Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 620+ reviewed
Reviewed
SEPTEMBER 2024
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Paddletek Bantam ALW-C 12.7 Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The Bantam ALW-C 12.7 is a featherlight, quick paddle with sharp pop: drives accelerate fast, serves come off with real pace, and counters at the net are direct. Over a few sessions of play, it became more demanding.
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 60 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 39.7%
- Serve speed z-score
- 0.149
- Punch volley speed
- 38.3 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 30.8%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- -0.187
- Spin
- 2226 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 37.9%
- Spin z-score
- -0.115
- Swing weight
- 105.38
- Swing weight percentile
- 4.6%
- Swing weight z-score
- -1.641
- Twist weight
- 7.01
- Twist weight percentile
- 85.6%
- Twist weight z-score
- 1.070
- Static weight
- 7.73 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 7.7%
- Static weight z-score
- -1.350
- Balance point
- 23.2 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 3.4%
- Balance point z-score
- -1.799
- Firepower
- 35/100
- Control score
- 92/100
- Power rating
- 2/5
- Control rating
- 5/5
- Spin rating
- 2/5
- Pop rating
- 2/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 5/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 2/5
- Touch shots rating
- 2/5
- Feel rating
- 5/5
- Matt's star rating
- 5/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.0 cm
- Core thickness
- 12.7 mm
- Shape
- Widebody
- Length
- 15.875 in
- Width
- 7.875 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.25 in
- Surface material
- PT-700 Unidirectional RAW Carbon Fiber
- Core material
- Polypropylene Honeycomb
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Cold Layered
- Classification
- Gen 1
- Approval body
- USAP & UPA-A
- Punch volley rank
- #343 of 517 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 513 measured paddles across 9 metrics