Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 630+ reviewed
Reviewed
OCTOBER 2024
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Paddletek Bantam ESQ-C 12.7 Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The ESQ-C 12.7 is essentially the ALW-C 12.7 with a wider sweet spot. Same speed, same pop on counters, same PT-700 carbon fiber face.
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$199.99
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 60.1 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 43.2%
- Serve speed z-score
- 0.229
- Punch volley speed
- 38.4 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 33.6%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- -0.079
- Spin
- 2368 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 94.2%
- Spin z-score
- 1.422
- Swing weight
- 104.85
- Swing weight percentile
- 4.0%
- Swing weight z-score
- -1.738
- Twist weight
- 7.14
- Twist weight percentile
- 88.7%
- Twist weight z-score
- 1.327
- Static weight
- 7.64 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 3.1%
- Static weight z-score
- -1.799
- Balance point
- 23.7 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 17.8%
- Balance point z-score
- -0.874
- Firepower
- 38/100
- Control score
- 90/100
- Power rating
- 2/5
- Control rating
- 5/5
- Spin rating
- 5/5
- 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
- +3.5 cm
- Core thickness
- 12.7 mm
- Shape
- Widebody
- Length
- 15.875 in
- Width
- 8 in
- Handle length
- 5.75 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
- #333 of 522 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 518 measured paddles across 9 metrics