Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 620+ reviewed
Reviewed
OCTOBER 2024
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Neonic Flow Prime X 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The Flow Prime X plays plush. It's the kind of hybrid where the ball sits on the face for a moment before unloading, which makes drops, dinks, and resets feel more controlled than typical foam-core paddles.
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$139.99
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 58.1 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 9.7%
- Serve speed z-score
- -1.480
- Punch volley speed
- 36.5 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 2.7%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- -2.289
- Spin
- 2228 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 38.7%
- Spin z-score
- -0.093
- Swing weight
- 115.15
- Swing weight percentile
- 55.7%
- Swing weight z-score
- 0.181
- Twist weight
- 6.5
- Twist weight percentile
- 55.9%
- Twist weight z-score
- 0.087
- Static weight
- 8.04 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 56.6%
- Static weight z-score
- 0.210
- Firepower
- 6/100
- Power rating
- 1/5
- Spin rating
- 2/5
- Pop rating
- 1/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 3/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 4/5
- Touch shots rating
- 4/5
- Feel rating
- 3/5
- Matt's star rating
- 5/5
- Core thickness
- 16 mm
- Shape
- Hybrid
- Length
- 16.25 in
- Width
- 7.625 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.25 in
- Surface material
- Carbon Fiber & Fiberglass
- Core material
- Polypropylene Honeycomb
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Thermoformed
- Classification
- Gen 2
- Approval body
- USA Pickleball
- Punch volley rank
- #499 of 517 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 513 measured paddles across 9 metrics