Pickle Poppers Pop-N-Pink 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review

The lightest paddle I've ever tested. A 96 swing weight changes how fast hands feel at the net — and the punch volley numbers back it up.

Matt Khoury
Matt KhouryFounder, Matt's Pickleball
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How I measured this

Every number in this review is one I measured with my own equipment and instruments. Swing weight on a Briffidi SW1, twist weight on a Briffidi TWA2, static weight on a precision balance scale, serve speed and punch volley speed with a radar gun, spin from a high-speed camera at over 500 frames per second, surface roughness with a stylus roughness tester. It's the same setup for all 624 paddles I've measured.

Swing weight 96.1 · Twist weight 6.45 · Spin 2,260 RPM · Static weight 7.56 oz · Serve speed 59.5 MPH · Punch volley speed 39.2 MPH · Surface roughness 5.61 Ra

If a metric is missing above, this paddle hasn't been through that test yet. Full measurements for the POP N Pink 16mm are on its paddle page. My method is written up on the methodology page, and every paddle I've measured is in the paddle data study.

How I test and measure paddles See the full paddle data study