Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 640+ reviewed
Reviewed
OCTOBER 2024
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Ronbus R2 Pulsar FX 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 58.2 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 10.9%
- Serve speed z-score
- -1.412
- Punch volley speed
- 37.8 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 19.6%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- -0.787
- Spin
- 2224 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 36.5%
- Spin z-score
- -0.164
- Spin category
- Medium
- Swing weight
- 110.51
- Swing weight percentile
- 23.5%
- Swing weight z-score
- -0.683
- Twist weight
- 6.61
- Twist weight percentile
- 66.7%
- Twist weight z-score
- 0.306
- Static weight
- 7.81 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 15.4%
- Static weight z-score
- -0.938
- Balance point
- 23.4 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 7.1%
- Balance point z-score
- -1.448
- Firepower
- 15/100
- Control score
- 100/100
- Power rating
- 1/5
- Control rating
- 5/5
- Pop rating
- 1/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 4/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 4/5
- Touch shots rating
- 4/5
- Feel rating
- 3/5
- Matt's star rating
- 5/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.1 cm
- Core thickness
- 16 mm
- Shape
- Widebody
- Length
- 16 in
- Width
- 8 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.125 in
- Surface material
- Raw Toray T700 Carbon Fiber Textured
- Core material
- Polypropylene Honeycomb
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Thermoformed
- Classification
- Gen 3
- Approval body
- USA Pickleball
- Punch volley rank
- #415 of 529 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 525 measured paddles across 9 metrics