, including various trims of the Perseus and Hyperion lines used by Ben Johns, Tyson McGuffin and other Joola pros. At this price you should expect a raw carbon face, a polymer honeycomb core in 14mm or 16mm, and either an elongated or hybrid shape depending on the specific model, but because the listing is generic, the most important thing the buyer can do is read the exact model name on the product page before committing. UK availability is solid via Amazon UK and PDH Sports, and Joola's warranty handling is among the better in the category. If you are 4.0 and above and want a paddle that will not be the limiting factor in your game for the next two seasons, this is the right shelf to be looking at.
Something wrong? Suggest an edit →Right shelf for a 4.0+ Joola player. Read the exact model on the listing before buying.
The Joola Premium listing is a £150 to £200 umbrella that covers Joola's tournament-tier paddles, which means the Perseus and Hyperion families used by Ben Johns, Tyson McGuffin and most of the Joola pro roster. Before doing anything else on the page, the buyer needs to read the exact model and trim, because a Perseus 14 plays very differently from a Perseus Pro IV or a Hyperion CFS 16.
What you can rely on at this price band is Joola's premium recipe, raw carbon face, polymer honeycomb core in either 14mm or 16mm, and either an elongated or hybrid shape depending on the model. Spin numbers from the raw carbon faces are among the highest in the category and the build quality is consistently strong, with Joola's UK warranty handling among the better in the sport.
UK availability is reliable through Amazon UK and PDH Sports, both of whom typically carry the current generation. Pricing within the £150 to £200 band is competitive against Selkirk Vanguard equivalents.
The right buyer is a 4.0 and above player who already knows whether they want power or control and elongated or hybrid, and who has tried demo paddles. A 3.0 to 3.5 player putting £200 into this listing is overpaying for a paddle they will not yet feel the difference from, the Joola Solaire or Scorpeus CFS 16 will get them further.
Hand-written editorial — not auto-generated. By Gary, RacketRise.
| Core | Polymer honeycomb |
| Surface | Carbon |